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Havoc in the Heartland: Probing the Roots of Soaring Drug Trafficking Amidst Borderline Chaos

Havoc in the Heartland: Probing the Roots of Soaring Drug Trafficking Amidst Borderline Chaos

by Rafaela Jinich | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON  — Republican lawmakers made a concerted effort on Wednesday to find grounds to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas by focusing on how border enforcement policies have increased drug trafficking. The hearing, led by Rep. Mark Green...
At first full Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Republicans claim fentanyl crisis due to Biden’s border policy

At first full Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Republicans claim fentanyl crisis due to Biden’s border policy

by Lucia Barnum | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Immigration

WASHINGTON — Members of the new GOP-led House Committee on Homeland Security debated the issue of fentanyl at the border at the first hearing of the new Congress, saying Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the rest of President Joe Biden’s...
A new MTG? Greene’s prominence within GOP grows as VP rumors swirl

A new MTG? Greene’s prominence within GOP grows as VP rumors swirl

by Logan Schiciano | Jan 27, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – In 2018, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) floated the idea that the Parkland shooting was a false flag operation. In 2019, she suggested former-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be executed for treason.  Yet, in 2023, she has a spot on two important...
Experts: COVID-19 showed U.S. unprepared for biological threats

Experts: COVID-19 showed U.S. unprepared for biological threats

by Jorja Siemons | Feb 17, 2022 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the government’s failure to adequately prepare for biological threats, experts told senators Thursday at a hearing on improving U.S. biosecurity preparedness. “Biodefense is too fragmented and...
New DHS chief, Congress: Homeland Security should focus on border security

New DHS chief, Congress: Homeland Security should focus on border security

by Stephanie Haines | Feb 26, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON – – New Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Wednesday agreed with members of a congressional committee that his agency needs to focus more on border security. The House Homeland Security Committee hosted Johnson, who became the secretary of the...
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