<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span>'s </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/who-is-kristi-noem-us-politics-explained/c242660c-3391-4d32-9548-978cb2ccce69" rel="" target="" title="Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem"><span>Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem</span></a><span>, has been berated during a Senate hearing by a member of her own party.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/admiral-says-there-was-no-kill-them-all-order-in-boat-attack-but-video-alarms-lawmakers/96da5baa-e165-4db6-b0ac-d573eeb9c7b9" rel="" target="" title="Republican Senator Thom Tillis"><span>Republican Senator Thom Tillis</span></a><span> demanded Noem's resignation over what he described as her disastrous leadership.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A visibly angry Tillis tore into Noem over American citizens being wrongfully detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-attack-iran-live-updates-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/94a5cc0c-0369-44b9-8765-70bb2633e2bd"><strong><span>Key American ally moves into battle position</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Citing "stonewalling" from Noem, Tillis threatened to bring much of the Senate's work to a halt.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If I don't get an answer to these questions that you've had a month to respond to, I'll be informing leadership that I'll be putting a hold on any en banc nominations," Tillis told Noem.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And in two weeks, if I don't get a response, I'm going to deny quorum and markup in as many committees as I can."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-thom-tillis-kristi-noem-ice-department-of-homeland-security-senate-usa/46925cce-c784-4f7b-bd3e-64d5f70a67a1" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The senator was angry about how Noem characterised </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-ice-shooting-fbi-won-co-operate-with-state-investigators/b520c083-5f61-4e23-b9a0-bfd266da6702" rel="" target="" title="Renee Good"><span>Renee Good</span></a><span> and </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-minneapolis-minnesota-ice-alex-pretti-shooting-usa-news/1559ed66-1cc5-4978-9b1b-4323c203ef57" rel="" target="" title="Alex Pretti"><span>Alex Pretti</span></a><span>, two protesters killed by ICE agents.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tillis then referenced an anecdote Noem wrote about in her book, where she </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/vp-contender-kristi-noem-defends-killing-dog-and-goat-on-dakota-farm/649b90e0-f28a-49a5-b49a-7139bb6bc386" rel="" target="" title="killed a disobedient 14-month-old dog"><span>killed a disobedient 14-month-old dog</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A 14-month-old dog is basically a teenager in dog years," Tillis said in a raised voice.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You decided to kill that dog because you had not invested the appropriate time and training and then you have the audacity to go into a book and say it's a leadership lesson about tough choices."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also criticised Noem as "incompetent" over her handling of FEMA, the US emergency response bureau.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-attacks-iran-conservative-commentators-lash-donald-trumps-decision-to-attack-iran/ba98ba21-78ba-428b-bfa9-ad23844cba82"><strong><span>Conservative commentators lash Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was specifically critical of her handling of the Hurricane Helene response in his home state of North Carolina.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tillis is retiring at the end of his term in January, and as he nears the end of his Senate career, his criticism of the Trump administration has become more strident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He is likely to be replaced by Democrat Roy Cooper, who is well ahead in the polls.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Noem was also criticised by another Republican, Louisiana's John Kennedy, over her appearance in an ad campaign for the Department of Homeland Security.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The president approved ahead of time you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently?" he asked Noem.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's just hard for me to believe, knowing the president as I do, that you said, 'Mr President, here's some ads I've cut, and I'm going to spend $220 million running them' that he would have agreed to that."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/cory-booker-gives-24-hour-speech-in-us-senate-denouncing-donald-trump/d40e4259-314f-41a1-a7d2-dc440a149b27" rel="" target="" title="Democratic Senator Cory Booker"><span>Democratic Senator Cory Booker</span></a><span> said 170 American citizens had been wrongly detained by ICE.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Noem has refused to resign from her role.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-attacks-iran-donald-trump-iran-latest-previous-comments-on-iran-war-barack-obama-jd-vance-kamala-harris/86dc4c3e-43fd-4ba4-ad86-ec1da170f16b"><strong><span>Trump's past comments on Iran come back to haunt him</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span></span><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> 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