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House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Homeland Security panel passes bill creating one anti-terror office

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Martha McSally, candidate for Congressional District 2, makes a speech to supporters during a Republican election night party at the Sheraton Tucson Hotel and Suites, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Mamta Popat)

Congress skeptical of Homeland Security developing unified plan on WMD defense

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Emblems from the state flags of Minnesota and Massachusetts have come under scrutiny by critics who say they are inappropriate.

Inside the Beltway: Minnesota, Massachusetts: Two state flags now deemed offensive by critics

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Tim Constantine July 2, 2015

Washington Times Late Edition with Tim Constantine (July 2, 2015)

By Tim Constantine

The Golden Hammer

Golden Hammer: FEMA mismanaged New York’s terror defense grants

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

People wave flags as the Independence Day parade rolls down Main Street on July 4, 2014 in Eagar, Ariz. (Associated Press)

July 4 terrorist attack on U.S. soil a legitimate threat, officials warn

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Attorney General Loretta Lynch listens members of the media's questions on the recent church shooting in Charleston, S.C., during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Loretta Lynch: Justice Dept. to expand Eric Holder’s anti human-trafficking pilot program

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 26, 2015 file photo, House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. law enforcement officials expressed concern Wednesday about the growing use of encrypted communication and private messaging by supporters of the Islamic State, saying the technology was complicating efforts to monitor terror suspects and extremists. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Mike McCaul to float bill to counter homegrown terrorism

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A New Jersey Transit Police sergeant talks on a radio while patrolling the Secaucus Junction Station on Jan. 31, 2014. The Transportation Security Administration and New Jersey Transit Police began screening bags at the station in preparation for Sunday's Super Bowl at the Meadowlands. All passengers with bags will be screened by TSA officers before they will be allowed to board trains to Met Life Stadium on Sunday. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DHS’s $430M radio upgrade after 9/11 virtually useless: report

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Transportation Security Administration officials check check passengers entering a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on Nov. 18, 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**

TSA didn’t spot airport workers with potential terrorism links: Audit

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Michael McCaul says effort to counter violent extremism lacks structure

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

The apartment building where David Wright was taken into custody the previous day, is seen, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, in Everett, Mass. Wright will face federal charges Wednesday in Boston in connection to the investigation of Usaama Rahim, who had been under 24-hour surveillance by terrorism investigators, and who was killed after he lunged with a knife at a Boston police officer and an FBI agent. (AP Photo/Phil Marcelo)

Terror plot against Boston police officer alarms Capitol Hill lawmakers

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, passenger Don Heim, right, of Alpharetta, Ga., is briefed by Transportation Security Administration trainer Byron Gibson before going through a new expedited security line at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. The news that a man flew from Liberia to the U.S. after exposure to Ebola, and wound up in a hospital isolation ward, has led to calls for tougher measures to protect Americans, such as a ban on flights from countries hit by the epidemic. Federal health officials and airlines have dismissed any risk to passengers who flew with the man last month and say they are protecting travelers by screening passengers and wiping down airplane cabins nightly. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

TSA doesn’t know which screening equipment works or needs repair: Watchdog

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledged at Tuesday's hearing that 282 people have had to be kicked out of the amnesty program because of criminal convictions or gang ties that were later discovered. That was out of a population of more than 600,000 who were approved. (Associated Press)

China, U.S. to boost cooperation on repatriating fugitives

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE -, In this July 25, 2013 file photo, Alejandro Mayorkas, President Obama's then-nominee to become deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Homeland Security Department has ordered agents at airports and other ports of entry to observe everyone coming into the United States for potential signs of Ebola infection, officials said Wednesday. Mayorkas said Customs and Border Protection agents are also handing out factsheets to travelers with details of what symptoms to look for and directions to call a doctor if they become sick within 21 days. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

White House calls embattled Mayorkas ‘effective leader’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. on Wednesday, President Barack Obama signed a law funding the Homeland Security Department through the end of the budget year. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

EDITORIAL: Why Homeland Security is a sad place to work

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Feb. 26, 2015, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio talks about the impasse over passing the Homeland Security budget during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Winners in a bruising struggle with Republicans over homeland security funding and immigration, minority Democrats had unity on their side, along with a politician&#8217;s understandable fear of terrorist attacks and the Constitution&#8217;s separation of powers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EDITORIAL: The humiliation of John Boehner

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Sept. 30, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Jason Chaffetz, House Oversight chairman: Frustration is with Senate Democrats, not John Boehner

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner ultimately relied on Democrats to pass the legislation, sending a bill to Mr. Obama's desk that provided $40 billion to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year without restricting the president's immigration actions. (Associated Press)

Congress sends ‘clean’ Homeland bill to Obama

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times