Government
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has cancelled $31.7 million in government contracts and grants since Aug. 22.
Noem reviews and approves or disapproves all U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) contracts totaling more than $100,000.
“In just three weeks, Secretary Noem has... Read More »
Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would increase penalties for foreign residents who illegally enter or re-enter the United States.
The goal is to discourage migrants from coming to the United States illegally and to keep criminals out of the country.
The... Read More »
A new study by MeriTalk and Claroty found that despite rising investment in secure operational technology, nearly two-thirds of federal operational technology (OT) leaders expect to see a disruptive cyber incident within the year.
The study, “Guardians of Government, Vol. 2: Fortifying the... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently released a document identifying priorities that will elevate the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program to meet the needs of the global cybersecurity community.
Feedback the agency received from domestic and... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) joined the National Security Agency (NSA) and 19 other international partners to release a joint guide on the value of implementing a software bill of materials (SBOM).
The group said the guide lets producers of software, organizations... Read More »
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted a week-long operation from Aug. 25 to Aug. 29 aimed at dismantling the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most violent and powerful drug cartels.
DEA agents across 23 domestic field divisions and seven foreign regions carried out coordinated... Read More »
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced it has implemented sanctions against large scam centers across Southeast Asia.
The centers allegedly use forced labor and violence to scam Americans out of billions of dollars, officials said. The latest action includes... Read More »
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Sept. 5 announced that President Donald Trump has nominated Navy Rear Adm. Heidi K. Berg as Fleet Cyber Command/commander, and Tenth Fleet/commander, Navy Space Command, in Fort Meade, Md.
Berg is currently serving as deputy commander of both the Fleet Cyber... Read More »
Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would ensure the United States can design, test and manufacture drones.
The SkyFoundry Act would create a government-run facility that would be capable of producing 1 million small drones annually. The bill would shorten the... Read More »
The House Committee on Homeland Security recently advanced two bills that would re-authorize and update two vital cybersecurity tools the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) uses before they expire.
The Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act... Read More »
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) said his bill to address terror threats posed by online radicalization has passed out of committee.
The Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act passed advanced out of the House Committee On Homeland Security. The legislation requires the U.S. Department of... Read More »
Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and federal disaster assistance programs.
The Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act of 2025 would once again make FEMA a cabinet-level agency directly... Read More »
The U.S. House of Representative recently passed several bills that would improve the foreign arms sales process and strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base.
The bills were included in a legislation package the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced and will codify reforms to the foreign... Read More »
The Georgia Army National Guard’s 111th Electromagnetic Warfare Company completed a field training exercise during WFX 25-05, a warfighter exercise held Aug. 14-17 in Dahlonega, Ga.
The exercise, Operation Golden Corridor, prepared participants for various electromagnetic warfare scenarios and... Read More »
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said an interagency task force to address the growing threat of hostile drones and deliver unmanned systems will be established by the Secretary of the Army.
The U.S. Department of Defense’s actions will help to enhance the military’s small unmanned... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) joined the National Security Agency (NSA), FBI and international partners, to release a joint cybersecurity advisory on malicious activity by Chinese threat actors.
According to the release, People’s Republic of China (PRC)... Read More »
The U.S. Space Force and nine partner nations recently participated in the two-week Schriever Wargame 2025.
The exercise tested strategies, evaluated future technologies and strengthened international cooperation in space.
“For more than 25 years, Schriever Wargame has been the place where... Read More »
The U.S. Coast Guard announced its cutter Hamilton made its largest-ever drug seizure recently.
On Monday, the ship offloaded more than 76,000 pounds of illegal drugs at Port Everglades Florida, part of Operation Pacific Viper. The seizure is the largest in the organization’s history in a... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently released the free Software Acquisition Guide: Supplier Response Web Tool.
The tool is designed for information technology and industry decision makers, procurement professionals and software suppliers. It helps users focus on... Read More »
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) this week continued efforts to help keep America’s nuclear modernization efforts on track and to ensure that Minot Air Force Base in Ward County, N.D., is prepared to field next-generation weapons systems.
On Monday, the lawmaker convened a roundtable in Minot,... Read More »
Ismael Zambada Garcia, a Mexican national, recently plead guilty to being a principal leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world from January 1989 through January 2024, and to a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)... Read More »
President Donald Trump recently approved Joseph Francescon to serve as the National Security Agency's (NSA) 21st deputy director and senior civilian leader.
Francescon will be tasked with supporting the U.S. defense and intelligence enterprise in the formulation of national security policies,... Read More »
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a threat from Russian government cyber actors that is impacting computer networks and critical infrastructure.
The FBI has detected cyber actors Russian Federal Security Service's (FSB) Center 16 exploiting Simple Network Management Protocol... Read More »
Federal, state, and local law enforcement officials conducted multi-agency operations over the past several months to reduce violent crime in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and surrounding communities.
The efforts resulted in 52 federal indictments charging 68 defendants with drug trafficking, illegal... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently awarded more than 600 faith-based organizations and other nonprofit organizations $110 million in funds through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Nonprofit Security Grant Program.
The program awards grants for security enhancements such as... Read More »
A new initiative between the United States and Mexico aims to strengthen collaboration in the fight against drug cartels.
Project Portero, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) operation aimed at dismantling cartel operatives, called gatekeepers, who control the smuggling corridors along... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently released new guidance to help operational technology (OT) owners and operators create and maintain comprehensive OT asset inventories and taxonomies.
“OT systems are essential to the daily lives of all Americans and to... Read More »
A federal grand jury in the District of Vermont on Thursday indicted Teresa Youngblut, a Seattle resident accused of murdering a border patrol agent, for the assault of two additional agents with a deadly weapon and related firearms offenses.
On Jan. 20., a U.S. Border Patrol agent conducted a... Read More »
Citing its importance in national security, X-energy Reactor Company said it had entered into an agreement to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with nuclear microreactors.
X-energy said the agreement with the DOD’s Defense Innovation Unit and the U.S. Department of the Air Force would... Read More »
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 356 criminal illegal alien gang members in the Houston area during the first six months of the Trump administration.
Collectively, the gang members, who were from more than 40 different gangs, were convicted of 1,685 criminal... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the commissioning of the polar icebreaker USCGC Storis in Juneau, Alaska, on Monday.
The announcement marks the first time the United States has commissioned an icebreaker in more than a quarter of a century, officials said. Additionally, the... Read More »
Reporting in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program finds that violent crime decreased across the country an estimated 4.5 percent when comparing 2024 to 2023.
The FBI’s crime statistics are based on reports from more than 16,000 state, county, city, university and college, and tribal... Read More »
Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice said two Chinese nationals, one in the country illegally, have been arrested for exporting microchips used in artificial intelligence to China.
The DOJ alleges that Chuan Geng, 28, of Pasadena, and Shiwei Yang, 29, of El Monte, violated the Export... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense announced it had awarded $10 million to Elk Creek Resources Corporation (ECRC) to develop scandium mining.
ECRC, a subsidiary of NioCorp Developments, Ltd., is developing the country’s first polymetallic deposit targeting near-term production of scandium,... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it would begin the wind-down of mRNA vaccine development activities.
As part of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), HHS said it would be cancelling and de-scoping contracts and solicitations for... Read More »
