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U.S. Department of Homeland Security fires advisory committees
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National, The Daily Signal

U.S. Department of Homeland Security fires advisory committees

By John Oyewale | Daily Signal The leadership of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fired all of the members of the department’s advisory committees Monday, a memo shared by Reuters shows. Acting Secretary of DHS Benjamine Huffman ordered the termination, according to the memo shared by Reuters. “In alignment with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) commitment to eliminating the misuse of resources and ensuring that DHS activities prioritize our national security, I am directing the termination of all current memberships on advisory committees within DHS, effective immediately,” Huffman wrote in the memo. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY SIGNAL
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Trump selects Kristi Noem to head Department of Homeland Security 
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National, Washington Examiner

Trump selects Kristi Noem to head Department of Homeland Security 

By The Washington Examiner President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) as secretary of homeland security.  Noem has been governor of South Dakota since 2019, the first woman to serve as governor in the state’s history. She won reelection in 2022 and began her second term in January 2023. She was elected to South Dakota’s at-large seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010. Before Congress, Noem was elected to South Dakota’s House of Representatives in 2006. The news of her selection was reported by CNN. Noem was touted as a running mate for Trump in the 2024 election. However, a controversy surrounding a passage from Noem’s newly released book, in which she detailed having to kill a dog, quieted such rumors.  READ...
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Department of Homeland Security adds sniffing device to AI tools helping fight wildfires in Colorado
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State, The Colorado Sun

Department of Homeland Security adds sniffing device to AI tools helping fight wildfires in Colorado

By Tracy Ross | The Colorado Sun New technology allowing firefighters to “smell” points of origin and locate hot spots or new fires even before smoke can be seen is among the next generation of safety measures the Department of Homeland Security says will help communities and first responders facing longer, more destructive fire seasons in Colorado.  Headlining an event this week at the Boulder County Regional Fire Training Center, the sensor can detect fire-born particulates, volatile organic compounds, chemicals and gases and then send the data to a cloud-based system that updates every 18 seconds and issues geographically targeted notifications to disaster management officials and first responders. Although the sweet spot for detection is a half-mile to a mile away, developer...
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