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In this undated photo provided by Old Orchard Beach Police Department, Officer Jon Luke Evans receives his police badge. (Old Orchard Beach Police Department via AP, File)

Employers have used E-Verify for years. ICE’s arrest of a Maine police officer raises new questions

By Patrick Whittle and Mae Anderson - Associated Press

Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades, on July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Closure of Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center can proceed, judge says

By Mike Schneider and Kate Payne - Associated Press

FILE - Heather Honey, a conservative election researcher, leaves the federal courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo, File)

Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role

By Ali Swenson - Associated Press

A protester stands outside the migrant detention dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Facility, Saturday, July 12, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Alexandra Rodriguez)

Construction at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant jail could be halted over environmental concerns

By David Fischer - Associated Press

Community Service Officers from the Old Orchard Beach Police Dept. patrol on bicycles, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine police chief says officer arrested by ICE is missed by colleagues and was eligible to work

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

A crowd seeks relief from the heat Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

ICE says detained Maine police officer overstayed visa. The chief says he cleared a federal check

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

Migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown arrive at Simon Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Migrant sent to El Salvador prison by the Trump administration says he was beaten by guards

By Sudhin Thanawala and Gary Fields - Associated Press

FILE - Giorgia Meloni attends a debate at the Senate in Rome, Oct. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

U.S.-backed Israeli company’s spyware used to target European journalists, Citizen Lab finds

By Erika Kinetz and Paolo Santalucia - Associated Press

This undated photo courtesy of The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine shows an interactive exhibition on Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral inside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan, New York. (The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, via AP)

Their kinship sealed by fire, St. John the Divine brings Notre Dame to life in exhibition

By Fiona Andre - Associated Press

A residence burns as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

How to safely evacuate a wildfire

By Rebecca Boone - Associated Press

Cambodian museum staff members prepare an artifact statue as it returned from U.S to Cambodia, before an official ceremony at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, July 4, 2024. Cambodia on Thursday officially organized a welcome ceremony for the arrival of more than a dozen rare Angkor era sculptures from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art that were tied to an art dealer and collector accused of running a huge antiquities trafficking network out of Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia welcomes 14 sculptures looted over decades of turmoil

Associated Press

FILE - The exterior of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center, home to the Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 21, 2023. A weekend cyberattack on the website of Pennsylvania's state courts agency disabled some online systems but did not appear to compromise any data and didn't stop the courts from opening Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, officials said. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Cyberattack on Pennsylvania courts did not appear to compromise data, officials say

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

Illustration on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and 9/11 by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The Department of Homeland Security: 21 years after 9/11

By Rep. John Katko

In this May 14, 2020, file photo, a person carries a sign supporting QAnon during a protest rally in Olympia, Wash, USA. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

FBI warns QAnon conspiracy theorists may engage in ‘real world violence’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this September 2016 photo provided by Kim Calderwood, Mollie Tibbetts poses for a picture during homecoming festivities at BGM High School in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the man charged with killing Tibbetts while she was out for a run in July 2018, will stand trial for first-degree murder on Monday, May 17, 2021, in Davenport, Iowa. (Kim Calderwood via AP)

Fairness issues loom over trial in Iowa student’s slaying

By Ryan J. Foley - Associated Press

Violations of ICE detention standards found at Illinois jail

Associated Press

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

U.S. warns hackers actively exploiting remote access software used by federal agencies

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Volunteer medic hit by tear gas canister sues federal agents

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

Madison to become Wisconsin’s 3rd FEMA mass vaccination site

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Lots of Money in Human Trafficking Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The dirty secret along Biden’s border: Smugglers see migrants as ‘merchandise’ and dollar signs

By Ambassador Callista L. Gingrich