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Chicago police and activists crowd around a vehicle that tried to drive through the protesters circle at the intersection of Roosevelt Rd. and Columbus Dr, Monday, July 20, 2020 in Chicago. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Trump’s show of federal force sparking alarm in cities

By COLLEEN LONG and BEN FOX and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

A protester walks away from chemical irritants as federal agents use crowd control munitions to disperse Black Lives Matter protesters at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Sunday, July 19, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Officers used teargas and projectiles to move the crowd after some protesters tore down a fence fronting the courthouse. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Ken Cuccinelli: DHS would deploy Portland-like response if there are threats elsewhere

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Police respond to protesters during a demonstration, Friday, July 17, 2020 in Portland, Ore. Militarized federal agents deployed by the president to Portland, fired tear gas against protesters again overnight as the citys mayor demanded that the agents be removed and as the states attorney general vowed to seek a restraining order against them.(Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

Jerrold Nadler ‘alarmed’ by Trump tactics against Portland, Oregon protesters

Associated Press

Protesters relocate a fence in front of the Justice Center, Saturday, July 18, 2020, during another night of protests in Portland, Ore. (Mark Graves/The Oregonian via AP)

House leaders ‘alarmed’ federal officers policing protests

By Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Doug Brown, agents from different components of the Department of Homeland Security are deployed to protect a federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., on Sunday, July 5, 2020. Protesters who have clashed with authorities in Portland are facing off not just against city police but a contingent of federal agents who reflect a new priority for the Department of Homeland Security: preventing what President Donald Trump calls "violent mayhem." (Doug Brown via AP)

Homeland Security gets new role under Trump monument order

By Ben Fox and Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

In this file photo, members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) **FILE**

Pentagon chief Mark Esper approves extension of military support along southern border

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Illustration on the risk of EMP attacks on the nation's power grid by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Made in America, protecting the power grid

By Peter Vincent Pry

Bill Bryan, head of science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senior official cited by Trump is subject of investigation

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

In this April 4, 2019 photo, provided by the U.S. Army, a mobile surveillance camera system manned by soldiers monitors a sector near the Presidio Border Patrol Station at Presidio, Texas. The Trump administration has been quietly adding military surveillance cameras at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic despite the fact fewer people appear to be crossing illegally. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show the Department of Defense at the request of the Department of Homeland Security sent 60 mobile surveillance cameras in addition to 540 more troops to the southwest border this month. (Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf/U.S. Army via AP)

US adds cameras at Mexico border despite drop in crossings

By JAMES LAPORTA and JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

In this April 4, 2019 photo, provided by the U.S. Army, a mobile surveillance camera system manned by soldiers monitors a sector near the Presidio Border Patrol Station at Presidio, Texas. The Trump administration has been quietly adding military surveillance cameras at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic despite the fact fewer people appear to be crossing illegally. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show the Department of Defense at the request of the Department of Homeland Security sent 60 mobile surveillance cameras in addition to 540 more troops to the southwest border this month. (Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf/U.S. Army via AP)

Military surveillance cameras, troops dispatched to U.S.-Mexico border

By James LaPorta and Julie Watson - Associated Press

In this March 15, 2020, file photo, people wait in a line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif. The coronavirus pandemic has much of the world contemplating an existential question amid a growing number of stay-at-home orders, with only &quot;essential&quot; service providers allowed to go to their jobs. As U.S. states enact sweeping stay-at-home orders, there is lots of agreement on what's essential, but some have their own notions. A few are eyebrow raisers. Among them are guns, golf and cannabis. Most lists, being compiled by governors and others, capture the basics of what's essential. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) **FILE**

Trump administration rules gun shops ‘essential’ amid virus

By LISA MARIE PANE - Associated Press

In this June 17, 2018, file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. Records obtained by The Associated Press highlight some of the problems that plague government facilities for immigrant youth. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP) ** FILE **

HHS ignored warnings over border family separations: Audit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 14, 2019 file photo, The Statue of Liberty is shown in New York. The Department of Homeland Security says New York residents will be cut off from ‘trusted traveler’ programs because of a state law that prevents immigration officials from accessing motor vehicle records. Acting Deputy DHS Secretary Ken Cuccinelli says tens of thousands of New Yorkers will be inconvenienced by the action. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

DHS cuts New Yorkers off from ‘trusted traveler’ programs

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

A pedestrian wears a protective mask in Alhambra, Calif., Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. As China grapples with the growing coronavirus outbreak, Chinese people in the Los Angeles area, home to the third-largest Chinese immigrant population in the United States, are encountering a cultural disconnect as they brace for a possible spread of the virus in their adopted homeland. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

DHS: New screening to begin amid coronavirus concerns

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FILE - In this July 31, 2014 file photo, the U.S. and U.S. Department of Homeland Security flags fly in Karnes City, Texas. The Trump administration pledged Friday to step up efforts against the vast amounts of counterfeit clothing, medicine and other goods that have flooded into the U.S. with the rise in e-commerce. The move was announced Friday by Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

US says e-commerce firms need to do more about fake goods

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

US to start collecting DNA from people detained at border

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

In this file photo, the U.S. Capitol in Washington is shrouded in mist, Friday night, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House passes $1.4T government spending bill amid impeachment

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

This July 26, 2018, file photo shows people lining up to cross into the United States to begin the process of applying for asylum near the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico. Homeland Security's watchdog says immigration officials were not prepared to manage the consequences of its "zero tolerance" policy at the border this summer that resulted in the separation of nearly 3,000 children from parents. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

DHS still can’t identify all separated families from zero tolerance: IG audit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2019, file photo, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington. President Donald Trump announced Oct. 11, 2019. that McAleenan is stepping down. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

McAleenan, acting Homeland Security secretary, stepping down

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan speaks during a press conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) **FILE**

DHS unveils plan to combat white supremacists, terrorism

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times