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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad WolfChad WolfDHS chief: SWAT-like teams wouldn’t be needed if sanctuary cities would help ICE Trump to waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of border wall DHS gives New York the red light for state’s green light law MORE said on Tuesday that SWAT-like teams would not be needed to back […]

Seventy more people were diagnosed with coronavirus on the cruise ship quarantined in Japan, Reuters reported Sunday.  The new cases bring the total number on the ship to 355, which is the most anywhere outside of China, where the virus originated, according to the newswire.  The U.S. said Saturday it will send a chartered flight […]

Flight bookings shrank last month amid a surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the highly contagious delta variant. Through the first three weeks of August, online customers spent $2.9 billion on U.S. flights, down 33 percent from the same period in 2019, according to an analysis from Adobe Digital Insights. It’s the second straight month […]

Democrats are issuing dire warnings that the rule of law is under attack by President TrumpDonald John TrumpRussian sanctions will boomerang States, cities rethink tax incentives after Amazon HQ2 backlash A Presidents Day perspective on the nature of a free press MORE after the Department of Justice (DOJ) overruled career prosecutors to seek a lighter […]

Federal agencies are warning of potential ransomware attacks targeted at U.S. organizations ahead of Labor Day weekend following cyberattacks during previous holidays this year.  The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday issued an alert outlining their concerns, noting that while there was no intelligence around specific threats, other holiday weekends […]

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Pentagon to halt its work on a controversial cloud-computing contract amid a court challenge by Amazon, notching a major win for the tech giant as it seeks to prove that President TrumpDonald John TrumpHillicon Valley: US hits Huawei with new charges | Judge orders Pentagon to halt ‘war cloud’ work amid […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellOvernight Health Care: Nevada union won’t endorse before caucuses after ‘Medicaid for All’ scrap | McConnell tees up votes on two abortion bills | CDC confirms 15th US coronavirus case Overnight Defense: Senate votes to rein in Trump war powers on Iran | Pentagon shifting .8B to border […]

A pair of Democratic lawmakers is planning to introduce Wednesday an amendment aimed at restricting the transfer of military-grade weapons to local police departments. Reps. Veronica EscobarVeronica EscobarOvernight Defense & National Security: War ends, but finger pointing continues House Democrats to offer amendment to limit transfer of military-grade gear to police Latina lawmakers discuss efforts […]

The Social Security trust fund for retirement and survivors benefits is estimated to have its reserves depleted in 2033, one year earlier than previously projected, according to the trustees’ report released Tuesday. At the time of depletion, income flowing to the trust fund would be enough to pay 76 percent of scheduled benefits, the report […]

The House committee investigating Jan. 6 is planning to seek the phone records of Republican lawmakers, including those who attended the “Stop the Steal” rally before the attack on the Capitol, according to reporting from CNN. Sources told the outlet that among those the committee is contemplating are those who attended, helped plan or spoke […]