Members of the House Judiciary Committee used an oversight hearing Wednesday to highlight delays in dispersing disaster relief funds.

Western North Carolina is set to receive nearly $70 million in additional FEMA grants for the state’s ongoing Helene recovery efforts.

The Republican senator threatened to hold up all Trump nominees until the DHS secretary answers his questions about her “disastrous” tenure.

Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a tense five-hour hearing on Tuesday.

Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California authorized the groups to depose Noem hours after a Tuesday court hearing at which government lawyers seemingly contradicted sworn testimony by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting administrator on a key question in the case: Who fired nearly 200 FEMA employees in January.

The DHS secretary did say she was “shocked” to be asked about the widely rumored affair under oath, calling the question “tabloid garbage.”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced House questions on immigration enforcement, shootings and a department shutdown.

A report by Senate Democrats found that scrutiny of large FEMA expenditures slowed housing and employment assistance for victims of fires and storms.