NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A growing standoff between President Donald Trump and a key NATO ally escalated Monday after Spain blocked U.S. military aircraft involved in the Iran conflict from using its airspace, marking the latest rupture between Washington and Madrid over defense policy and the war in the Middle East. … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate confirmed Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., as the ninth Homeland Security secretary, capping a sprint to replace embattled outgoing Secretary Kristi Noem. It also caps off a 13-year career in Congress that began in the House and saw Mullin score a seat in the Senate in … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A top House Democrat is pushing back on calls for a probe into Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, hiring a wanted fugitive as a security guard before he was fatally shot in a standoff with SWAT officers. “I don’t know if that’s the House’s place to investigate,” Rep. … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plans to deport Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the U.S. to a third country — stopping, for now, the government’s stated plans to swiftly remove him to the West African nation of Liberia. The temporary order … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will begin assisting TSA agents at airports across the country on Monday, President Donald Trump says. The move comes as Trump and Republicans battle with Democrats over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. “On Monday, ICE will be going to … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., accused Senate Democrats of not having “any excuses” to continue blocking Homeland Security funding as Republicans and the White House continue to make repeated offers to reopen the government. “The opportunity to actually drive this to a conclusion is there,” Thune … Read more
WASHINGTON — Top Republicans and Democrats trying to end the monthlong Homeland Security Department shutdown huddled with White House border czar Tom Homan in the Capitol on Thursday. The in-person talks come as Senate Majority Leader John Thune threatened to nix the upcoming two-week Easter recess unless negotiators can strike a deal. Since DHS funding … Read more
More than 40% of TSA officers called out of work on Tuesday at an airport in Houston – one of three major airports in the U.S. where over a third of workers called out that day. The workers aren’t getting paid, leading to a spike in call-out rates, as a partial government shutdown over a … Read more
Before the longest government shutdown in U.S. history last fall, Susan, who will reach her 10th anniversary as a TSA employee next month, had finally paid off all of her debts – a feat for the single mother of a teenage son. But after that shutdown, and then the one after that, and now this … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The man who worked security for Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, but was killed in a standoff with SWAT last week was accused of impersonating a police officer and other offenses, although the congresswoman is defending him, saying his criminal history does not include any violent offenses. The … Read more