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Kristi Noem

Left: US Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) speaks to reporters outside the US Capitol Building on March 5, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP); Right: Outgoing US secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem prepares to testify during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP)
March 6, 2026, 1:53 am
Trump fires homeland security chief Kristi Noem, taps Oklahoma senator for job
US president, reportedly unhappy over Noem’s performance at recent hearing over immigration crackdown, says ‘MAGA warrior’ Markwayne Mullin will take over; critics say more change needed at DHS
By Chris Lefkow
A protester sets fire to an image depicting a mugshot of US President Donald Trump and reading "Wanted Donald Trump is wanted by all Shia Muslims in the world" during a protest against the US-Israel attack of Iran and the killing of the supreme leader, in front of Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, on March 1, 2026. (Ozan KOSE / AFP)
March 3, 2026, 3:47 pm
Iran and its proxies pose ongoing threat to US after Khamenei killing, US intel warns
Department of Homeland Security assessment says a large-scale physical attack is unlikely, but warns Tehran and allies will escalate retaliatory actions as air campaign widens
By Reuters
A man is tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on US Rep. Ilhan Omar during a town hall on January 27, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)
January 28, 2026, 8:09 am
Man arrested after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis event
Journalist describes vinegar-like smell after man pushed syringe; prior to assault, lawmaker had called for ICE to be abolished in wake of deadly shootings of two residents
By LAURA BARGFELD and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
A local walks past a mural featuring oil pumps and wells in Caracas, Venezuela, January 6, 2026. (AP/Matias Delacroix)
January 7, 2026, 9:08 pm
US seizes 2 oil tankers linked to Venezuela, including one tied to Hezbollah
US also selectively removing sanctions to enable oil sales; vessel Bella 1 was sanctioned by US in 2024 for allegedly smuggling cargo for company linked to Lebanese terror group
By Agencies
The US Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba sits docked during a visit with crew by US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in Panama City, June 24, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool photo via AP)
December 25, 2025, 11:06 am
After backlash, US Coast Guard again retracts policy easing rules against swastikas
In second reversal, Coast Guard now explicitly lists swastika and noose as hate symbols; move clears way for branch’s new chief to be sworn in, after objection from Jewish senator
By Andrew Lapin
People take shelter on the roof of a fire station in Mukawa town, Hokkaido, northern Japan, July 30, 2025, after a powerful earthquake in Russia's Far East prompted tsunami alert in parts of Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)
July 30, 2025, 7:46 pm
Tsunamis lap at Japan, Hawaii and California after huge quake off Russia’s Far East
8.8-magnitude seismic event triggers warnings across Pacific, with millions told to seek high ground; several injured, though none severely; no major damage initially reported
By Mari Yamaguchi
A sheriff's deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic after a flash flood swept through the area, in Hunt, Texas, July 5, 2025. (Julio Cortez/AP)
July 6, 2025, 9:31 am
Toll in Texas floods rises to at least 51 amid desperate search for missing campers
Rescuers use helicopters, boats and drones to look for victims and help people stranded by flash floods that inundated popular vacation area, with more rains threatening region
By JIM VERTUNO, JULIO CORTEZ and John Seewer
A visitor offers a tribute after leaving a bouquet of flowers at a makeshift memorial for victims of an attack on a support demonstration for Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, seen outside of the Boulder County, Colorado, courthouse, June 3, 2025. (David Zalubowski/AP)
June 5, 2025, 8:12 am
US judge halts deportation of Egyptian family of Boulder hostage rally attack suspect
Attorney for wife and children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman argues they should not be punished for his action; US Homeland Security says they are Egyptians illegally staying in country
By AP and ToI Staff
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee pose for a picture during a memorial event honoring slain Israeli embassy employees in Jerusalem on May 26, 2025. (Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP)
May 26, 2025, 10:18 pm
Foreign Ministry hosts memorial service for embassy workers killed in DC shooting
Ceremony for Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim hosted by FM Gideon Sa’ar and attended by US Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem, US envoy to Israel Mike Huckabee
By ToI Staff
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during the US Coast Guard Academy's 144th Commencement, in New London, Connecticut, on May 21, 2025. (Joseph Prezioso/ AFP)
May 25, 2025, 8:07 pm
US homeland security chief flies to Israel for memorial for slain embassy staffers
Kristi Noem set to accompany FM Sa’ar at Monday morning ceremony for Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim in Jerusalem
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
A relief sculpture rests on a gate to the entrance of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
May 23, 2025, 6:37 am
Trump administration bans Harvard from enrolling foreign students, citing antisemitism
Homeland security secretary says university ‘perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that is hostile to Jewish students, promotes pro-Hamas sympathies,’ has ‘racist’ DEI policies
By Gregory WALTON
Rep. Brian Mast and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on April 28, 2025. (House Foreign Affairs Committee Majority/X)
April 29, 2025, 3:17 am
Ben Gvir meets 4 GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill, making inroads in US politics
Legislators, including chair of key House panel, meet far-right minister whom Biden considered sanctioning; ‘I think they really liked what they heard,’ Ben Gvir says after meeting
By Jacob Magid
Students, faculty and members of the Harvard University community rally on April 17, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP Photo)
April 17, 2025, 11:41 pm
Trump administration says Harvard could lose ‘privilege’ to admit foreign students
School could also lose tax exempt status, government has warned; Republicans in Congress launch probe of top university, demanding documents on hiring practices and campus protests
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A student protester stands in front of the statue of John Harvard, the first major benefactor of Harvard College, draped in the Palestinian flag, at an encampment of students protesting against the war in Gaza, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
April 17, 2025, 5:35 am
Trump calls for ‘joke’ Harvard to be stripped of US federal funding
President accuses university of ‘teaching Hate and Stupidity’ after it rejected his demands, including to reform programs with ‘egregious records of antisemitism or other bias’
By Agencies
Illustrative: Activists hold a banner during a pro-refugee demonstration organized by HIAS outside the U.S. Capitol, Sept. 14, 2017. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images via JTA)
February 11, 2025, 11:18 am
Jewish group, church organizations sue Trump administration over refugee freeze
HIAS says US president exceeded his authority in executive order suspending all refugee admissions, including some 1,660 Afghans already cleared to resettle
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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