Category: National Security

LIVE 5 PM ET: House Rules Committee Discusses POLICE Act of 2023

The U.S. House Committee on Rules holds a meeting to discuss the POLICE Act of 2023 and other related bills at 5:00 p.m. ET on May 15. …


LIVE 11 AM ET: DHS Official Update on Southwest Border Operations

Senior officials from the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies give an update on Southwest Border operations and regional efforts at 11:00 a.m. ET on May 15. …


LIVE NOW: DHS Official Update on Southwest Border Operations

Senior officials from the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies give an update on Southwest Border operations and regional efforts at 11:00 a.m. ET on May 15. …


DHS Official Update on Southwest Border Operations

Senior officials from the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies give an update on Southwest Border operations and regional efforts at 11:00 a.m. ET on May 15. …


2 Dead, 5 Injured in Arizona Border Town Shooting; Police Searching for Suspect

A shooting in the border town of Yuma, Arizona, on Saturday night left two people dead and five others injured, police said. The police responded to a report of shots fired, which came in at “approximately 10:54 p.m.” local time, Yuma police Sgt. Lori Franklin said on Facebook. When police officers arrived at the scene,…


Vetting Backlog Could Increase National Security Risks, MPs Warn

“Unacceptable delays” in the security vetting of government staff may have resulted in an increase in national security risks, a select committee of MPs said. The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published a report on Friday, accusing the Cabinet Office of failing to “get a grip” on national security vetting since it took over United…


Merrick Garland Approves Transfer of Russian Assets to Ukraine

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Wednesday that he had given the go-ahead for the first transfer of confiscated Russian assets to Ukraine. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Konstantin Malofeyev, a Russian oligarch, with breaching sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine last year. The United States claimed that he had provided…


House GOP Demands Information From Homeland Security Chief on Chinese Tech Used at US Ports

House Republicans are pressuring Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over threats the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses to U.S. port infrastructure. The lawmakers have demanded Mayorkas provide information on what his department and the Biden administration are doing to prevent the CCP from using the technology it develops and produces, which is…


IN-DEPTH: Thousands of Migrants Released Into Southern California as Title 42 Expires

SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA, CALIF.—With tens of thousands of illegal aliens expected to rush the U.S.–Mexico border in San Diego on May 12 after the Biden’s administration’s planned expiration of public health restrictions on immigration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are bracing for chaos.     Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a…


[ATL:NOW] Texican Standoff: Border Surge Paused at Rio Grande by Texas Law Enforcement After Title 42 Ends—Todd Bensman

Reporter Todd Bensman is one of the few journalists at America’s southern border in Texas, covering the mass migration crisis that has worsened since the lifting of Title 42—a Trump-era policy allowing U.S. authorities to swiftly expel illegal immigrants. “You cannot find a single Border Patrol agent anywhere in sight. They are pulled off of…