House Democrats to Probe ‘Unprecedented’ DHS Firings

Three powerful House Democrats on Thursday opened a probe of the recent spate of firings at the Department of Homeland Security, which they called "unprecedented."In a letter to acting secretary of homeland security Kevin McAleenan, House Oversight Committee chairman Elijah Cummings, Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler, and Homeland Security Committee chairman Bennie Thompson expressed concern that the firings had compromised national security. They also requested that &ld