Nearly 300 Homeland Security employees have confirmed coronavirus infection and more than 8,500 have been quarantined at a time when the agency is needed to combat the highly contagious disease.
Homeland Security is warning law enforcement officials nationwide that violent extremists may carry out attacks against the U.S. in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
The coronavirus has hit federal Homeland Security employees hard.
Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden has officially requested Secret Service protection.
Homeland Security’s former acting inspector general has been indicted on charges of stealing government proprietary software and databases containing personal information on more than 250,000 government employees – all in an effort to elevate his private business.
The Department of Homeland Security temporarily closed one of its facilities in Washington state and directed employees to self-quarantine for two weeks after one of its employees visited a nursing home impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
Ken Cuccinelli, an immigration hardliner, is refusing to step down as deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after a federal judge said his appointment violated federal law.
President Trump has hired Florida’s chief resilience officer to be his White House homeland security adviser.
