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Among the damage discovered on March 8, 2026, to 18 ICE vehicles at the Wright Road ICE warehouse near Williamsport were scratches and profane messages scratched into many of the damaged SUVs and eight SUVs with punctured tires, according to a Washington County Sheriff's Office report. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
May 13, 2026

Report: Vandalism at MD ICE facility damaged 18 SUVs, cost $144,550

Vandalism at a Western Maryland ICE facility involved $144,550 in damage to 18 SUVs, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

Information packs are distributed by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services following a citizenship ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston on July 18, 2018. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo)
May 1, 2026

Judge rejects Trump administration’s halt on immigration applications

A federal judge ruled that policies that make it harder for people from countries on President Donald Trump's travel ban list to get green cards and work permits are discriminatory and unlawful.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers walk through the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on March 27, 2026. (REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer)
Apr 30, 2026

Trump signs bill to fund DHS after lengthy shutdown over ICE operations

The U.S. House passed bipartisan legislation to fund Department of Homeland Security agencies including the Secret Service and TSA.

A customer exits Rose Goute Creole Restaurant, a Haitian restaurant, after a federal judge issued a temporary stay blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants, in Springfield, Ohio, on Feb. 4, 2026. (REUTERS/Bing Guan)
Apr 29, 2026

Supreme Court leans toward Trump move targeting Haitian, Syrian immigrants

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments concerning moves by the Trump administration to strip humanitarian protections from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants.

A view shows the U.S. Department of Homeland Security signage in New York City, July 21, 2025. (REUTERS/Jeenah Moon)
Apr 28, 2026

DHS to vet immigrants for what it calls extremist views, raising free speech concerns

Homeland Security said that past statements espousing what it labeled extremist views from immigrants applying for green cards and naturalization would "warrant closer scrutiny."

U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer speaks at a press conference with U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and other House Republicans, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon)
Apr 21, 2026

Chavez-DeRemer steps down as US labor secretary amid misconduct probe

U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned as the Labor Department’s inspector general neared the end of an investigation into claims of misconduct.

A sign on the wall of the U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 14, 2025. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo)
Apr 17, 2026

Judge rejects DOJ effort to obtain Rhode Island’s voter data

A federal judge rejected the Justice Department's bid to force Rhode Island to turn over non-public voter data so the Trump administration could probe "election integrity."

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons attends a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 12, 2026. (REUTERS/Kent Nishimura)
Apr 17, 2026

Acting ICE head Todd Lyons to leave agency at end of May

The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement will leave the federal government at the end of May, the Trump administration said.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 11, 2026. (REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo)
Apr 2, 2026

Trump fires Pam Bondi as US attorney general, White House official says

President Donald Trump removed Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post, a White House official said, following mounting frustration with her performance.

Markwayne Mullin speaks after being sworn in as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2026. (REUTERS/Evan Vucci)
Apr 2, 2026

DHS cancels policy requiring secretary to review contracts over $100,000

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin rescinded a policy requiring the secretary to approve contracts over $100,000.

Passengers wait in a TSA security checkpoint queue that stretches through Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore on March 29, 2026. (REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz)
Mar 30, 2026

Major airports like BWI return to normal as TSA workers get paid

Major U.S. airports that suffered massive disruptions for weeks after TSA security officers went unpaid say operations are returning to normal.

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer checks passengers as they travel through a TSA security screening checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on March 24, 2026. (REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer)
Mar 27, 2026

Trump orders government to pay airport security workers

President Donald Trump said he will take executive action to pay 50,000 airport security workers as a deal stalled in Congress to address staff shortages.