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What Lawsuit? Syrian Refugees Arrive in Texas

Despite Lawsuit,
Syrian Refugees
Arrive in Texas

Dec 7, 2015 3:50 PM CST

Despite Lawsuit, Syrian Refugees Arrive in Texas

Texas alters strategy against resettlement agency

(Newser) - Hide your husbands, hide your wives: A family of six Syrian refugees is arriving in Dallas today as Texas shifts its legal strategy against refugee resettlement, the Dallas Morning News reports. The family—which includes two small children and has a relative in Dallas—came over with a relief agency...

We're Getting a New
Terror Alert System

Dec 7, 2015 12:00 PM CST

We're Getting a New Terror Alert System

It's the 3rd so far

(Newser) - The Obama administration will announce a new terror alert system "in the coming days," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Monday. Johnson said the new alert system will better inform the public about threats to the United States, but he did not provide specific details. This will be...

Yes, a Paris-Style
Attack Could
Happen in US

OPINION

Nov 23, 2015 12:33 PM CST

Yes, a Paris-Style Attack Could Happen in US

Former NYPD official warns against false sense of security

(Newser) - Could terrorists pull off an attack in the US along the lines of what happened in Paris? The answer is an unequivocal yes, writes a former director of intelligence analysis for the NYPD in the Wall Street Journal . While it's true that the US "has—in absolute numbers...

TSA Boss Dumped Over
Stunning Security Lapses

Jun 2, 2015 6:20 AM CDT

TSA Boss Dumped Over Stunning Security Lapses

Acting director Melvin Carraway replaced 'effective immediately'

(Newser) - The TSA's acting director has been replaced by the acting deputy after an embarrassing report showed TSA agents failed 95% of tests in which fake explosives and weapons were smuggled through security. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says Mark Hatfield will replace Melvin Carraway until the Senate can confirm...

TSA Agents Failed
67 of 70 Tests

Jun 1, 2015 10:18 AM CDT

TSA Agents Failed 67 of 70 Tests

Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson said to be 'frustrated' by dismal results

(Newser) - They're good at finding dead bears, live snakes , and even human skulls , but what TSA agents don't find enough of are the fake explosives and weapons that undercover Homeland Security agents tried to smuggle past them. The results were downright dismal: TSA agents failed 67 out of 70...

House GOP
Relents, Funds
Homeland
Security

UPDATED

Mar 3, 2015 2:37 PM CST

House GOP Relents, Funds Homeland Security

Measure drops fight against Obama's immigration policies

(Newser) - In a major victory for President Obama, the Republican-led House relented today and backed legislation to fund the Homeland Security Department through the end of the budget year, without restrictions on immigration. The measure passed 257-167 and now goes to Obama's desk for his signature. House Speaker John Boehner...

Deal to Avoid Homeland Security Shutdown Fails in House

Congress
Averts Shutdown
of Homeland
Security

Feb 27, 2015 10:06 PM CST

Congress Averts Shutdown of Homeland Security

House, Senate agree to one-week reprieve

(Newser) - Congress passed a one-week bill late tonight to avert a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department, as leaders in both political parties quelled a revolt by House conservatives furious that the measure left President Obama's immigration policy intact. The final vote of a long day and night was...

House Bill Funds
Homeland Security
for 3 Weeks

Feb 27, 2015 5:17 AM CST

House Bill Funds Homeland Security for 3 Weeks

Stopgap measure expected to pass

(Newser) - With a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security just hours away, House Republicans appear to have decided to back away from the cliff and pass a "clean" funding bill that will keep the department open—for a few weeks. After a House GOP meeting yesterday on a...

Congress Now
Bickering Over
'Clean' Homeland
Security Bill

Feb 25, 2015 7:30 AM CST

Congress Now Bickering Over 'Clean' Homeland Security Bill

Dems want House GOP guarantee before agreeing to McConnell's offer

(Newser) - Congress has until Friday to either pass a bill to fund Homeland Security or appear completely dysfunctional—and it's not looking great for the former option. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has offered a vote on a "clean bill" to fund the agency, followed by one on President...

Senate Hits
Wall as Dems
Block DHS
Funding

Feb 23, 2015 7:15 PM CST

Senate Hits Wall as Dems Block DHS Funding

Mitch McConnell edges toward new plan against immigration order

(Newser) - Funding for Homeland Security teetered closer to the proverbial cliff today as Senate Democrats again stalled a bill to fund the US agency—but a compromise may be in the works. Senators voted nearly down the middle, 47 for and 46 against, on a measure that needed 60 votes to...

Homeland Security:
Mall Threat Not Credible

Feb 23, 2015 7:38 AM CST

Homeland Security: Mall Threat Not Credible

Mall of America shoppers unfazed by warning

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security did some backtracking soon after its chief warned yesterday that Mall of America shoppers should be "particularly careful" after a terror threat. A department spokeswoman says that although the mall was named in a video released by Somali extremists al-Shabab, "we are not...

Homeland Security
Chief: 'Absurd'
Congress Is
Flirting With
Shutdown

SUNDAY TALK SHOWS

Feb 22, 2015 12:08 PM CST

Homeland Security Chief: 'Absurd' Congress Is Flirting With Shutdown

Says shutdown would hurt ability to respond to ISIS

(Newser) - Count Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson as no great fan of the United States Congress: With his department facing a possible shutdown if Congress doesn't vote to fund it by Friday, Johnson said that could hamper his ability to respond to everything from winter weather to ISIS, reports the...

Boehner: I'll 'Certainly' Allow Homeland Security Shutdown

Feb 16, 2015 12:53 AM CST

Boehner: I'll 'Certainly' Allow Homeland Security Shutdown

It will be fault of Senate Dems, he says

(Newser) - If the Department of Homeland Security is forced to shut down at the end of this month because of a lack of funding, John Boehner says he's ready to let that happen and it won't be his fault. In an interview with Fox News Sunday, the House speaker...

House Dumps
Key Obama
Immigration
Reforms

Jan 14, 2015 11:29 AM CST

House Dumps Key Obama Immigration Reforms

Bill would expose 'DREAMers' to deportation, has little chance in Senate

(Newser) - In an assault on one of President Obama's top domestic priorities, House Republicans approved measures today that would overturn his immigration actions and remove protections for immigrants brought illegally to the country as children. Despite a White House veto threat, Republicans attached language blocking Obama's immigration initiatives to...

On Deck for
GOP in 2015:
A Long Series
of Showdowns

Jan 5, 2015 9:16 AM CST

On Deck for GOP in 2015: A Long Series of Showdowns

Republican leaders to face immigration, debt ceiling, Medicare issues

(Newser) - John Boehner and Mitch McConnell penned a Wall Street Journal editorial in November that promised they would prove wrong "the skeptics [who] say nothing will be accomplished in the next two years." But even with both House and Senate firmly under GOP control when Congress convenes tomorrow , the...

How US Border
Patrol Got 'Out
of Control'

Nov 10, 2014 6:15 PM CST

How US Border Patrol Got 'Out of Control'

Agency grew without oversight after 9/11, officials say

(Newser) - The US Border Patrol has ballooned into a massive agency where employee misconduct is reportedly rampant, but figuring out who to blame—or how to fix it—is no easy job, Politico reports via Vox . Driven by security fears after 9/11, federal officials threw billions of dollars at Border Patrol...

Report:
Prostitution
Investigator
Tied to Prostitute

Oct 29, 2014 7:40 AM CDT

Report: Prostitution Investigator Tied to Prostitute

David Nieland quietly stepped down from Homeland Security in August

(Newser) - The man tasked with heading the probe into the Secret Service sex scandal has been tied to a prostitution scandal of his own. Current and former Department of Homeland Security officials tell the New York Times that David Nieland stepped down after stonewalling the department's inspector general about an...

More Security
for Our Buildings
Over 'World Events'

Oct 29, 2014 2:00 AM CDT

More Security for Our Buildings Over 'World Events'

Homeland Security cites Canada attack

(Newser) - Security has been beefed up at federal buildings across the country—not because of any specific threat, but because of "world events," the Department of Homeland Security says. The Federal Protective Service, which guards more than 9,500 federal courthouses and other buildings nationwide, boosted security measures over...

Dallas Ebola Patient Is Dead

UPDATED

Oct 8, 2014 10:25 AM CDT

Dallas Ebola Patient Is Dead

Thomas Eric Duncan was first Ebola patient diagnosed in US

(Newser) - The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the US has died, a Dallas hospital confirms. Thomas Eric Duncan , who has been kept in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital since Sept. 28, died at 7:51am, per a Facebook post made with "profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment" by the hospital....

Secret Service Chief Resigns

Oct 1, 2014 2:33 PM CDT

Secret Service Chief Resigns

Julia Pierson steps down amid gaffes, criticism

(Newser) - In a not-so-shocking development, Secret Service chief Julia Pierson has resigned, reports CNBC . The move comes amid withering criticism in the wake of high-profile security lapses involving President Obama. Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson announced the resignation and said he was appointing Joseph Clancy to be interim director of the...