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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

Homeland Security

US security officers surround the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025, following a shooting that killed two people outside the Capital Jewish Museum the day before. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
June 30, 2025, 11:54 pm
Trump administration releases $94 million in security grants for Jewish institutions
Remainder of funding is stalled, even as US Department of Homeland Security cites ‘deeply disturbing rise in antisemitic attacks’
By Grace Gilson
US student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil on the Columbia University campus in New York at an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protest encampment on April 29, 2024. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)
March 9, 2025, 9:37 pm
US authorities arrest Palestinian Columbia student who led anti-Israel protests
Immigration agents haul in Mahmoud Khalil, who has an American wife, tell his attorney they are revoking his green card; last year he was among leaders of campus demonstrations
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a House Committee on Homeland Security Hearing on Worldwide Threats to the Homeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 15, 2023. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
February 14, 2024, 3:14 pm
US House votes to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
After motion passes 214-213, Biden pans ‘unconstitutional partisanship’ and ‘petty political games’; Senate Majority Democrat Schumer calls it a ‘sham’
By Agencies
A drone flies above the Gilboa region in northern Israel, on July 13, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 24, 2022, 3:59 pm
Israeli startup, US firm join forces on indoor mini-drone for first responders
Autonomous indoor drone developed by Rosh Ha’ayin-based CyberBee and California’s EyeCloud will be deployed both in Israel and the US by emergency forces
By Sharon Wrobel
The affidavit to support the arrest of Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali is photographed April 6, 2022 (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
April 9, 2022, 11:31 am
Man who impersonated US federal agent claims Pakistan intelligence ties, Iran visits
Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 35, arrested after offering free apartments, gifts to Secret Service agents; Ali told witnesses he had multiple Iranian visas
By MICHAEL BALSAMO
Illustrative photo of firefighters extinguishing a forest fire, April 25, 2016. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
January 13, 2020, 3:32 pm
US-Israel fund to invest in 3 joint homeland security R&D projects
A drone command and control system, a wearable positioning device for first responders, and a video security solution for remote sites will get total of $4.8 million in funding
By Shoshanna Solomon
RT LTA Systems Ltd. has developed a new surveillance and communications baloon, the SkyStar 120, that is mounted on an all-terrain vehicle (Courtesy)
November 7, 2018, 1:07 pm
Surveillance balloon firm unveils smaller, more flexible blimp
Israel’s RT LTA System’s new SkyStar 120 surveillance and communications balloon is mounted on an all-terrain vehicle that can drive around with troops
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative. Israeli soldiers launch a Spike anti-tank guided missile during a training exercise. (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems)
April 29, 2018, 4:05 pm
Tech hub seeks to match defense giants with cutting-edge startups
‘Today civilian developments are taking the lead’ in the defense industry, says managing partner of new initiative
By Shoshanna Solomon
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant at a press conference with Israeli officials at the Homeland Defense and Security Summit in Biloxi, March 13, 2018. (Ben Sales)
March 15, 2018, 6:37 am
At homeland security confab in Deep South, Israel an unlikely star
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant credits summit in Israel with giving him idea for counterterror conference, where 16 Israeli companies make pitches to expand into state
By Ben Sales
Republican congressman Clay Higgins addresses supporters after his victory in Louisiana's 3rd congressional district run-off election in Lake Charles, Louisiana, December 10, 2016. (Lee Celano/The Daily Advertiser via AP)
July 6, 2017, 4:07 am
Congressman apologizes to those hurt by gas chamber video
Louisiana lawmaker Clay Higgins retracts post of footage recorded in Auschwitz gas chamber calling for tougher homeland security measures in the US
By Kevin McGill
Republican congressman Clay Higgins addresses supporters after his victory in Louisiana's 3rd congressional district run-off election in Lake Charles, Louisiana, December 10, 2016. (Lee Celano/The Daily Advertiser via AP)
July 5, 2017, 12:51 pm
Auschwitz condemns US congressman’s gas chamber video
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins films himself touring concentration camp, invoking Nazi horrors as reason why America needs an ‘invincible’ military
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a laptop being used on a plane. (Chris Ison/PA, File via AP)
May 31, 2017, 10:47 am
US says no laptop ban on board flights from Europe for now
Homeland Security cautions prohibiting electronics on US-bound flights ‘still on the table’ if threat level worsens
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a laptop being used on a plane. (Chris Ison/PA, File via AP)
May 17, 2017, 4:13 pm
Intel-sharing at heart of US, Europe talks on flight laptop ban
Officials meet to discuss impending decision, which airlines oppose due to the inconvenience to passengers
By AP
In this photo dated Thursday, March 29, 2017, airport staff inform passengers at the check-in area at Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport, Morocco of the ban on in-flight laptops and tablets. (AP Photo/ Abdeljalil Bounhar)
May 12, 2017, 6:03 pm
US, EU in urgent talks on expanding laptop ban on flights
Europe objects to proposal that could affect 65 million passengers per year on trans-Atlantic routes
By LORNE COOK and John Leicester
This file photo taken on January 22, 2012 shows a Saudi man sitting near a woman as he works on his laptop at a hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)
March 21, 2017, 6:59 pm
UK issues laptop, tablet flight ban for six countries
In similar move to US, certain electronic devices now prohibited in airplane cabins because of bomb scares
By AFP
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