Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Monday, two sources told ABC News, as the administration faces fallout over federal agent operations in Minnesota and the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.

President Trump said he still has confidence in Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and won't ask her to step down from her position.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign after he was forced to reverse course on the aggressive, made-for-social-media immigration crackdown she engineered in Minnesota following the deaths of two Americans at the hands of federal agents.

President Trump defended Kristi Noem on Tuesday following criticism of her response to last week’s fatal shooting in Minneapolis.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is facing criticism for her caustic comments on Alex Pretti, who was killed by a federal agent in Minnesota.

Media outlets across the political spectrum are calling on President Donald Trump to pull back in Minneapolis following the state’s third shooting by a federal agent in as many weeks. Public outrage escalated this weekend after the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti.

Donald Trump has refused to back Kristi Noem’s claim that the shooting of nurse Alex Pretti was justified, as DHS officials reportedly turn on the Homeland Security secretary. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal,