Noem reportedly issued a directive requiring all contracts and grants over $100,000 to receive her personal sign off for approval.

Colorado lawmakers are calling out Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, following a three-day delay of FEMA's response to those in the Texas floods. FOX31's Matt Mauro has local reactions.

However, according to the officials, Noem did not authorize FEMA's deployment of the Urban Search and Rescue crews specifically trained to handle catastrophic floods and similar disasters until Monday, nearly 72 hours after disaster struck, CNN reported.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem raised eyebrows on social media after claiming Wednesday that one in six survivors of the Maui wildfires resorted to offering “sexual favors” to survive. Noem made the claim during the second meeting of the FEMA Review Council -- the body determining whether the agency should be eliminated and reformed.

DHS blasted CNN’s Texas flood story as false—but their statement confirms FEMA waited 72 hours for Noem’s approval before deploying key rescue resources. The post DHS’s Fiery Rebuttal to CNN on FEMA Response to Texas Floods Ends Up Validating CNN’s 72‑Hour Timeline first appeared on Mediaite.

FEMA officials are two months behind in posting grant application guidelines, which are expected to reflect President Trump’s demand for cooperation on his priorities.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has doubled down on her past calls to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — but also says it should be “remade” as the agency responds to floods in Texas.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire from a group of researchers who claim she misrepresented their study to claim that the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Biden administration effectively forced women wildfire survivors in Hawaii to sex traffick themselves,