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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Resigns Amid Warnings over Domestic Terror Threats

HeadlineJan 12, 2021

On Monday, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf resigned, becoming the third Cabinet secretary to quit since Trump’s mob attacked Congress last week. In his resignation letter, Wolf did not refer directly to the Capitol Hill assault; instead, he said he was quitting because of legal challenges to his authority to run DHS without Senate confirmation.

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