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Barack Obama announced he would end the National Security Agency’s ability to store phone data collected from millions of Americans.

The California State Senate is considering a bill to prohibit law enforcement agencies in California from selling data collected by automatic license plate readers.

The Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report reveals that threats designed to take advantage of users’ trust in systems, applications and personal networks have reached startling levels.

A federal judge has ruled that Chicago's ban on the sale of firearms is unconstitutional.

The Obama administration proposed two new executive actions to make it easier for states to provide mental health information to the national background check system.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection can search travelers’ laptops and other electronic devices without a show of reasonable suspicion.

Boston police are clashing with the city's incoming mayor over a proposal to arm some officers with AR-15 rifles.

A new federal report highlights “trauma-informed” approaches adopted by more than three-dozen federal agencies to address violence and abuse against women, according to TheCrimeReport.org.

The Homeland Security Department ranked last in overall satisfaction amongst 19 large federal agencies for the third year in a row, according to the National Journal. The agency’s 46.8 percent rating in overall satisfaction marks a more than 6-point drop from 2012. The rankings, in “The Best Places to Work” 2013 report, are largely based on data collected by the Office of Personnel Management through its Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.

Removal of security roadblocks, freezes on duty-free alcohol and food, and investigations into the pay of Indian staff at U.S. embassies are affecting U.S. diplomats abroad as Indian officials retaliate after an Indian diplomat was detained and searched in New York.