The commandant of the US Coast Guard has been removed from her position over “leadership deficiencies” and “operational failures,” a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.

Admiral Kevin Lunday will serve as acting U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, replacing Fagan, the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military.

Connecticut lawmakers raised concerns Tuesday over the Trump administration’s abrupt firing of Coast Guard Admiral Linda Fagan.

A Michigan lawmaker is among those calling out the Trump administration’s “middle-of-the-night firing” of Adm. Linda Fagan, who served as the first female commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the first woman to head up a branch of the U.

The US Coast Guard and state of Florida have renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America after Donald Trump demanded its name be changed. On his first day in office as the 47th US president, Trump issued an executive order that federal government agencies rename the gulf between Mexico and the United States to the ‘Gulf of America’.

The effort is meant to “to deter and prevent a maritime mass migration from Haiti and/or Cuba,” according to a statement.

Linda Fagan, the first female admiral of the U.S. Coast Guard, was dismissed by the Trump administration on Monday without explanation.

The U.S. Coast Guard is surging maritime resources nationwide in response to President Donald's Trump's declaration of an invasion and a national emergency related to the country's borders. “The U.S.

The U.S. Coast Guard is increasing its presence in the waters off South Florida in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive orders, signed his first day back in office, aiming to curb

The U.S. Coast Guard says it is deploying assets around maritime borders in support of President Donald Trump’s execute orders.

The first woman to lead a branch of the US Armed Forces has been sacked by Donald Trump for excessively focusing on diversity policies while neglecting border security. Adml Linda Fagan, who Joe Biden appointed to lead the US Coast Guard in 2022, was relieved of her duties by acting secretary of homeland security Benjamine Huffman.