Noem is the top dog in U.S. natural disaster response, which is under fire following deadly floods in Texas. The former governor walked into a buzzsaw on NBC’s “ Meet the Press ” Sunday, when host ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem dismissed calls for her resignation following multiple reports that FEMA, under her department, had a slow response to deadly flooding in central Texas.

Noem, who has faced criticism in the past for her approach to immigration raids and is sometimes referred to by critics as “ICE Barbie”, has again found herself under fire for the government’s ...