“We do not consider concertina wire to be effective. It impairs Customs and Border Protection’s ability to do its job,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said. Original CBS News Link</a
Washington — Hundreds of passengers circumvented or tried to circumvent various aspects of airport security to access secure areas of U.S. airports within the last year, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Since March 2023, there have been at least 300 instances of people trying to bypass parts of airport security, the agency said Friday. Only
CIA Director William Burns is expected to travel to Cairo, Egypt, this weekend for a fresh round of hostage talks with top officials from Egypt, Qatar and Israel, multiple sources in the U.S. and the region familiar with the planning told CBS News. The negotiations mark the latest effort to strike a deal that has
Meta will adjust its policies on manipulated and A.I.-generated content to begin to label ahead of the fall elections, after an independent body overseeing the company’s content moderation found that previous policies were “incoherent and confusing,” and said they should be “reconsidered.” The changes stem from the Meta Oversight Board’s recomendations earlier this year issued
Republican effort to rename airport for Trump Some House Republicans trying to rename D.C. airport after Trump 00:28 Washington — After a group of House Republicans proposed renaming Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia after former President Donald Trump, a few of their Democratic colleagues responded by introducing their own bill that would bestow his
Israel and the U.S. are convinced Iran is preparing to retaliate for the Israeli strike on an Iranian consulate in Syria, U.S. officials say. Israel on Monday struck an Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, and killed a “handful” of leaders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to the Pentagon. The Iranians are now planning
Washington — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, laid out a long list of priorities ahead of lawmakers’ return to Washington next week, ranging from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment trial to Ukraine aid and funding for the reconstruction of Baltimore’s Key Bridge. In a letter to senators on Friday, Schumer