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Planes are parked at terminals at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Sept. 8, 2008. In January 2019, Newark Liberty International Airport halted all landings and diverted planes for over an hour after a potential drone sighting nearby. The Biden administration is calling on Congress to expand authority for the federal and local governments to take action to counter the nefarious use of drones in the U.S. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Biden administration warns of criminal drone threat to Americans

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this May 20, 2020, file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Johnson said Monday, Aug. 10, that he has subpoenaed the FBI to produce documents to his committee related to the Trump-Russia investigation. Johnson also defended a separate investigation he is leading into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Ron Johnson, Gary Peters call each other liars over Russia disinformation

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 2, 2016, file photo, Naila Amin, 26, holds a book from one of the classes she was taking at Nassau Community College in Garden City, N.Y. According to data provided to The Associated Press, the U.S. approved thousands of requests by men to bring child and teenage brides from another country. “My passport ruined my life,” said Naila Amin, a dual citizen from Pakistan who grew up in New York City. She was forcibly married at 13 in Pakistan and applied for papers for her 26-year-old husband to come to the country. “People die to come to America. I was a passport to him. They all wanted him here, and that was the way to do it.” (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek) **FILE**

Requests to bring in child brides OK’d; legal under U.S. laws

By Colleen Long - Associated Press

Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Ronald Vitiello speaks during a roundtable during an event to salute U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ronald Vitiello, ICE head nominee, under fire from agency’s union

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This image provided by Gleason Partners LLC shows a rendering of the side of a border wall concept that faces the U.S. that incorporates solar panels into the design. President Donald Trump wants to add solar panels to his long-promised southern border wall — a plan he says would help pay for the wall's construction and add to its aesthetic appeal. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump considers solar panels on border wall

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this April 6, 2017, photo, a U.S. Border Patrol agent gives information about working for the agency to 24-year-old Ric Kindle, of the Phoenix area, at the Country Thunder Music Festival in Florence, Ariz. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the parent agency of the Border Patrol and of Office of Field Operations, set up the recruitment booth at the festival in an effort to hire more agents and customs officers. (AP Photo/Astrid Galvan)

Panel advances polygraph waiver for Border Patrol, could speed hiring for thousands of agents

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle passes along U.S. 281 under the West Rail Bypass International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, Friday, May 12, 2017. Before the wall, there was the fence. And the U.S. is still paying for it. As President Donald Trump tries to persuade a skeptical Congress to fund his proposed multibillion-dollar wall on the Mexican border, government lawyers are still settling claims with Texas landowners over a border fence approved more than a decade ago. Two settlements were completed just this week. (Miguel Roberts /The Brownsville Herald via AP)

Border Patrol hiring faces lie detector boundary

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times