President Donald Trump has announced he will replace Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary, making her the first cabinet member to be forced out since he returned to the White House last year.
Reports that Trump was growing more “frustrated” with Noem emerged Thursday morning following her “disastrous” performances in front of House and Senate committees this week.
Trump is reassigning Noem as a special envoy for the so-called “Shield of the Americas” initiative, he wrote on Truth Social on Thursday afternoon. Noem leaves her original post at the end of the month.
The exact scope of her new role is unclear, but Noem suggested it could involve eliminating drug cartels in South America.
In her place, Trump tapped Oklahoma Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin. In an interview with NBC, Mullin said he “wasn't expecting the call today.”
The White House hopes he is confirmed “as quickly as possible” amid a Department of Homeland Security shutdown that has lasted almost three weeks. Senate Democrats on Thursday again voted against a spending bill for the agency.
Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal is pushing to investigate Noem, alleging she wasn’t truthful in her recent congressional testimony
KEY POINTS
- Trump fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
- Noem to become 'special envoy' for new security initiative called ‘The Shield of the Americas’
- Kristi Noem appears on stage to speak at event minutes after being ousted by Trump
- Outgoing DHS secretary breaks silence after Trump fires her
- Markwayne Mullin describes frantic pace of Trump call to replace Noem as DHS chief
DHS shutdown nears its third week
02:15 , Josh MarcusIt’s safe to say the Department of Homeland Security has seen better days.
The same day as Kristi Noem’s ouster was announced, Senate Democrats blocked a spending bill that would reopen DHS, as they pushed for new immigration enforcement regulations to counter what they say are wide-ranging abuses under the Trump administration.
Republicans slammed the move, saying it puts Americans at risk, while Democrats offered a proposal to resume funding the agencies within department other than ICE and Customs and Border Protection.
“If Republicans keep refusing to ensure ICE and Border Patrol follow the same basic standards that police departments across America already follow, then we should at least fund T.S.A. and FEMA while we press on with negotiations to protect Americans from violence at the hands of untrained, unidentifiable federal agents,” Senator Patty Murray of Washington said a statement.
Senator wants to investigate Noem despite Trump's decision to reassign her
01:58 , Josh MarcusKristi Noem is not out of the woods yet.
Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal wants to investigate the outgoing DHS secretary for perjury over her recent congressional testimony.
“Her firing doesn’t absolve her or relieve her of potential liability for perjury, and we are going to pursue an investigation of the evidence that she lied, because it relates to corruption in the administration,” Blumenthal told The New York Times.
During her testimony earlier this week, Noem suggested a top outside adviser, Corey Lewandowski, had no role in approving contracts, and said President Trump was aware of the deal for a more than $200 million ad campaign that prominently featured Noem.
The president later said he was not aware of the deal, while Senator Blumenthal has alleged that Lewandowski “personally approved contracts.
DHS is a ‘disaster’ under Kristi Noem. Even Republicans can’t convince her to care
Noem handpicked contractors for $100m ICE recruitment drive: report
01:34 , Josh MarcusOutgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem personally picked the contractors to lead a $100 million Immigration and customs Enforcement recruitment campaign, NBC News reports, rather than opting for the more typical bidding process for high-profile government deals.
“Decisions about the ICE recruitment campaign contract were made by the ICE Director’s office,” DHS told the outlet. “This was the most efficient option to quickly turn around recruitment campaign to get patriotic Americans to sign up to help us remove murderers, rapists, pedophiles, terrorists, and gang members from our communities.”
The report comes after Noem faced scrutiny and intense questioning in Congress earlier this week about why Homeland Security paid more than $200 million for an ad campaign that prominently featured her.
Noem testified that Trump was aware of the campaign, which he denied.
The 'moral of the story' behind Noem's exit
01:10 , Josh MarcusDid Congress ... just do its job for once and perform meaningful oversight?
That’s the take from our D.C. Bureau Chief, Eric Garcia.
The Republican majorities in both houses of Congress have largely let the Trump administration do what it wants on immigration, even as agents have detained Americans, killed U.S. citizens, and are accused of mass racial profiling
However, a fierce round of questioning in the Senate this week was reportedly one of the final straws that led to Kristi Noem being pushed out of the Department of Homeland Security.
“Moral of the story?” Garcia wrote on X. “Congressional oversight matters. Congress should do it more.“
Here’s Alex Woodward’s report on the pivotal hearing.
DHS is a ‘disaster’ under Kristi Noem. Even Republicans can’t convince her to care
How will Markwayne Mullin's Senate seat get filled?
00:50 , Josh Marcus
If Markwayne Mullin is appointed the new head of Homeland Security, the Oklahoma Republican’s seat in the Senate will be temporarily vacant.
Under state law, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt will have 30 days to appoint a replacement, who will serve out the remainder of Mullin’s term, which ends in January 2027.
This appointee cannot seek the seat in future elections, meaning Mullin’s exit will likely kick off a Republican primary fight in the state.
Was America really 'safer' under Kristi Noem?
00:30 , Josh MarcusThe Department of Homeland Security is praising Kristi Noem for making the U.S. “safer” during her roughly one-year run leading the agency.
“President Trump and Secretary Noem restored the rule of law, delivered the most secure border ever, removed hundreds of thousands of dangerous illegal aliens, created safer communities, strengthened cyber defense, fixed disaster response, launched initiatives that are reshaping American air travel, and has made America safer for generations to come,” DHS wrote in a statement on Thursday.
Noem’s record at DHS is a complicated one.
Indeed, border-crossings plummeted under her leadership and the larger suite of restrictive immigration policies from the Trump administration.
In 2025, they hit a 55-year low.
At the same time, the administration has often overstated and mischaracterized the extent to which its immigration efforts have focused on violent threats to the country.
Less than 14 percent of those arrested by immigration officials during Trump’s first year had charges or convictions for violent offenses, according to a recent analysis.
The administration directed unprecedented funding levels to DHS under Noem, but this influx of resources has come with its own set of issues.
Immigration agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens in January in quick succession as officers flooded into Minnesota, and a high-profile whistleblower claimed last month that new recruits are getting less training in key areas like firearms handling and civil rights, though the administration denies this.
Her most enduring safety legacy may be the even deeper partisanship and political chaos now surrounding the nation’s immigration policies.
Noem leaves a department that isn’t being funded because of a partial government shutdown, which began as Democrats sought to reform DHS.
The future of key DHS agencies, meanwhile, remains under doubt, with the administration reportedly considering plans to halve the size of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE had violent criminal records
'No decisions' have been made about Noem ally Corey Lewandowski's future
00:10 , Josh MarcusIt is still unclear where Corey Lewandowski, a top aide to Kristi Noem, will end up now that Noem has been ousted as head of Homeland Security.
Lewandowski was an influential figure within the department, despite serving voluntarily, and was rumored to be in a romantic relationship with Noem. (They both deny the allegations.)
“No decisions have been made about my voluntary capacity,” he told NewsNation.
After Noem’s DHS firing by Trump, what comes next for top aide Corey Lewandowski
Democrats relish Noem firing with memes
Thursday 5 March 2026 23:49 , Josh Marcus
Prominent Democrats are gleefully celebrating the unceremonious firing of Kristi Noem.
Sen. Tina Smith, whose home state Minnesota was rocked by an immigration operation earlier this year, shared an image on X of a blaring siren with the ironic caption, “Moment of silence for Kristi Noem’s career.”
Rep. Jared Moskowitz, meanwhile, posted a mocking awards show-style in memoriam montage that mourned Noem “and her hats,” a reference to the official’s penchant for getting suited up in tactical (and sometimes cowboy) gear to promote DHS actions.
Governors also got in on the action, with Illinois leader JB Pritzker posting a fake LinkedIn page showing Noem was “open to work,” while California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared an AI image of a puppy holding a newspaper with the headline, “TRUMP FIRES KRISTI NOEM.”
His caption, “Justice for Cricket,” was one of many references online to a now-infamous story from Noem that she killed an “untrainable” dog she once had.
Kristi Noem shot her dog. A new book now claims Trump viewed that as an ‘asset’
Analysis: Inside the 'humiliating' end to Kristi Noem's short stint leading DHS
Thursday 5 March 2026 23:29 , Josh MarcusThere are many ways to lose your job in Washington. You can resign gracefully. You can be forced out after a scandal. You can quietly “step aside” for the good of the administration.
And then there is the 2026 method: being fired in real time on social media by Donald Trump while you are literally about to take the stage at a conference.
Yes, sad news, everyone: Kristi Noem was speaking at an event being broadcast live from Nashville on Thursday when the president she had sworn fealty to announced to the world — via a characteristically exuberant Truth Social post — that she was no longer Secretary of Homeland Security. Instead, she would be “moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” which completely and totally sounds like a real job.
Her replacement, Trump announced, would be Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, whom the president praised as a “MAGA Warrior” and — perhaps most importantly in this administration’s personnel calculus — an “undefeated professional MMA fighter.”
The timing was exquisite. As Noem spoke, the news broke that her boss had effectively replaced her mid-sentence. (She was notified in a phone call from Trump — just before she got out of the limo for the event, per reports.) It was humiliating, chaotic and entirely predictable. It wasn’t made much better by the later statement that she’d already been aware of the demotion and that she’d be staying in her job until the end of March.
Holly Baxter has this analysis.
Everyone will be so sad to hear about the humiliating way Kristi Noem just got fired
Hegseth praises Noem and says he isn't worried about threats to U.S. amid DHS leadership shuffle
Thursday 5 March 2026 22:52 , Josh Marcus
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured Americans that the U.S. is not under a heightened threat because of the recently announced leadership shuffle at the Department of Homeland Security.
“I don't have any concerns about whether or not the homeland will be covered down on,” he said during a press briefing at U.S. Central Command in Florida on Thursday.
He also praised outgoing DHS boss Kristi Noem and expressed confidence in Sen. Markwayne Mullin, the Trump administration’s pick to replace her.
“I think Kristi Noem did an excellent job over there, securing our border and keeping us focused on threats,” Hegseth said.
“We all serve at the pleasure of the President,” he added. “I'm sure Markwayne Mullen will do a fantastic job. He's been a friend of mine for a long time, but Kristi did a great job setting this up for success.”
Despite Hegseth’s comments, there are some concerns about diminished U.S. capacity to counter the threat of the ongoing war.
The FBI reportedly fired Iran-focused experts in the days leading up to the conflict.
Patel fired key members of FBI’s Iran spy group days before US-Israel attack: report
Kristi Noem hit with lawsuit in her final days
Thursday 5 March 2026 22:40 , Josh MarcusKristi Noem was named on Thursday in an immigration lawsuit challenging a suite of restrictive Trump administration policies, in what may be one of the final public records of her time as Homeland Security Secretary.
The suit, filed in Rhode Island federal court, comes from advocacy groups challenging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policies that have halted requests for asylum and immigration benefits, reconsidered past immigration decisions, and enacted parts of the president’s multi-nation travel ban.
The complaint alleges that Noem and her agencies have used these policies against immigrants in the U.S. and beyond to make “life so unbearable here that they are forced to leave.”
More on some of the policies being challenged here.
Noem leaves her post at the end of this month.
Republican senator trolls Noem about her dead dog after firing
Thursday 5 March 2026 22:30 , Josh MarcusRepublican Senator Thom Tillis, who sharply questioned Kristi Noem during a homeland security hearing in Congress this week, had one final dig at the former cabinet official now that she has been reassigned.
“Senator Markwayne Mullin is a great guy and a great choice to lead DHS, restore competence, and refocus efforts on quickly distributing disaster aid, keeping the border secure, and targeting violent illegal immigrants for deportation,” Tillis wrote on X. “Another big positive: he likes dogs.”
The post appears to reference a now-infamous incident Noem wrote about in a 2024 memoir about shooting her “untrainable” dog.
Kristi Noem shot her dog. A new book now claims Trump viewed that as an ‘asset’
Expect fireworks at Markwayne Mullin's confirmation hearing
Thursday 5 March 2026 22:15 , Josh MarcusThe Trump administration wants Sen. Markwayne Mullin as its new head of the Department of Homeland Security, but he could face a somewhat tense reception when goes before the Senate for confirmation.
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky leads the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and he and Mullin have frequently butted heads.
Last month, Mullin accused Paul of being a “freaking snake” who regularly betrays the GOP and seemed to express his sympathy with a man who attacked the senator.
“I respect Bernie Sanders because he’s an open socialist, and you know that he’s a communist so you know what you’re getting,” Mullin said at a breakfast event in Tulsa, according to reporter David Arnett’s Substack. “Rand Paul’s a freaking snake. And I understand completely why his neighbor did what he did. And I told him that to his face.”
A neighbor attacked Paul in 2017 in a dispute about their yards.
Where will controversial aide Corey Lewandowski go next after Noem firing?
Thursday 5 March 2026 22:00 , Josh MarcusKristi Noem has been ousted as Homeland Security secretary, leaving her top adviser, Corey Lewandowski, to face an uncertain political future.
President Donald Trump fired Noem from the secretary position as she was in Nashville for a conference.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma will take over as Homeland Security Secretary at the end of the month, and Noem will move to the “Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas” position as part of a new security initiative in the Western Hemisphere.
Lewandowski has wielded great power at the Department of Homeland Security by Noem’s side as a special government employee.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Lewandowski initially wanted to serve as Noem’s chief of staff, but it was struck down by Trump out of concern over rumors of a romantic relationship between he and Noem.
Rachel Dobkin has the story.
After Noem’s DHS firing by Trump, what comes next for top aide Corey Lewandowski
Watch: Noem grilled in the House over questionable contracts
Thursday 5 March 2026 21:45 , Rhian LubinWatch the moment Kristi Noem was grilled by lawmakers in the House over questionable DHS contracts.
Full story: Trump fires Kristi Noem
Thursday 5 March 2026 21:30 , Rhian LubinDonald Trump has fired Kristi Noem as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, ending her 13-month-long tenure at an agency that is leading his mass deportation efforts and an anti-immigration campaign that has targeted thousands of immigrants and their families.
Trump has nominated Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin to replace her. Her departure is effective March 31.
The president made his announcement on Truth Social moments before Noem appeared at a conference in Nashville. Noem has “served us well,” the president wrote.
Trump picked Mullin partly because he 'loves watching him on TV'
Thursday 5 March 2026 21:15 , Eric Garcia, Rhian LubinPresident Donald Trump reportedly loves watching Sen. Markwayne Mullin on TV, a factor that contributed to him being tapped for the new role, according to CNN.
He has called Mullin on the phone after combative interviews to praise him, aides told the network, and the White House has often dispatched him during big moments for the administration to go on cable news.
The Independent’s Eric Garcia spoke with Mullin briefly after the announcement that the president tapped him as Kristi Noem’s replacement.
“It’s an honor to be nominated. We’re excited about it. Excited to get to work, but we still got the nomination process,” he said, with some caution.
When asked about reforms to the department, he said his focus would be on “working for the American people.”
“We’re open to new ideas, doing things that, as I said, takes care of the job we didn’t get done.”
Karoline Leavitt says White House will work to confirm Mullin 'as quickly as possible'
Thursday 5 March 2026 21:05 , Rhian LubinWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the White House would work “as quickly as possible” to confirm Sen. Markwayne Mullins as Homeland Security Secretary following Kristi Noem’s ousting.
President Trump is grateful to @KristiNoem for helping usher in the most secure border in American history, and he looks forward to her continuing to serve in her new important role as Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) March 5, 2026
The White House will work with the Senate to…
Watch: Democrat takes swipe at Noem's new role
Thursday 5 March 2026 20:41 , Rhian LubinDemocratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz took a swipe at Kristie Noem’s “special envoy” role for the “Shield of the Americas,” a new security initiative that President Donald Trump said he would share more details about Saturday.
“Let me congratulate the former Homeland Security Secretary on her appointment to be the Shield of Americas,” said Mozkowitz. “Which I'm pretty sure the president came up with when he watched the last Avengers movie.”
Moskowitz: "Let me congratulate the former Homeland Security Secretary on her appointment to be the Shield of Americas, which I'm pretty sure the president came up with when he watched the last Avengers movie" pic.twitter.com/zapJmvuHpS
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 5, 2026
Who is Markwayne Mullin?
Thursday 5 March 2026 20:40 , Andrew Feinberg, Rhian LubinOklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, 48, has served in the upper chamber since 2023 after a decade-long career representing the Sooner State’s first Congressional district in the House of Representatives.
Before he was first elected to the House in 2012, he hosted a syndicated home improvement show on a Tulsa radio station and ran an eponymous plumbing company, Mullin Plumbing, as well as other family-owned real estate and farm operations.
An enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, Mullin also had a brief but undefeated career as a mixed martial arts professional in the Xtreme Fighting League, recording one technical knockout victory in 2007 and two victories by submission in 2006 and 2007.
He spent his House career as a backbencher but gained a measure of attention during the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol when he and two other House members helped police barricade the House chamber doors against a riotous mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters.
Andrew Feinberg has the details.
Markwayne Mullin describes frantic pace of Trump call to replace Noem as DHS chief
'Pam Bondi is next': Democrats react to Noem's firing
Thursday 5 March 2026 20:30 , Rhian LubinDemocrats are basking in the firing of Kristi Noem, with House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries warning that Attorney General Pam Bondi “is next.”
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told Noem, ‘Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.”
Kristi Noem is gone. Pam Bondi is next.
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) March 5, 2026
Keep the pressure on these extremists.
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem. pic.twitter.com/p6SPcRztFw
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) March 5, 2026
Sen. Lindsey Graham said 'it was time for a change'
Thursday 5 March 2026 20:15 , Rhian LubinSen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said it was “time for a change” in leadership at the DHS.
Graham previously told NBC that “time would tell” when asked whether Trump was going to fire Noem.
I appreciate Secretary Noem’s service to our country. She will do a great job dealing with the drug cartels in her new role as Special Envoy for The Shield of Americas, and I know she will continue to contribute in the future. However, I think it was time for a change.… pic.twitter.com/4WHp54ISYf
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) March 5, 2026
NEW: Kristi Noem breaks silence after being ousted by Trump
Thursday 5 March 2026 20:07 , Rhian LubinKristi Noem has issued a statement after being fired by Trump as his Homeland Security Secretary.
Here’s her full statement:
Thank you @POTUS Trump for appointing me as the Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas. @SecRubio and @SecWar are incredible leaders and I look forward to working with them closely to dismantle cartels that have poured drugs into our nation and killed our children and grandchildren.
The Western Hemisphere is absolutely critical for U.S. security. In this new role, I will be able to build on the partnerships and national security expertise, I forged over the last 13 months as Secretary of Homeland Security.
We have made historic accomplishments at the Department of Homeland Security to make America safe again: we delivered the MOST secure border in American history, 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S., we have located 145,000 children, FEMA delivered disaster relief at a 100% faster rate, we ushered in the golden age of travel, saved the American taxpayer $13 billion and revitalized the U.S. Coast Guard.
In pictures: A look back at 'Cosplay Kristi'
Thursday 5 March 2026 19:57 , Rhian LubinThe outgoing Homeland Security Secretary was branded “Cosplay Kristi” for her penchant for a photoshoot.
Noem often emulated uniforms worn by border patrol and ICE agents, as well as the U.S. Coast Guard.
Noem met with Trump at the White House in January amid calls for her resignation
Thursday 5 March 2026 19:50 , Rhian LubinTrump met with Noem at the White House in January amid growing calls for her resignation after federal agents killed two people in Minneapolis.
The president had not previously suggested her job was at risk and insisted she was “doing a very good job,” he told reporters at the time.
But reports Thursday morning all pointed toward her imminent departure.
Noem 'is aware' of Trump's Truth Social post
Thursday 5 March 2026 19:38 , Rhian LubinNoem is still speaking at the Major Cities Conference, and appeared just minutes after Trump announced he was firing her from her role as Homeland Security chief.
She has not yet acknowledged the news, prompting speculation that she may not be aware. However, CNN reports that Noem “was aware” of Trump’s Truth Social post about her firing before she went on stage.
Noem claimed Trump knew about $220 million ad campaign
Thursday 5 March 2026 19:35 , Rhian LubinNoem was grilled by Democrats and Republicans across two days of congressional hearings this week, where she told Republican Sen. John Kennedy that Trump knew about her decision to approve the ad campaign contracts.
The president denied this in an interview with Reuters on Thursday.
“I never knew anything about it,” he said.
Kennedy asked Noem at the hearing: “The president approved ahead of time you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country?”
“Yes, sir,” Noem replied. “We went through the legal processes, did it correctly.”
When pressed again whether the president knew Noem was going ahead, she replied, “Yes.”
Kennedy told reporters that he spoke with Trump after the hearing.
“The president of the United States called me, and I'm not going to speak for him, folks, but, I would put it this way: his recollection and her recollection are different,” he said.
“I can assure you, he is not happy with her,” an unnamed lawmaker who spoke with Trump this week about Noem told NBC.
“She did horrible in the hearings and has made a lot of errors.”
Noem's $200 million ad campaign was final straw for Trump
Thursday 5 March 2026 19:30 , Rhian Lubin, Alex WoodwardInitial reports of Noem’s imminent departure followed two days of combative hearings in Congress, where the now-former secretary faced bipartisan frustration over the fatal shootings of two protesters in Minnesota and her handling of multi-million dollar contracts for an advertising campaign in which she was prominently featured.
Those contracts appeared to be the final straw for the president. Trump said he did not sign off on the $200 million ad campaign one day after Noem testified that the president supported it. “I never knew anything about it,” he told Reuters.
Kristi Noem speaks at event in Nashville after being ousted by Trump
Thursday 5 March 2026 19:23 , Rhian LubinKristi Noem is at an event in Nashville after being ousted by President Donald Trump.
The outgoing Homeland Security Secretary made remarks at the Major Cities Conference, appearing just minutes after Trump’s announcement.
Minutes after being ousted from DHS, Kristi Noem is on stage right now in Nashville speaking at the Major Cities conference. pic.twitter.com/8vC8mvzCvg
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) March 5, 2026
Noem to become 'special envoy' for new security initiative called ‘The Shield of the Americas’
Thursday 5 March 2026 19:15 , Rhian LubinTrump said that Noem will step down as Homeland Security Secretary on March 31 and then become a “special envoy” for a new security initiative that he called “The Shield of the Americas.”
He said more details would be announced Saturday in Doral, Florida.
Full story: Trump fires Noem and taps Sen. Markwayne Mullin as her replacement
Thursday 5 March 2026 19:06 , Rhian LubinDonald Trump has fired Kristi Noem as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, ending her year-long tenure at an agency that is leading his mass deportation efforts and an anti-immigration campaign that has targeted thousands of immigrants and their families.
He has nominated Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin to replace her.
Noem has “served us well,” the president announced on Truth Social Thursday.
She will be named “Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” according to the president, who described the role as “our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere.” The initiative will be formally announced Saturday, he said.
“I thank Kristi for her service at ‘Homeland,’” he wrote.
Alex Woodward has the details.
President Donald Trump fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Thursday 5 March 2026 19:05 , Rhian LubinPresident Donald Trump has fired Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary, he announced in a Truth Social post Thursday afternoon.
Reports that Trump was “not happy” with Noem and that he was preparing to fire her began circulating Thursday late morning.
Stay with us as we bring you the latest.
