
SNL Takes a Satirical Swipe at Noem’s DHS Tenure
Saturday Night Live opens with a Pete Hegseth/Ashley Padilla cold open roasting Kristi Noem’s DHS tenure, including Padilla’s Noem declaring she “self-deported” after a pink slip, with Colin Jost’s Hegseth and Ryan Gosling hosting; the sketch riffs on current political headlines and Middle East tensions, delivering sharp satire of the week.