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Government warns North Korean cyber attacks continue

By Bill Gertz and Washington Free Beacon

Homeland Security will waive laws to build US border wall

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 17, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump talks with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly during commencement exercises at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Trump named Kelly as his new Chief of Staff on July 28, ousting Reince Priebus. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Trump found Scaramucci’s remarks ‘inappropriate’

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Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly (right) listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on cyber security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 31, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John Kelly named by Trump as White House chief of staff, replaces Reince Priebus

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In a June 29, 2017, photo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Sanan Jackson, right, helps a passenger navigate the new face recognition kiosks at gate E7 for a United Airlines flight to Tokyo at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. The Trump administration intends to require that American citizens boarding international flights submit to face scans, something Congress has not explicitly approved and privacy advocates consider an ill-advised step toward a surveillance state. (Michael Wyke/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Face scans for US citizens flying abroad stir privacy issues

By FRANK BAJAK and DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

Federal officer charged with kicking handcuffed man in head

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In this July 18, 2016, file photo, Milwaukee County, Wis. Sheriff David Clarke speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Milwaukee County sheriff not joining DHS, after all

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Illustration on biometric screening security measures by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biometric screening needs to be integrated by Homeland

By Christian Marrone

In this July 18, 2016 file photo, Milwaukee County, Wis. Sheriff David Clarke speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Milwaukee Sheriff Clarke takes job with Homeland Security

By IVAN MORENO - Associated Press

In this July 18, 2016 file photo, Milwaukee County, Wis. Sheriff David Clarke speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Latest: DHS declines to confirm Clarke appointment

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President Donald Trump points to a reporter as he arrives to meet with reporters on Air Force One while in flight from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to Palm Beach International Airport, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Twitter sues DHS to protect ID of user behind anti-Trump account

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Mayors call on feds to define ‘sanctuary city’ label

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Some Texans question possible border wall at Falcon Lake

By JEREMY SCHWARTZ - Associated Press

In this June 22, 2016 photo, Border Patrol agents stands near a border structure in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Travis County, Texas — land of the loved illegal

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2017 file photo, people carry posters during a rally against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, in New York's Times Square. The Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to implement a travel ban against immigrants from certain countries could easily reach the U.S. Supreme Court. But there’s no hint of an eventual outcome if Neil Gorsuch gets on the highest court and casts the deciding vote. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

Immigration system is broken

By Ed Feulner

President Trump signs a revised travel ban on March 6 that temporarily halts entry to the U.S. for people from six Muslim-majority nations who are seeking new visas, allowing those with current visas to travel freely. (White House)

Donald Trump signs new extreme vetting order

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 27, 2016 photo, Haitians make their way towards the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. officials say about 5,000 Haitians showed up at San Ysidro from October 2015 through late last month, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana said at a recent congressional hearing that officials told her on a trip to Central America that 40,000 more were on their way. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Ron Wyden seeks answers from DHS over border searches of smartphones and social media accounts

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

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Homeland Security sets sights on curbing wide-scale DDoS attacks amid ‘exponential increase’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, left, hands Defense Secretary James Mattis, right, a pen after he signed an executive action on rebuilding the military during an event at the Pentagon in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US judge bars deportations under Trump travel ban

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press