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Duncan Levin: DHS Secretary Noem defended the department’s authority to enter private homes using “administrative immigration warrants” — which flies in the face of the Constitution.
The DOJ subpoenaed the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital last year for records relating to transgender patients.
The unprecedented language used at a Pentagon military briefing indicates that the Trump administration is preparing to use nuclear weapons in the war of aggression it began Saturday.
President Donald Trump's massive and unprovoked attack on Iran is a war of choice, not necessity. He said as much when he declared his objective to be regime change. That's far beyond destroying Iran's warmaking capacity.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during congressional testimony on Tuesday stood by her remarks calling two U.S. citizens shot dead by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis domestic terrorists.
President Trump continues to suggest the federal government should take control over how elections are run. We discuss what he has said about the ways he could do that, whether those tactics are legal, and the impact of the president even suggesting it.This episode: political correspondent Ashley Lopez, voting correspondent Miles Parks, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes wants a federal judge to throw out efforts by the Trump administration to force him to turn over voter registration and election records.
Military Religious Freedom Foundation said it received widespread complaints about Christian-nationalist US commanders
Padilla also joined a press conference today to stand by three U.S. citizens who were assaulted, detained by DHS officers and agents WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee and the Rules and Administration Committee, joined a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) oversight hearing to […]
It was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's first appearance before Congress since immigration agents fatally shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti in January.
A pardoned Jan. 6, 2021 rioter was arrested on an assault charge for touching female passengers' hair while riding Metro, authorities say.
A Texas state representative north of Dallas is facing a tough primary challenge from a candidate who was convicted of breaching the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The challenger, Larry Brock, is an Air Force veteran who spent two years in prison for entering the Capitol that day, but was later pardoned by former President Trump. Brock is now running to unseat the incumbent, Jared Patterson, in their deeply Republican district, arguing he is more aligned with the party's hard-right primary voters.