Trump's eighth secretary of homeland security, succeeded after the Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin in March 2026.
Relationship to Trumphomeland security secretary in Trump's second administrationpolitical / 3 sourcesStatus
Exact relationships
- Donald J. Trump
Relationship to Trumphomeland security secretary in Trump's second administration
Open evidence · 3 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed homeland security secretary
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed homeland security secretary
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed homeland security secretary
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed homeland security secretary
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed homeland security secretary
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed homeland security secretary
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed homeland security secretary
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed homeland security secretary
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
cabinet official implementing Trump's immigration order
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Federal Emergency Management Agency
centralized payment approval under Noem and DOGE controls
Open evidence · 2 sourcesreported - Federal Emergency Management Agency
delayed response resources through a $100,000 signoff threshold
Open evidence · 2 sourcesreported
Record timeline
- Noem serves as Trump's eighth homeland security secretaryFormer secretary by March 23, 2026homeland security secretary in Trump's second administration · documented · 3 sources
- Noem's personal-review rule placed nearly $10 billion in nonprofit disaster grants on holdDHS required secretary-level review for large paymentscentralized payment approval under Noem and DOGE controls · Trump-appointed homeland security secretary · reported · documented · 2 sources
commitmentNonprofit disaster grants held for reviewnearly $10 billion - Reported commitment source
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Reported intended recipient
- Approved nonprofit disaster grantees
- Financially affected
- Disaster-affected communities
- DOGE review froze billions in FEMA recovery reimbursementsStorm-damaged communities reported delayed reimbursements during DOGE reviewTrump-appointed homeland security secretary · documented · 1 source
- Treasury's inspector general opened a review of Trump and DOGE taxpayer-data requestsTIGTA began preplanning and requested access agreements and legal rationalesTrump-appointed homeland security secretary · documented · 1 source
- SSA data work expanded toward a national voter-eligibility systemSSA and DHS pursued data matching for state election officialsTrump-appointed homeland security secretary · documented · 1 source
- DOGE expanded use of Musk's Grok to analyze federal dataReuters confirmed internal use but could not determine data inputs or government chargesTrump-appointed homeland security secretary · documented · 1 source
- Noem's DHS publishes a list under Trump's sanctuary-jurisdiction orderSanctuary-jurisdiction list issued May 29, 2025cabinet official implementing Trump's immigration order · documented · 1 source
- A $100,000 signoff rule delayed federal Texas flood support more than 72 hoursInternal records tied the deployment delay to secretary-level spending approvaldelayed response resources through a $100,000 signoff threshold · Trump-appointed homeland security secretary · reported · documented · 2 sources
more than 72 hoursTexas flood response deployment delay
- FEMA left nearly two-thirds of Texas flood-survivor calls unansweredInternal documents showed thousands of survivor calls went unansweredTrump-appointed homeland security secretary · documented · 1 source
nearly two-thirds percentTexas flood-survivor calls unanswered
- DHS staffing changed about 1 percent while most major agencies shrankDHS had roughly a 1-percent workforce change over the GAO periodTrump-appointed homeland security secretary · documented · 1 source