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Department Of Homeland Security

  1. Internal DHS Report Puts $21.6 Billion Price Tag on Trump’s WallThe leaked report also says it will take 18 months longer to finish the wall than DHS head John Kelly says.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  2. travel ban
    Trump Administration Reverses Itself, Exempts Green-Card Holders From Travel BanIt now seems clear the Trump administration had no idea how the travel ban was supposed to apply to permanent residents.
    By Chas Danner
  3. trainwrecks
    Priebus Says Green-Card Holders Exempt From Entry Ban, Contradicting White HouseCount the Trump administration among those who don’t seem to understand the president’s new executive order.
    By Chas Danner
  4. Obama Is Dismantling a Visitor-Tracking Program That Targets MuslimsThe timing would suggest he’s not eager to let it fall into his successor’s hands.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. Retired General John Kelly to Head Homeland SecurityThe former head of U.S. Southern Command is often described as a “border-security hawk.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  6. Trump Cabinet Hopeful Forgets Cover Sheet, Exposes DHS Plan for All to SeeThe Kansas secretary of State met with Donald Trump Sunday and inadvertently provided insight into what he was proposing at DHS.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  7. Schumer and White House Exchanging WordsChuck Schumer, joined by de Blasio and Bratton, gets shirty about DHS funding.
    By Samuel Lieberman
  8. false alarms
    Boehner Concludes Biannual Test of the Government Shutdown SystemThe House passed a bill to fund Homeland Security, after their stand accomplished nothing.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. good things
    DHS Won’t Force Tourists From Ebola-Stricken Countries to Go HomeThey’ll be allowed to stay for 18 months.
    By Katie Zavadski
  10. politics
    Jeh Johnson Confirmed to Head Homeland SecurityHe’ll replace Janet Napolitano.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. politics
    Jeh Johnson, Not Ray Kelly, to Run Department of Homeland SecurityObama is expected to announce the pick tomorrow.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  12. mysteries
    Joe Biden Fist-Bumped Ray KellyWhat does this mean?
    By Caroline Bankoff
  13. new york’s finest
    Ray Kelly Is Not Not Interested in That DHS JobSmart choice.
    By Adam Martin
  14. sexism
    Immigration Official Takes Leave Amid New Accusations“How long is it anyway?” she reportedly asked.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  15. lawsuits
    Woman In Napolitano Suit Admits to Making PastaThe only comment Dora Schriro will make on the record is, “The geese are honking.”
    By Sarah Bennett
  16. sexism
    Second Employee Suing Janet Napolitano Over Charges of Reverse SexismJason Mount says he was passed over for a promotion because he is a man.
    By Sarah Bennett
  17. sexism
    Lawsuit Accuses Janet Napolitano of Reverse SexismAn Immigration and Customs Enforcement employee claims the Department of Homeland Security is a “female-run frat house.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  18. doing right by occupy
    Dept. of Homeland Security Hopes to Be Anti-NYPD When It Comes to Domestic SurveillanceBut there are allegations that the agency targeted political speech online.
    By Andre Tartar
  19. swine floozies
    Officials Declare Public Health Emergency Over Flu VirusMeanwhile, eight students at St. Francis Prep in Queens are recovering nicely.
    By Chris Rovzar
  20. company town
    Some People Would Pay Eliot Spitzer to Take His Clothes OffPlaygirl makes a tantalizing offer to the former governor, an inspector is charged in crane accident, and other tidbits in our daily roundup of media, finance, and law news.