- Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem amid controversy over $220 million ad campaign and management scandals.
- Noem’s border security ads, aired on Fox News, cost $220 million and were criticized as self-promotional rather than effective policy tools.
- DHS under Noem
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