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Legionella found at federal building that holds ICE detainees in Baltimore

Legionella, the waterborne bacteria that can lead to the deadly Legionnaires' disease, has been found at a federal building in Baltimore where illegal immigrants are kept in short-term detention, according to members of Congress who demanded answers Friday.

March 6, 2026

Illegal immigrant in Pennsylvania charged with voting in 2024 election

A longtime illegal immigrant who'd been ordered deported but never went home cast ballots in every presidential election from 2008 to 2024, federal authorities said in court documents unsealed Thursday.

March 5, 2026

GOP contenders eye Oklahoma Senate seat after Trump picks Markwayne Mullin for DHS

President Trump's choice of Sen. Markwayne Mullin to become the next Homeland Security secretary is setting off a scramble to fill his seat in November.

March 5, 2026

Trump boots Kristi Noem, picks Markwayne Mullin as new DHS secretary

President Trump said Thursday he is installing Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the new head of the Department of Homeland Security and sidelining Secretary Kristi Noem, ending her mixed tenure and marking the first ouster from his second-term Cabinet.

March 5, 2026

Trump’s pardons erased $2 billion in victim restitution, repayments to Treasury, Newsom says

President Trump's pardons have canceled nearly $2 billion in repayments to the federal government and restitution to victims that would have been owed by criminals whose cases were wiped out by the clemency, according to a new analysis by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

March 5, 2026

Appeals court blocks Musk from having to testify about DOGE

A federal appeals court said Wednesday that Elon Musk does not have to testify at this point about his former role with the Department of Government Efficiency, saying it's too soon to compel his testimony.

March 4, 2026

Noem says she lives in Coast Guard housing as security measure, pays rent

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told lawmakers on Wednesday that she is living in a Coast Guard residence as a security precaution -- and said she's paying the government to rent the home.

March 4, 2026

Rep. Mace asks House panel to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi over Epstein files

Rep. Nancy Mace pushed colleagues Wednesday to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to get answers about her handling of the Epstein files.

March 4, 2026

Fear of lawsuits, racial backlash spurred massive Minnesota fraud, House report says

Minnesota officials knew early in the pandemic that a major food assistance program had fraud issues but kept money flowing because they feared the political fallout of a racially tinged lawsuit, according to a House report released Wednesday.

March 4, 2026

Noem: No ICE at election polls this year; DHS doesn’t use deportation quotas

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem decried the use of deportation quotas, told Congress she has no plans to deploy ICE officers to the polls for this year's elections, and took a conciliatory approach to angry lawmakers Tuesday by tacitly acknowledging her overzealous denunciations of Americans killed by her agents in Minneapolis.

March 3, 2026

DOJ pulls about-face, aims to pursue Trump’s cases against Dem-connected law firms

The Justice Department made a stunning U-turn Tuesday, asking a federal appeals court for permission to continue pursuing President Trump's retaliation against four Democrat-connected law firms -- less than 24 hours after the DOJ asked the court to dismiss the cases.

March 3, 2026

‘A disaster’: Tillis blasts Noem’s leadership, threatens to derail Senate business to get answers

Sen. Thom Tillis unloaded on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday, saying she's failed as a leader, and he threatened to hinder Senate business until she produces information about immigration arrests.

March 3, 2026

Noem says Trump personally approved her deportation ads

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told senators on Tuesday that she personally ran her plans by President Trump to spend more than $200 million on pro-deportation ads that have boosted her own profile.

March 3, 2026

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says nonjudicial warrants used 28 times to enter homes

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that her officers have used administrative warrants -- those that aren't approved by a judge -- to enter homes to make arrests 28 times so far.

March 3, 2026

Defense Dept. has spent $12 million to keep illegal immigrants at Guantanamo

The Defense Department spent $12 million last year to house illegal immigrants at the military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- including nearly $3 million to erect a tent city that never got used.

March 3, 2026

DOJ drops attempt to punish Democrat-connected law firms

The Justice Department told a federal appeals court on Monday that it was dropping a host of appeals challenging lower court rulings that had blocked President Trump's attempts to punish Democrat-connected law firms.

March 2, 2026

Supreme Court blocks New York redistricting that could have given Democrats extra seat

The Supreme Court put a stop Monday on a lower court ruling that had ordered New York to redraw some congressional districts in a way that Democrats had hoped would net them an additional House seat.

March 2, 2026

Immigration court shuts down ‘amnesty’ loophole for hundreds of thousands of migrants

The Justice Department has quietly taken steps to shut down what it calls an administrative "amnesty" that has allowed illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S. without ever having to face court-ordered deportations.

March 2, 2026

Court ruling lets members of Congress inspect ICE facilities

ICE cannot use budget sleight-of-hand to block members of Congress from conducting unannounced inspections of its processing and detention facilities, a federal judge ruled Monday.

March 2, 2026

Supreme Court considers drug users’ right to possess firearms

The Supreme Court on Monday stepped into the intersection of drug use and gun ownership, trying to sort out what level of marijuana use makes someone so dangerous that they lose their right to possess a firearm.

March 2, 2026