Affidavit: Catholic priest covered up HIV diagnosis, misused donations
A Starkville priest is in the crosshairs of a federal investigation into allegations of fraud and has been removed from duty at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.
Lawmakers decry Trump’s proposed cuts in homeland spending
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly defended President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts for his department, even as he told Congress that the United States “cannot invest too much in security” after recent terrorist attacks in Europe.
MUW students join Homeland Security challenge to counter extremism, promote diversity
A group of college students at Mississippi University for Women are working with the Department of Homeland Security to fight terrorism.
Miss. homeland security director retires after lawsuit
The director of Mississippi’s Office of Homeland Security, Rusty Barnes, has retired months after an employee said in a lawsuit that Barnes wouldn’t promote her because she’s a woman.
Cabinet secretary urges US to avoid suspicion of Muslims
Vilifying and casting suspicion on American Muslims would threaten counterterrorism efforts and is un-American, the Homeland Security secretary said Monday.
Divided GOP empowers Democrats in political minority
Winners in a bruising struggle with Republicans over homeland security funding and immigration, minority Democrats had unity on their side, along with a politician’s understandable fear of terrorist attacks and the Constitution’s separation of powers.
Congress sends Homeland bill to Obama without conditions
Bitterly admitting defeat, the Republican-controlled Congress sent legislation to President Barack Obama on Tuesday that funds the Department of Homeland Security without any of the immigration-related concessions they demanded for months.
Some in GOP say DHS funding lapse worth a fight, no big deal
Republican leaders eager to avert a partial government shutdown are getting heat from conservative colleagues who ask what the fuss is all about.
DHS bill exposes holes in GOP’s congressional coordination
In the heady days after winning control of both congressional chambers, Republican leaders vowed to keep the government funded and to block President Barack Obama from overhauling immigration policies on his own.
GOP struggles as Homeland shutdown looms
Divided Republicans are searching for a way out of an impasse over immigration that is threatening to shut down the Homeland Security Department within days.
Frustrated Republicans taste limits of majority control
Congressional Republicans returned to their districts for a weeklong recess Friday no closer to a solution to keeping the Homeland Security Department funded past this month.
Boehner can’t rule out Homeland Security shutdown
House Speaker John Boehner left open the possibility Thursday of a potential shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security because of a congressional impasse over immigration.
Fire chief named to task force
Columbus Fire Chief Ken Moore has been named a task force leader for 2010-12 by the Mississippi Department of Homeland Security.