Watchdog agency finds security gaps in Global Entry screening program
Amid the southern border controversy, U.S. Customs and Border Protection faces new criticism on security gaps in Global Entry.
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Secret Service: Mass attack prevention should focus on behaviors
Most of the people who carried out mass attacks in public spaces last year had made threatening communications, and 75 percent of those communications had aroused concern in others, the Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center said.
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Gallagher calls for stricter regulation of surveillance sales to China
Rep-Gallagher and human rights experts discuss the regulating supply of American technology to China when it is used to spy on Uyghur Muslims and commit humanitarian abuses.
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Pelosi on migrant children: ‘We can do so much more’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed humanitarian aid for migrant children and E. Jean Carroll’s recent accusation that President Donald Trump had raped her.
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Democrats resurrect bill to punish election interference
House Democrats proposed new legislation Thursday to impose sanctions for election interference but the Senate is unlikely to adopt it.
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Feinstein on immigration fix: ‘We have to just get to it’
As the Trump administration pressures Congress and Mexico to address the uptick in asylum-seeking families arriving at the southern border, the Senate Judiciary Committee showed a rare moment of bipartisanship in affirming a willingness to “look at many options” for a new immigration bill.
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Pelosi condemns Trump’s comments on campaign help from foreign countries
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said the president has no “ethical sense” after his remarks about not necessarily reporting foreign contacts with his campaign.
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Neglect of Syrian women, children documented in new D.C. exhibit
A new exhibit of her artwork at the President Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C., provides a window into the lives of Syrian women and children forced to flee their homeland. In a series of 25 paintings and two installations, Zughaib walks viewers through the conflict in which an estimated 570,000 Syrians have been killed and more than 13 million displaced since the civil war erupted in 2011.
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As Baltimore wrestles with ransomware attack, more resources needed for municipalities’ cyber security
Municipalities across the country, including Baltimore, have faced cyber attacks over the past few years, requiring additional investments in IT infrastructure and security.
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Officials call for increased monitoring of online platforms during electoral process
Officials from Facebook, Twitter, and Google were questioned by a House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on their efforts to secure the electoral process.
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