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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (left) and House Speaker John A. Boehner lead the Republican-controlled Congress, but they have found themselves at a standstill over provisions attached to a Homeland Security spending bill aimed at blocking President Obama's executive actions on immigration. Republican strategists warn that the White House has a bigger "microphone." (Associated Press)

Homeland Security funding threat wrong Republican message, strategists say

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 13, 2014, file photo, immigration rights protesters sit out in front of the House of Representatives after then-Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer gave her State of the State address at the Arizona Capitol, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

GOP border bill faces opposition from conservatives

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Secure border, punish illegals: Republicans answer amnesty with tough measures

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 15, 2013, file photo, the U.S. Capitol dome is silhouetted by the sunrise. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Federal buildings vulnerable to cyberattack, watchdog says

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota said it would be politically treacherous for Republicans to refuse to pass the homeland security bill, especially amid a spate of attacks and plots by Islamist terrorists. (Associated Press)

Republicans squeamish about using power of purse to fight Obama’s deportation amnesty

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Crystal A. Diaz, a U.S. Border Patrol agent with the Tucson Sector in Arizona, rides her ATV while on patrol. (AP Photo/U.S. Border Patrol)

DHS spending bill to ID sanctuary cities; Obama amnesty fight looms

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Homeland Security Department is experimenting with GPS-enabled ankle bracelets to track illegal immigrants in the U.S. (Associated Press)

Illegals immigrants from border surge knowingly released by Homeland Security

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland’s overtime money pit: DHS spends millions on unqualified overtime

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Crystal A. Diaz, a U.S. Border Patrol agent with the Tucson Sector in Arizona, rides her ATV while on patrol. (AP Photo/U.S. Border Patrol)

Golden Hammer: Homeland Security spends millions on overtime

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 26, 2014 file photo, a federal employee walks past cribs inside of the barracks for law enforcement trainees turned into immigrant detention center at the Federal Law Enforcement Center (FLETC) in Artesia, N.M. The Homeland Security Department has privately acknowledged that a remarkable number of young families caught crossing the border illegally earlier this year subsequently failed to meet with federal immigration agents, as they were instructed. At the meeting, the ICE official acknowledged the no-show figures while explaining the administration’s decision in June to open a temporary detention center for families in Artesia, New Mexico. A second immigration jail in Texas was later converted for families and can house about 530 people. A third such detention center will open in Texas later this year. Before the new facility in Artesia, the government had room for fewer than 100 people at its only family detention center in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca, File)

US: Most new immigrant families fail to report

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 26, 2014 file photo, a federal employee walks past cribs inside of the barracks for law enforcement trainees turned into immigrant detention center at the Federal Law Enforcement Center (FLETC) in Artesia, N.M. The Homeland Security Department has privately acknowledged that a remarkable number of young families caught crossing the border illegally earlier this year subsequently failed to meet with federal immigration agents, as they were instructed. At the meeting, the ICE official acknowledged the no-show figures while explaining the administration’s decision in June to open a temporary detention center for families in Artesia, New Mexico. A second immigration jail in Texas was later converted for families and can house about 530 people. A third such detention center will open in Texas later this year. Before the new facility in Artesia, the government had room for fewer than 100 people at its only family detention center in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca, File)

US: Immigrant families fail to report to agents

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

Airport passengers check in at the TSA checkpoint, where TSA officers set up a memorial honoring the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, at the Corpus Christi International Airport in Corpus Chriti Texas. Thursday marks the 13th anniversary of the attacks. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Michael Zamora) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT

Airline employees used sensitive TSA rooms as break lounges, report says

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Visa and MasterCard are renewing a push to speed the adoption of microchips into U.S. credit and debit cards. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Gov’t warns US retailers about hacking software

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

This undated photo obtained from the Department of Homeland Security shows former Acting Inspector General Charles Edwards. A Senate subcommittee says Edwards was too cozy with the political appointees of President Barack Obama whose activities he was supposed to oversee. A 27-page report from a Senate homeland security subcommittee says Charles Edwards improperly rewrote, delayed or classified reports to accommodate the department. It says he also asked for guidance from senior Homeland Security Department officials instead of his own staff. (AP Photo/Homeland Security)

Ex-DHS watchdog put on leave after critical report

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

Homeland Security secretary talks airline threat

Associated Press

Government drops plan to collect license tag data

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

An Alexandria, Va. Police car equipped with license plate scanner, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Homeland Security drops plans for nationwide license plate tracking database

By Alicia A. Caldwell - Associated Press

The Homeland Security Department's inspector general is investigating the program and the former director of USCIS, Alejandro Mayorkas, whom President Obama has since promoted to be deputy secretary of Homeland Security.

Issues of corruption, fraud in investor-visa program date back two decades

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

DHS report warns of credit, debit fraud risk posed by cards issued to employees

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Christian Marrone helped send his father-in-law and former boss to prison and blamed the culture of south Philadelphia politics for his own actions. (defense.gov)

GOP lawmakers press Obama admin on background check of Homeland aide tied to Pa. scandals

By Jim McElhatton and Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times