Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin attended his first Cabinet meeting Thursday, a gathering that comes at a crucial time as negotiations on Capitol Hill to fund his department are teetering on the edge of collapse. President Donald Trump did not call on Mullin to deliver his own report during the meeting. Trump opened the meeting, […]

America250, the entity tasked by Congress with marking the United States’ semiquincentennial, on Thursday revealed further details about its sweeping plans to celebrate the milestone.  America250 chairwoman Rosie Rios launched the official 100-day countdown to July 4, and said the organization is creating “the largest synchronized Fourth of July celebration in U.S. history” through block […]

The Justice Department argued Wednesday that geofence warrants are legal law enforcement tools that are “fully consistent with the Constitution,” as the widely used practice in criminal investigations is set to face scrutiny before the Supreme Court in April. A geofence warrant is a request made by the government to a technology company, such as […]

Ousted Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are set to appear Thursday in a Manhattan federal courtroom for the first time since their January arrest, as their legal team pushes to have sweeping drug trafficking charges dismissed. At the center of the hearing is a dispute over whether the U.S. government has […]