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Senate Confirms Mayorkas As Homeland Security Secretary
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas as President Biden’s homeland security secretary, making him the first immigrant and Latino to lead the department.
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Christopher Wray: ‘Days like this are among the darkest days we face in the FBI’
By Allan Lengel FBI Christopher said “we’re all heartbroken” over Tuesday’s deaths of two FBI agents and the wounding of three others. The shootings happened while serving a search warrant in a child pornography cases in Sunrise, Fla., a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale. “Days like this are among the darkest days we face in the…
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Five FBI Agents Shot, Two Fatally, While Serving Search Warrant at Florida Home
At least five FBI agents were shot and one was killed while serving a search warrant at a home in Sunrise, Fla.
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Secret Service Honors Its First Black Secret Service Agent Charles L. Gittens on 65th Anniversary
Monday marked the 65th anniversary of Charles L. Gittens becoming the first black special agent for the Secret Service.
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Donald M. Voiret Named Special Agent in Charge of FBI’s Seattle Field Office
Donald M. Voiret, who most recently was serving as the FBI’s attaché to London, has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Seattle Field Office.
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Paul Abbate Takes Over #2 Spot at FBI
By Allan Lengel Paul M. Abbate has been named deputy director of the FBI — the #2 spot in the agency, just under Director Christopher Wray. As deputy director, Abbate will oversees all FBI domestic and international investigative and intelligence activities. He was promoted from the job of associate deputy director at headquarters. Abbate joined…
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Time to Revive Long-Delayed Plan to Build New FBI Headquarters, WP Argues
The long-planned construction of a new FBI headquarters languished under President Trump.
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TSA Workers Authorized to Mandate Masks at Checkpoints
TSA workers, who have been hammered by the coronavirus, can finally require travelers to wear masks at checkpoints and “throughout the commercial and public transportation system.”