GOP-Linked Firms Took Millions From DHS Ad Campaign That Led to Noem's Exit: Report Two firms with ties to Republican political operatives received at least $23 million in commissions from a $220 million Department of Homeland Security advertising campaign that contributed to the removal of Secretary Kristi Noem. Latin Times · Mar 22
Nonprofits, unions and airports rally to feed TSA officers as shutdown drags Nonprofits and airport communities across the country are feeding Transportation Security Administration officers who keep working without full pay during the partial government shutdown The Independent UK · Mar 22
Trump gives Iran 48 hour ultimatum to reopen Strait of Hormuz or face ‘obliteration’ of power infrastructure In response, Iran’s military vowed to target US energy and desalination infrastructure in the region The Independent UK · Mar 22
Trump news at a glance: president says ICE agents at airports would ‘do security like no one has ever seen before’ Donald Trump threatened to deploy ICE agents to US airports on Monday if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety – key US politics stories from 21 March at a glance The Guardian - US · Mar 22
Cuba’s power grid collapses leaving millions without electricity for third time this month The Cuban Electric Union announced a total blackout across the island due to an unexpected failure of a generating unit The Independent UK · Mar 22
Kristi Noem’s ad campaign sparks another MAGA civil war as DHS officials claim Trump did know about $200 million spend, report says One unnamed source said that Trump ‘knew about the campaign and wanted it to happen’ The Independent UK · Mar 22
Detained immigrant children still face concerning conditions at Texas facility, lawyers say Nearly 600 immigrant children were held in a Texas family detention center in recent months without enough food, medical care or mental health services, with dozens languishing inside for more than three months, beyond court-mandated limits, according to court documents filed Friday The Independent UK · Mar 21
‘Every one knows this is wrong’: The ‘unreal’ truth about the next Homeland Security chief just leaked and Nancy Mace won’t let it go Of course, after Noem, Trump's next Homeland Security pick had to be another despicable human being. We Got This Covered · Mar 21
Can Elon Musk Actually Pay TSA Workers' Salaries During Shutdown? Tech Mogul's Offer Could Cost Billions Elon Musk proposes to cover TSA salaries during the DHS funding deadlock, raising questions about legality and feasibility. International Business Times UK · Mar 21
Trump Vows to Deploy ICE Agents to US Airports With 'Heavy Emphasis on Somalia' as Shutdown Chaos Deepens Trump threatened to deploy ICE agents to US airports after 35 days of partial shutdown left 50,000 TSA officers unpaid and security lines stretching to two hours. International Business Times UK · Mar 21
Trump threatens to send ICE to airports on Monday amid DHS funding standoff President attacks ‘Radical Left Democrats’ after homeland security funding bill again sinks in Senate The Guardian - US · Mar 21
Trump threatens to send ICE agents to airports as shutdown continues IN FULL The Independent UK · Mar 21
1,300+ flight delays, 2-hour lines: TSA crisis sparks nationwide travel chaos as Democrats’ shutdown persists Airports nationwide face potential closures as TSA agents resign and call out sick due to the ongoing government shutdown. Thousands of daily absences have led to extensive security lines and flight delays, with some smaller airports at risk of shutting down entirely. Lawmakers are scrambling for a solution as the… The Times of India · Mar 21
The Guardian - US · Mar 21 How the Trump administration is undermining legal immigrants The US has been targeting not only people who have violated the law but many who are in the country legally
The Independent UK · Mar 21 Trump will deploy ICE agents into airports Monday unless DHS funding bill is passed: ‘Security like no one has ever seen’ ICE agents are not trained to run airport security checkpoints
Latin Times · Mar 21 John Fetterman Praises Elon Musk For Offering To Pay TSA Salaries During Shutdown: 'Should Never Come To This' Democratic Sen. John Fetterman praised Elon Musk for offering to pay the salaries of TSA employees during the ongoing DHS shutdown, noting he continues to support ending it.
The Guardian - US · Mar 21 Record deaths in US immigration custody expose systemic failures Families, advocates and lawmakers say poor care, opaque investigations and bureaucracy leave deaths unexplained
The Independent UK · Mar 20 Judges have issued over 7,000 rulings in recent months that ICE has locked up migrants without proving they are a threat The Trump administration has often declined to offer arguments against migrants seeking release from detention, a recent analysis found
Reason · Mar 20 Markwayne Mullin Says Agents Don't Need a Warrant If They're Pursuing a Suspect. Here's What the Law Says. “Officers don’t have the blanket authority to arrest anyone who runs from them,” says an attorney from the Institute for Justice.
The Guardian - US · Mar 20 Democrats outraged as Fetterman votes to advance Markwayne Mullin nomination Calls for Pennsylvania senator – Trump’s ‘favorite Democrat’ – to resign after casting decisive committee vote
The Guardian - US · Mar 20 Top US Fema official claims to have teleported to a Waffle House before ‘Teleporting is no fun,’ Gregg Phillips, picked to lead Fema’s office of response and recovery, has said on a podcast
Latin Times · Mar 20 Democrats Call For John Fetterman's Ouster Over Vote To Advance Markwayne Mullin's Nomination For DHS Secretary Some Democratic lawmakers are calling for the ouster of Sen. John Fetterman over his vote to advance Markwayne Mullin's nomination to become the next Department of Homeland Security secretary.
The Independent UK · Mar 20 Daily ICE arrests are topping 1,000. But the majority aren’t in cities Trump targeted with high-profile surges Roughly half of all arrests targeted immigrants who were already in law enforcement custody, new analysis finds
International Business Times · Mar 20 White House Received Numerous Complaints About Lewandowski Kickback Requests, Took No Action: Report Despite hearing complaints from companies that former Department of Homeland Security advisor Corey Lewandowski was seeking kickbacks on contracts, the White House took no action because they assumed that President Trump would come to his defense, NBC News reported.