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    "parsed_content": "AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTKristi Noem Files for Divorce After 34 Years of MarriageMs. Noem, a former homeland security secretary and governor of South Dakota, filed court papers there seeking to end her marriage to Bryon Noem, an insurance salesman.Listen \u00b7 5:02 min Share full articleKristi Noem at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week. Ms. Noem, a former homeland security secretary, sought divorce from her husband of 34 years.Credit...Doug Mills\/The New York TimesBy Michael LevensonSept. 30, 2026See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google Kristi Noem, the former South Dakota governor whom President Trump fired as homeland security secretary in March, has filed for divorce from her husband, Bryon Noem, after 34 years of marriage, according to court records.Ms. Noem claimed \u201cfor settlement purposes only\u201d that \u201cirreconcilable differences\u201d were to blame for the dissolution of the marriage, according to a complaint for divorce filed in Hamlin County, S.D., where she and Mr. Noem live in the small town of Castlewood.The document was signed by Ms. Noem\u2019s lawyer on April 6 but was not filed with the court until Monday.\u201cKristi Noem has filed for the dissolution of her marriage to Bryon Noem,\u201d her lawyer, Michael K. Sabers, said in a statement. \u201cShe has great faith in the South Dakota judicial system and will reserve any further comments for the legal process.\u201dAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMr. Noem\u2019s lawyer, Timothy G. Bottum, said in a statement on Wednesday that Mr. Noem was \u201csaddened that the marriage is ending and hopes for a private and amicable resolution.\u201d\u201cIf court proceedings become necessary, Bryon will welcome the opportunity to truthfully share his perspective,\u201d the statement said. \u201cBryon\u2019s priority is to protect the family and move forward as loving parents and grandparents.\u201dMs. Noem, 54, and Mr. Noem, 56, were high school sweethearts who got engaged on the Fourth of July in 1991. They were married less than a year later, on May 23, 1992, in Watertown, S.D., where Ms. Noem was born. They have three adult children.Mr. Noem, an insurance salesman, received intense public scrutiny in late March when The Daily Mail published what it said were images of him wearing what appeared to be large inflated balloons under a spandex shirt.Ms. Noem said in a statement at the time that she was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the images and that \u201cthe family was blindsided by this.\u201d Mr. Noem declined to comment in March, responding in a text to a New York Times reporter: \u201cI will at some point. Today is not the day. I appreciate your heart.\u201dAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTWhile the images provoked online mockery, they touched off a more sympathetic reaction in Castlewood, where some residents said they felt sorry for Mr. Noem.Ms. Noem\u2019s personal life was also the focus of speculation and rumor in South Dakota and Washington.On March 4, the day before Ms. Noem was fired as homeland security secretary, a Democratic member of Congress asked her at a hearing on Capitol Hill whether she had had sexual relations with her lieutenant, Corey Lewandowski. Responding under oath, Ms. Noem called the question \u201ctabloid garbage.\u201d But she did not say no. Mr. Noem accompanied Ms. Noem to the hearing.Mr. Trump announced in November 2024 that he was selecting Ms. Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security, a position that put her in charge of the administration\u2019s aggressive crackdown on immigration and its large-scale deportation operation. The department includes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.Mr. Trump fired Ms. Noem in March, making her the first cabinet official ousted in his second term.The immediate catalyst for her firing appeared to be her answers during two congressional hearings, particularly her statements asserting that Mr. Trump had approved of tens of millions of dollars in government ads in which Ms. Noem was prominently featured riding on horseback in chaps and a cowboy hat. Mr. Trump had denied that he was involved, telling Reuters in March, \u201cI never knew anything about it.\u201dAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMs. Noem had presided over other controversies during her tenure.In January, federal immigration agents fatally shot two American citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, during vigorous protests of the Trump administration\u2019s immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis. As bystander videos of the shootings caused a national outcry, Ms. Noem responded by accusing Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti of domestic terrorism.When Mr. Trump announced that he was firing Ms. Noem and replacing her with Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, he said in a social media post that she had \u201cserved us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results,\u201d particularly on the border.He also announced a new role for her: the previously nonexistent post of special envoy for the Shield of the Americas, which he said would be a new security initiative for the Western Hemisphere.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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