United States Department of Homeland Security
United States federal executive department
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| June 14 2025 | US Army 250th Anniversary Parade takes place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. |
| 2025 | After the Capital Jewish Museum shooting, mainstream American Jewish organizations and U.S. Congress members call for increased NSGP appropriations. |
| May 19 2025 | Madhu Gottumukkala became Acting Director starting May 19, 2025 |
| May 7 2025 | Department of Homeland Security begins enforcement of REAL ID requirements, marking the end of a two-decade implementation deferral. |
| April 21 2025 | Ha Nguyen McNeill becomes Acting Administrator of TSA, replacing Adam Stahl. |
| 2025 | Sexual orientation and gender identity were removed from I&A's list of characteristics that prohibit intelligence activities. |
| 2025 | Upon returning to the presidency, Donald Trump directed his administration to dismantle CISA, canceling programs monitoring foreign influence, election disinformation, and critical infrastructure protection. |
| April 8 2025 | DHS Secretary Kristi Noem participated in an immigration raid, accompanied by former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who introduced himself to federal agents as 'chief of staff'. |
| April 2025 | Saudi Arabia announced plans to establish a U.S. preclearance facility at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, with Riyadh also being considered as part of discussions to improve passenger processing and international connectivity. |
| 2025 | New York planned to allocate $63.9 million in state funding to 636 organizations, complemented by an additional $44.8 million in federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) funding. |
| February 26 2025 | Daniel J. Tamburello succeeds Avery Alpha as Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis under Secretary Kristi Noem, becoming the incumbent. |
| 2025 | Planned relocation of CISA headquarters to a new 10-story, 620,000 sq ft building on the consolidated DHS St. Elizabeths campus in Arlington, Virginia, involving the move of 6,500 employees. |
| February 18 2025 | Adam Stahl becomes Acting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, succeeding Melanie Harvey. |
| February 2025 | Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem issued a memorandum cancelling the 2024 collective bargaining agreement, which AFGE called a 'retaliatory action'. |
| February 9 2025 | Super Bowl LIX held at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana |
| January 25 2025 | Kristi Noem appointed as the current Secretary of Homeland Security. |
| January 20 2025 | Second inauguration of Donald Trump at United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. |
| January 20 2025 | Bridget Bean became Acting Director of CISA following Jen Easterly's departure. |
| January 20 2025 | Avery Alpha appointed as Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis under Secretary Kristi Noem during the Donald Trump administration. |
| January 20 2025 | David Pekoske is fired by President Donald Trump and replaced by Melanie Harvey as Acting Administrator. |
| January 2025 | Canadian government announces a two-year pilot project to open a CBSA preclearance facility on the U.S. side of the Cannon Corners–Covey Hill Border Crossing, with CBSA personnel moving into the CBP border station. |
| January 6 2025 | 2025 Electoral College vote count at United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. |
| 2024 | Connecticut's Nonprofit Security Grant Program announced up to $5 million in annual grants. |
| 2024 | DHS allocated $454.5 million to organizations under NSGP, the largest amount ever allocated, fulfilling 43% of 7,584 total applications representing $973 million in funding requests. |
| December 9 2024 | The Preclearance Act was last amended, updating regulations for border preclearance processes in Canada. |
| July 23 2024 | Kimberly Cheatle resigned as Secret Service director following her testimony about the July 13 assassination attempt, which she acknowledged was 'the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades'. |
| June 2024 | John Boyd, head of the DHS Office of Biometric Identity Management, announced at a conference that the agency is exploring the use of facial recognition technology to track migrant children's identities, with DHS denying collection of biometric data for children under 14. |
| May 2024 | An expanded collective bargaining agreement with a 7-year term was signed between TSA and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). |
| 2023 | State of the Union Address held at United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. |
| 2023 | U.S. Customs and Border Patrol began using an app requiring asylum seekers to submit biometric information before entering the country. |
| 2023 | UK continues Jewish Community Protective Security Grant funding, allocating £15 million for security measures at Jewish schools and synagogues for 2023–24. |
| 2023 | Due to an increase in antisemitism during the Israel-Gaza war, the Pennsylvania state legislature increased the Nonprofit Security Grant Fund funding from $5 million to $10 million. |
| November 2023 | Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 7-C, allocating $25 million in Security Grants to Jewish day schools and pre-schools in response to tensions from the Gaza war. An additional $20 million was allocated to the Florida Division of Emergency Management to establish a nonprofit security grant program for high-risk organizations. |
| November 12 2023 | A Secret Service agent guarding Naomi Biden fired shots at three people breaking into an unoccupied government vehicle in Georgetown. |
| October 2023 | The Department of Homeland Security faced criticism from pro-Israel politicians after reports emerged about an employee, Nejwa Ali, who was alleged to have made social media posts supporting Hamas following the terrorist attack on Israel. In response, Ali was placed on administrative leave after media outlets like the Daily Wire and Washington Examiner highlighted her posts. |
| September 2023 | Congress considered revoking some of the Intelligence and Analysis agency's collection authorities due to concerns about potential legal overreach. |
| September 2023 | Congress considered revoking some of I&A's collection authorities due to concerns about potential legal overreach. |
| September 2023 | NBC Miami reported the arrest of 3 TSA employees for grand theft after they were filmed stealing cash and goods from passengers' handbags. |
| July 2023 | A new pay system mirroring the General Schedule was introduced for Transportation Security Administration employees following the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. |
| January 2023 | Cloudflare was awarded a $7.2M contract to provide DNS registry and hosting services for the .gov top-level domain. |
| 2022 | State of the Union Address held at United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. |
| 2022 | The Secret Service assisted in seizing the hacker forum RaidForums. |
| 2022 | UK government allocates £24.5 million for the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme to support security for mosques and faith community centers. |
| 2022 | After the Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker credited NSGP for improving his synagogue's security measures, including camera system upgrades. |
| 2022 | TSA announced passengers can select their preferred gender marker and modified machine algorithms to be inclusive of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming individuals. |
| September 2022 | CISA released their first comprehensive 2023–2025 Strategic Plan since the agency's establishment in 2018. |
| August 24 2022 | Kimberly Cheatle was named the new director of the Secret Service, becoming the first woman to serve as assistant director of protective operations. |
| July 2022 | A Secret Service agent was sent back to the United States from Israel after indiscriminately assaulting a woman walking near a bar in Machane Yehuda. |
| July 15 2022 | The Intercept reported that the Secret Service had erased text messages from January 6 insurrection day, shortly after they were requested by oversight officials investigating the agency's response to the US Capitol riots. |
| June 13 2022 | Kenneth L. Wainstein appointed as Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis under Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during the Joe Biden administration. |
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