{"id":53667,"date":"2026-03-05T14:33:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=53667"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:34:57","slug":"53667","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=53667","title":{"rendered":"<h2>Trump Fires Noem as Homeland Security Secretary<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53668\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-2.27.35-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-2.27.35-PM.png 576w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-2.27.35-PM-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"link-5f53803a\" class=\"css-1xkgrq8 e1gnsphs0\">What We\u2019re Covering Today<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"css-5d1ibl ez3869y0\">\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-11haxaj evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Kristi Noem Fired:<\/strong>\u00a0President Trump announced Thursday on social media that he was firing his homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and wanted Senator Markwayne Mullin to replace her. In his announcement, Mr. Trump said Ms. Noem would move into a previously nonexistent security role.\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/03\/05\/us\/trump-news#kristi-noem-markwayne-mullin-trump\">Read more \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-11haxaj evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Secretary Under Siege<\/strong>: The fate of Ms. Noem had been the focus of speculation among Mr. Trump\u2019s allies for several weeks. She faced intense questioning this week from congressional Republicans, including about a lucrative advertising contract. Mr. Trump on Thursday contradicted her testimony that he had signed off on the $220 million ad campaign.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-11haxaj evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Markwayne Mullin:<\/strong>\u00a0Mr. Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican, is close with Mr. Trump. It was unclear how quickly the Senate would be able to move to confirm him, given the protracted standoff in Congress over funding the department. Democrats have demanded restrictions on immigration enforcement as part of any funding deal.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/03\/05\/us\/trump-news\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/03\/05\/us\/trump-news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}