Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not speak at a Thursday Cabinet meeting hosted by President Donald Trump amid significant fallout from last weekend’s killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minnesota. And at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, the first of 2026, Noem did not speak. Congressional Democrats have said they plan to launch impeachment proceedings against Noem if Trump does not replace her at the Department of Homeland Security. Homan signaled that tactics would change from those deployed by Miller and Noem during his Thursday morning press conference in Minnesota. Both Miller and Noem made inflammatory comments in the immediate aftermath of the Pretti killing, which earned heavy scrutiny in the media.