(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Defense is establishing and expanding National Defense Area (NDA) operations ...

Thomas Fugate is a recent graduate and a campaign worker loyal to Donald Trump with no national security experience, ...

President Donald Trump’s new appointee to oversee the federal government’s counterterrorism prevention strategy is drawing ...

A 22-year-old recent college graduate with limited political experience and who once worked at an Austin-area HEB is now ...

Fugue's resume shows no experience with terrorism and homeland security but more with neighborhood gardening and being a ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi said “well over” 1,000 Iranian nationals entered the United States illegally between 2021 and 2024 at a House appropriations committee hearing on ...

Democrats and DHS officials have criticized the appointment of Thomas Fugate, citing his lack of experience in counterterrorism.

Grzegorz Vandenberg from Texas was charged with planning to attack law enforcement with explosives at Los Angeles protests.

I n early June 2025, rumors circulated that the person U.S. President Donald Trump chose to lead counterterrorism efforts at the Department of Homeland Security was Thomas Fugate, a 22-year-old ...

Thomas Fugate, 22, is a Trump loyalist with no experience combating terrorism. He was recently named head of a Homeland Security counterterrorism office.

Although his professional background bears little connection to counterterrorism or national security, he has quickly risen through the ranks in conservative political circles over the past year.

Donald Trump's White House has appointed 22-year-old Thomas Fugate to help lead a counterterrorism division at the Department ...