ByPHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTERandSHAWN COHEN, US SENIOR REPORTER
Published:16:16 EDT, 20 March 2026|Updated:17:01 EDT, 20 March 2026
TheWhite Houseis moving Kristi Noem's closest allies from Homeland Security, as tensions inside the agency grow over a potential firing list overseen by Stephen Miller.
Ten officials close to Noem were shifted to the State Department where they will assist the ousted Homeland chief in her new role as special envoy for The Shield of the Americas, sources told the Daily Mail.
Noem provided the White House with the names of staffers who were interested in moving to the State Department with her, a White House official said.
The move comes after a blacklist containing the names of more than two dozen Noem loyalists was reviewed by Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller - a hardliner who was pivotal in her demise.
Noem's top deputy chiefs of staff, Joseph Guy, Stephen Munoz, and Troup Hemenway, are set to leave the agency, along with Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Joseph Mazzara, a close ally of Corey Lewandowski - Noem's rumored lover. All four were included on the blacklist examined by Miller.
Other officials expected to depart include DHS Deputy General Counsel Giovanna Cinelli, as well as staffers Zachary Watson, Josh King, Octavian Miller, Jayden Bies and Josh Sedore.
Lewandowski will depart Homeland Security, but it's unclear if he will join Noem at her new job.
'They should all be f**king fired!' a DHS insider familiar with the list told the Daily Mail.
Source: Drudge Report
