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US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. The annual weekend gathering is known for providing an open and informal platform to meet in close quarters. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Draft DHS guidelines sharpen focus on those here illegally

By HOPE YEN and JULIE PACE - Associated Press

US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. The annual weekend gathering is known for providing an open and informal platform to meet in close quarters. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Draft DHS guidelines sharpen focus on those in US illegally

By HOPE YEN and JULIE PACE - Associated Press

In this June 5, 2015, file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

US official: Hackers targeted election systems of 20 states

By TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press

"Lives are being lost, the public's safety is at risk, and American families are suffering," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. "It cannot continue." (Associated Press)

State Department thwarts deportations to appease illegal immigrant criminals’ home countries

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the White House Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama overstates extent of Homeland Security’s social media screening

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Golden Hammer

Golden Hammer: Homeland Security agency leases more cars than it has officers to drive them

By Kellan Howell - 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

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the stark number of missed contraband items looked bad "out of context," but said the tests were important in trying to advance TSA's mission. (Associated Press)

Illegals refuse to give up three-year amnesties

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Department Inspector General John Roth. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

ICE releasing some illegals without knowing criminal history

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Joseph Clancy promise results in subpoenas for 2 Secret Service agents

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Many of the key figures cited in a scathing inspector general's report this week are allies of Hillary Rodham Clinton, marking the latest in a series of stumbles for the former first lady and secretary of state that likely forced her to delay her planned presidential campaign announcement. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign announcement delayed by scandals

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

"We want conservative legislators to know that conservatives in general are supportive of them," said former Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II. (Associated Press)

Senate Conservatives Fund helps Republicans on right, picks fight in Congress

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 25, 2014, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks to reporters following a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has a possible escape from the homeland security funding impasse if he’s willing to use it: cooperative Democrats. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Boehner sets vote on ‘clean’ homeland security bill

By S.A. Miller - 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

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, for a procedural vote as Congress moves toward a spending bill for the Homeland Security Department hours before a shutdown was to begin. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Homeland Security funding deal elusive

By Kimberly Hefling - Associated Press

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks to the chamber as the House failed to advance a short-term funding measure to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded past a midnight deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday evening, Feb. 27, 2015. Conservatives in Speaker Boehner's own party fought against three-week funding measure because it would not overturn Obama&#8217;s actions on immigration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress averts DHS shutdown with one-week infusion of funds

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Senate drops objections to Obama amnesty, clears ‘clean’ homeland bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner told fellow Republicans in a closed-door meeting that keeping the Homeland Security Department open with a three-week funding bill would strengthen their bargaining position, according to lawmakers in attendance. (Associated Press photographs)

John Boehner pushes Homeland Security funding extension to avert shutdown

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who held a press conference to highlight other dangers of letting the department's funding to lapse, said "The clock is ticking." (Associated Press)

Obama amnesty contract quietly canceled as White House struggles to comply with ruling

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"The district court's order was abundantly clear: The federal court enjoined any and all aspects of the illegal amnesty order," said Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican. "If the Department of Homeland Security continues moving forward, that on its face is in violation of a federal court injunction." (Associated Press)

Ted Cruz warns Obama to stop spending on amnesty plans for illegal immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times