BREAKING: The White House is in full blown panic mode right now. Kristi Noem is throwing Stephen Miller under the bus, Miller is throwing Greg Bovino under the bus, Republican senators are calling for Noem to be fired…

The White House descended into **full-blown panic mode** Tuesday as infighting erupted among top officials over the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse and U.S. citizen, by federal immigration agents during protests in Minneapolis over the weekend.

Homeland Security Secretary **Kristi Noem** has reportedly shifted blame onto White House deputy chief of staff **Stephen Miller**, claiming her inflammatory statements—labeling Pretti as intending to “massacre” agents and committing “domestic terrorism”—were made at Miller’s direction and with White House approval.

Sources close to Noem told outlets including Axios that “everything I’ve done, I’ve done at the direction of the president and Stephen.”

Miller, in turn, has pushed back by pointing fingers at Customs and Border Protection and its field commander **Greg Bovino**, asserting that faulty preliminary information from CBP led to the misleading narrative.

Bovino, who oversaw aggressive ICE operations in the Twin Cities and publicly defended the agents as “victims,” has since been reassigned from Minneapolis, with border czar Tom Homan stepping in to oversee efforts directly for President Trump.

The chaos has spilled onto Capitol Hill, where several **Republican senators**—including Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)—have publicly called for Noem to be fired, describing her response as “amateur hour” and disqualifying.

Tillis stated bluntly that Noem “should be out of a job,” while Murkowski indicated she would not support Noem again and suggested it was time for her to step down.

President Trump has defended Noem, insisting she is “doing a very good job” and that “the border is totally secure,” even as he has quietly adjusted tactics in Minnesota amid growing protests and political backlash.

The episode has exposed deep tensions within the administration’s immigration enforcement push, with blame ricocheting among key figures and raising questions about accountability in the wake of Pretti’s death, which video evidence has contradicted initial official accounts.