US Department of Homeland Security says Lewandowski has left after Noem's firing

By Nate Raymond

March 28 (Reuters) - Corey Lewandowski, who was an aide to former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, no ‌longer works at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ‌a spokesperson for the agency said on Saturday.

Lewandowski "no longer has a role at DHS," ​the DHS spokesperson said, without providing further details. Lewandowski had been an unpaid adviser to Noem. He previously served as President Donald Trump's campaign manager in the 2016 election.

Lewandowski did not respond to ‌a request for comment. ⁠The department's confirmation of his departure was first reported by Politico.

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Trump fired Noem earlier this month, saying ⁠she would become special envoy to a new "Shield of the Americas" initiative to promote his security policies in the Western Hemisphere. Noem has ​since been ​replaced as the head of ​DHS by former U.S. Senator ‌Markwayne Mullin, whom the Senate confirmed on Tuesday.

The close relationship between Lewandowski and Noem drew scrutiny. At a congressional hearing earlier this month, a Democratic lawmaker asked Noem directly whether she had a sexual relationship with Lewandowski — a question Noem dismissed as "tabloid garbage."

Lewandowski ‌appeared with Noem in photos released on ​Wednesday by the U.S. embassy in ​Guyana, which showed him ​by her side in meetings with Guyana's President Irfaan ‌Ali.

Noem, in her new role, ​reports to Deputy ​Secretary of State Christopher Landau. A State Department official earlier this week declined to explain to Reuters why Lewandowski was ​on the trip with ‌Noem but said he would not be joining the ​department in any capacity.

(Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; ​Editing by Sergio Non, Rod Nickel)

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Police thwart 'terror attack' in Paris, officials say

Authorities in France are investigating an attempted terror attack in which a man allegedly tried to detonate an explosive device in Paris, according to officials.

The incident occurred shortly before 3:30 a.m. local time, according to police and the Interior Ministry. Police were patrolling the street near where the Bank of America is located, authorities said.

Police arrested the suspect after he left two bottles of flammable liquid attached with adhesive tape and 650 grams of explosive powder, authorities said. One of the suspects was trying to set fire to it with a lighter.

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Another suspect was across the street, who appeared to be attempting to film with his phone. That suspect was able to escape and remains on the run, authorities said.

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French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez congratulated French police for thwarting the "violent" attack in Paris overnight Saturday, where the suspect attempted to set off the explosive outside the Bank of America building in the central part of the city.

The "swift intervention" of police prevented the attack, which Nuñez described as "of a terrorist nature" in apost on X.

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"Vigilance remains at a very high level," Nuñez wrote. "I commend all the security and intelligence forces fully mobilized under my authority in the current international context."

The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office is leading in the investigation, Nuñez said.

ABC News' Aicha Elhammar contributed to this report.

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DHS says Corey Lewandowski left department following Noem's ouster

Corey Lewandowski, a special government employee who served as a top adviser to former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has departed from his post at the Department of Homeland Security, a spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.

"Mr. Lewandowski no longer has a role at DHS," a department spokesperson said Saturday amid questions about whether Lewandowski would be leaving the agency, where he was serving as a special government employee.

Politicowas the firstto report the news of Lewandowski's departure.

President Donald Trumpfired Noemearlier this month after she'd served for a year in the agency's top role.

Former Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., was sworn in asher replacementearlier this week.

Noem's firing came amid mounting scrutiny of Noem on several fronts, including over her relationship with Lewandowski and his role overseeing contracts at DHS.

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Last week, Democratic lawmakerslaunched an inquiryinto Lewandowski and whether he sought personal payments from contractors while working at DHS.

The inquiry came after NBC News reported that Lewandowski asked some DHS contractors to be paidin exchange for protecting and growing their contractswith the department.

A representative for Lewandowski told NBC News earlier this month, "This is absolutely false and did not happen — Mr. Lewandowski never demanded any payment or compensation" from the contractor who alleged that he did.

Democratic senatorshave also opened a separate inquiryinto whether Noem or Lewandowski personally profited from a $220 million ad contract that featured Noem in 2025.

At the time senators launched the inquiry earlier this month, representatives for DHS did not respond to questions about whether Lewandowski or other DHS employees benefited from the ad contract.

After Noem's ouster from DHS, multiple sources familiar with the matter told NBC News thatTrump had begun askingthose around him what Lewandowski's role was in assigning contracts at DHS, including whether he had personally profited.

Noem and Lewandowski have also repeatedlyfaced allegationsof an extramarital affair, which they have denied.

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Pentagon preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, Washington Post reports

March 28 (Reuters) - The Pentagon is preparing for ‌weeks of ground operations ‌in Iran, the Washington Post ​reported Saturday, citing U.S. officials.

The plans could involve raids by Special Operations and ‌conventional infantry ⁠troops, the Post reported. Whether President Donald ⁠Trump would approve any of those plans ​remains uncertain, according ​to ​the Post.

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The ‌Trump administration has deployed U.S. Marines to the Middle East as the war in Iran stretches into ‌its fifth week, ​and also has ​been ​planning to send ‌thousands of soldiers ​from the ​U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne to the region.

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Authorities in France are investigating an attempted terror attack in which a man allegedly tried to detonate an explosive device in Paris, according to officials.

The incident occurred shortly before 3:30 a.m. local time, according to police and the Interior Ministry. Police were patrolling the street near where the Bank of America is located, authorities said.

Police arrested the suspect after he left two bottles of flammable liquid attached with adhesive tape and 650 grams of explosive powder, authorities said. One of the suspects was trying to set fire to it with a lighter.

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Another suspect was across the street, who appeared to be attempting to film with his phone. That suspect was able to escape and remains on the run, authorities said.

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French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez congratulated French police for thwarting the "violent" attack in Paris overnight Saturday, where the suspect attempted to set off the explosive outside the Bank of America building in the central part of the city.

The "swift intervention" of police prevented the attack, which Nuñez described as "of a terrorist nature" in apost on X.

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"Vigilance remains at a very high level," Nuñez wrote. "I commend all the security and intelligence forces fully mobilized under my authority in the current international context."

The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office is leading in the investigation, Nuñez said.

ABC News' Aicha Elhammar contributed to this report.

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