Homeland Security News
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The Trump administration is considering implementing the 68-year-old Defense Production Act, which was first passed by Congress in the midst of the Korean War as a way to nationalize an energy industry necessary in times of war.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced that federal agencies must improve their cybersecurity within the next 90 days. The decision, praised by the Global Cyber Appliance, will force agencies to use HTTPS and secure email accounts.
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The United States Department of Homeland Security notified 21 states that hackers had targeted their election systems in 2016 but none of the systems were used for recording votes. Only a small number of networks were actually breached.
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Washington -
U.S. government computer experts are warning consumers that some popular antivirus software programs have become "useless" and could compromise the safety of home computers.
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A federal judge in California has ruled that the Obama administration is in serious violation of a court agreement by detaining women and children who cross the border illegally from Mexico.
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Seven federal agencies launched a new effort to put online the records they distribute to requesters under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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The U.S. capitol remains of high alert after a small gyrocopter lands outside the west end of the Capitol building. The pilot has been detained at this time.
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Stolen some 10 years ago, Picasso's $2.5M century-old cubist painting, "La Coiffeuse," has been seized by the U.S. Homeland Security. It was found in a New York mail room wearing a $37 Fed Ex shipping label.
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Washington, D. C. -
The Department of Homeland Security might be shutting down soon but that won't stop the department from reigning its tyranny on the American people.
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Harvard -
Hundreds of emails were sent to students and staff members at Harvard University Friday, threatening to shoot them on Saturday. The emails were probably sent from outside the U.S., but university and law enforcement officials are taking them seriously.
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Five men in California are finally standing up against the government's 'Suspicious Activity Reporting' initiative, an Orwellian counter-terrorism program that has, until now, been overlooked by both mainstream and alternative media.
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New York -
US authorities approved, Thursday, the shipment back to Mongolia of a huge haul of dinosaur fossils that had been illicitly imported to the United States having been stolen from archaeological sites in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert.
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A South American backpacker visiting the United States was locked in federal detention after reportedly over-extending his stay by 30 minutes. Diego Simonassi said he roamed freely with just a backpack in the United States for six months.
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Washington -
The US Department of Homeland Security is seeking to partner with a private company to create a nationwide database containing the license plate numbers of every single registered automobile in the nation.
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Public safety is an issue that concerns all in this age of terrorism. Port cities such as Oakland can be particularly vulnerable to attacks. What started out to be plans for a Port of Oakland surveillance center has turned out to be much more.
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Washington -
After more than four years as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Napolitano announced in a statement today that she will be leaving the post to head the University of California System.
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If you still think gun control isn't a problem, it's about to get a whole lot worse. As 3D-printed gun blueprints continue to circulate, they will cause more harm than good.
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The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a Joint Intelligence Bulletin on April 16, 2013, in response to the explosions at the Boston Marathon.
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New York -
The NYPD and scientists with the federal government will conduct a highly detailed airflow study this summer to better understand the behavior of toxic gases that may be released by terrorists in an attack on the city’s subway system.
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Washington -
One has to wonder which planet Janet Napolitano lives on. The Homeland Security Secretary told a Senate Committee yesterday that the proposed immigration legislation would have better tracked Boston bomber suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Really?
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Boston -
All that is visible is an ominous dark figure walking a top a roof in Boston, as the explosion takes place unleashing carnage on the streets below.
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A research team has been given a grant to see if two cancer medications have the potential of protecting U.S. troops from biological agents that could be unleashed during an attack.
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According to documents, the Department of Homeland Security spies on peaceful demonstrators, because it is a "matter of policy."
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The Department of Homeland Security discusses high points for suspicious activity reporting in the winter 2013 season in this new document, released in January.
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Washington -
In response to Republican Senator Rand Paul, US Attorney General Eric Holder has written that carrying out drone strikes against American citizens on US soil is a possibility, under an 'extraordinary circumstance'.
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Several recent events have many Americans wondering what the government could be preparing for; and with the current status of global politics and economics, the possibilities are quite scary.
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Washington -
It seems even the United States federal government is preparing for the zombie apocalypse. A new report by a top Republican official slammed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for wasting money on zombie training.
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Van Meter -
In what appears to be a growing trend, TSA agents were seen conducting screenings at an Iowa campaign event for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday.
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Washington -
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has agreed to change current immigration rules and will begin to consider same-sex partners as being in a "family relationship" during immigration proceedings.
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Graham Spanier, the former Penn State president who resigned in disgrace in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, has found a new line of work -- in a top secret national security position, according to the Washington Post.
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WTOP reporter was surprised to find this advertisement on the cover of the cardboard box her pizza was delivered in this week in the Washington Metropolitan area. Michelle Basch
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CBP Air and Marine Predator Bs on the flightline for border protection duties DHS
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