The FBI used expanded online surveillance and biometric tracking to prevent December terrorist attacks, including a planned bombing and New Year's Eve events, FBI Director Kash Patel said.

GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell asserted that Joe Kent's letter of resignation from the the National Counterterrorism Center director role displayed "virulent anti-Semitism."

Nation's largest teachers union faces criticism for political activism after leaked training docs called democracy "at stake" and targeted GOP states.

President Trump highlighted the Border Patrol union's backing of Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma for the role of Homeland Security secretary.

The White House on Wednesday sought to distance itself from Joe Kent, a top counter-terrorism official who resigned in protest of the Iran war, by depicting him as not involved in U.S. intelligence assessment.

Sen. Rand Paul unloaded on fellow Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin Wednesday, calling him "a man with anger issues" and saying his combativeness makes him a questionable choice to become secretary at the Department of Homeland Security.