Derek Hawkins

2 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Derek Hawkins |Azi Paybarah

DHS Secretary Noem’s purse stolen at Easter dinner with family in D.C. (washingtonpost.com) DHS Secretary Noem’s purse stolen at Easter dinner with family in D.C. By Derek Hawkins; Azi Paybarah 2025042122011900 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem's purse was stolen from a downtown Washington restaurant Sunday night, with her passport, DHS badge and about $3,000 cash inside, the department confirmed Monday.

2 weeks ago | stripes.com | Derek Hawkins

Agent Clint Hill crouches on the back bumper of the presidential limousine on Main Street in Dallas, Texas, just minutes before the assassination, Nov. 22, 1963. (Erin Thompson/U.S. Army) Under the stained glass and towering arch ceilings of Washington National Cathedral, hundreds of Secret Service members paid their respects Tuesday to an agent who came to symbolize the elite agency’s commitment to bravery and sacrifice in the face of danger.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Derek Hawkins

Clint Hill remembered as the devoted agent who ran to JFK’s car in Dallas (washingtonpost.com) Clint Hill remembered as the devoted agent who ran to JFK’s car in Dallas By Derek Hawkins 2025040823345600 Under the stained glass and towering arch ceilings of Washington National Cathedral, hundreds of Secret Service members paid their respects Tuesday to an agent who came to symbolize the elite agency's commitment to bravery and sacrifice in the face of danger. Secret Service agent Clint Hill...

3 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Abigail Hauslohner |Derek Hawkins

The Trump administration summarily fired the staff of the U.S. Institute of Peace late Friday night, less than two weeks after forcibly removing the congressionally funded organization’s president and installing in his place an agent of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service aimed at cutting the size of government. USIP employees told The Washington Post that between 200 and 300 people – nearly the entirety of the institute’s headquarters staff – had been fired.

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Derek Hawkins

Trump uses power and police to help DOGE access independent agencies (washingtonpost.com) Trump uses power and police to help DOGE access independent agencies By Derek Hawkins 2025032809564300 When the leaders of independent agencies rebuffed attempts by the U.S. DOGE Service to dismantle them this month, Trump administration officials sent federal agents and local police to their offices and threatened some of them with criminal investigations.