Audit findings reveal oversight issues compromising safety and well-being of children in state care, including placement in guardianship homes with registered sex offenders.

Lawmakers are at loggerheads over government funding of DHS amid widespread frustration over Alex Pretti's killing by Border Patrol agents.

Congress faces a Friday night deadline to avoid a shutdown. Heather Diehl / Getty Images WASHINGTON -- Senators met privately on Wednesday to discuss off-ramps to prevent a government shutdown this weekend, with both parties recognizing that a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security cannot pass in its current form.