Trump Fires Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

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  Kristi Noem is out as the Secretary of Homeland Security.

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  It's Thursday, March 5th.

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  I'm Alex Oselev for The Wall Street Journal.

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  This is the PM edition of What's News,

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  the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

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  President Trump has removed Kristi Noem as a Secretary of Homeland Security,

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  the first cabinet secretary to be fired by Trump in his second term.

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  Trump is replacing her with Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullen of Oklahoma.

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  Trump had previously defended Noem,

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  despite widespread criticism of how she handled the immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis that left two US citizens dead.

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  Her chaotic leadership style has come under scrutiny over the past year,

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  and she had lost the confidence of almost all Trump's senior aides.

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  The Journal last month reported on how Noem has attempted to burnish her personal stardom.

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  Advisors familiar with Trump's thinking said that the final straw for the president was Noem's combative hearing on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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