While DHS employees largely work in-person, the acting homeland security secretary called remote work rates at some components "unacceptable."
Kristi Noem​, Trump's pick to lead the sprawling Department of Homeland Security, took questions from lawmakers on border policies and disaster relief.
The U.S. Coast Guard says it is deploying assets around maritime borders in support of President Donald Trump’s executive orders.
The deployment was ordered after the Trump administration signaled its intent to rename the Gulf of Mexico and moved quickly to fire the Coast Guard commandant.
President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while eliminating all the members of a key aviation security advisory group.
The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday night that it will be surging ships, boats and aircraft to South Florida and other areas of the country to bolster anti-maritime migration efforts to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to use the nation’s military to defend the border.
The Coast Guard's acting commandant said in a news release that all operational commanders have been ordered to “immediately surge assets" in what he calls key areas. That include boats, helicopters,
Several fishermen helped Coast Guard crewmembers rescue four Americans whose ship had sunk after striking several rocks.
The builder of the icebreaker Aiviq has given more than $7 million to political campaigns, parties and committees since 2012. Under pressure from Congress, the Coast Guard purchased the vessel late last year.
A US Coast Guard aircrew rescued four boaters adrift in a life raft north of the Dominican Republic. The sailors were forced to abandon their vessel after it reportedly struck a submerged rock, according to the US Coast Guard.
US Coast Guard start using 'Gulf of America' for 'Gulf of Mexico' after Trump pushes name change - Donald Trump ordered US federal agencies to rename the Gulf of Mexico