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Police officers watch as people participate in a demonstration against the planned deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago on September 6, 2025.KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP / Getty Images Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news - make a quick donation to Truthout today! After weeks of threatening to invade Chicago, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched "Operation Midway Blitz" on Monday to abduct, detain, and deport some of the millions of immigrant community members in the city.

Honey is a protege of Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who tried to help Trump overturn the 2020 election results. In 2024, ProPublica reported that Honey had played a key role in Mitchell's behind-the-scenes effort to change Georgia's election rules to allow Republican officials to contest a potential Trump loss in that year's presidential race. Honey also promoted election conspiracy theories, including one Trump cited in a speech to his followers before they stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Known as SGEs, special government employees are limited to 130 days per year of unpaid work. Like recent SGE Elon Musk, they can be in senior positions and still have private employment and clients, unlike typical government workers at departments that handle hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts.

The July 23 premiere of Season 27 skewered Trump's extractive legal battles with the media and other institutions, his long entanglement in the Jeffrey Epstein saga, and, well, his manhood.

The 1873 painting by John Gast shows a group of white pioneers traveling west, forcing a group of Indigenous people out of frame.

"FEMA grants remain governed by existing law and policy and not political litmus tests. DHS will enforce all anti-discrimination laws and policies, including as it relates to the BDS movement, which is expressly grounded in antisemitism."

The Department of Homeland Security's social media postings reflect a troubling narrative, combining themes of white nationalism with nostalgic Americana imagery, reinforcing a divisive national identity.

"Christhian Aybar-Berroa, is an illegal from the Dominican Republic. He entered the country illegally in 2022 under the Biden Administration and was ordered for final removed in 2023 by an immigration judge."

A US court has blocked plans to end Temporary Protected Status for Afghans, granting a one-week reprieve to those at risk of deportation to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

The United States Department of Homeland Security urged local law enforcement to interpret common protest activities, like biking or livestreaming, as ‘violent tactics,’ influencing police actions.

DHS's risk-based approach reflects a broader shift in US law enforcement shaped by post-9/11 security priorities-one that elevates perceived intent over demonstrable wrongdoing.

Homeland Security's Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency warned US defense contractors working in Israel that they may be targeted by Iranian cyber attacks.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced the presence of FBI assets at the very active scene in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, following an ambush-style attack.

"If he hasn't stepped over the line, he's just on the verge of it," Virginia Canter, counsel for ethics and anticorruption at Democracy Defenders Fund, told the Project on Government Oversight.

Sen. Chris Murphy is criticizing the appointment of 22-year-old Thomas Fugate to oversee DHS's terrorism prevention division, highlighting his lack of relevant experience.