Threats
US Seeks to Cut Off Another Route for Terrorist Travel
Lawmakers want to tighten the visa-waiver program to keep Islamic State militants out of the U.S.—and this time, they have the White House’s backing.
Business
How America Can Get Its Mojo Back
National service evangelists hope to inspire a cultural shift among millennials.
Threats
Can Terrorists Really Infiltrate the Syrian Refugee Program?
Despite the current uproar, the U.S. has been resettling people fleeing war-torn countries for decades without violent results.
Policy
An Emerging US 'Drone Hub' Is Making New Yorkers Nervous
The unmanned-aircraft industry could help to revive a struggling region. But what are the consequences?
Business
Got Cyber? US Homeland Security Wants to Fast-Track Hundreds of New Workers
By June, DHS hopes to be moving on 1,000 new positions toward a more robust information security capability.
Science & Tech
Who Is Spying On US Cellphones? Lawmakers Demand an Answer
A bipartisan group of representatives asked 24 agencies if and how they use a secretive cell-phone tracking technology called ‘Stingrays.'
Science & Tech
Your Next Fitbit Should Detect Nuclear Bombs, DHS Hopes
The 'Human Portable Tripwire' program will work to develop wearable tech designed to sniff out radioactive material.
Ideas
What It Would Really Take to Knock Out the Power Grid
As our electrical system lifts itself out of the stone age, the defense built around it will require added vigilance.
Threats
Even DHS Doesn’t Want the Power It Would Get Under CISA
The Senate bill to improve cyber information sharing would route data through an agency that doesn’t want the job.
Business
In Chattanooga’s Wake, DHS Wants To Revive Terrorism Alert System
With terrorist-inspired attacks on the rise, the federal government may revise the unused successor to the Bush-era color alerts.
Business
No One’s Morale Is Dropping Faster Than Homeland Security
DHS bucks the trend in a new survey that finds federal employees are slightly happier on the job this year.
Science & Tech
How NGA Is Turning Disaster-Relief Mapping Into a Game
A Q&A about GeoQ, the open-source disaster mapping system from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Science & Tech
DHS Wants Self Destructing Phones
A Boeing-GM firm is taking $2.2 million over 2.5 years to develop and test the Black phone's self destruct ‘brain’.
Business
Should Hacked Feds Lose Security Clearance?
DHS security chief is considering a tough-love approach after some senior officials fail repeated tests.
Threats
How To Keep Hackers from Causing Chaos at the Gas Pumps—and 9 Other FBI Warnings
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security just issued new warnings about everyday objects that stay connected to an unsecured internet.
Science & Tech
Contactless Fingerprinting Promises 'Wave Your Hand, Unlock A Door'
But the ability to collect biometric data without physical contact has sparked concerns about surveillance and data theft.
Science & Tech
US Revives New-Look 'Virtual Fence' Along Its Southern Border
The Department of Homeland Security is installing sensor-studded turrets in pockets of Arizona to curb human trafficking and drug smuggling.
Ideas
The West Point Professor Who Contemplated a Coup
A controversial law professor resigns after calling his intellectual opponents treasonous, and perhaps exaggerating his credentials.
Ideas