Former Trump official launches PAC urging DeSantis to run A former White House official who helped implement Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies has broken ranks with the former president The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023
Scoop: Trump-aligned group declares "war on cartels" The group — run by Russ Vought, Ken Cuccinelli and Kash Patel — calls for cartels to be treated like foreign terrorist groups, such as ISIS. Axios · Oct 11, 2022
House panels: DHS officials interfered in effort to get lost Secret Service texts After the inspector general’s office requested the Secret Service’s January 6 communications, the effort was shut down The Guardian - US · Aug 2, 2022
Will Bunch: Are missing Homeland Security texts hiding the biggest secret of Jan. 6? You've probably heard the expression that the cover-up is always worse than the crime — a notion that was cemented by the mother of all U.S. political scandals, Watergate. Think about it — only five burglars were nabbed by D.C. cops inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate… The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 2, 2022
House lawmakers seek to question DHS watchdog staff on missing Secret Service texts WASHINGTON — Leaders of two House panels want the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Inspector General to answer questions about what they say are possible attempts to cover up the loss of Secret Service texts tied to the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Tribune News Service · Aug 2, 2022
Dems allege cover-up on Secret Service texts, demand records Top congressional Democrats have requested sit-down interviews and internal documents from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022
Homeland Security watchdog halted text retrieval effort WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s chief watchdog halted efforts to try to retrieve lost Secret Service text messages from other department phones, The Washington Post reported. Tribune News Service · Jul 30, 2022
Jan. 6 text messages from Homeland Security officials were deleted, report says Text messages from the two top officials in the Department of Homeland Security around the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol were reportedly inexplicably deleted and may not be able to be recovered. Tribune News Service · Jul 30, 2022
Ex-Trump official Chad Wolf spoke to Jan 6 committee before revelation about missing texts: report Trump pushed DHS officials to challenge election integrity The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2022
Jan. 6 text messages from Homeland Security officials were deleted, report says Text messages from the two top officials in the Department of Homeland Security around the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol were reportedly inexplicably deleted and may not be able to be recovered. Tribune News Service · Jul 29, 2022
Even more Jan. 6 text messages are mysteriously missing New reporting indicates texts from key Homeland Security officials were lost in a “reset” of government phones. Mic · Jul 29, 2022
Top DHS officials' Jan. 6 texts missing DHS watchdog knew in February that Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli's texts were "lost" but didn't tell Congress Salon · Jul 29, 2022
What we know about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant executive order AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is testing state powers to enforce federal immigration laws, citing a surge of migrants at the Texas-Mexico border. Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders state to grab migrants, release them at bridges AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday told state police and Texas National Guard soldiers to begin stopping illegal immigrants and taking them to ports of entry, no longer taking them into state custody. Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2022
Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2022 Can Texas declare a border 'invasion' and return migrants to Mexico? HOUSTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is facing mounting pressure from far-right and former Trump administration officials to immediately declare a migrant "invasion" at the U.S.-Mexico border, under a constitutional provision that would allow local law enforcement and National Guard troops to stop migrants at the border and send them…
The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022 Ex-Trump officials pressure Texas Governor Greg Abbott to declare ‘invasion’ along Mexico border Former Trump administration officials are pressing Republican border governors to declare an “invasion” along the U
The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022 Ex-Trump officials urge Abbott to declare border 'invasion' Former Trump administration officials are pressing Republican border governors to declare an “invasion” along the U