Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem after mounting criticism over her leadership

President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including the handling of the administration's immigration crackdown and disaster response. Trump, who said he would nominate Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin in her place, made the

Trump fires Kristi Noem as Homeland Security chief

US president Donald Trump has fired the controversial head of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. Earlier this week, Noem came in for bipartisan criticism over the Trump administration's sweeping immigration crackdown. Democratic lawmakers led the verbal attacks on the immigration enforcement chief during a tense Senate Judiciary Committee

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