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Hours before the Maine mass shooting, the Senate approved an amendment that could limit background checks for veterans and service members with mental health issues. Hours before a suspect, a U.S. Army reservist with mental Health concerns, fatally shot 18 people in Lewiston, Maine Wednesday, the Senate approved an amendment that could scale back background check requirements for some veteran s and service members with mental Health issues. The amendment was authored by Republican Sens. John Kennedy and Jerry Moran, who had concerns that veterans could lose gun rights. It prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from reporting certain veterans to the National Criminal Background Check system when their finances are being managed by a conservator at the VA. According to Kennedy, under current law, if the Department of Veterans Affairs steps in to help manage a veteran's financial benefits in a conservatorship, the VA is required to report that veteran to the criminal backg...

Top DHS official focused on defeating, disrupting and dismantling drug cartels Deputy Homeland Security Secretary John Tien, a 24-year Army vet, now finds himself with a new challenge, handed down by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas specifically because of his background : defeating, disrupting and dismantling Mexican drug cartels . "These cartels are responsible for human smuggling, human trafficking, narcotics trafficking in particular, who are making, shipping and selling dangerous and deadly narcotics," Tien told ABC News in an interview, laying blame with them for the spread of opioids like fentanyl. Tien is one of the most senior law enforcement officials in the country. His status as a veteran isn't so unique -- there are about 54,000 others working at the department, or about 20% of employees -- but it informs his work even out of the military. So, too, does his heritage. "As a first-generation Asian American, I know that I've got a responsibility to be bo...

More discrepancies are coming to the forefront, adding to the already long list of lies New York Rep.-Elect Geroge Santos has said about his life. More discrepancies are emerging about New York Rep.-elect George Santos' background, adding to a growing list of fabrications and exaggerations that the incoming congressman has told about his life -- some of which have drawn the attention of prosecutors. In addition to having falsely said he attended Baruch College, which he has since admitted, another part of his Education has now been challenged. On an archived version of his 2020 congressional website, Santos said he went to the elite private school Horace Mann in New York City but did not graduate due to financial difficulties for his family. He said he went on to obtain his GED. But a spokesperson for the school on Thursday confirmed to ABC News -- and other outlets -- that he never attended Horace Mann. An attorney for Santos, Joseph Murray, initially pushed back on scrutiny of h...

New York Rep.-elect George Santos on Thursday said he plans to address a mounting controversy over discrepancies in his biography New York Rep.-elect George Santos on Thursday said he plans to address a mounting controversy over discrepancies in his biography, including where he claims to have worked and gone to school. "I have my story to tell and it will be told next week," Santos tweeted, addressing the people of his district. "I want to assure everyone that I will address your questions and that I remain committed to deliver the results I campaigned on; Public safety, Inflation, Education & more," he continued. Also on Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia James' office said she was now looking into a number of issues raised about Santos. The matter has not advanced to an investigation but is rather characterized as a review of the claims raised in news reports and by Santos' political opponents. The attorney general has a particular intere...