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tag | Department of Homeland Security
July 17, 2024 | 10:08 AM
Homeland Security inspector general investigates Secret Service handling of security at Trump rally
June 11, 2022 | 7:49 AM
A federal judge in Texas blocks a major DHS policy limiting immigration enforcement
Tipton sided with the states of Texas and Louisiana, which argued that the DHS guidance is preventing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from enforcing the law.
April 8, 2022 | 5:20 AM
FBI: 2 men impersonated federal agents to get close to the Secret Service
Court documents say four members of the Secret Service have been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation.
June 8, 2021 | 8:08 AM
‘Bring your guns’: Probe uncovers more alarming intelligence before Capitol riot
Among new public details, the panels say Capitol Police had seen information from a pro-Trump website that included comments about the Capitol's tunnel system, and that encouraged demonstrators to bring weapons to subdue members of Congress and police, and reverse the presidential election's results.
March 17, 2021 | 2:31 PM
‘Undoubtedly difficult’: Mayorkas says DHS is working to manage influx at border
More than 4,000 unaccompanied minors are in U.S. custody at the border, straining Homeland Security capacity. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers, “it will take time” to get under control.
January 28, 2021 | 5:07 AM
DHS warns of ‘heightened threat environment’ from domestic violent extremists
The bulletin did not cite any specific threat but described “a heightened threat environment across the United States, which DHS believes will persist in the weeks following the successful Presidential Inauguration.”
January 15, 2021 | 8:18 AM
What we know so far: A timeline of security at the Capitol on January 6
The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was either a security failure, an intelligence failure — or both.
January 14, 2021 | 8:47 AM
Why didn’t the FBI and DHS produce a threat report ahead of the Capitol insurrection?
In late December, the New York Police Department sent a packet of material to the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI. It was full of what's known as raw intelligence — bits and pieces of information that turned up by scraping various social media sites. It all indicated that there would likely be violence when lawmakers certified the presidential election on Jan. 6.
January 11, 2021 | 6:23 PM
Amid domestic terror fears, acting Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf to step down
Wolf’s departure from the Trump administration, just days before the president’s norm-shattering term is set to come to a close, is the most recent cabinet resignation in recent days.
