Noem’s Frayed Congressional Ties Strain After Minnesota Shooting

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem irked some members of Congress even before the crisis unfolding in Minneapolis, undercutting her support as she now fights to keep her job.

Despite her glossy public profile, Noem rarely appears on Capitol Hill for hearings, and some Republicans have fumed at her department’s responses to disasters. Her policy requiring her personal sign-off on expenses exceeding $100,000, they say, has dramatically slowed recoveries after hurricanes and floods.

“I’ve been in a lot of C-suites before, and I’ve advised a lot of senior people,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a former management consultant, said in an interview ...