Kristi Noem speaks minutes after being dismissed as DHS secretary; makes no mention of ousting

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivered a keynote address to law enforcement leaders in Tennessee on Thursday (March 05), maintaining a surreal public silence even as President Trump announced her removal from office moments before her address. Noem, who oversaw U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown and faced bipartisan criticism in hearings this week, will leave her role as homeland security chief at the end of the month. Trump will tap Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin to replace her, he said on his Truth Social platform on, a move that would require U.S. Senate confirmation.