US EditionNoem will testify in the Senate in her first appearance since 2 Minneapolis protesters' deaths
Kristi Noem faces Senate questions on DHS partial shutdown amid stalled funding and scrutiny over federal immigration agents’ fatal shootings in Minneapolis.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee convenes today in Washington for testimony from Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, in a live-streamed hearing at 9 a.m. ET.
- Following shootings in Minneapolis on Jan. 7 and Jan. 24, House Democrats demanded oversight, prompting Noem to testify today about DHS operations; she labeled victims 'domestic terrorists' before investigations.
- Funding for the 260,000-employee Department of Homeland Security lapsed on Feb. 14, leaving it the only unfunded cabinet department while some workers miss paychecks and TSA operations face disruptions.
- Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley will press Noem on killings and tactics, citing `Let me be clear, one death is too many`, and may question her adviser Corey Lewandowski's actions.
- Noem's role fits into the administration's broader mass-deportation campaign as she oversees efforts with more than 675,000 deportations and about 3,000 federal officers deployed in Minnesota, raising stakes ahead of the November midterm elections amid reported war with Iran.
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Democrats accuse the Secretary of Homeland Security of lying after the death of two U.S. citizens in the course of deportation raids. Noem refuses an apology.
Kristi Noem is severely attacked before the U.S. Senate. Trump's minister is visibly wrestling for answers. A Republican senator is enraged.
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy presses Kristi Noem on Homeland Security commercials
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John Kennedy on Tuesday challenged Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on spending $220 million for television commercials featuring her, then questioned why she blamed a White House aide for calling protestors killed by immigration officers “domestic…
Kristi Noem struggles as Republicans & Democrats grill her in fiery Senate hearing
"I don't know that we'll have time for you to respond because I'm giving you a performance evaluation here," Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, told the DHS secretary.
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