The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday defended its agents after Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said they were being diverted from targeting dangerous criminals to rounding up illegal immigrants, like gardeners, “many of whom pose no threat whatsoever.” Durbin, a ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was speaking at a Tuesday hearing titled “Beyond the Smash and Grab: Criminal Networks and Organized Theft” when he noted the...

Mayor Eric Adams is being sued by a former high-ranking New York Police Department official for allegedly operating a “criminal conspiracy” at the department to enrich top officials. A spokesperson for Adams, who is running for re-election as an independent, called the allegations “baseless accusations from a disgruntled former employee.” Politico reported that former interim NYPD commissioner Tom Donlon filed a suit in the New York state Supreme...