Trump expected to nominate Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary

Washington — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to sanction South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem arsenic his nominee for Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, 2 sources acquainted with the modulation discussions corroborate to CBS News.

CNN archetypal reported the development, which comes arsenic Trump makes a slew of announcements for nominations for apical roles successful his incoming administration. Noem, a  Republican governor, had been among a database of imaginable moving mates for Trump earlier this year. But questions swirled astir her governmental aboriginal aft she elaborate successful her caller book a communicative astir sidesplitting her canine decades ago, sparking aggravated criticism, arsenic good arsenic claims that appeared to beryllium mendacious astir meeting Kim Jong Un. 

Noem, 52, is serving a 2nd word arsenic politician of the Mount Rushmore State, wherever she gained nationalist attraction pursuing a refusal to employment a disguise mandate argumentation successful the authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic. When she took bureau successful 2019, she became the archetypal pistillate to service arsenic politician of South Dakota. 

The president-elect has announced a fig of nominees and appointments since winning a decisive triumph successful the 2024 predetermination past week.

Tom Homan's sanction had antecedently been floated for DHS secretary, according to aggregate sources acquainted with the modulation discussions. Trump announced that Homan volition service arsenic "border czar" successful his incoming administration. Chad Wolf, the erstwhile acting DHS Secretary nether Trump's archetypal administration, is different sanction that had been raised by Trump insiders arsenic a apical contender for DHS secretary, according to 2 sources adjacent to the transition.