Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been rapidly expanding its workforce, hiring thousands of new officers.

Markwayne Mullin is facing his first major test as Homeland Security secretary after three people were killed in encounters with ICE officers in less than a week.

A familiar story has unfolded in the Maine city of Biddeford, where a federal officer shot and killed a man driving a vehicle during an immigration enforcement operation.

U.S. Rep. Christian Menefee of Houston said the reported pause was not enough: “A temporary training won’t solve a deeply ingrained problem.”

Trump administration officials have told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in little over a week, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Sen. Angus King says the motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing.

Homeland Security has not fulfilled its promise to equip all officers with body cameras, despite receiving significant funding.

The son of a Mexican national fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston says he was a hardworking father who had been working toward a work permit after 35 years in the U.S. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving to a construction job Tuesday morning when he was killed.

A lawsuit alleges that President Donald Trump's immigration agencies have shared confidential information about Iranian asylum seekers with the Iranian government.

An upstate New York resident sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for sending federal officers to his house with a warning over an email he sent to the agency’s one-time head.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested 10,000 people over a five-day period at the end of June.

The United States is rapidly building what it calls a “smart wall” on the Mexico border, combining tall steel fencing with advanced technology like sensors and cameras.

President Donald Trump says he is nominating Lance Schroyer as the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A poll worker says two federal officers visited her at a voting location during New York’s party primaries to confront her about a social media post she’d written criticizing the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is retreating from a plan to use warehouses to hold up to 10,000 people on a single site, jettisoning a key piece of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s $38-billion plan to rapidly expand detention capacity this year.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is pledging to senators to be “fair and reasonable” in assessing requests for disaster.

President Donald Trump’s preferred candidates are having mixed results in Tuesday’s primaries, securing the Republican nominations for U.S. Senate in Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma but not for Georgia governor.

Fans who hear the whirring sound of a drone over a stadium might see it as a nuisance but law enforcement has long viewed those aircraft as a potential weapon of mass destruction.

Salt Lake City and its county have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to open a giant warehouse in the city that would be used to detain up to 10,000 immigrants.

House Republicans have passed a nearly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump's term in office.

The upcoming World Cup will feature 48 teams and 104 matches across the United, Mexico, and Canada.

With virtually no strings attached, Congress is on the verge of providing a massive infusion of cash to the Homeland Security Department.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is set to appear in the Senate to discuss the agency's budget.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will face more questions about the Trump administration’s fragile or stalling diplomatic efforts around the world in back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Iran war began.

The Trump administration has extended protections shielding about 11,000 Lebanese from deportation, allowing them to stay and work in the U.S. for another six months and marking a rare reprieve to any of the people protected by temporary measures which have been harshly criticized by Republicans.

Democratic members of Congress are visiting a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey where protesters have been demonstrating in recent days and asserting that detainees inside are on a hunger strike.

The travel industry is on edge after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin reiterated his threat to withdraw U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in so-called “sanctuary cities” in a move that could jeopardize international flights.

Mark Takano can't help but see the parallels in U.S. history.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said that she and the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin agreed to maintain bilateral cooperation rooted in mutual respect.

Indigenous leaders say that federal contractors are desecrating sacred Native American places and cultural sites at an unprecedented pace in the rush to build more walls on the U.S.-Mexico border.

President Donald Trump plans to build an exhibit of statues featuring prominent Americans along the Potomac River.

The Trump administration says a former executive at a private prison operator will serve as the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

President Donald Trump has nominated Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

President Donald Trump says the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” always was meant to be temporary.

A council appointed by President Donald Trump has proposed significant changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be recalibrating its centerpiece policy of mass deportations after a series of major immigration enforcement operations in American cities soured the public’s mood on it.

Fourteen FEMA employees who signed a public letter criticizing the nation's disaster preparedness have been reinstated after eight months on paid leave.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill funding much of the Department of Homeland Security and ending the longest agency shutdown in history.

The Supreme Court is weighing arguments over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for Haitians and Syrians as migrants fleeing war and natural disaster.

The House has taken a crucial step toward funding the Department of Homeland Security.

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration cannot jail immigrants without bond, citing “serious constitutional questions.”.

Authorities say a man charged in a string of shootings near Atlanta that left three people dead has died in jail.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday.

A man has been charged in a string of attacks near Atlanta over a matter of hours that left two women dead and a man in critical condition.

President Donald Trump has again denied a request from Colorado’s governor to help people affected by wildfires and flooding.

Protesters are rallying against a planned immigration detention facility in Maryland.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has toured North Carolina areas devastated by Hurricane Helene in 2024.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has rescinded a rule that DHS expenditures over $100,000 be personally approved by his office.

In a story published March 31, 2026, about immigration detention facilities, The Associated Press erroneously reported the last name of the mayor of Surprise, Arizona.

President Donald Trump says the American air travel system has reached a "breaking point."

President Donald Trump has signed a promised executive action to pay Transportation Security Administration employees after a bid to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly fell apart in Congress.

President Trump announced he will sign an emergency order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security to immediately pay TSA workers amid an ongoing partial government shutdown.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an emergency order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggles to reach a deal to end the budget impasse that has jammed airports and left workers without paychecks.

President Donald Trump says he will sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration workers.

FEMA is reopening applications for its major resilience grant program after a judge ordered the program restored.

The White House says President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for a rescheduled summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15.

Wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means' nomination to become U.S. surgeon general is stalled a month after senators grilled her on vaccines during a tense confirmation hearing.

Oklahoma’s governor has appointed energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill a newly vacant U.S. Senate seat through the end of the year.

U.S. senators are discussing a proposal to end the Homeland Security budget stalemate by funding much of the department, including Transportation Security Administration airport workers who are going without pay.

In a story published March 25, 2026, about Homeland Security funding, The Associated Press erroneously reported the surname of the acting TSA administrator.

The Senate has voted to confirm Markwayne Mullin as the new secretary of Homeland Security.

President Donald Trump’s decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security is drawing concerns that their presence may escalate tensions among air travelers and screeners.

Markwayne Mullin has moved a step closer to becoming President Donald Trump’s next homeland security secretary.

President Donald Trump’s pick as homeland security chief is signaling a gentler stance on disaster relief and promising to roll back some recent restrictions.

Senator Rand Paul has made it clear he has little regard for President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, fellow Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin.

Markwayne Mullin says he'd be a steady hand at the Department of Homeland Security if he's confirmed as secretary.

Senator Markwayne Mullin has a tough path as he moves toward leading the Department of Homeland Security, with immigration fights, disaster anger and Iran threats piling up.

President Donald Trump's decision to replace Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gives him an opportunity to reset his mass deportation agenda — or to double down on a campaign promise.

Democratic-led states alarmed by the prospect of federal immigration officers patrolling the polls during this year’s midterm elections are taking steps to counter what they see as a potential tactic to intimidate voters.

President Donald Trump’s plans to nominate Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to take over as Homeland Security secretary follow a meteoric political rise for the plumbing company owner who was first elected to Congress in 2012.

President Donald Trump has fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

According to a report from NBC News, President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will resign at the end of March after just over a year in the role.

President Donald Trump has fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Senate Republicans have voted down an effort to halt President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.

Questions are mounting at the U.S. Capitol over the Trump administration’s shifting rationale for going to war with Iran.

President Donald Trump has a midterm year message to sell.

Lawmakers and the White House are offering no signs of compromise in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers.

Congressional leaders said Tuesday that a deal was still possible with the White House on Homeland Security Department funding before it expires this weekend.

A Navy admiral has told lawmakers that there was no “kill them all” order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the boat attack in the Caribbean, but the video of survivors being killed has alarmed lawmakers, That disclosure Thursday comes as Congress scrutinizes an attack on an alleged drug boat in international waters near Venezuela.

The House has voted to repeal part of a new law that lets senators sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge.

Members of Congress are divided largely along party lines on the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom that President Donald Trump wants to build.

House members' absence during the government shutdown is creating a political dilemma for Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and is testing his leadership.

To hear party leaders talk, the seventh day of the government shutdown sounded a lot like the first.

Mike Waltz says that as U_S_ ambassador to the United Nations the U_S_ is reviewing its support and opting to go “back to basics.”.

Speaker Mike Johnson took clear sides Sunday in President Donald Trump’s breakup with mega-billionaire Elon Musk.

President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of top officials at the Library of Congress and equally sudden attempt to appoint a slate of loyalists as replacements has morphed into an enormous fight over the separation of powers.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says he will hold up all Justice Department nominations on the Senate floor until he gets more answers about the free Air Force One replacement that President Donald Trump says would be donated by Qatar.

As news that President Donald Trump was backing down on most of his tariffs reached a luncheon of Senate Republicans Wednesday, the room reacted with relief, cheers and smiles.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has rescinded two Biden-era memos that had state agencies consider social and environmental justice factors when making decisions concerning critical national infrastructure work.

Key Republicans and Democrats have been stalwart supporters of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly challenged Senate Republicans with his Cabinet picks.

Republican skepticism in the Senate of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees has been worn down.

President-elect Donald Trump emerged from a lengthy Capitol Hill meeting with Senate Republicans with no set strategy for tackling his legislative priorities.

Some lawmakers emotionally recalled the violence.

Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence from the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, are increasingly hard to find.

The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions.

When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigned in North Carolina, both candidates courted a state-recognized tribe there whose 55,000 members could have helped tip the swing state.

Republican lawmakers are pushing back against criticism from some Democrats that President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead U.S. intelligence services is “compromised” by her comments supportive of Russia and a meeting with an ally of that country.

President-elect Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill are rallying around Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick.