The Latest Breaking News from DHS

Armed man arrested near US Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh’s home

Nicholas John Roske of California is charged with attempted murder of a Supreme Court justice.

Al Jazeera · Jun 8, 2022

DHS warns about new threats fueled by misinformation, abortion ruling

"High-profile events" could be used to justify violence against schools and public gatherings, the Department of Homeland Security warned.

Axios · Jun 7, 2022

US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms

The Department of Homeland Security says a looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2022

Biden bets on new asylum rule to tame chaos at southern border

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is counting on a rule change to speed up asylum decisions at the southern border and help ward off the turmoil expected to come if a measure that limits those claims is allowed to expire.

Tribune News Service · May 28, 2022

Eighteen-year-old Americans can’t drink. Why can they buy assault rifles?

The solution to mass shootings isn’t increased policing or an expanded surveillance state or runaway anti-terrorism legislation. It’s making it harder to buy a gun

The Guardian - US · May 27, 2022

Lynn Schmidt: These days, even domestic terrorism is swept into election politics

On Memorial Day, Americans remember those who gave their lives fighting for the freedoms we enjoy. Those we lost had joined all their other military brethren in swearing an oath to the Constitution. While the U.S. Constitution is just a document, it is the values for which it stands that…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 25, 2022

Scoop: Tens of thousands of migrants waiting on U.S. doorstep

DHS intelligence is tracking between 40,000 and 50,000 migrants in Mexican shelters.

Axios · May 25, 2022

Students, teacher dead in Texas elementary school shooting, governor says

Abbott said the shooter was dead.

Axios · May 24, 2022

Strict U.S. Immigration Laws Leave Migrants Dependent on Human Smugglers

Human smugglers at Mexican border won’t be sought after if migrants can come to the U.S. legally.

Reason · May 24, 2022

She joined DHS to fight disinformation. She says she was halted by... disinformation

Nina Jankowicz looks back at how exaggerations and falsehoods stoked so many doubts about the Disinformation Governance Board that DHS paused it after just three weeks.

WEKU · May 21, 2022