Kristi Noem's most loyal aide has received no job offers from conservative media outlets including Fox News after leaving the Department of Homeland Security amid corruption allegations tied to a $220 million advertising campaign.
Tricia McLaughlin, the top DHS spokeswoman who departed shortly before Kristi Noem's firing, has reached out to Fox about joining the network as a contributor, the Daily Mail can reveal.
The 31-year-old has also approached Newsmax and Real America's Voice, though she has not received a formal offer from any of the networks.
McLaughlin left DHS under a dark cloud in February after a report detailed how her husband Ben Yoho secretly benefited from a no-bid, taxpayer-funded contract to produce border control ads featuring Noem.
McLaughlin was a Fox stalwart during her time at DHS, but her history with the network has done little to help her cause in the wake of Noem's spectacular sacking by Donald Trump, sources said.
'Fox is pretty picky, and they don't like to deal with drama,' one insider told the Daily Mail.
At the center of the brewing storm is McLaughlin's husband, Yoho, whose Strategy Group company received hundreds of thousands of dollars to produce an ad campaign featuring Noem on horseback at Mount Rushmore in October 2025.
His firm was paid through the ad campaign as a sub-contractor, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest.
The 31-year-old has also approached Newsmax and Real America's Voice, though she has not received a formal offer from any of the networks.
Noem faced an intense grilling from Louisiana Senator John Kennedy over the ad after claiming Trump had personally approved the lavish taxpayer-funded campaign.
Trump swiftly shot down those claims and she was fired within hours, becoming the first cabinet casualty of his second term.
The DHS inspector general's office has now launched an official investigation into how the contract was awarded.
A DHS spokesman previously said: 'DHS has no involvement with the selection of subcontractors.'
The Daily Mail has contacted Fox News and McLaughlin for comment.
McLaughlin was a prominent feature on Fox during her tenure at Homeland, appearing on the network during their primetime coverage multiple times a week.
'Tricia really knows her 'STUFF!' Trump wrote on Truth Social in December following one of her appearances.
Fox has a history of hiring former Trump officials as on-air personalities, including the president's ex-press secretaries Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kayleigh McEnany.
McLaughlin has had to perform crisis PR work for herself and her husband while pursuing a new media role.
McLaughlin has pushed back against numerous journalists and some Republican influencers on social media, demanding they update stories and posts to remove any references to wrongdoing or corruption.
Yoho, meanwhile, is continuing to do work for a network of Republicans in his home state of Ohio, where McLaughlin also grew up.
Sources told the Daily Mail that Tricia McLaughlin, the former top spokesperson for Kristi Noem who left DHS in February, has reached out to Fox News about joining the network as a contributor but does not have an offer.
'Fox is pretty picky, and they don't like to deal with drama,' one insider told the Daily Mail.
While pursuing a new media gig, McLaughlin has had to focus much of her attention lately performing crisis PR work for herself and her husband.
Her attempts to salvage her reputation after Noem's humiliating ouster from Trump's cabinet have been met with a muted response from the White House, which has not publicly defended the couple.
Yoho, meanwhile, is continuing to do work for a network of Republicans in his home state of Ohio, where McLaughlin also grew up.
His firm is working on the Ohio House congressional campaign for former ICE deputy director Madison Sheahan, a longtime Noem loyalist who fled the department prior to Tricia's resignation.
Vivek Ramaswamy's Ohio gubernatorial campaign has also hired Yoho's firm to produce its first commercial, released Thursday, amid the couple's swirling scandal, the Daily Mail has learned.
Yoho and McLaughlin met initially as staffers on Ramaswamy's short-lived presidential campaign during the 2024 presidential cycle. The couple celebrated their wedding last summer.