Republicans are invoking the war in Iran and the prospect of retaliatory terrorist attacks as they tee up votes on a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrapped up two days of scrutiny in Congress, appearing for the first time in front of lawmakers since the shooting deaths of two protesters in Minneapolis at the hands of immigration enforcement officers.

The secretary saw a friendlier reception from House Republicans than she did from their Senate counterparts a day before.

New Jersey senator accuses Homeland Security secretary of incompetence during heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, citing detention of at least 170 U.S. citizens including 20 children.

Kristi Noem has been answering a lot of questions from politicians this week, but she managed to avoid a really awkward one on Wednesday afternoon. Rumors have abounded for years that the Department of Homeland Security secretary has been having an affair with Homeland Security aide Corey Lewandowski despite both of them being married to others.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to testify before a House committee on Wednesday morning, a day after a heated hearing in the Senate. On Tuesday, she repeatedly declined to apologize for suggesting that two U.S. citizens killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were domestic terrorists.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem returns to Capitol Hill Wednesday for a second consecutive day of testimony, this time appearing before the House Judiciary Committee amid mounting political pressure over immigration ...

At any time during you tenure as director of the Department of Homeland Security, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?’ the DHS boss was asked