
Ellen M. Gilmer
Homeland Security Reporter at Bloomberg Government
Homeland security reporter for Bloomberg Government @bgov | @guildatBIG member | [email protected]
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6 days ago |
news.bgov.com | Katherine Rizzo |Ken Tran |Suzanne Monyak |Ellen M. Gilmer
Weekahead Highlight: $$ NegotiationsWith Congress out of session again next week, our team will be tracking preparations and informal negotiations with lots of dollar signs attached. Committees will be preparing for hearings as lawmakers try to make good on the goals of their hard-fought budget resolution, and federal agencies will be working on their fiscal 2026 budget wish lists — which in the current environment, may largely turn out to be don’t-spend-on-this lists.
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1 week ago |
news.bgov.com | Ellen M. Gilmer
South Carolina Gov. (R) and other Trump allies will serve as key advisers to the Department of Homeland Security, President Donald Trump announced. • Other members announced are Mark Levin, Bo Dietl, and Joseph Gruters
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1 week ago |
news.bgov.com | Ellen M. Gilmer |Kellie Lunney
Funding for refugee support and medical services would be zeroed out, and a new account would help manage unaccompanied migrant children under a Trump administration budget proposal. A draft budget document for the Health and Human Services Department, which includes the Office of Refugee Resettlement, proposes to eliminate funding under the Refugee Support Services and Transitional and Medical Services programs.
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1 week ago |
news.bgov.com | Ellen M. Gilmer
The Coast Guard needs clearer guidance for notifying lawmakers about internal investigations, a government watchdog said in the latest fallout over a sexual assault scandal and cover-up that has rocked the service in recent years. The Government Accountability Office on Thursday urged the Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees it, to clarify when investigations require congressional notification, even when federal law doesn’t require it.
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1 week ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Ellen M. Gilmer
Migrants in US custody risk increased abuse, illness, and death after the Trump administration’s dismantling of a civil rights office amid increasing detentions and deportations, immigrants’ rights advocates and lawyers warn.
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RT @aacaldwellLA: Trump to Scrap Deportation Protections for Afghans, Cameroonians https://t.co/gPbs7FRsji

Trump admin halts work on new CISA HQ building at St. Elizabeths. Construction had been active for months. Clark Construction (which has the $500M+ contract) says GSA asked it to refer questions about the stoppage to GSA. https://t.co/18t2Ct42Uk

RT @BGOV: The stoppage is the latest of several Trump administration actions to eliminate government spending by slashing the federal workf…