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  • Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Secret Service prostitution scandal that has embarrassed the White House and overshadowed the president's visit to a Latin American summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

    Napolitano: Secret Service scandal 'inexcusable'

    Conflicting images of the Secret Service and new questions about the military's handling of the prostitution scandal in Colombia emerged on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

  • A divided Congress confronts a rising cyberthreat

    The mysterious caller claimed to be from Microsoft and offered step-by-step instructions to repair damage from a software virus. The electric power companies weren't falling for it.

  • MILLER: Secret Serviced

    The Secret Service holds a special place in the hearts of Americans. Their mission of hurling their bodies in front of bullets to thwart presidential assassination attempts captures the essence of true bravery. Sadly, the agency's sterling reputation has been replaced with global embarrassment after agents reportedly brought prostitutes to their hotel rooms during an official trip to South America to protect President Obama.

  • Syrian Army soldiers shout slogans and hold up portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a pro-regime rally in Damascus, Syria, on March 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

    Obama administration grants protected status to Syrians

    Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday said she will grant special status to Syrians currently in the U.S., allowing them to stay here past their current visas while their home country remains in turmoil.

  • ** FILE ** Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)

    Inside the Beltway: Issa seeks accurate count of 'got-aways'

    Rep. Darrell E. Issa has set a deadline of Thursday for Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

  • Rep. Candice S. Miller, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

    System for tracking visa overstays is almost ready

    The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing its plan for a biometric data system to track when immigrants leave the United States and will present it to Congress within "weeks," a top department official told a House Homeland Security subcommittee Tuesday.

  • Rep. Candice S. Miller, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

    Homeland Security finalizing plan for exit system

    The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing its plan for a biometric data system to track when immigrants leave the United States and will present it to Congress within "weeks," a top department official told a House Homeland Security subcommittee Tuesday.

  • **FILE** New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly (center) briefs New York police officials and John O. Brennan (center left), assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism, and Deputy New York Police Commissioner of Intelligence David Cohen (center right) on Sept. 26, 2009, at police headquarters in New York on events surrounding an alleged plot to bomb New York commuter trains. (Associated Press/NYPD)

    White House helps pay for NYPD Muslim surveillance

    The Obama administration said Monday it has no control over how the New York Police Department spends millions of dollars in White House grants that helped pay for NYPD programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under surveillance. In New York, the police commissioner said he wouldn't apologize.

  • **FILE** Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    Congressman hits DHS chemical security program

    The Department of Homeland Security program that secures the nation's chemical plants against terrorist attacks is a mess, lawmakers learned Wednesday.

  • Many in NY cheer delay of animal disease lab move

    The Obama administration has put the brakes on a plan to build a new lab that studies contagious animal diseases, a decision that has pitted disappointed Kansans hopeful about growth against New Yorkers fighting to keep about 200 jobs at a Cold War-era facility on a tiny island.

  • Napolitano

    DHS urging vigilance among Jewish groups

    The Department of Homeland Security has been reaching out to Jewish groups across the country, urging them to step up their security in the wake of a series of terrorist attacks against Israeli targets overseas, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress Wednesday.

  • **FILE** Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    Homeland Security budget tops $59 billion

    The Department of Homeland Security's budget for fiscal 2013 is just over $59 billion, a little less than the current budget but almost $5 billion more than the 2011 budget, according to government figures.

  • Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, accompanied by Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole, announces the expansion of a passenger pre-screening initiative on Feb. 8, 2012, at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Associated Press)

    28 more airports will test lower-hassle screening

    A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday.

  • Officials warn of tightened security at Super Bowl

    Pack lightly, Super Bowl fans.

  • Officials warn of tightened security at Super Bowl

    Pack lightly, Super Bowl fans.

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