the US DHS

Sources: the US DHS recently sent hundreds of administrative subpoenas, which do not need a judge's approval, to tech firms to identify people critical of ICE

The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment …

Sources: the US DHS has reassigned hundreds of CISA workers into jobs that support deportations, including at ICE, and said it would dismiss anyone who refused

“It seems like it's in an effort to get them to quit instead of firing them,” a US official told me.  —  I'm off for the rest of the week (timing!) but I'll have a story on this shortly after I get ba...

Sources: the US DHS, in partnership with DOGE, has built the first-ever searchable national citizenship data system, pulling from SSA and immigration databases

The Trump administration has, for the first time ever, built a searchable national citizenship data system.

Cyber Crimes Center, a division of the US DHS, says it has disrupted 500+ ransomware attacks and seized $4.3B in crypto since 2021, including $180M in 2023

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Cyber Crimes Center, a division of the US DHS, says it has disrupted 500+ ransomware attacks and seized $4.3B in crypto since 2021, including $180M last year

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Report: the US DHS finds that ICE, CBP, and the Secret Service illegally used phone location data; a CBP official tracked coworkers for no investigative purpose

In a bombshell report, an oversight body for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

An investigation details ongoing plans by the US DHS to police online misinformation on COVID-19, Afghanistan, and more; Meta built a portal to aid reporting

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The US DHS awards a $699,763 grant to researchers to develop best practices and resources for monitoring and evaluating extremist activities in game communities