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Trump Homeland Security chief abruptly quits at tense time

by Ben Fox
| January 11, 2021 5:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting head of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly resigned Monday, leaving the post ahead of schedule as the nation faces a heightened terrorism threat from extremists seeking to reverse the election.

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