U.S. Policy
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced a bipartisan agreement on the ROTOR Act they said will help advance it out of committee.
Cruz, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Cantwell, the committee’s ranking member, said the text of the Rotorcraft Operations... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued an emergency directive after identifying a significant cyber threat targeting federal networks utilizing certain F5 devices and software.
F5 disclosed that a nation-state threat actor had long-term persistent access to,... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, (R-LA), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee chairman, recently sent a letter to Cisco Systems CEO and chairman Chuck Robbins expressing concerns over recent cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Cisco is the world’s largest network infrastructure... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) and other members of the Texas Congressional delegation urged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reinstate the Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense Center of Excellence at Texas A&M University.
The CBTS at Texas A&M assists state... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the founder and chair of Prince Holding Group, Chen Zhi, has been indicted on wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering for his part in the group’s forced-labor scam compounds across Cambodia.
Prince Group’s operations allegedly held individuals... Read More »
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Department of Homeland Security recently awarded 10 construction contracts totaling approximately $4.5 billion to add 230 miles of Smart Wall border security systems and nearly 400 miles of new technology along the southwest border.
The Smart Wall... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is asking the media and politicians to tone down the rhetoric regarding the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) law enforcement. In recent weeks, there has been a more than 1,000 percent increase in assaults against ICE, and online threats to... Read More »
Legislation from U.S. Sens. Gary Peters D-MI) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) would renew critical cybersecurity provisions that expired on Sept. 30.
Peters, the ranking member of the House Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rounds said the bill, Protecting America from Cyber... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced legislation this week that would repeal a federal mandate for states to share citizens’ personal data.
The Safeguarding Personal Information Act of 2025 would effectively eliminate... Read More »
The U.S. Secret Service, in partnership with local and state law enforcement from the Boston area, recently conducted a three-day outreach operation between Sept. 23-25 to combat illegal payment card skimming and Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) fraud.
Law enforcement visited 700 businesses... Read More »
A report out from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said their preliminary enforcement numbers for September show the lowest number of border apprehensions since 1970.
DHS said U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions at the Southwest Border for... Read More »
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and its law enforcement partners made more than 8,600 arrests this summer as part of an initiative to crack down on violent crime, the agency said.
Operation Summer Heat targeted violent crime across the country and resulted in 8,629 arrests, FBI director... Read More »
The U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence has named Brigadier General Linda J. Riedel of the South Carolina National Guard to serve as its deputy commanding general.
Officials said Riedle is expected to begin serving as the DCG in addition to her Brigadier General role, in January 2026. A... Read More »
Deep cuts in funding from the federal government to the state of New York will negatively impact that state’s ability to carry out counterterrorism and response training.
Earlier this month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the impact of the cuts, more than $187 million, would jeopardize... Read More »
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently identified 17 people and 21 entities that were involved in networks that facilitate the acquisition of sensitive goods and technology for Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics. They also... Read More »
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted Operation Twin Shield, an effort to conduct fraud detection and deterrence activities in Minneapolis-St. Paul and surrounding areas, on Sept. 19-28.
The... Read More »
In an effort to move disaster relief from Washington, D.C. to the states, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would return nearly $3.5 billion to local communities.
Noem said FEMA is shifting from D.C.-centric bureaucracy to a... Read More »
The Department of War recently awarded two companies $33.5 million in Defense Production Act Title III grants to expand the solid rocket motor industrial base.
The grants also aim to boost supply chain resiliency and increase domestic production in strategic priority areas.
"To meet the... Read More »
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state would make more than $13.9 million in Infrastructure Act Grant funding available to eligible entities to apply for multi-factor authentication tokens.
Hochul said New York is accepting request for applications for the tokens, and that the RFA was... Read More »
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem publicly endorsed a letter delivered by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth supporting the creation of a secretary of the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard has duties as both a federal law enforcement agency and a branch of the U.S. military.... Read More »
Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would safeguard the U.S. submarine cable infrastructure.
The Undersea Cable Protection Act would amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit the commerce secretary from requiring authorization for the installation, continued presence,... Read More »
U.S. Reps. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) and August Pfluger (R-TX) are requesting information about detecting and reporting extremist content from online platforms Discord, Twitch, Reddit and GitHub.
Garbarino, the chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Pfluger, chair of the subcommittee... Read More »
The Justice Department recently selected six federally recognized tribes to participate in the Tribal Access Program (TAP) for National Crime Information.
TAP provides training, the means to access and exchange data with national crime information systems, and software and biometric/biographic... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters spoke on the Senate floor Friday to advocate for the extension of cybersecurity protections that are set to expire on Oct. 1.
Peters, the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 has... Read More »
Since launching Operation Pacific Viper in early August, the U.S. Coast Guard seized more than 75,000 pounds of cocaine.
Operation Pacific Viper is the Coast Guard’s counter-drug operation in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the site of illicit narcotics transported from South America. It is... Read More »
On Wednesday, the National Governor’s Association joined local and state leaders to sign a letter pushing for the preservation of cyber security grants.
The letter, sent to Congressional leaders, asks Congress to reauthorize the State and local Cyber Security Grant Program that provides local... Read More »
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office has found that some organizations within the U.S. Department of Defense overlap and could benefit from consolidation.
In a study of more than 440 organizations within the DOD that conduct cybersecurity operations, the GAO found that... Read More »
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently named Derrick W. Stamper as chief patrol agent of the Houlton Sector, effective Sept. 1.
Stamper began his career as a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office sheriff’s deputy in Christiansburg, Va. He joined the U.S. Border Patrol in 2008 as a... Read More »
Legislation from U.S. Reps. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) and Chris Pappas (D-NH) would exempt public shipyard workforces from federal hiring freezes and mass layoffs.
The legislation, the Protecting Public Naval Shipyards Act, would protect the workforce responsible for repairing and retrofitting the... Read More »
A new report from U.S. Reps. John Moolenar (R-MI) and Tim Walburg (R-MI) has found that partnerships between U.S. universities with institutes and academic partners in China may threaten national security.
Moolenaar, chair of the Select Committee on China, and Walburg, chair of the Committee on... Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
