On October 29th, 2019, Secretary Pompeo released the following statement regarding the task force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons: It was an honor to chair this Administration’s second meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. I was pleased to be joined by several members of the… Keep Reading
As the government shutdown nears one month, about 1,300 Honduran migrants are making their way through Guatemala, according to multiple reports. Keep Reading
Hoping to make a crack in Democratic unity as the partial government shutdown reached Day 25, President Trump invited a handful of moderate Democrats to the White House on Tuesday for lunch and a chat. Keep Reading
House Democrats are offering two bills - one to open all agencies except for DHS, and the other to fund the Department of Homeland Security through Feb. 8. Keep Reading
The Senate passed a short-term spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown without including funds for wall construction at the U.S.-Mexico border. Keep Reading
ISIS cadres are still present in both Syria and Iraq and are continuing by U.S. military estimates to entice up to 100 foreigners each month. Keep Reading
Investigation also found that Accenture’s use of “EyeDetect” software to prescreen applicants raises legal concerns. Keep Reading
"Anybody that thinks we were on team Clinton, trying to cut her a break, is smoking something," former director says in defense of FBI. Keep Reading
President Trump tweeted Monday that he would close the U.S. Mexico border if necessary, and that Mexico should do more to move the migrants. Keep Reading
The U.S., Canada and Mexico are continuing eight months of negotiations to update the NAFTA agreement. Mexico is keen to finalize the agreement before July 1 so it can avoid the matter becoming a topic in its upcoming presidential election. Keep Reading
The raid on Cohen's office originated from the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York, and was based at least partly on a referral from Mueller, according to Cohen's lawyer Stephen Ryan. Keep Reading
Forty-eight of the 60 intelligence agents work at the Russian embassy in Washington, and 12 are based at the UN in New York. The president has also announced that he will close the Russian consulate in Seattle due to its proximity to a U.S. submarine base and Boeing. Keep Reading
The president reportedly told White House Chief of Staff John Kelly that he wanted McMaster out two days ago, and Kelly has confirmed this to several senior White House staff. Keep Reading
The Washington Post reported that the two presidents hit a stalemate after Peña Nieto asked Trump to publicly acknowledge Mexico would not pay for the wall, but Trump refused to agree. Keep Reading
The Treasury Department also released pictures that it claims show false identification information on North Korean ships in order to highlight deceptive shipping practices used by North Korea to evade sanctions. Keep Reading
DACA and border proposal "should be supported by both parties as a fair compromise," he argued; Democrats resistant to limitations on family reunification. Keep Reading
President Trump has announced his intention to nominate John Gibson to be chief management officer at the Department of Defense. Gibson is currently the department’s deputy CMO, and was previously president and chief executive officer of XCOR Aerospace Inc. Gibson has held private-sector leadership positions including chairman of the advisory committee at Looking Glass Investments… Keep Reading
Charles Stimson was re-nominated in early January to be general counsel of the Department of the Navy. Stimson previously served as deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs between 2005 and 2007, but resigned amidst controversy over his 2007 comments about law firms representing Guantanamo Bay detainees. “I made a boneheaded statement; quite frankly,… Keep Reading