The Transportation Security Administration will now allow passengers to leave their shoes on, but security screening is still in place at airports.

Pointing to “layered screening,” Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, ended two decades of socks and bare feet at U.S. airport checkpoints.

Kristi Noem holds a press briefing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to announce an end to the TSA's policy of requiring passengers to remove their shoes at security checkpoints.

Her voice breaking, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that emergency responders in Texas are “still looking for a lot of little girls” who remain missing after a catastrophic flood during the holiday weekend.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spent several minutes praising God's part in the recent deadly flooding in Texas. At a White House cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Noem recalled that one father found his dead daughter's shoe in the mud.

Kristi Noem said it is not the federal government's responsibility to manage "disasters" like the deadly flash floods in Texas, saying it was instead the state's responsibility.

Kristi Noem has carved out a niche for herself in a leadership position that isn’t exactly known for its fashion-forward values. She is just as glam, confused, and overly invested. The Secretary of Homeland Security has recently come under fire for her pearls-and-hoops-meet-2001 style instead of for the measures she took.

Kristi Noem is known for her long hair extensions, but every now and then, she goes for a unique style of updo that has frankly left us baffled.