EXCLUSIVE: The Biden administration gave nearly 7,000 exemptions, mostly to refugees, for foreign nationals who otherwise could be ineligible for admission into the U.S. due to terrorism-related ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (R) addressed staffers at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the first time Tuesday afternoon. The Senate confirmed Noem to lead DHS in a 59-34 ...

“We are picking up the worst of the worst in this country,” the DHS secretary said of President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Noem donned a protective ICE vest as she embedded ...

Though Trump's pick for OPM director, Scott Kupor, still has to pass Senate and DHS scrutiny, the soil is already being ... Other high-profile Musk-adjacent picks include Chief of Staff Amanda Scales, ...

One official said the Guantánamo mission will be a DHS mission. It is unclear whether the military will be involved, but the Pentagon has no orders or guidance from the White House beyond the ...

Jan. 28 (UPI) --A coalition of five Quaker meetings is suing the Trump administration over its move last week to permit federal immigration authorities to make arrests in so-called sensitive ...

As President Donald Trump’s choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, he ended Wednesday’s three-hour hearing before the Senate Finance Committee with strong endorsements from Republicans ...

Kennedy is seeking to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, the $1.7 trillion agency that funds ... Associated Press writer Amanda Seitz contributed to this report. The Associated Press ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead will step down next month, Gov. Tim Walz announced on Monday. Harpstead, who was appointed in August 2019, will vacate her post ...

Federal law enforcement is asking the public to remain vigilant as they warn of possible copycat attacks similar to those seen in New Orleans. In a joint statement from the FBI and the Department ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services Commisioner Jodi Harpstead speaks to a legislative task force in 2023 at the Minnesota Senate Building in St. Paul. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...