Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has called the treatment of ICE officers "unconscionable" as he was asked about his objections to proceeding on a government funding deal on Thursday, sending the government ever closer to a partial shutdown with a little more than 24 hours until funding runs out.

"From a Republican point of view, the cops need us right now. They are being demonized. They're being spat upon. They can't sleep at night," Graham said. "Are they right to want to change some ICE procedures? Absolutely. But I'm not going to lead this debate for two weeks before I can explain to the American people what I think the problem is. The problem is, structurally, for four years, the country was ruined."

If Senators can't win over the objectors by Friday, they'll force the government into a partial shutdown. The Senate will reconvene at 11 a.m. Friday to see if they can reach an agreement.

Any agreement they do reach would still need to be approved by the House, so at least a brief partial shutdown is, at this stage, highly likely.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin and Rachel Scott

Amid calls for her resignation and impeachment, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the scene in the hours after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal officers was "chaotic" and they were getting information from "what we knew to be true on the ground."

"We were using the best information we had at the time," Noem told Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday night in her first comments since Saturday.

Noem said that the FBI is now leading the investigation into the shooting. Previously, DHS said the FBI was assisting Homeland Security Investigations.

"We will continue to follow the investigation that the FBI is leading and giving them all the information that they need to bring that to conclusion and make sure the American people know the truth of the situation," she said.

Noem's tone was a shift from her remarks Saturday when she called Pretti's conduct "the definition of domestic terrorism," without evidence, which sparked backlash.

Asked about using the term "domestic terrorism," Noem said authorities are "continuing to gather information" and said an investigation will help provide information about both the shooting involving Pretti and the earlier shooting death of Renee Good.

"We believe we can always do better and we seek to do that every day," Noem said Thursday.

She also said she is "grateful" for President Trump's wisdom in sending Tom Homan, with whom she reportedly has an icy relationship, to Minnesota in the hopes he can talk to leaders there.

When asked about critics on Capitol Hill, she said "radicals" are attacking her for "just doing my job."

"I'm following the law, and enforcing the laws like President Trump promised he would do," she said.

-ABC News' Luke Barr

House Speaker Mike Johnson talked to reporters about the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti involving federal agents for the first time, calling the incident "deeply concerning," but also cautioning to "allow the investigation to play out."

"You don't prejudge anything. Tape can be deceiving. There are different angles," he said Thursday. "New information comes out every hour, every day, and that's why we allow due process to play out, and we'll see what happens."

The speaker called the incident "very unfortunate," but blamed the chaos on local and state officials.

"What we do know that everybody can acknowledge is that you got local and state officials in Minnesota who are encouraging citizens to disobey law enforcement, to impede their operations, to get in the middle of it," Johnson alleged.

-ABC News' John Parkinson

In response to President Donald Trump saying Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was "playing with fire" by not enforcing federal immigration law, Frey maintained Thursday that that isn't the city's job.

"Our police officers will do their jobs, they're not gonna do somebody else's job," Frey told reporters while in Washington, D.C., for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

"I want our police officers stopping murders from happening, preventing carjackings, responding to 911 calls," he said. "You know what I don't want them doing? I don't want them spending a single minute hunting down a father who just dropped his kids off at daycare, who's about to go to work a 12-hour shift, who happens to be from Ecuador. That guy makes our city a better place."

Frey also said he is hopeful federal forces would start to leave Minneapolis, but added, "I will believe it when I see it."

-ABC News' Friz Farrow