Politics Sep 15 WATCH: Attorney General Blanche addresses Trump's Supreme Court frustration, AI fears By Associated Press
Politics Jul 17 WATCH: Mullin holds news conference on election security after Trump's address to the nation In a White House briefing doubling down on President Donald Trump's claims, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened fines, penalties or prison time for state election officials who refuse to hand over sensitive voter data to DHS. By Associated Press
Nation Jul 08 A Mexican father was shot and killed by an ICE officer. His son is demanding an independent probe Lorenzo Salgado Araujo worked for 35 years from sunrise to sunset to send all three of his American citizen sons to college. He had also been working toward securing legal status in the U.S. after neglecting that for years as… By Lekan Oyekanmi, Jack Brook, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press
Politics Jun 03 WATCH: Mullin returns to testify on DHS budget before House committee Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin didn't back down from his threats to pull Customs and Border Protection officers from airports on Wednesday. By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
Nation May 07 WATCH: Trump-appointed FEMA review board reveals recommendations for changing the agency A council meant to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency proposed Thursday a series of long-awaited changes to the disaster recovery body that could reduce the number of disasters the federal government supports and the amount of money it doles… By Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Associated Press
Apr 30 Trump signs Homeland Security funding bill, ending record shutdown By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press DHS has been without routine funds since Feb. 14, causing hardship for workers, though much of Trump’s immigration agenda that is central to the dispute is being funded separately. Continue reading
Apr 22 WATCH: Senate meets as Republicans try to secure DHS funding through budget reconciliation By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Senate voted on Tuesday to launch a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history. The 52-46 vote was the first step in a budget process that Republicans hope… Continue reading
Apr 16 WATCH: OMB chief Vought says Homeland Security is 'disintegrating' during shutdown By Hannah Grabenstein Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, told lawmakers in a hearing Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security is “disintegrating” as it remains unfunded by Congress. Continue reading
Apr 02 Bypassing Congress, Trump says he'll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security By Kevin Freking, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press The DHS funding lapse had seemed likely to stretch into next week as the House is contemplating passing a Senate plan it had previously rejected to fund the bulk of the agency, but not its immigration enforcement operations. Continue reading
Apr 01 DHS pauses new immigrant warehouse purchases as all Noem-era contracts are reviewed By Rebecca Santana, Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press The new Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin, was sworn in last week to lead a department that was steeped in controversy during Kristi Noem's tenure but also central to President Trump's mass deportation agenda. Continue reading