Live updates: Mullin faces DHS questions; senators to confront Gabbard, Ratcliffe on global threats

The United Farm Workers (UFW) on Tuesday announced that it will not celebrate the birthday of its founder, civil rights icon Cesar Chavez, later this month after the labor union received "troubling allegations" in connection with "family issues" and abuse of "young women and minors." "As a women-led organization that exists to empower communities, the...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), says that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) should be “restructured, not eliminated” and that he would revoke current Secretary Kristi Noem’s controversial policy of personally reviewing major expenditures. Mullin's comments came during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland...

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith said that both political parties carry the blame for the government shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  Legislators in Congress are struggling to negotiate a funding package for the department, which has been shut down fore more than four weeks. “The shutdown is just egregious, and I think both...

Former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday applauded the resignation of Joe Kent, one of the nation’s top counterterrorism officials, who stepped down in opposition of the ongoing U.S. military operation in Iran. Bolton then suggested that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard should follow her former top aide's lead. “I’m glad he resigned....