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Under a directive from President Trump, the US Postal Service is building a portal to verify mail-in ballots against Department of Homeland Security records. A whistleblower warns this rushed system is highly vulnerable to technical failures that could disenfranchise voters.
Aaron Braun reports that DHS claims to have deported one million people and prompted 2.2 million voluntary departures since January 2025, though official statistics remain unpublished. Meanwhile, ICE set an agency record by arresting 50,000 people in July.
Kevin Foster highlights Portland Trailblazers co-owner Mark Zahr, the co-president of shadow bank Blue Owl Capital. The firm sells artificial intelligence data centers and previously sold a warehouse to the Department of Homeland Security for a $120 million Immigration and Customs Enforcement megaprison.
Former Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, appointed by Trump to lead the Department of Homeland Security, has shifted enforcement focus. Mullen told the National Governors Association that the agency will only target the worst criminal offenders, leaving overall laws largely unenforced.
Trump's contested executive order directs the Department of Homeland Security to generate citizen lists for states to purge non-citizens from voter rolls. The order also threatens local election officials with federal prosecution if they fail to comply.
While a US sailor remains deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln for over 250 days, Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained his father. The Department of Homeland Security publicly rejected pleas for leniency, stating military service does not excuse lawbreaking.