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Homeland Security creates new Cyber Safety Board to review hacks

By Associated Press

The new board is modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board, which reviews plane crashes and other major accidents, and was mandated by an executive order President Joe Biden signed last May.

The security flaw that’s terrified the internet

By Frank Bajak, Associated Press

Security pros say it's one of the worst computer vulnerabilities they've ever seen. They say state-backed Chinese and Iranian hackers and rogue cryptocurrency miners have already seized on it.

WATCH: Senate committee questions Mayorkas on security at the border, fighting terrorism

By Associated Press

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security with Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifying.

U.S. to limit immigration arrests at schools, ‘protected’ areas

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

U.S. immigration authorities will limit arrests at schools, hospitals and other so-called protected areas under new guidelines issued by the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas tests positive for COVID

By Associated Press

A DHS statement says the secretary has only "mild congestion" after taking a routine test Tuesday and testing positive. Mayorkas is fully vaccinated.

How the expulsion of Haitian migrants is affecting the crisis-torn nation

Thousands of Haitian migrants who have been deported by the U.S. have been arriving home as authorities scramble for resources including food and medical supplies. Haiti is reeling from a convergence of crises -- a presidential assassination, an earthquake and…

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Stolen Mesopotamian tablet acquired by Hobby Lobby finally going back to Iraq

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

It was looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago. Now, a 3,500-year-old clay tablet discovered in the ruins of the library of an ancient Middle Eastern king is finally headed back to Iraq.

WATCH: Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee discuss threats since 9/11

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee is expected to discuss threats since 9/11 on Tuesday.

Post-9/11 surveillance has left a generation of Muslim Americans in a shadow of distrust and fear

By Saher Khan, Vignesh Ramachandran

National security programs and their reach went through significant changes in the period that followed 9/11.

Watchdog says U.S. forced deported parents to leave kids behind

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General said in a report released Monday that it found at least 348 cases in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement had no records showing migrants wanted to leave their children in the U.S.