Joe HendersonAugust 29, 2019
5min235
$271 million from FEMA budget is redirected to immigration border priorities
Tag: Department of Homeland SecurityMatt Gaetz. Image via AP.
Joe HendersonAugust 29, 2019
Scott PowersJuly 30, 2019
10min566
Feds seek to expand "permanent, state-licensed capacity."
Ryan NicolJuly 23, 2019
4min513
“Congress must assert its constitutional authority to provide vigorous oversight of these facilities."
Ryan NicolFebruary 18, 2019
5min441
Lawmakers say up to 150,000 Venezuelans would qualify for temporary protection.
Ryan NicolJanuary 10, 2019
4min684
As the government shutdown entered its 20th day Thursday, GOP U.S. Rep. Brian Mast introduced a bill ensuring members of the U.S. Coast Guard still get paid. The Coast Guard is the only branch of the military whose members are not being paid during the shutdown. More than 41,000 active duty members, 6,200 reservists, and 8,500 civilian […]
Peter SchorschNovember 26, 2018
5min711
Recent hurricanes have served as a stark reminder of the integral role communications play in disaster response efforts. When Hurricane Michael decimated Northwest Florida last month, cell outages were just as widespread as power outages — many in the hardest hit areas had to park their car on a bridge and stand on its roof […]
Bill RuftyAugust 3, 2018
7min359
Friday should have been a victory lap of sorts for Democratic Congressman Darren Soto — he was still receiving rave reviews from many in the party for his debate with primary challenger former Congressman Alan Grayson, and he had many local accomplishments to tout in his first term in Congress. But he arrived at the […]
Ryan NicolJuly 20, 2018
6min306
U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch is now calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign, partly because of comments made by Nielsen during an interview at the Aspen Security Forum. Nielsen touched on a variety of topics during an interview with NBC’s Peter Alexander, including last year’s violent protests in Charlottesville and Russian interference in […]
Scott PowersMay 21, 2018
6min856
Orlando, skipped over in a federal grant program providing anti-terrorism money to big-city police the past three years, is back in the program, Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings announced Monday. Demings, of Orlando, and others from Central Florida have been fighting for several years to convince the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that rules it […]
Jim RosicaDecember 4, 2017
4min292
State Sen. Daphne Campbell has been appointed Chair of the Haitian Temporary Relief Task Force. The Miami Democrat, elected to the Senate last year after serving six years in the House, announced the appointment Monday. It was made by state Rep. Kionne McGhee, a Democrat who leads the Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation. The task force is […]