Another Trump official just got ousted — days after Kristi Noem’s sudden firing

Days after President Donald Trump removed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from her role, another official has now been pushed out of her position.

Trump nominated Sarah B. Rogers, the undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, on Thursday to serve as the new head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, less than a week after a federal judge ruled that Kari Lake was unlawfully running the agency as its acting CEO without confirmation from the Senate.

In a decision released Saturday, U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth found that Lake’s actions from July 31 to Nov. 19 should be considered void. That includes efforts to effectively dismantle Voice of America, which has broadcast news to countries around the world in different languages.

Lake — who said the decision will be appealed — posted on X that she will now serve as the deputy CEO, writing that she is “even more determined to finish the job.” She also added that Michael Rigas, the deputy secretary of state for management and resources, will serve as the acting CEO in the meantime.

“We’ve been so effective over the last year that the Deep State has done everything they can to stop us, including launching malicious lawsuits at me and the agency,” Lake said.

In another post, Lake called Rogers a “First Amendment warrior.” Rogers, a self-described free speech activist who is relatively new to government office, has previously represented the National Rifle Association and “online censorship” of late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Since joining the Trump administration, Rogers has led the charge in pushing back against European regulations, including the EU’s Digital Services Act and Britain’s Online Safety Act, that U.S. officials have argued are censorship.

The restructuring of the agency comes as Trump announced last Thursday that he would be nominating Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to replace Noem as the head of the Department of Homeland Security. Though Trump said he will begin his tenure on March 31, he will need to be confirmed by the Senate.

The president added that Noem will instead become the “Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” a new U.S. security initiative in the Western Hemisphere.

“In this new role, I will be able to build on the partnerships and national security expertise, I forged over the last 13 months as Secretary of Homeland Security,” Noem wrote in a post on X after the announcement of her ouster.

In the lead up to the decision, multiple outlets reported that Trump was discussing Noem’s future with GOP lawmakers following her heated hearings on Capitol Hill earlier in the week, in which both Republicans and Democrats grilled her on a $220 million ad campaign.

It also followed months of mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including her handling of the president’s immigration agenda, particularly in Minnesota, and disaster response.

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