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DHS official retires after immigrants are freed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 27th

By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The senior Homeland Security Department official in charge of arresting and deporting illegal immigrants announced his retirement the same day the agency said that hundreds of people facing deportation had been released from immigration jails

As budget cuts loom, is government shutdown next?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 27th

By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - With big, automatic budget cuts about to kick in, House Republicans are turning to mapping strategy for the next showdown just a month away, when a government shutdown instead of just a slowdown will be at stake. Both topics are sure to come up at

Wary of crises, Americans tune out budget cut talk

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 27th

By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is pulling out all the stops to warn just what could happen if automatic budget cuts kick in. Americans are reacting with a collective yawn. They know the shtick: Obama raises the alarm, Democrats and Republicans accuse each

White House, Congress face cuts; details lacking

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 26th

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House and Congress won't be immune to the automatic cuts in federal spending scheduled to kick in Friday. But for all the grim warnings the Obama administration has been detailing about the effect on everything from meat packing plants

INAUGURATION WATCH: Of music and second-term plans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 21st

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - AP journalists are fanning out across the capital to cover Inauguration Day as part of a running feed of content and analysis. Here are their reports, which will be updated through the day. ___ MANY PATHS TO HAPPINESS Sally Buzbee, AP's Washington

DC lowers turnout projections for inauguration

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 20th

By ERIC TUCKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - District of Columbia officials have lowered their turnout estimate for Monday's presidential inauguration. The district's homeland security director, Chris Geldart, said Sunday that officials now expect between 500,000 and 700,000 people to

DC lowers turnout projections for inauguration

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 20th

Tight security, protests expected at inauguration

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 16th

By ERIC TUCKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Tea party fervor has surged and waned in the past four years, Occupy encampments are long gone from parks in the nation's capital, and the crowd for President Barack Obama's second inauguration figures to be significantly smaller than the

Tight security, protests expected at inauguration

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 16th

Oracle says Java is fixed; feds maintain warning

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th

By RYAN NAKASHIMAAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Oracle Corp. said Monday it has released a fix for the flaw in its Java software that raised an alarm from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week. Even after the patch was issued, the federal agency continued to recommend that users