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February 15, 2019

Trump administration sued over shift in asylum policy

The Trump administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico while their cases wind through immigration courts ...

February 13, 2019

DHS cyber leader says 2020 security preparations underway

The director of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency says officials are working to secure the 2020 presidential election.

February 13, 2019

FEMA head Brock Long, investigated over vehicle use, resigns

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency resigned Wednesday after a two-year tenure in which he managed the ...

February 11, 2019

More immigrants sue US over end to protected status

Immigrants from Honduras and Nepal have filed a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration unfairly ended a program that lets ...

February 06, 2019

Agent honored by Trump worked on major trafficking case

The federal anti-trafficking agent invited to the State of the Union address by President Donald Trump helped take down ...

February 04, 2019

State of the Union among most sensitive security challenges

It's one of the most sensitive security challenges in America: The State of the Union address puts the president, his ...

February 01, 2019

The Latest: Trump says he's 'set the stage' for wall action

The Latest on President Donald Trump and congressional negotiations on border security (all times local): 9:25 p.m.

Patrick Leahy, Richard Shelby, Nita Lowey

January 30, 2019

Dems make opening offer, with no money for Trump's wall

Democrats in the House offered a border security plan on Wednesday that would not provide a penny for Donald Trump's border ...

January 30, 2019

Immigration lawyers blast delays in citizenship, green cards

Immigration lawyers on Wednesday blasted delays in the U.S. government's handling of applications for citizenship, green ...

January 29, 2019

Pentagon: Several thousand more troops to the Mexico border

The U.S. will be sending "several thousand" more American troops to the southern border to provide additional support to ...

January 25, 2019

Official: Asylum seekers to wait in Mexico starting Friday

The Trump administration on Friday will start forcing some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.

January 24, 2019

The Latest: Trump says he'll give address once shutdown ends

The Latest on President Donald Trump's State of the Union address (all times local): 11:30 p.m. President Donald Trump says ...

January 23, 2019

Trump wants to deliver State of Union next week as planned

President Donald Trump made clear Wednesday that he intends to deliver his State of the Union speech to a joint session of ...

January 19, 2019

Trump plans to make 'major announcement' on shutdown, border

President Donald Trump said he'll be making a "major announcement" on the government shutdown and the southern border on ...

January 19, 2019

Democratic senator asks FBI to investigate DHS secretary

A Democratic senator is asking the FBI to investigate whether Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen lied during ...

January 18, 2019

Watchdog: Thousands more children may have been separated

Thousands more migrant children may have been split from their families than the Trump administration previously reported, ...

January 17, 2019

The Latest: Pelosi asks Trump to postpone State of the Union

The Latest on the partial government shutdown (all times local): 10:50 p.m. The State of the Union speech could become a ...

January 17, 2019

Government shutdown may upend State of the Union speech

A grand Washington ritual became a potential casualty of the partial government shutdown Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy ...

Susan Brooks, Rodney Davis, Brad Wenstrup, Jodey Arrington, Jack Bergman

January 15, 2019

The Latest: Dem freshmen seek out McConnell to talk shutdown

The Latest on President Donald Trump and the partial government shutdown (all times local): 4:50 p.m. About a dozen new House ...