Family of Renee Good sues US government and Trump officials over her deathBy Whitney Wild, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The family of an American woman shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has filed two civil lawsuits related to her death, according to court records filed Thursday in Minnesota federal court. Renee Good was killed January 7 by ICE agent Jonathan Ross inABC17News.com7d agoWhole story →SecurityJusticeice shooting lawsuit
Gulf leaders meet Trump with two fears: more war and less US protectionBy Abbas Al Lawati and Becky Anderson (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s Gulf Arab allies will meet him in New York on Tuesday as he weighs whether to “annihilate” Iran’s regime. They talked him out of a major escalation once before. This time, they fear being drawn deeper into the war just as WashingtonABC17News.com16d agoWhole story →SecurityGovernmentDonald Trumpus gulf summit on iran
Police report ICE-involved shooting in Austin, TexasBy Eduardo Cuevas, CNN (CNN) — A federal immigration agent shot a person Sunday in Austin, officials in the Texas city said. City officials confirmed the shooting that involved Immigration and Customs Enforcement in North Austin. A news conference with Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and Police Chief Lisa Davis is planned, the advisory said. TheABC17News.com17d agoWhole story →SecurityJusticeKirk Watsonice involved shooting
DHS whistleblower describes sweeping effort to find non-citizen voters using dubious dataBy Tierney Sneed, Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security is using legally questionable tactics and relying on unreliable data to investigate non-citizen voting, a whistleblower alleged in a report released by top Senate Democrats Monday. The disclosures prompted accusations by Democrats and voter advocates of a sweeping dragnet that…ABC17News.com23d agoWhole story →SecurityJusticevoter fraud investigation
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ put detainees in metal cages labeled ‘calming areas,’ watchdog findsBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 80 immigrant detainees who were held at Florida’s makeshift detention center, known as Alligator Alcatraz, were briefly held in small metal enclosures for “periods ranging from several minutes to nearly 2 hours,” according to a federal watchdog report The Department of Homeland Security inspector general, which…ABC17News.com24d agoWhole story →SecurityJusticealligator alcatraz detention center report
Judge rules Trump administration order to fire FEMA staffers was illegalBy Fadel Allassan, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge said in a filing Friday that a Trump administration order for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its staffing nearly in half was illegal. In a decision that marked a critical victory for union workers in the ongoing lawsuit, US District Judge SusanABC17News.com25d agoWhole story →SecurityJusticefema staffing lawsuit ruling
'It still makes me cry': Missouri Task Force 1 members reflect on their time at the World Trade CenterCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District hosted a ceremony for members of the Missouri Task Force 1 who were deployed to the World Trade Center during 9/11 25 years ago. University of Missouri Provost Matthew Martens and Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe gave speeches at the ceremony. Members of the Columbia Police DepartmentABC17News.com26d agoWhole story →SecurityJusticeBarbara Buffaloe9 11 anniversary ceremony
Trump administration subpoenas Times journalists who reported security concerns around new Air Force OneBy Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Four New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns surrounding a Qatari-gifted jet serving as the new Air Force One have been subpoenaed by the Justice Department, the news outlet reported Friday. The journalists –– Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt –– have beenABC17News.com3mo agoWhole story →SecurityGovernmentEric Schmittair force one security concerns