Kristi Noem Released From Hospital

UPDATE Jun 18, 2025 2:52 PM CDT

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has been discharged from the Washington, DC-area hospital she was rushed to after suffering an allergic reaction Tuesday. A spokeswoman says Noem was released Tuesday night. Officials tell NBC News that Noem, who postponed a scheduled press conference Wednesday, had the allergic reaction when she was at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington. A day earlier, she visited a biohazard lab at Fort Detrick in Maryland with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Sen. Rand Paul, though there is not believed to be a link between the lab visit and the hospitalization, Newsweek reports.

Jun 17, 2025 6:28 PM CDT

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was taken to a Washington, DC-area hospital by ambulance on Tuesday after experiencing an allergic reaction, her spokeswoman said. "She is alert and recovering," said the statement from department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin. She said the hospital treatment was out of an "abundance of caution," the AP reports. CNN reports that Secret Service agents were posted at several entrances to the emergency room.

Noem, 53, has been among the more high-profile members of President Trump's cabinet, traveling extensively and maintaining a robust social media presence. She is often the public face of his mass deportation effort, frequently goes out on immigration enforcement operations, and has appeared in commercials encouraging immigrants in the country illegally to voluntarily leave the country. Earlier this year, her purse was stolen from a Washington, DC restaurant on Easter Sunday while she was out to dinner with her family.