Homeland Security Newswire

Can Mass Shootings Be Prevented? Researchers Believe It’s Possible

Guest Writer — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:46:37 +0000

7/3/26

MASS SHOOTING

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Study Analyzes Crime Rates by Nationality and Debunks Its Link to Immigration

Staff — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:45:50 +0000

7/3/26

IMMIGRATION

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When analyzing crime, the foreign population typically shows higher rates than the native population. However, crime statistics change significantly when comparing groups of the same age and gender.

Courts Keep Blocking Trump’s Push to Federalize Elections

Guest Writer — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:44:32 +0000

7/3/26

DEMOCRACY WATCH

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Earlier this week, Judge Emmet G.

China’s Military AI Logistics: Peacetime Gains, Wartime Vulnerabilities

Guest Writer — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:42:21 +0000

7/3/26

CHINA WATCH

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For decades, Chinese military planners have viewed logistics as the decisive factor in any campaign against Taiwan and across the broader Indo-Pacific. Sustaining large-scale operations across the strait would require moving and supplying forces under intense pressure, making logistics both a critical vulnerability and a priority for reform.

Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed Police Drones

Guest Writer — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:40:28 +0000

7/3/26

POLICE DRONES

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This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to reign in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we have precious little time. In the absence of substantial regulation around when and how domestic law enforcement in the United States can deploy force using drones, the companies that markets technology to law enforcement have been moving. It’s past time concerned people take notice.

Defense Technology for Large-Sized Near-Earth Asteroids

Staff — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:38:56 +0000

7/3/26

PLANETARY DEFENSE

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Near‑Earth asteroid impacts pose a major threat that could lead to the destruction of human civilization, having already caused catastrophic environmental changes and mass extinctions multiple times in history. In recent years, asteroids with diameters ranging from tens to hundreds of meters have frequently made close flybys of Earth, and a large number of large‑sized asteroids remain undiscovered, with warning times often only a few days to weeks.

Concrete Waste from Nuclear Sites Could Help Lock Away Radioactive Strontium for the Long Term

Staff — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:36:23 +0000

7/3/26

NUCLEAR WASTE

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Crushed concrete from legacy nuclear facilities could play a far greater role in safely managing radioactive land than previously understood.

Trump Administration, GOP Seek Workarounds to Tackle Birthright Citizenship

Guest Writer — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:46:37 +0000

7/2/26

BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

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Following a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold birthright citizenship, Republicans and the Trump administration are seeking ways to curb babies born in the U.S. to noncitizens.

The 5-4 decision in Barbara v. Trump, stemming from President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship, granted American citizenship to any baby born in the U.S.

From San Diego to Montreal: Antisemitism Serves as a Throughline in Recent Extremist Shootings

Guest Writer — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:45:27 +0000

7/2/26

EXTREMISM

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A shooter opened fire in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood on June 22, resulting in two deaths and one injury before responding law enforcement killed the perpetrator.

Toxic Terrorism

Guest Writer — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:44:57 +0000

7/2/26

BW & CW

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On 26 June 2026, during the Muharram procession in Mumbai, a man was arrested for allegedly distributing poisonous capsules to participants. According to reports, one man was admitted to hospital after developing vomiting and stomach pain upon consuming one of the capsules. Subsequently, 11 similar cases came to light, and the victims have received medical treatment.