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Mayorkas warns FEMA doesn't have enough funding to last through hurricane season
Read full article: Mayorkas warns FEMA doesn't have enough funding to last through hurricane seasonHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the agency tasked with helping communities recover from Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters does not have enough money to make it through the hurricane season.
Next year's Jan. 6 election certification will get extra security to prevent another riot
Read full article: Next year's Jan. 6 election certification will get extra security to prevent another riotIn an effort to prevent another riot like the one on Jan. 6, 2021, the Homeland Security secretary has designated the congressional count and certification of the presidential election as a national special security event.
2 sushi restaurants in Jacksonville Beach, Ponte Vedra raided in ongoing federal investigation
Read full article: 2 sushi restaurants in Jacksonville Beach, Ponte Vedra raided in ongoing federal investigationKamiya 86 in Jacksonville Beach and the restaurant’s other location in Ponte Vedra Beach were raided Wednesday morning as part of a federal investigation.
Bipartisan members of Homeland Security committee visit site of Trump’s assassination attempt
Read full article: Bipartisan members of Homeland Security committee visit site of Trump’s assassination attemptThe House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green will lead a bipartisan visit to the site of the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.
House to delay sending Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate
Read full article: House to delay sending Mayorkas impeachment articles to SenateSpeaker Mike Johnson will not send the House’s articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate this week as previously planned.
Homeland Security leading investigation that triggered heavy police activity on CR 217 in Maxville
Read full article: Homeland Security leading investigation that triggered heavy police activity on CR 217 in MaxvilleA heavy police presence could be seen Thursday morning on County Road 217 in Maxville.
The GOP-controlled House fails to impeach the homeland security secretary. What could come next?
Read full article: The GOP-controlled House fails to impeach the homeland security secretary. What could come next?The House has failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Biden's push for Ukraine aid stalls in Senate as negotiations over border restrictions drag on
Read full article: Biden's push for Ukraine aid stalls in Senate as negotiations over border restrictions drag onPresident Joe Biden’s push to have Congress replenish wartime aid for Ukraine as part of a deal on border and immigration policy changes will almost certainly drag into next year.
Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era 'blood' rhetoric against immigrants
Read full article: Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era 'blood' rhetoric against immigrantsTime slipping, White House and Senate negotiators are struggling to reach a U.S. border security deal that would unlock President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth in military aid for Ukraine and national security.
Mayorkas warns of dangers to the US if it loses tools to block terrorists from using drones and WMD
Read full article: Mayorkas warns of dangers to the US if it loses tools to block terrorists from using drones and WMDThe U.S. government is at risk of losing key tools for preventing terrorists from using drones, chemicals or weapons of mass destruction if Congress doesn’t take action soon.
Federal agents issue search warrant at solar panel plant at Cecil Commerce Center
Read full article: Federal agents issue search warrant at solar panel plant at Cecil Commerce CenterSeveral law enforcement agency vehicles were spotted Monday at a solar panel manufacturing plant at the Cecil Commerce Center.
Djokovic withdraws after failed bid to play Indian Wells
Read full article: Djokovic withdraws after failed bid to play Indian WellsTop-ranked Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the upcoming BNP Paribas Open after losing his bid to enter the United States unvaccinated to play in the Southern California event.
Body armor shields Border Patrol agent struck by gunfire
Read full article: Body armor shields Border Patrol agent struck by gunfireFederal authorities say a Border Patrol agent in body armor was struck by gunfire but not seriously hurt while confronting the occupants of a vehicle suspected of smuggling migrants in New Mexico.
Mayorkas tours border to prepare for asylum limits to end
Read full article: Mayorkas tours border to prepare for asylum limits to endHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says authorities are prepared for an expected increase in migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border amid plans to lift a public health order that has been used to turn away migrants nearly 2 million times without a chance to seek asylum.
Families separated at Mexico border ask for residency, aid
Read full article: Families separated at Mexico border ask for residency, aidA mother who was separated from her children on the U.S.-Mexico border during former President Donald Trump’s administration says that she and other parents who experienced similar separations asked the Homeland Security Secretary for permanent legal residency in the United States and compensation.
Federal agencies team up to crack down on companies with ties to migrant smuggling operations
Read full article: Federal agencies team up to crack down on companies with ties to migrant smuggling operationsTwo federal agencies have teamed up to crack down on companies and businesses that have ties to migrant smuggling operations.
Pipeline CEO: Ransom payment among my ‘toughest decisions’
Read full article: Pipeline CEO: Ransom payment among my ‘toughest decisions’A pipeline company CEO made no apologies Tuesday for his decisions to abruptly halt fuel distribution for much of the East Coast and pay millions to a criminal gang in Russia.
Correction: Domestic Extremism story
Read full article: Correction: Domestic Extremism storyIn a story May 14, 2021, about a national terrorism alert from Friday warning that violent extremists may take advantage of the easing of pandemic restrictions to conduct attacks, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a national terrorism bulletin issued in January would expire Aug. 13.
House panel votes to advance bill on slavery reparations
Read full article: House panel votes to advance bill on slavery reparationsA House panel has advanced a decades-long effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves, approving legislation Wednesday night that would create a commission to study the issue.
Georgia to open COVID-19 vaccines to anyone 16 and up starting Thursday
Read full article: Georgia to open COVID-19 vaccines to anyone 16 and up starting ThursdayATLANTA – All Georgia residents age 16 and above will be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine beginning this Thursday, Gov. Kemp said he’s confident that enough older adults have been vaccinated to open up inoculation to the broadest possible population. This expansion of eligibility comes despite Kemp saying that Georgia has received the second-lowest amount of vaccines per 100,000 people of any state in the nation. AdGeorgia continues to lag most other states in vaccination, ranking second-worst behind Alabama in the number of doses administered per 100,000 people 18 and older. Vaccinations are also available at thousands of pharmacies across the state.
Child border crossings surging, straining US facilities
Read full article: Child border crossings surging, straining US facilitiesFILE - In this Aug. 23, 2019 file photo, immigrants seeking asylum walk at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center, in Dilley, Texas. The number of children crossing by themselves, mostly from Central America, appears to be surging in particular in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. AdThe total of 561 unaccompanied minors from Monday offers a snapshot of how quickly conditions have changed along the border. “They’re all coming across the border, they’re coming fast, and they’re wearing Biden T-shirts,” said the Oklahoma Republican. The Biden administration last week ended a Trump policy that made relatives reluctant to contact HHS to retrieve children for fear of being deported themselves.
Georgia opening up four mass vaccination sites for COVID-19
Read full article: Georgia opening up four mass vaccination sites for COVID-19James Stallings, director of Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security, right, speaks as Gov. ATLANTA – Georgia is opening up four mass vaccination sites to inoculate people against COVID-19. Georgia Gov. The state is currently limiting the vaccine to medical workers, emergency workers, nursing home residents and people 65 and older. Kemp said the state would be finalizing plans for expanded vaccination criteria within the next two weeks.
US govt seizes over 10M phony N95 masks in COVID-19 probe
Read full article: US govt seizes over 10M phony N95 masks in COVID-19 probeThey have no utility whatsoever,” Homeland Security Secretary Ali Mayorkas said of the fake masks. Homeland Security officials would not say which states the phony masks were sent to, but said criminal charges would be forthcoming. The company delivered some 2 billion N95 masks in 2020 as the pandemic intensified, but in the earlier months, when masks were in short supply, fraudsters took advantage. But phony masks have already made it to front-line workers in other cases. Over the past year there has been more than 1,250 raids by law enforcement resulting in the seizure of millions of fake masks.