Thursday Afternoon News Updates as Noem is FIRED and Trump Loses Control of War — 3/5/26
Watch now Thursday Afternoon News Updates as Noem is FIRED and Trump Loses Control of War — 3/5/26 Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Mar 5 It’s Wednesday afternoon and we’re finally in the back half of the week. A lot has happened over the past 24 hours, and if you’re trying to make sense of the rapidly escalating situation around the world, here are the latest updates I’m tracking. First, let’s get into the breaking news. Kristi Noem is OUT as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Her cardinal sin: telling Congress that Trump signed off on her absurd $225 million ad campaign for the agency, which featured her prominently. Noem was grilled on this issue by Republican Senator John Kennedy, and her answers were apparently the final straw for Trump. Not because her agency killing multiple Americans on the streets. Not her disastrous handling of FEMA during natural disasters. Not her reported affair with Corey Lewandowski. Not her firing a member of th...