U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on Jan. 28, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Tuesday was taken to a D.C.-area hospital after having an allergic reaction, a DHS spokesperson said.
“She was transported to the hospital out of an abundance of caution,” DHS Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to States Newsroom.
“She is alert and recovering,” McLaughlin said, but did not specify the allergy.
Noem, 53, the former governor of South Dakota, was confirmed by the Senate in late January and is one of the top Trump administration officials tasked with carrying out the president’s mass deportation plans.
She was recently in Los Angeles amid city-wide protests against the administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
