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Leaders from key U.S. House of Representatives committees today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...

lawmakers are permitted to enter “any facility operated by or for the Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house aliens.” The law is also clear that members of Congress ...

Representatives also move to strengthen US ties with Taiwan and approve legislation to sanction officials involved in Falun Gong abuses ...

A Republican bill that could severely restrict partnerships between American and Chinese universities passed the full US House of Representatives ... Department of Homeland Security funding ...