Controversy clings to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem like a storm cloud that refuses to lift, and this week it grew darker and darker. With reports that President Donald Trump is privately questioning her judgment and lawmakers openly challenging her honesty, Noem finds herself at a difficult crossroad.

She arrived at Thursday’s House Homeland Security Committee hearing already weakened and things quickly devolved into a spectacle of protests, fact-checks, and a sharp ultimatum from Democrats who warned Noem her career may now be hanging by a thread.

Noem faced fierce questioning almost immediately. Rhode Island Rep. Seth Magaziner confronted her over whether she had deported U.S. military veterans during the violent ICE raids she has overseen since early this year.

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