The order follows the 46th president’s disastrous attempt to create a Big Brother-style “Disinformation Governance Board” in the spring of 2022.
The Department of Homeland security told members of the Cyber Safety Review Board that their membership was terminated.
The order for DHS employees to return to work falls in tandem with Trump’s mass deportation plan announced in his inaugural address Monday
US President Donald Trump rapidly revamped the Department of Homeland Security, dismissing key figures including TSA and Coast Guard leaders. Aviation security oversight was notably affected, with advisory group eliminations raising safety concerns.
The Department of Homeland Security advisory committee was investigating a Chinese hack into U.S. telecommunications.
Current South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem wants CISA to be “refocused” on critical infrastructure and to no longer address mis- or disinformation efforts online.
Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman on Monday evening ordered all DHS employees back to work, following an executive order from President Donald Trump on his first day in office, according to an internal memo obtained by ABC News. The order effectively and abruptly ended teleworking at the department.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem told lawmakers that she intends to end the use of the CBP One on the first day the Trump administration.
Noem's role as Homeland Security secretary is expected to be more limited in scope than her predecessors’, sources familiar with the Trump transition tell NBC News.
The Donald Trump Administration has revoked the President Joe Biden-era memo for ICE and Border Patrol to "thwart law enforcement in or near so-called sensitive areas," according to a release from the Department of Homeland Security.
Federal immigration authorities will be permitted to target schools and churches after President Donald Trump revoked a directive barring arrests in “sensitive” areas.
Monday's ceremony saw historic safety protections. But no designated survivor was named, raising questions as to why.