DC Facing String of High-Stakes Security Events Capped by Trump Inauguration January 9, 2025 By Colleen Long The last time a president was inaugurated, there was a global pandemic and a violent siege at the very spot...
FEMA Doesn’t Have Enough Funding to Last Through Hurricane Season, Mayorkas Warns October 4, 2024 By Kevin Freking and Colleen Long The Federal Emergency Management Agency can meet immediate needs but does not have enough funding to make it through the...
Biden Ends Forced Arbitration for Sexual Assault, Harassment March 7, 2022 By Colleen Long and Darlene Superville President Joe Biden on Thursday gave victims of workplace sexual assault or harassment the right to seek recourse in a...
Religious Exemptions Grow as COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Rise September 23, 2021 By Colleen Long and Andrew DeMillo An estimated 2,600 Los Angeles Police Department employees are citing religious objections to try to get out of the required...
Homeland Security Balks at State Laws on Immigrant Drivers’ Licenses, Data Sharing January 3, 2020 By Colleen Long The acting secretary of Homeland Security is taking aim at new laws in New York, New Jersey and other states...
FEMA Gave Private Contractor Personal Data on 2.3 Million Hurricane, Wildfire Survivors March 25, 2019 By Colleen Long The Federal Emergency Management Agency wrongly released to a contractor the personal information of 2.3 million survivors of devastating 2017...
FEMA Chief Long to Keep Job, Repay Government for Car Misuse September 24, 2018 By Colleen Long The head of the federal disaster response agency used government vehicles without proper authorization, but will not lose his job...
NTSB Releases Results of Investigation Into 2015 New York Train Crash July 27, 2017 By Colleen Long and Jennifer Peltz Federal safety investigators said Tuesday they can’t determine why an SUV ended up in the path of an oncoming commuter...
Tragic London Fire Raises Questions About ‘Stay Put’ High-Rise Safety Rule June 19, 2017 By Colleen Long A catastrophic blaze at a London apartment tower has brought new scrutiny to a long-accepted, counterintuitive rule for people in...
New York City House Fire Kills 5, Including Children April 25, 2017 By Colleen Long and Jennifer Peltz Investigators are scouring for clues about what sparked a fast-moving New York City house fire that killed five people, including...