WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says it has stepped up efforts to build a "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border.

WASHINGTON, June 26 (UPI) -- States and cities have yet to spend nearly one-third of the billions of dollars in federal anti-terrorism grants given them since Sept. 11, 2001.

WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday they will withhold nearly $800 million in homeland security funding because officials haven't told them how it is to be spent.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Incoming House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., said he would bring in Hill veteran Frank Cushing as the committee's staff director.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Lawmakers approved the final version of the $29.4 billion funding bill for the new Department of Homeland Security Wednesday, but on a party-line vote Republicans rejected an amendment imposing a deadline for the screening of air cargo, which many see as