During the Obama administration, Haines served as Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor from 2015-2017, during which time she led the National Security Council’s (NSC) Deputies Committee. Keep Reading
The DHS secretary nominee told senators that when he served as deputy secretary and visited with Border Patrol at headquarters and in the field he was told "we need a diverse approach to border security." Keep Reading
Two top security officials in Congress were poised to lose their jobs over the embarrassing and deadly security breach of the Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters. Keep Reading
President Trump's deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger resigned Wednesday, and former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney quit as special envoy to Northern Ireland. Keep Reading
The announcement came shortly after Wolf issued a statement this morning decrying the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and declaring that "we now see some supporters of the President using violence as a means to achieve political end." Keep Reading
The Republican-led Senate on Friday joined the House in overriding President Donald Trump’s veto of a $740 billion defense policy bill. Keep Reading
Russia's August live-fire military exercise in the Bering Sea that extended into the U.S. EEZ left the vice commandant "especially troubled" and was "not our best day with regards to doing our role to look after American fishermen." Keep Reading
The bill would require private sector groups providing devices to the federal government to notify agencies if the internet-connected device has a vulnerability that could leave the government open to attacks. Keep Reading
In 2015, Congress required federal civilian agencies to implement cybersecurity best practices, like data encryption and two-factor authentication. The agencies, however, have the ability to issue themselves blanket, indefinite waivers for these cybersecurity measures. Keep Reading
Currently, Congress has granted exclusive and limited authority to detect and take down drones to only the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Department of Energy. Keep Reading
Carlo Di Padova, age 61, was indicted for sending a letter from the Auburn Correctional Facility, addressed to a United States Senator, containing a white powdery substance and a message stating that Di Padova planned to have someone shoot the Senator in the head. Keep Reading
The data breach the Department of Veterans Affairs announced exposed personal information for 46,000 veterans, but it also hit several thousand community care providers that supplement the agency’s medical program. Keep Reading
"If I don't get an immunity response the vaccine is not going to protect me. This face mask will. So I do want to keep asking the American public to take the responsibility." Keep Reading
If there is a reason to have hope that agencies actually are addressing outdated and potentially risky mission-critical systems, the five agencies that answered the call from Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) provided a little optimism. Keep Reading
Hyper-partisan politics have polarized the nation in a manner that negatively impacts our homeland security, economic security and national security. This debilitating partisanship continues to adversely affect millions of Americans and American businesses across our country. Keep Reading
"We hope that this delay will allow enough time for Congress to provide the funding that USCIS needs to cancel the administrative furlough altogether," Edlow said, promising further guidance on what to expect in the coming days. Keep Reading
Fauci said he couldn't make an accurate prediction on the future COVID-19 U.S. number of infections but "it is going to be very disturbing, I will guarantee you that... up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around." Keep Reading
A newly unclassified internal CIA report found that a massive 2017 data breach of the agency that enabled classified information to be sent to WikiLeaks was caused by the CIA failing to secure its own systems. Keep Reading
Despite Democratic opposition, the Republican majority in the Senate on Thursday confirmed U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, as the new director of national intelligence, overseeing all 17 intelligence agencies. Keep Reading
UPDATE: As we enter week 10 of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are hopeful signs our nation is moving in the right direction. At the same time, there is significant need for another influx of emergency relief funding. Keep Reading