A screenshot of a website seized by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security for publishing nonconsensual deepfake porn of real individuals, including celebrities and public figures. (Image Source: Department of Justice)
The website specialized in non-consensual sexual images of famous women, including politicians, first ladies, royalty, journalists, television presenters, athletes, and entertainers, and others.
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin arrives to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
He told lawmakers that he wants approximately 600 more people than it has now, which would still be well below personnel numbers prior to Trump’s second term.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., talks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol after the last vote of the week on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel listens at a press conference at the Department of Justice on April 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. The officials took questions from the press and gave updates about the case against Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
The memo claims a robust executive branch role vetting voter eligibility. One Secretary of State called it a “fantasy” that “isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.”
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves after a meeting on AI at the Kennedy Caucus Room at Russell Senate Office Building on Nov. 1, 2023 on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)
The move adds to mounting pressure on a scholarship program already strained by hiring freezes, proposed budget cuts and a growing backlog of unplaced graduates.
