Our blog provides an inside-out view of what we do every day at DHS.
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Lapse in Federal Funding: Impact on DHS Web and Social Media Operations
Due to the lapse in federal funding, this website will not be actively managed. This website was last updated on February 17, 2026 and will not be updated until after funding is enacted. As such, information on this website may not be up to date. Transactions submitted via this website might not be processed and we will not be able to respond to inquiries until after appropriations are enacted.
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CWMD 2025 Statistics
In Calendar Year 2025, CWMD conducted a total of 1,020 operations, engagements, trainings, and exercises across 48 states and territories. CWMD’s key operational programs all played important roles.
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Protecting New Year's Events
As Americans gathered to celebrate the New Year, DHS’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) deployed from coast-to-coast to keep them safe from terrorism.
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A Message from Secretary Noem on December 17, 2025
A Message from Secretary Noem on December 17, 2025.
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Playing Defense at the Army-Navy Game
The Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction’s (CWMD) Office deployed to Baltimore on December 13 to protect the Army-Navy Football Game from the threat of radiological, nuclear, or chemical threats.
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DHS CWMD Secures Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting
The Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction’s (CWMD) Office will deploy to protect the December 3rd tree lighting from the threat of terrorism.
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CWMD Macy's Parade
DHS's Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction protected Macy's Parade from WMD threats.
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Lapse in Federal Funding: Impact on DHS Web and Social Media Operations
NOTICE: Due to the lapse in federal funding, this website will not be actively managed. This website was last updated on September 30, 2025 and will not be updated until after funding is enacted. As such, information on this website may not be up to date. Transactions submitted via this website might not be processed and we will not be able to respond to inquiries until after appropriations are enacted.
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Secretary Noem: President Trump promised to secure the border. And he's delivered.
More than 200 days into this job, we have achieved operational security at the border. Zero illegal immigrants were released into the country in May, June and July.
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Strengthening School and Community Safety: Highlights from the 2024 Eastern West Virginia Safety Summit
Safe and Sound Schools, in partnership with the Berkeley County Commission, including the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department, hosted the inaugural Eastern West Virginia Safety Summit on Dec. 9-10.
