Kristi Noem

Timeline

1. 2025-01-25Noem serves as Trump's eighth homeland security secretaryFormer secretary by March 23, 2026homeland security secretary in Trump's second administration · documented · 3 sources
2. 2025-03-14Noem's personal-review rule placed nearly $10 billion in nonprofit disaster grants on holdDHS required secretary-level review for large paymentsTrump-appointed homeland security secretary · documented · 1 source
   1. 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

3. 2025-03-27DOGE review froze billions in FEMA recovery reimbursementsStorm-damaged communities reported delayed reimbursements during DOGE reviewTrump-appointed homeland security secretary · documented · 1 source
4. 2025-04-25Treasury'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
5. 2025-05-01SSA 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
6. 2025-05-23DOGE 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
7. 2025-05-29Noem'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
8. 2025-07-08A $100,000 signoff rule delayed federal Texas flood support more than 72 hoursInternal records tied the deployment delay to secretary-level spending approvalTrump-appointed homeland security secretary · documented · 1 source

   more than 72 hoursTexas flood response deployment delay

9. 2025-07-11FEMA 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

10. 2026-03-04DHS awards ad contracts to Republican-linked firms under NoemContract awards reported; procurement defended at congressional hearingreported · 1 source
    1. commitmentReported awards to People Who Think$77 million

       Reported commitment source

       U.S. Department of Homeland Security

       Reported intended recipient

       People Who Think

    2. commitmentReported awards to Safe America Media$143 million

       Reported commitment source

       U.S. Department of Homeland Security

       Reported intended recipient

       Safe America Media

    $220 millionReported DHS advertising awards to two recipients · 2026-03-04

11. 2026-03-06Senators seek records from DHS ad contractors tied to Noem's circleCongressional information requests issueddocumented · 1 source
12. 2026-03-16Judiciary leaders refer Noem's testimony to DOJ for investigationInvestigation requested; allegation is not a criminal charge or findingdocumented · 1 source
13. 2026-06-17DHS 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