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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem participates in a roundtable event with President Donald Trump in Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Lawmakers call for probe of how firm tied to Kristi Noem got piece of $220 million DHS ad contracts

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

Kristi Noem-linked firm secretly got money from $220 million DHS ad contracts

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

Noem fast-tracked millions in disaster aid to Florida tourist attraction after donor intervened

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks as US Vice President JD Vance visits the East Palestine Fire Department in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, 2025. (REBECCA DROKE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump accuses foes with multiple mortgages of fraud. Records show 3 of his Cabinet members have them

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MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama’s energy pick powered by industry heavyweights

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