13 entries in the ledger
Since last fall the Department of Homeland Security has spent $464 million on a no-bid contract for 10 used aircraft from Daedalus Aviation Corp., saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. The New York...
On March 5, 2026, President Trump announced he was replacing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and nominating Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to lead the department. Trump said Noem would become Special Envoy...
News outlets reported in mid-February 2026 that Corey Lewandowski, an adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, told a Coast Guard pilot he was fired mid-flight after the pilot declined to turn the aircraft...
On the morning of January 24, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers fatally shot Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, during an...
On January 14, 2026, Representative Robin Kelly and other Democratic lawmakers filed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, one week after ICE officer Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renée...
On January 13, 2026, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the termination of Somalia's Temporary Protected Status designation, published in the Federal Register the following day. The termination takes...
On January 8, 2026, the day after ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renée Good, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a memo reinstating a seven-day advance-notice requirement for members of Congress seeking...
On January 7, 2026, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officer Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renée Nicole Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, writer and mother of three, during an immigration operation on Portland Avenue...
Reporting in November 2025 revealed that DHS bypassed competitive bidding to award a $220 million advertising contract, with the bulk going to Safe America Media, a Delaware LLC created days before the deal was...
In October 2025, reports revealed the Coast Guard had purchased two Gulfstream G700 jets for a combined cost of roughly $172 million, with a later Washington Post report citing a total contract value closer to $200...