Kristi Noem is "alert and recovering" after being hospitalized, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was taken to a Washington, D.C.-area hospital Tuesday, sources with knowledge of the situation told ABC News.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Washington, DC, on Tuesday where she has been conscious and has spoken with her security detail, CNN reported. CBS News also reported that Noem was taken to a hospital in the capital,