Kristi Noem urges sweeping new US travel ban after fatal DC shooting

Homeland security secretary backs broad restrictions after guard member's killing, echoing Trump's hardline stance

Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, has advocated for a new travel ban on visitors from an unspecified number of countries following the shooting death in Washington DC of a national guard member by an Afghan national.

Noem posted to X her proposal on Monday night after she said she had spoken with Donald Trump, whose first term travel ban on seven Muslim countries faced widespread criticism and followed a rocky legal path before it was eventually upheld by the supreme court.