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Politics Sep 18

WATCH: Trump shifts on Puerto Rico, releases aid as election nears

President Donald Trump has announced the release of $13 billion in assistance to repair the damage in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria three years ago, and has pledged to restore its economy.

Politics Sep 14

U.S. halts imports from China’s Uighur region over suspected forced labor

Companies that ship clothing and other cotton goods, computer parts and hair products from the Xinjiang region were named in the order issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Politics Sep 11

Trump Homeland Security pick faces hurdles to confirmation

Republican senators, who are fighting to keep their majority in November, appear in no rush to launch a heated confirmation that will force uncomfortable questions about whether agency actions were driven by Trump's political agenda.

Nation Sep 09

DHS whistleblower says agency leaders pressured him to suppress intel that Trump would find objectionable

Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, released the complaint, which he said contained “grave and disturbing” allegations.

Nation Sep 09

Top Homeland Security official defends response to protests

Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf said that the civil unrest in downtown Portland ranks among the top threats facing the United States, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, election interference and drug trafficking along the southern border.

Nation Sep 01

U.S. seeks to collect more personal information of noncitizens

The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it would soon propose to expand the collection of personal biological information by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Nation Aug 27

Hurricane Laura further strains FEMA in disaster-filled year

Hurricane Laura was also testing an already-stretched Federal Emergency Management Agency in what is shaping up to be a unprecedentedly disastrous year. FEMA has never faced a year like 2020.

Politics Aug 25

Trump nominates Chad Wolf to lead Department of Homeland Security

Wolf has been a vocal advocate of an administration decision to use DHS to protect federal property and monuments following the protests that erupted this spring over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Nation Jul 21

Analysis: Can Trump send armed federal agents to U.S. city streets?

Far from backing down, the administration plans to send agents to Chicago to respond to gun violence. And President Donald Trump says federal agents could be deployed elsewhere.

World Jun 22

U.S. moves to restrict Chinese media outlets as ‘propaganda’

State Department officials said the four organizations are essentially mouthpieces for the Chinese Communist Party and the government and should not be treated like ordinary foreign media.

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