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DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin

House Freedom Caucus praises DHS ending Chinese travel program amid birth tourism concerns

Mackenzie Chase · October 27, 2026 1:36 pm

Marco Rubio.

Intelligence chief Jay Clayton warns Rubio of rising Iranian threats

A person uses their laptop

Up to 70% of world’s websites at risk after AI discovers critical security flaw

Vice President JD Vance, left, and FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, right.

FTC subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic as federal investigation deepens over AI safety concerns

U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel hold a news conference to discuss "Tren de Aragua developments", today on July 01, 2026 at Briefing Room/DOJ in Washington DC, USA. (Lenin Nolly/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Largest-ever federal anti-transnational crime operation nets 1,296 Tren de Aragua arrests nationwide

FILE - In this May 1, 2011 image released by the White House and digitally altered by the source to diffuse the paper in front of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington

What happens in the Situation Room?

Ally Goelz June 17, 2025 4:35 pm

Israel-Iran war will bring military and terrorism challenges for US

Tom Rogan June 13, 2025 1:41 pm

Hard Rock Stadium is pictured during preparations for Saturday's opening match in the Club World Cup soccer tournament, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

ICE and border agents to provide security at Club World Cup

Anna Giaritelli June 12, 2025 5:01 pm

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington.

Hegseth refuses to disclose details of Air Force’s Qatar jet deal

Samantha-Jo Roth June 11, 2025 1:38 pm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, left, shakes hands with members of the Texas National Guard as they prepare to deploy to the Texas-Mexico border in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 8, 2023. The Title 42 policy, a federal rule that has allowed the government to strictly regulate border entries, is set to expire this week. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Greg Abbott deploys National Guard across Texas ahead of anti-ICE protests

Anna Giaritelli June 11, 2025 11:08 am

It’s now or never to reform US counterintelligence

John Schindler June 10, 2025 8:00 am

Warren Douglas Quets (left), WIFE (second from left), LADY (third from left, LADY (second from right), brother-in-law Philip Sweet (right) stand with former President Donald Trump during a private meeting in Tempe, AZ, Thursday evening. (Courtesy image provided to the Washington Examiner)

Treasury sanctions Mexican cartel ‘involved in’ murder of US Marine veteran Nicholas Quets

Anna Giaritelli June 9, 2025 1:42 pm

President Donald Trump talks with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) after arriving on Air Force One on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at Los Angeles International Airport.

Newsom to sue Trump for sending National Guard to quell fiery riots over ICE

Anna Giaritelli June 9, 2025 11:20 am

Mike Pompeo calls sending National Guard troops to LA riots ‘common sense’

Washington Examiner Staff June 9, 2025 5:12 am

Ratcliffe prioritizes depoliticizing CIA with vow to stop terrorists overseas

Asher Notheis June 8, 2025 6:41 pm

FILE- In this Thursday, June 21, 2018 photo, air passengers heading to their departure gates enter TSA pre-check before going through security screening at Orlando International Airport, in Orlando, Fla. Investigators were unable to corroborate specific allegations that a Transportation Security Administration supervisor instructed air marshals to racially discriminate against passengers at Florida's busiest airport. But investigators for the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General uncovered other concerns about racial profiling of passengers by other TSA supervisors at Orlando International Airport, according to a report sent to lawmakers last week. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

DHS shutters TSA Quiet Skies Program that let government surveil airline passengers

Anna Giaritelli June 5, 2025 3:41 pm

FILE - Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ), speaks prior to signing the repeal of the Civil War-era near-total abortion ban, Thursday, May 2, 2024, at the Capitol in Phoenix. Arizona lawmakers approved a bipartisan budget deal Saturday, June 15, that erases a $1.4 billion shortfall by curbing spending on higher education, trimming funding for state agencies, and raiding a host of special funds. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Katie Hobbs vetoes bill banning China from buying land near military bases in Arizona

Washington Examiner Staff June 5, 2025 6:15 am