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🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Friday, March 6. The seven stories you need to know today.

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0:00.0	Christy Noam is being removed from her job leading the Department of Homeland Security.
0:09.0	That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.
0:13.0	I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Friday, March 6th.
0:16.0	Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.
0:26.0	President Donald Trump announced his decision on social media yesterday.
0:31.4	He is replacing Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem at the end of the month.
0:36.0	Noem has faced mounting criticism from both Democrats and Republicans.
0:40.0	Her handling of the administration's mass deportation agenda has come under fire, especially after the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota.
0:46.4	Trump was also apparently rankled by Nome's testimony at a Senate committee hearing this week.
0:52.4	Here she is on Tuesday being questioned by Republican Senator John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana
0:58.0	about an expensive ad campaign featuring herself.
1:02.4	Sorry to interrupt, but the president approved ahead of time,
1:06.5	you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently.
1:15.3	Yes, sir.
1:15.8	We went through the legal processes.
1:17.7	Did it correct?
1:18.2	Did the president know you're going to do this?
1:20.0	Yes.
1:20.9	He did it?
1:21.4	Yes.
1:22.3	Okay.
1:23.2	Senator Kennedy said yesterday that he talked to Trump after that hearing, and said Trump's
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