A government watchdog has discovered several roadblocks preventing the FBI from fully implementing a cybersecurity initiative aimed at thwarting threats to the United States. Published July 30, 2015
Allison Deguisne, the owner of a small chain of Westshore Cash and Loan, says she will stop running the two-shop operation by the end of the month, and she blames federal government regulators. Published July 29, 2015
Newly confirmed Transportation Security Administration Administrator Peter Neffenger told lawmakers Wednesday that he plans to retrain security officials on how to identify and avoid some of the systemic problems that have plagued the federal agency, such as failing to spot weapons and neglecting to properly vet employees for terrorist ties. Published July 29, 2015
Philadelphia Congressman Chaka Fattah and four associates were indicted Wednesday for racketeering and conspiracy schemes aimed at boosting their political and financial interests. Published July 29, 2015
Anne Arundel County police have arrested a Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation police officer after, according to a police report, he drunkenly put his firearm near the head of a neighbor who had pulled over his car to check on his welfare. Published July 28, 2015
An alarming increase in the amount of heroin trafficked into the United States has government officials and lawmakers looking for ways to reduce the influx of the drugs and the number of fatal overdoses they say are akin to "a public health care crisis." Published July 28, 2015
Rep. Peter King, chair of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, wants to amend federal sentencing guidelines so that anyone who ambushes a police officer, state law enforcement officer or federal agent faces extra jail time and stiffer fines. Published July 27, 2015
A federal grand jury has accused a petty officer of unlawfully taking pictures of restricted areas of nuclear-attack submarine USS Alexandria and trying to sabotage an investigation into his actions by destroying evidence. Published July 24, 2015
Some of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails had classified information in them, though they weren't specifically labeled classified at the time, and at least one of those emails has already been put out in public by the department, its inspector general has concluded. Published July 24, 2015
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has noticed a 53 percent increase in the number of hostile intelligence agents that have been attempting to steal U.S. trade secrets since this time last year, federal authorities said Thursday. Published July 23, 2015
House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul called on President Obama Wednesday to head a multinational coalition responsible for building an armed force capable of stamping out the "terrorist sanctuary" in Syria. Published July 22, 2015
On the heels of President Obama's meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, the U.S. may be looking to help train Nigerian law enforcement officials to fight Boko Haram, Islamic State and other extremist organizations in the region, analysts say. Published July 21, 2015
Federal authorities have obtained computer and cellphone devices belonging to the 24-year-old man who shot and killed four Marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said Friday. Published July 17, 2015
Federal authorities said Friday they have chased 70 individual leads in their effort to dig into the personal history of Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, a 24-year-old man who had spent time overseas prior to shooting and killing four Marines at two separate military centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Published July 17, 2015
A key House panel passed legislation Wednesday that calls for the Homeland Security Department to create an office focused solely on countering violent extremism out of concern that the fractured program cannot effectively deter terror events from occurring within the U.S. Published July 15, 2015
Four retired Army National Guard colonels have been indicted in connection to a large-scale bribery scheme that involved funneling payments to high-ranking military accomplices in an effort to obtain lucrative marketing contracts. Published July 15, 2015
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee wants U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to answer detailed questions about the 89 drug offenders to whom President Obama has granted clemency. Published July 14, 2015
The Department of Homeland Security is planning on creating a "one-stop shop" that would centralize weapons of mass destruction defense, a restricting the long delay of which, lawmakers say, has left the U.S. vulnerable to an attack. Published July 14, 2015
The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union are asking the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals to halt the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records. Published July 14, 2015
BALTIMORE -- Nine people have been killed here since Friday, including two who were gunned down Monday, raising Baltimore's homicide toll to 168 this year and adding to the pervasive sense that violent crime is extinguishing the charm of this city by the bay. Published July 13, 2015
