Archiv: Kristi Noem


06.03.2026 - 10:06 [ Daily Beast ]

DHS Insiders Spill What Really Got ICE Barbie Fired

The axe fell on the 54-year-old Homeland Security secretary almost immediately after her humiliating performance on Capitol Hill. Noem testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. They were her first congressional appearances since federal agents under her command killed two U.S. citizens, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, both 37, during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis in January.

Already facing backlash for Good’s killing when Pretti was shot dead just a few days later, Noem sparked outrage by falsely describing Pretti as a domestic terrorist—and then privately trying to pin the blame for the fiasco on White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

“She was blaming Miller for a lot. No way Trump lets her stay after that,” the DHS insider said.

06.03.2026 - 09:45 [ Tagesschau.de ]

US-Heimatschutzministerin entlassen: Umstrittener Werbefilm war offenbar ein Fehler zu viel

Das politische Genick brach Noem eine Anhörung vorgestern im Senat. Es ging um eine TV-Werbekampagne für die Arbeit ihres Ministeriums, bei der vor allem Noem zu sehen war, auf einem Pferd, zu Füßen des Mount Rushmore. Kostenpunkt der Werbung: 220 Millionen Dollar.

06.03.2026 - 09:30 [ Associated Press ]

Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem after mounting criticism over her leadership

Noem has faced waves of criticism as she’s overseen Trump’s immigration crackdown, especially since the shooting deaths of the two protesters in Minneapolis at the hands of immigration enforcement officers. In the immediate aftermath of the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Noem portrayed both of them as aggressors, contradicting widely viewed videos and descriptions of their deaths from bystanders. She declined to apologize for her description over two days of Congressional testimony.

The former South Dakota governor was also criticized over the way her department has spent billions of dollars allocated to it by Congress.

06.03.2026 - 09:16 [ New York Magazine ]

Top Goon Kristi Noem is the face of Trump’s police state. Corey Lewandowski is the muscle. Who really runs DHS?

(September 22, 2025)

On paper, Noem sits at the top of this empire. In practice, power over immigration policy is fractured, shaped by competing factions, starting with deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, who has vowed in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination to destroy nameless forces that have conspired against the right — the long arm of law enforcement, he warned them, “will be used to find you, will be used to take away your money, take away your power, and, if you’ve broken the law, to take away your freedom.” Noem will be among those at the forefront of any such effort, surrounded by a tight inner circle that can be difficult to penetrate and often impossible to work with. “The culture over there is terrible,” the administration official told me. “People are scared shitless of Corey.”

06.03.2026 - 09:08 [ bpdaily.com ]

“Worst-Kept Secret In D.C.”: Trump Camp Weighs In On Kristi ‘ICE Barbie’ Noem Affair Claims

(September 24, 2025)

Noem, who is married, has been dogged with affair rumors over the years, but she and alleged lover Corey Lewandowski, who is also married, have denied the claims.

A new report in the New York Magazine has detailed Noem’s alleged romantic relationship with Lewandowski, with inside sources telling the outlet it is D.C.’s worst-kept secret.

10.02.2026 - 18:08 [ New York Times ]

We Were Top Homeland Security Lawyers. You Can’t Wish Away the Fourth Amendment.

(February 2, 2026)

A warrant signed by a judge who is independent of the executive branch is a constitutional safeguard that separates legitimate law enforcement from arbitrary government power. This bedrock principle applies with equal — if not greater — force when the government is merely enforcing a civil immigration order.

Today the Department of Homeland Security seeks to justify forcible home entries on the basis of administrative warrants — warrants issued by the executive, not the judicial branch.

10.02.2026 - 17:53 [ Texas Public Radio ]

DHS defends ICE actions after San Antonio home arrest attempt sparks backlash

(February 8, 2026)

The agency did not specify what type of warrant officers were carrying. Judicial warrants are approved by judges, while administrative warrants are issued by immigration authorities; civil rights advocates note that administrative warrants generally do not permit officers to enter a home without consent or emergency conditions.

01.02.2026 - 16:36 [ Common Dreams ]

Leaked DHS Memo Reveals ICE Claiming Expansive New Warrantless Arrest Powers

Stanford University political scientist Tom Clark questioned the validity of the memo, which appears to directly conflict with the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution, which requires search warrants as a protection against “unreasonable searches and seizures.”

“So, here’s how the law works,” he wrote. “People on whom it imposes constraints don’t get to just write themselves a memo saying they don’t have to follow the law. Maybe I’ll write myself a memo saying that I don’t have to pay my taxes this year.”

30.01.2026 - 18:30 [ CNN ]

Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort taken into custody after Minnesota church protest

(updated 57 minutes ago)

Lemon was in L.A. to cover the Grammy Awards and was arrested after 11 p.m. local time in a hotel lobby in Beverly Hills.

He was arrested by a team of agents from Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the operation. His case is being led by HSI.

“Don has been a journalist for 30 years, and his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done,” Lemon’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement Friday morning. “The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable.”

30.01.2026 - 18:25 [ New York Times ]

Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest

The former CNN anchor Don Lemon and three other people have been arrested on charges that they violated federal law during a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minn., this month, lawyers and Justice Department officials said on Friday, reviving a case that was rejected last week by a magistrate judge.

The arrests of Mr. Lemon, a second journalist and two protesters came a little more than a week after three other demonstrators who took part in the action at the Cities Church on Jan. 18 were taken into custody.

28.01.2026 - 05:01 [ Fox News ]

Politics Senate GOP critics say Noem ‘needs to go’ amid fallout from Minneapolis shootings

A pair of Senate Republicans are demanding that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem lose her job in the wake of a pair of fatal shootings in the midst of the agency‘s immigration operations in Minnesota.

Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., are no strangers to being critical of the Trump administration, and have again broken from their party in calling for Noem to either step aside or be fired by President Donald Trump.

28.01.2026 - 04:54 [ Politico.com ]

Curtis, Utah GOP senator, says Noem ‘weakened confidence’ in Minnesota shooting investigation

Sen. John Curtis broke with the Trump administration’s response to the killing of a Minneapolis man by a federal immigration officer, and said Monday he supports bringing in administration officials to testify before Congress over the investigation.

The Utah Republican said in a social media post that he didn’t agree with Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s initial assessment of the incident surrounding Pretti’s death on Saturday, which he said “weakened confidence” in the federal government’s handling of the case.

28.01.2026 - 04:48 [ CBS News ]

Tillis becomes first GOP senator to call for „incompetent“ Noem to step down

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said Tuesday he has lost all confidence in „incompetent“ Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has faced intense scrutiny over a fatal shooting by immigration agents over the weekend.

„I think my position is pretty unambiguous,“ Tillis told reporters. „I think she should go.“

27.01.2026 - 18:10 [ Congressman John Fetterman ]

Fetterman Calls on President Trump to Fire DHS Secretary Noem

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, following the tragedies in Minnesota and the incompetence of the Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Noem, U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) released the following statement:

“President Trump: I make a direct appeal to immediately fire Secretary Noem.

“Americans have died.

“She is betraying DHS’s core mission and trashing your border security legacy.

“DO NOT make the mistake President Biden made for not firing a grossly incompetent DHS Secretary.”

27.01.2026 - 17:50 [ PBS.org ]

ICE chief ordered to appear in court to explain why detainees have been denied due process

The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants and ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear before him Friday to explain why he shouldn‘t be held in contempt.

In an order dated Monday, Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz said Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, must appear personally in court. Schlitz took the administration to task over its handling of bond hearings for immigrants it has detained.

27.01.2026 - 17:45 [ MPRNews,org ]

Judge orders acting ICE director to appear in federal court in Minneapolis

“This Court has been extremely patient with respondents, even though respondents decided to send thousands of agents to Minnesota to detain aliens without making any provision for dealing with the hundreds of habeas petitions and other lawsuits that were sure to result,” Schiltz continued.

The judge wrote that ICE and Homeland Security officials “have continually assured the Court that they recognize their obligation to comply with Court orders, and that they have taken steps to ensure that those orders will be honored going forward. Unfortunately, though, the violations continue.”

27.01.2026 - 02:43 [ Newsweek ]

Donald Trump Sends Kristi Noem Rival Tom Homan to Minnesota

„He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there,“ Trump said of Homan in a Monday morning post on Truth Social, announcing his deployment to Minnesota. „Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me.“

The move cuts across DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who is facing increasing pressure after deadly clashes in Minneapolis between federal immigration enforcement officers and protesters. Homan is a potential rival to Noem for her role, though she publicly welcomed Trump‘s decision.

27.01.2026 - 02:37 [ ABC News ]

Trump White House distances itself from provocative claims by Noem, others on Pretti shooting

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller quickly accused Pretti, an ICU nurse, of domestic terrorism after Saturday‘s shooting without citing any evidence.

(…)

President Trump on Monday announced he is dispatching his border czar, Tom Homan, to Minnesota — bypassing the normal chain of command — where Noem and Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino have been overseeing ICE operations.

27.01.2026 - 02:20 [ CNBC ]

White House eases tone on Pretti killing: Trump ‘does not want any Americans to lose their lives’

Stephen Miller, Trump’s homeland security adviser, had called Pretti a “domestic terrorist” and accused him of being an “assassin.”

(…)

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, shortly after Pretti’s killing, claimed he had been “brandishing” a weapon and that he had reacted “violently” to officers’ attempts to disarm him. Later analyses from multiple news outlets found many of those claims were contradicted by the available video evidence.

Leavitt, asked Monday about Miller’s comments, said, “I have not heard the president characterize Mr. Pretti in that way.”

25.01.2026 - 18:30 [ Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan ]

Governor Walz Statement on Third Shooting Involving Federal Agents in Minnesota

“The federal occupation of Minnesota long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. It is a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state. And today, that campaign claimed yet another life.

“I have seen the video. It is sickening. But Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word. It must have the last word.

“As I told the White House in no uncertain terms this morning, the federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation. The state will handle it. Period.

25.01.2026 - 16:02 [ Common Dreams ]

As ‘Loyal Agents of Nazis’ in GOP Murder Citizens, US Is at ‘Turning Point,’ Advocates Say

“Either the American people are able to wrest power from the current fascist leaders or those leaders will continue to radicalize, using violence and terror to dismantle democracy.”

25.01.2026 - 15:54 [ New York Times ]

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis

This is what the videos show, according to a Times analysis:

24.01.2026 - 14:51 [ CNN ]

ICE officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says

Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.

15.01.2026 - 19:53 [ Reuters ]

Trump threatens to use military over Minnesota anti-ICE protests

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minnesota after days of angry protests over a surge in immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis.