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(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate is set to vote to confirm Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday night.The vote comes amid backlash over the immigration crackdown and deportations under DHS as well as the ongoing partial shutdown of the department.A simple majority is needed to confirm Mullin for the job; he is expected to be approved.Mullin, a first-term Republican senator and ardent supporter […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents began fanning out at more than a dozen airports across the nation on Monday to assume some of the duties of Transportation Security Administration officers affected by a federal government funding crisis."What I see ICE agents doing is helping TSA plug the holes of security," White House Border Czar Tom Homan told ABC News on Monday.President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that […]

An undated photo of Sheridan Gorman who was shot and killed in Chicago on March, 19, 2026. (Courtesy of the Gorman Family) (CHICAGO) -- An undocumented immigrant from Venezuela has been arrested in the killing of a Loyola University Chicago student, the Department of Homeland Security said.Sheridan Gorman, 18, was walking with friends near Tobey Prinz Beach Park, less than a mile from the university's Lake Shore campus, in the […]

(NEW YORK) -- A regional Air Canada jet collided into a Port Authority airport vehicle at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, an on-the-ground crash that demolished the front of the airplane, killed two pilots, injured dozens of passengers and prompted the airport to shut down, law enforcement and aviation officials said.At least 41 people were transferred to local hospitals Sunday night after the plane, which was operated by Jazz […]

The FAA Air Traffic Control tower at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, US, (Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEWARK, N.J.) -- Ground stop briefly in place, control tower evacuated at Newark Airport after reports of smokeA ground stop was briefly in place on Monday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport, where an air traffic control tower was being evacuated due to reports of smoke, according […]

(NEW YORK) -- A regional Air Canada jet crashed late on Sunday into a Port Authority airport vehicle at LaGuardia Airport in New York, a collision that demolished the front of the airplane, killed two pilots, injured dozens of others and prompted the airport to shut down on Monday morning, law enforcement and aviation officials said.At least 41 people were transferred to local hospitals after the plane, which was operated […]

(PHOENIX) --  Record-shattering temperatures are expected to continue on Sunday as a rare and strong early-season heat dome has resulted in triple-digit highs in some parts of the Western U.S.As the temperatures soared to 105 degrees on Saturday in Phoenix, Ariz., the third-straight day the weather has topped the 100-degree mark, more than 400 people attending an airshow in nearby Glendale were treated for heat-related illnesses, authorities said.At least 25 […]

(NEW YORK) -- Saturday saw the highest call-out rate of TSA officers at airports since the partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown began, according to exclusive data from the Transportation Safety Administration first obtained by ABC News.Over 3,250 officers called out Saturday, March 21, according to TSA data, accounting for 11.51% of the scheduled workforce.Airport security lines are growing nationwide as TSA officers, who haven’t received a paycheck for over […]

(NEW YORK) -- Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the bureau in the tumultuous decade following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and who later served as special counsel overseeing the politically charged investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, has died, his family announced. He was 81."With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away last night," a family statement said. […]