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The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee yesterday criticized the Transportation Security Administration for its decision to outsource management of the more than 40,000 transportation security ...

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff Thursday defended actions his department has taken to control the nation's borders and prodded Congress to continue to provide funding and support for key security ...

A bill under consideration in the House of Representatives, H.R. 5170, would require a privacy officer in each of the Homeland Security Department's components.

Mississippi U.S. representatives Chip Pickering and Bennie Thompson will be honored with Lewis-Houghton Leadership Award.

Democratic and Republican congressional aides say there is turmoil within the the House Homeland Security Committee's majority staff and that oversight work is being eclipsed by a focus on promoting contracting ...

U.S. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson says the federal government is giving Mississippi a grant to help prevent the abuse of disabled women.

A Democratic congressman from Mississippi plans to hold a hearing into how millions of dollars worth of supplies meant for Gulf Coast hurricane survivors ended up being given away as surplus property.

Two writers were expounding on the pros and cons of ethanol in the May 4 Perspective section .

Second District U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Bolton was this year's keynote speaker at the Mississippi Municipal League convention in Biloxi.

View more Top News Headlines articles>> Top News Headlines Most Read Most E-mailed International Biometric Industry Association Commends House Passage of the Biometric Enhancement and Airport Risk Reduction ...

Key members of Congress are siding with the airline industry and moving to block the administration from forcing airlines to take fingerprints of foreign visitors before they fly home.

Since her days as a young girl, Arabia Mollette dreamed of becoming a doctor. The streets of the South Bronx pulled in another direction.

Leadership involvement, candidate development and strong performance metrics are key to fostering organizational diversity, industry and government leaders told legislators at a House Homeland Security ...

No one disputes the fact that housing is the No. 1 priority for the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.

Congressman Bennie Thompson discusses how diversity should be introduced to companies at a roundtable discussion on the challenges in achieving model diversity initiatives.

Opponents of the fence , this stretch in Nogales, Ariz., say there are legal and legislative challenges still in play.

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea by environmental groups to rein in the Bush administration's power to waive laws and regulations to speed construction of a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Facing a tight election-year congressional schedule, Democrats, environmentalists and labor unions are accusing the chemical industry of deliberately trying to run out the clock on legislation designed to ...

Mississippi officials are moving forward with a state port expansion financed with Hurricane Katrina funds despite congressional protests that the money should be spent where it was intended - housing.

Despite findings of formaldehyde, toxic mold and promises to never use them again, the government is planning to house disaster victims in FEMA trailers again this hurricane season as a last resort, according ...