US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave
Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on ...
FEMA says it’s halting payments for migrant housing in New York after Musk blasts money for hotels
The acting head of the federal agency responsible for responding to disasters says he’s suspending payments sent to New York ...
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As female representation hits new highs among states, constitutions still assume officials are male
Most states haven't modernized their constitutions to reflect the rise of women in politics. Among those that have are New York's, which became gender-neutral in 2001, and Vermont's, where voters ...
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Lower Brule Sioux Tribe lifts Noem ban
The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe was the second-to-last tribe to banish former Gov. Kristi Noem in May 2024 and is now the second ...
Inside FEMA’s sickening history of misspending billions of taxpayers’ dollars — and going largely unchecked
The most recent audit of the embattled disaster response agency claimed it mismanaged nearly $10 billion during the COVID ...
Top FEMA Official Is Fired Over Payments for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters
The Trump administration fired the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s chief financial officer and three others after Elon ...
Dept. of Homeland Security wants IRS to help with immigration enforcement
The request marks the Trump administration’s latest effort to devote more federal resources to fulfill his campaign pledge to ...
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Noem touts FEMA's recovery efforts in NC as Trump says he'd eliminate agency
Trump's Homeland Security secretary vows to improve FEMA and cut red tape while touring damage left by Hurricane Helene.
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'Who she is': Noem allies extol DHS boss as 'definition of South Dakota toughness' amid wardrobe criticisms
"Kristi Noem is the definition of South Dakota toughness ... She came under fire in 2024, when she published a memoir that garnered outrage for defending the killing of a farm dog that attacked ...
Pam Bondi: Officials ‘crushing it’ with Super Bowl security
Pam Bondi said officials and agencies leading security measures for the Super Bowl in New Orleans are "crushing it." ...
Secretary Noem will head to Guantanamo Bay to check on plans to hold thousands of migrants
The base houses a center where migrants intercepted at sea and later declared as refugees await to be accepted in third countries.