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Trump’s Venezuela Escalation Raises Questions on Next Steps
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President Donald Trump’s unusual decision to reveal a covert US strike against what he said was a drug-trafficking facility in Venezuela marked a new escalation in his pressur...
By Carrie Cordero
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White House Blew past Legal Concerns in Deadly Strikes on Drug Boats
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President Donald Trump and his top White House aides pushed for lethal strikes on Western Hemisphere drug traffickers almost as soon as they took office in January, and in the...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump Antifa Crackdown Steered to Agency That Targets Organized Crime
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A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office that works with prosecutors to pursue drug cartels, war crimes, and money laundering is shifting resources to investigate antifa...
By Carrie Cordero
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Why John Bolton Case Is More Serious than Those Against Other Trump Critics
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President Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to see his critics investigated, pressuring the Justice Department to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and New...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump Pushes Bounds of Military, Police Immigration Actions
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President Donald Trump is wielding the US military and ballooning federal police forces in unprecedented ways to carry out his aggressive deportation campaign....
By Carrie Cordero
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Here Are Legal Issues Raised by Trump’s Order for National ‘Quick Reaction Force’
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President Donald Trump’s executive order directing the Pentagon to create a “quick reaction force” within the National Guard sparked some confusion and a number of questions a...
By Carrie Cordero
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DOJ Tests National Security Defense in Fight for Trump Agenda
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The Trump administration is testing the deference the judiciary typically gives presidents in matters of national security and foreign affairs as it defends aggressive immigra...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump’s Border Ambitions Threaten Broader Homeland Security Work
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The Department of Homeland Security’s starring role in President-elect Donald Trump’s planned immigration crackdown raises questions about the fate of the rest of its sprawlin...
By Carrie Cordero
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Will Sen. Mitch McConnell Sink Another Donald Trump Cabinet Nominee?
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Carrie Cordero, a senior fellow and general counsel at the Center for a New American Security, said she hoped the scrutiny of Gabbard would focus on her qualifications to run ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Legal Analysts Details ‘Practical Impact’ of Trump Win on Court Cases: ‘They Succeeded Spectacularly’
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CNN national security analyst Carrie Cordero and chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid on Tuesday detailed the “practical impact” of Donald Trump’s 2024 election win, e...
By Carrie Cordero
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Court to Decide Who Can See Secret Evidence U.S. Has Filed Against TikTok
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Former Justice Department officials say the law will likely be on the government’s side in keeping the classified material about TikTok secret, but underscore the necessity fo...
By Carrie Cordero
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Will a FISA Lapse Cause a Disaster? It Depends on Who You Ask
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“If the government has obtained renewal of the certifications, even if the law is not reauthorized this month, those certifications remain in effect over the course of the yea...
By Carrie Cordero
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Homeland Security Tools at Risk as Congress Ducks To-Do List
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“Sunsets can have a useful forcing function for Congress to conduct oversight, but the downside of them when it comes to national or homeland security authorities is that it r...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump’s lies tested limits of the bully pulpit. His right to say them is at core of criminal defense
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The federal charges against Trump focus on his actions — namely, that he wasn’t charged with incitement, which takes the issue of his speech off the table, according to legal ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Domestic Terrorism Bill Targets White Supremacists, Neo-Nazis
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Three federal agencies would be tasked with rooting out domestic terrorism threats within the government and across the US under a bill slated for a House vote Wednesday. The ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Post-9/11 Surveillance Work Looms Over Biden’s Homeland Pick
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Civil liberties advocates are sounding the alarm about President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence arm. Ken Wainstein, who would take...
By Carrie Cordero
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Electric Grid is 'Attractive Target' for Domestic Violent Extremists in US, Intel Brief Says
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Domestic violent extremists will "likely continue" to plot and encourage physical attacks against electrical infrastructure in the United States, according to a recent Departm...
By Carrie Cordero
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Homeland Security ‘Nerve Center’ Chief Seeks Broad Policy Sway
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A low-profile office in the Department of Homeland Security can steer the Biden administration’s major decisions on immigration, cybersecurity, and other vexing issues. Much w...
By Carrie Cordero
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Immigration Defines Homeland Security Chief as He Thinks Bigger
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Alejandro Mayorkas leads a sprawling department tasked with keeping the U.S. safe from cyberattacks, domestic terrorism, natural disasters, and other looming threats. But crit...
By Carrie Cordero
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The OG wolf warrior lands in DC
The Department of Homeland Security is in need of “substantial updates” to maximize its strengths and improve its ability to adapt to threats, according to a new report publis...
By Carrie Cordero & Katie Galgano
