U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently arrested 36 fugitives during simultaneous nationwide operations called Operation Safe Nation and Operation No Safe Haven III.
ICE said that 17 individuals were sought because they may pose a threat to public safety or national security,... Read More »
Yahoo! recently disclosed a massive data breach affecting approximately 500 million email accounts that occurred in late 2014.
“Major data breaches remind us that we must do our part and be vigilant in protecting our personal online information,” Michael Kaiser, executive director of the... Read More »
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act, H.R. 5859, on Thursday, to provide assistance to first responders in communities across the country.
The bill, introduced by U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) and passed with bipartisan support, authorizes... Read More »
U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) recently heard testimony from law enforcement officials regarding President Barack Obama’s decision to curtail access to the 1033 program, which gave excess military equipment to local law enforcement agencies.
Ratcliffe recently introduced a bill to reverse... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would give individual state governments the power to approve the resettlement of refugees in their states.
The Allow State Sovereignty Upon Refugee Entry (ASSURE) Act was introduced in response to a plan from President Barack... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) requested information from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday regarding the surge of unaccompanied minors from Central America arriving at the nation’s southwest border.
Johnson, in a letter to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, also requested... Read More »
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on Wednesday on high-containment laboratories and how improved oversight of dangerous pathogens is needed to mitigate any potential risks.
The GAO report said the total number of incidents involving incomplete inactivation, a... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) recently entered into two strategic partnerships with The Medicines Company and Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc., to combat the threat of multi-drug resistant bacterial infections.... Read More »
A group of Democratic members of Congress called upon the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday to extend temporary protective status (TPS) for eligible nationals of countries affected by the Ebola virus disease.
U.S. Reps. Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), José E. Serrano (D-NY)... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, reiterated his support on Tuesday for Taiwan’s participation in the upcoming International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) 39th assembly meeting.
“Last year alone Taiwan took care of nearly 60 million... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) visited the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia, on Tuesday.
FLETC provides training for tens of thousands of federal, state and local law enforcement officers each year in approximately 100 courses.
“The Federal Law Enforcement... Read More »
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently appointed two officers for higher-level positions at two different ports of entry.
CBP named Roderick W. Hudson as area port director for the Houston and Galveston area ports of entry on Sept. 18, while Roy D. Villareal was named the San Diego... Read More »
According to a recent report by the European Court of Auditors, the estimated costs of decommissioning first-generation nuclear reactors, along with associated waste disposal, in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Slovakia could be at least $12.7 billion.
The auditors said that financing from European... Read More »
Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., published additional data demonstrating the efficacy of AEOL 10150 as a medical countermeasure to sulfur mustard gas exposure on Monday.
The data showed that treatment with AEOL 10150 48 hours after exposure to sulfur mustard gas improved survival rates from 36... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) requested information on Monday from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after reports of at least 858 individuals mistakenly being granted citizenship despite being deemed ineligible.
The error occurred due to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement... Read More »
