April 8, 2026 Dem lawmaker calls for TSA to bring back shoes-off airport security policy Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling on the TSA to bring back its controversial policy requiring travelers to remove their shoes before going through security checkpoints at airports.
April 8, 2026 Mullin weighs using airport customs as leverage against sanctuary cities DHS Secretary Mullin eyes ending customs processing at sanctuary-city airports in cities like New York and Los Angeles as immigration leverage grows.
April 8, 2026 JD Vance's task force flags nearly $6.3B in government contracts going to potentially fraudulent businesses VP JD Vance's new anti-fraud task force has identified nearly $6.3 billion in government contracts going to potentially fraudulent businesses.
April 8, 2026 DAVID MARCUS: How airport duty melted Democrats' absurd smearing of ICE ICE agents helping at airports are winning over travelers and critics alike, even as Democrats continue the DHS funding shutdown over enforcement tactics.
April 8, 2026 GOP infighting replaces clash with Dems, derails path to end historic DHS shutdown House Republicans reject the Senate's Department of Homeland Security spending plan, with the Freedom Caucus pushing to fund the entire department through budget reconciliation.
April 7, 2026 Spanberger dodges questions on whether she would reverse sanctuary policy as DHS turns up heat The Department of Homeland Security urged Gov. Abigail Spanberger to reverse sanctuary policies as illegal aliens are charged in multiple Fairfax County murders so far in 2026.
April 7, 2026 Graham eyes ‘down payment’ on Trump-backed SAVE Act without Democratic support Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., plans to put a down payment on voter ID legislation through a party-line reconciliation bill in the fall, bypassing the filibuster with only Republican votes.
April 7, 2026 Reporter's Notebook: Why Trump may not be able to force Congress back over the DHS shutdown President Trump may lack constitutional authority to summon Congress back to Washington despite the nearly two-month DHS funding shutdown impasse.
April 7, 2026 Major national security vulnerability exposed as DHS reveals how relatives of terror architect allowed into US Relatives of slain terror leader Qasem Soleimani were living in the U.S. with green cards and arrested shortly after DHS exposed major national security vetting failures.
April 7, 2026 ICE arrests illegal immigrant accused of kidnapping 4-year-old girl from laundromat An illegal alien allegedly kidnapped a 4-year-old from a New York laundromat and was released by a judge before ICE took him into custody, a report says.