Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary Got Robbed. That’s Far From the Most Interesting Part of the Story.

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The theft of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse from a D.C. restaurant Sunday night raises several pressing questions. Who was the white man in a medical mask who did the deed? How did he escape the notice of Noem’s Secret Service detail? And most importantly: What the heck was Noem doing carrying around $3,000 in cash?

That’s right—in addition to her driver’s license, medication, apartment keys, work access badge, and makeup bag, Noem claims the thief got away with $3,000 in bills that she’d stashed in her purse. The median American has $8,000 in the bank; Noem had nearly half that in a bag resting against her foot under her chair when...
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