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Ex-college student gets prison time for racist swatting group
A former Virginia college student who teamed up with white supremacists in a series of swatting attacks targeting his university, journalists and the Homeland Security secretary has been sentenced to...
Whistleblower says DHS chiefs censored Russia, white supremacist intel
Top Homeland Security officials are accused of trying to censor or stop work related to threats from Russian influence activities or violent white supremacy in a new whistleblower report filed...
Trump taps Chad Wolf as acting director of Homeland Security
President Trump on Friday said he has tapped Chad Wolf as the fifth acting director of Homeland Security — but an agency spokesperson soon contradicted the president, saying no change...
Hillary Clinton bails on DC event that Tulsi Gabbard is attending
It looks like the “Queen of Warmongers” blinked. A face-to-face confrontation between Hillary Clinton and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard set for next Friday was averted when Clinton backed out of...
Kevin McAleenan resigns as acting Homeland Security secretary
President Donald Trump said on Friday that acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan was stepping down and a new acting chief of the agency would be named next week. McAleenan...
Trump: I'm the one running Homeland Security
President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that it didn’t really matter whom he picked to replace Kirstjen Nielsen as head of Homeland Security — because the one who really runs...
Acting deputy DHS secretary was forced to resign after Nielsen exit
The acting deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department was forced to resign on Tuesday, the latest top-ranking official to be ousted from the agency. Claire Grady stepped down from...
AOC blasts Kirstjen Nielsen, says she doesn't deserve a new job
If it were up to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, outgoing Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen wouldn't ever find work again. The freshman congresswoman tore into Nielsen on Twitter Tuesday night —...
Behind the homeland security shakeup: This prez demands results
It’s hard not to have sympathy for outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. She was battered by the left as the face of last year’s family separation policy and hampered...
Secret Service director is the latest Trump official to leave administration
The director of the Secret Service is leaving, the White House announced Monday. “Secret Service Director Randolph ‘Tex’ Alles has done a great job at the agency over the last...
Kirstjen Nielsen still supports Trump's immigration policies
Ousted Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen said Monday that she remains firmly behind President Trump’s hardline immigration policies. “I share the president’s goal of securing the border I will continue...
Trump wants to increase family separations at border
President Trump wants to restart and expand his administration’s hardline policy of separating children from their families at the Mexican border, which he thinks is the most effective way to...
Kirstjen Nielsen had resignation letter ready before Trump meeting
Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen had her resignation letter in hand when she arrived at the White House on Sunday to meet with President Trump, according to a report on Monday....
Kirstjen Nielsen was 'no doubt' forced out as DHS secretary
WASHINGTON — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was forced out of the position, according to multiple news reports. Bloomberg reported that President Trump met with Nielsen early Sunday...
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigns after meeting with Trump
WASHINGTON - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned Sunday. CBS News was first to report that Nielsen was meeting with President Trump at 5 p.m. and was expected...
Kirstjen Nielsen headed for three-day tour of southern border
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen embarked Wednesday on a three-day tour of the country’s southern border, amid threats by President Trump to shut down the crossing to stem the tide...
How Trump could have the most progressive administration yet
President Trump has seven women currently serving as senior White House advisers -- more than any of his three predecessors. At the same time in their presidencies, Barack Obama had...
Dems grill Nielsen for 'caging' children at border
Democrats pushed back Wednesday against Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen, ripping her department for separating children from their families and for holding minors in what Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson called...
Nielsen urges lawmakers to back Trump's national emergency declaration
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Wednesday described in harrowing detail the perils faced by migrant children in caravans trying to cross the US border — telling lawmakers the kids...
Kirstjen Nielsen visits US border after second migrant child's death
EL PASO, Texas — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Friday visited the Texas border city where an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy was detained with his father before dying in government...