FBI Director James Comey Defends Clinton Decision, But Said She Repeatedly Lied
FBI Director James Comey defended the bureau’s decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton during a House oversight committee hearing.
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Lawmakers Admonish TSA for ‘Bloated Bureaucracy,’ Failing to Discipline Wrongdoers
The TSA received a scolding from lawmakers during a House subcommittee Thursday.
House Republicans Want to Boost Funding for Border Patrol, ICE, TSA
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com House Republicans proposed a spending bill for Homeland Security that includes a $100 million increase over current funding levels. The increase is $432 million more than President Obama requested for fiscal year 2017, the Washington Examiner reports. Republicans supported the increase in funding to boost border security, aviation security protection and…
House Republicans Lash Out at Homeland Security After Pier Killing
House Republicans expressed outrage over the Obama administration’s release of an immigrant who is accused of later murdering a woman in San Francisco, The Associated Press reports.
Bill Would Give FBI More Resources to Fight Online Harassment
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a bill that would give the FBI more resources to tackle cybercrime, especially online harassment, the Washington Post reports. The bill by Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., would give the FBI 10 new agents whose sole jobs would be tackling threats made online. They would…
Republicans Mull Alternatives to Shutting Off Funding to Homeland Security
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The GOP is considering alternative ways to disrupt President Obama’s immigration than cutting off funding to the Homeland Security Department at a time when the nation is on high alert for terrorists, Politico reports. Republicans are exploring several options, including suing to overturn the president’s executive decision to prevent millions of…
Homeland Security Chief Condemns Republicans for Defunding Immigration Plans
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson sharply criticized Republican efforts to defund President Obama’s new immigration plan, saying an agency that protects the country from terrorists “cannot become a political volleyball,” the Washington Post reports. The criticism follows last week’s decision by House Republicans to approve DHS’ fiscal year 2015 budget, which…
Justice Department Releases 64,000+ Pages of Fast & Furious Documents to U.S. House
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After resisting for years, the Justice Department finally sent Congress 64,280 pages of documents involving the botched Fast and Furious investigation on Tuesday, the Washington Times reports. The disclosure prompted Republicans to assert that President Obama was acknowledging he had withheld the documents illegally by claiming executive privilege. The House of…