Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 3, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he is replacing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) in a move that will go into
Washington — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is out, and will be replaced by GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, President Trump announced on Truth Social Thursday. The announcement comes amid criticism of DHS spending and as Congress has allowed the department’s funding to lapse. “I am pleased to announce that the Highly
Kristi Noem will leave her role as DHS Secretary to become Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas. President Donald Trump said Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma will take over the post starting March 31st. President Donald Trump told Axios in an interview on Thursday that he wishes to be directly involved in selecting
Washington — House GOP leadership called on Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas to end his campaign for reelection over a scandal stemming from his affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. “The Ethics Committee has announced an investigation into Congressman Tony Gonzales’s conduct, and we urge them to act expeditiously. Congressman Gonzales has
American Priorities PAC has said it will capitalize on the growing anti-Israel sentiment sweeping the Dem base L: Zohran Mamdani (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images) R: Valerie Foushee (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) A small group of deep-pocketed donors to New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, emboldened by his victory and seeking to capitalize on growing anti-Israel sentiment
‘God is non-binary,’ Talarico, a left-wing state lawmaker and Presbyterian seminarian, said in 2021 James Talarico (Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images), Tweets James Talarico, the Presbyterian seminarian and Texas state lawmaker who on Wednesday defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, is being cited as the man who could finally “Turn Texas
A pair of tech investors, with the legal backing of a former Justice Department prosecutor, have filed a civil lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of failing to enforce a law that required TikTok to either separate from its China-based owner or face a ban in the United States. The 33-page lawsuit, which was filed Thursday