Kristi Noem

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   Trump nominated Kristi Noem for homeland security secretary in January 2025, and DHS identifies her as its eighth secretary; the Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as her successor on March 23, 2026.

   Noem serves as Trump's eighth homeland security secretary · Former secretary by March 23, 2026

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   Kristi Noem was the Trump-appointed homeland security secretary.

   Appointment or biography record identifying Kristi Noem as Trump-appointed homeland security secretary

   Noem's personal-review rule placed nearly $10 billion in nonprofit disaster grants on hold · DHS required secretary-level review for large payments

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   Kristi Noem was the Trump-appointed homeland security secretary.

   Appointment or biography record identifying Kristi Noem as Trump-appointed homeland security secretary

   DOGE review froze billions in FEMA recovery reimbursements · Storm-damaged communities reported delayed reimbursements during DOGE review

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   Kristi Noem was the Trump-appointed homeland security secretary.

   Appointment or biography record identifying Kristi Noem as Trump-appointed homeland security secretary

   Treasury's inspector general opened a review of Trump and DOGE taxpayer-data requests · TIGTA began preplanning and requested access agreements and legal rationales

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   Kristi Noem was the Trump-appointed homeland security secretary.

   Appointment or biography record identifying Kristi Noem as Trump-appointed homeland security secretary

   SSA data work expanded toward a national voter-eligibility system · SSA and DHS pursued data matching for state election officials

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   Kristi Noem was the Trump-appointed homeland security secretary.

   Appointment or biography record identifying Kristi Noem as Trump-appointed homeland security secretary

   DOGE expanded use of Musk's Grok to analyze federal data · Reuters confirmed internal use but could not determine data inputs or government charges

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   Kristi Noem was the Trump-appointed homeland security secretary.

   Appointment or biography record identifying Kristi Noem as Trump-appointed homeland security secretary

   A $100,000 signoff rule delayed federal Texas flood support more than 72 hours · Internal records tied the deployment delay to secretary-level spending approval

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   Kristi Noem was the Trump-appointed homeland security secretary.

   Appointment or biography record identifying Kristi Noem as Trump-appointed homeland security secretary

   FEMA left nearly two-thirds of Texas flood-survivor calls unanswered · Internal documents showed thousands of survivor calls went unanswered

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   Kristi Noem was the Trump-appointed homeland security secretary.

   Appointment or biography record identifying Kristi Noem as Trump-appointed homeland security secretary

   DHS staffing changed about 1 percent while most major agencies shrank · DHS had roughly a 1-percent workforce change over the GAO period