• Top News
  • Wall Street Journal/Politico/AP/The Hill: El Salvador won’t return wrongly deported Maryland man
  • The Hill: Trump team sidesteps court questions about efforts to secure mistakenly deported man
  • FOX News: DOJ indicates Trump admin not obligated to return man deported to El Salvador, pushing back on judiciary
  • Breitbart/Daily Wire: Democrat Senator Asks for Meeting with Salvadoran President, Demands Return of Deported MS-13 Gang Member
  • Axios: Democrats demand action to return man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
  • New York Times/Politico: As Trump Makes His Case, He Turns to the Oval Office Set Piece
  • News From The States: U.S. human rights law likely violated in $6M payment for El Salvador prison, experts say
  • FOX News: Kristi Noem blasts ‘fake news’ coverage of deported Salvadoran national, says SCOTUS sent ‘clear message’
  • FOX News: Kristi Noem criticizes ‘liberal left’ for turning accused gang member into ‘media darling’
  • FOX News: Trump DHS official tears into media narrative about man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
  • News Nation: Americans should be happy MS-13 member is off the streets: McLaughlin
  • AP/NBC News/Yahoo News: Trump floats legally questionable proposal to deport U.S. citizens
  • Daily Caller: Gangbangers And Rapists: Trump Admin Name-Drops Criminals It Has Deported To El Salvador
  • Reuters: US judge asks if ‘constitutional crisis’ looms in Tufts student’s immigration case
  • Breitbart: Texas Rep to Head House Select Cartel Task Force
  • Federalist: DOGE: Criminal Aliens Paroled By Biden Took In $1.3 Million In Taxpayer Handouts
  • NPR: A whistleblower’s disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
  • NBC News: Trump admin pushing immigrants to self-deport as its deportation numbers lag
  • News Nation: Why were 6.3K migrants moved to Social Security’s ‘death’ list?
  • Wall Street Journal: Kristi Noem’s Made-for-TV Approach to Homeland Security
  • AP/Washington Post/New York Times/NBC News: [VT] A Palestinian activist expecting a US citizenship interview is arrested instead by ICE in Vermont
  • Boston 25 News: [MA] Noem blasts Wu after ICE arrest in Lawrence of man accused of 20 sex crimes against Mass. child
  • CBS News/FOX News/The Hill: [MA] Trump can’t revoke legal status of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, judge rules
  • The Hill: [MA] Trump administration freezes more than $2 billion in grants to Harvard
  • Washington Post: [MD] Fugitive immigrant convicted in Md. murder highlighted in 2024 campaign
  • Breitbart: [AL] Chinese Illegal Alien Accused of Escaping Federal Prison After Setting Fire to Alabama Church
  • USA Today: [FL] Woman sentenced in human smuggling plot that led to 16 drowning deaths off US coast, prosecutors say
  • Yahoo News: [FL] Florida AG threatens Mayor Dyer with ‘consequences’ if Orlando sticks with immigrant rules
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Gov. JB Pritzker says he’s undecided on congressional invitation to testify on immigration
  • Yahoo News: [TX] El Paso nonprofit told to stop migrant legal services
  • Washington Examiner: [OK] Illegal immigrant found guilty of murdering Rachel Morin
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [Mexico] Venezuelans protest in southern Mexico to demand their return to their country.
  • New York Post: [El Salvador] 10 more violent illegal migrants — including 5 Tren de Aragua gangbangers — deported from US to El Salvador over the weekend
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Chicago Tribune: Letters: Man’s deportation to El Salvador begs the question: Who’s next?
  • San Francisco Chronicle: When the authorities come to campus to arrest students, here’s what history says you should do
  • FOX News: [NH] SEN MAGGIE HASSAN: Trump could be surrendering one of our strongest weapons in the fight against fentanyl
  • Wall Street Journal: [El Salvador] El Salvador’s Bukele Is a China Ally
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • New York Times: They Followed the Rules. Now Thousands of Migrants Are Told, ‘Leave.’
  • New York Times: This Company’s Surveillance Tech Makes Immigrants ‘Easy Pickings’ for Trump
  • Telemundo: Cuban arrested by ICE a month ago said he wants to defend himself
  • Reuters: [NH] Venezuelan tackled by federal agents in dramatic courthouse arrest in February
  • Yahoo News: [MA] Vermont judge hears case of Tufts student detained by ICE
  • Reuters: [MA] US judge asks if ‘constitutional crisis’ looms in Tufts student’s immigration case
  • USA Today: [MA] Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk details conditions in immigration facility: Document
  • Breitbart: [MA] Ecuadorian Illegal Alien Arrested by ICE for 20 Child Sex Crimes Previously Released by Massachusetts Sanctuary Court
  • Yahoo News: [NY] ‘An Open Secret’: Sackets Harbor ICE raid shows ‘reality’ of New York dairy country
  • FOX News: [GA] ICE, ATF capture fugitive in multinational manhunt wanted for ‘brutal murder’ in the Caribbean
  • Yahoo News: [AL] Immigration judge requests information from US, attorneys before ruling on bond for Alabama student Alireza Doroudi
  • Axios: [FL] Doral cops would help enforce immigration laws under proposed ICE agreement
  • FOX News: [FL] Alleged member of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior arrested by ICE agents in Miami
  • Telemundo51.com: [FL] Controversy in the city of Doral that could approve collaboration with ICE
  • Breitbart: [IL] Chicago Cancels Cinco de Mayo Parade Fearing ICE Arrests
  • Yahoo News: [NV] Immigration advocacy group says ICE agents stepping up enforcement in Las Vegas
  • CBS Mornings: [WA] Local Sheriffs Testify in Washington D.C.
  • New York Post/Los Angeles Times/NewsMax: [CA] House Democrats demand briefing after immigration agents try to enter L.A. elementary schools
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Examiner: International student enrollment at US colleges under fire amid visa revocations
  • NPR: Bipartisan senators rebuke White House move to end legal aid for unaccompanied minors
  • Springfield Republican: U.S. Rep. McGovern demands Trump officials give answers on visa revocations
  • Breitbart: Pro-Immigration Lawyers Try to Block More than 1,000 Student Visa Cancelations
  • Univision: [MA] DHS sends US immigration attorney an order to leave the US
  • Axios: [PA] What to know about student visa cancellations in Philadelphia
  • Georgia Recorder: [GA] Georgia college students sue Trump administration, allege visas are being unlawfully revoked
  • Yahoo News: [MT] Foreign students in Montana ask federal court to protect them from deportation
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] California’s demographic earthquake: Asian immigrants rise, Latinos decline in ‘big shift’
  • Yahoo News: [AK] University of Alaska reports four international students have had visas revoked without notice
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: Border crossings hit record low in March thanks to ‘vigilant’ work of agents: report
  • AP: US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say
  • The National News Desk: Trump authorizes military control over border land, sparking legal debate
  • US News & World Report: Tracking Illegal Crossings at the U.S.-Mexico Border Under Trump
  • FOX News: Trump says he’s looking at certain tariff exemptions for automakers: ‘They need a little bit of time’
  • Breitbart: [AL] Accused Illegal Alien Rapist Caught at Atlanta Airport Trying to Flee U.S.
  • CiberCuba: [FL] Cuban man sentenced to a year and a half in prison in the U.S. for human trafficking
  • Caribbean National Weekly: [FL] South Florida sees surge in human smuggling cases involving Cubans
  • Telemundo: [TX] CBP seizes more than 119 pounds of methamphetamine in El Paso
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] CBP intercepts woman hiding drugs in body cavities
  • Yahoo News: [TX] Paisas gang member arrested in El Paso
  • Yahoo News: [NM] U.S. Rep. Vasquez decries president’s order to militarize parts of U.S.-Mexico border in NM
  • Breitbart: [China] Report: Chinese Port Traffic Slows as Tariffs Take Effect
• Transportation Security Administration
  • International Airport Review: TSA to enforce REAL ID rules from 7 May at all US airport checkpoints
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Ripon Advance: Bresnahan urges reinstatement of federal FEMA program for building resilient infrastructure
  • Spectrum News 1: [NC] FEMA rejects Stein’s cost-sharing request for Helene debris removal
  • Yahoo News: [MI] Amid ice storm recovery, Whitmer seeks federal emergency aid for Northern Michigan
  • Nebraska Examiner: [NE] Pillen requests federal disaster for March winter storm, first Nebraska request of 2025
  • AP/KIRO/Washington State Standard: [WA] FEMA denies Washington’s request for November storm disaster aid; Ferguson pledges appeal
  • AP: [CA] 5.2-magnitude quake shakes Southern California, tumbling rocks onto roads and items off shelves
• Secret Service
  • New York Times: Arson Attack on Josh Shapiro Raises Fears About Threats to Politicians
  • CNN: Break-in and arson at Pennsylvania governor’s residence draws scrutiny on security measures
  • Yahoo News: [SC] SC congresswoman says she too was targeted by man accused of threatening to kill Trump
  • Yahoo News: [GA] Georgia man arrested, charged for threats against Tulsi Gabbard
  • NPR: [FL] The man accused in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump to appear in court
  • Daily Caller: [WI] ‘Satanic Cult’ Follower Allegedly Plotting Trump’s Murder Sought Help From Ukrainian, Russian Contacts, DOJ Says
  • FOX 44: [TX] Suspect in 2023 Lacy Lakeview stabbing pleas, gets 35 years
• Coast Guard
  • FOX News: Inside the Trump administration’s overhaul of the Coast Guard amid border security blitz
  • The Latin Times: Navy Deploys Second Destroyer in Less Than a Month to Patrol The Southern Border
  • Yahoo News: Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet
  • DVIDS: [VA] Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returns home after Operation Vigilant Sentry patrol, service life extension upgrades
  • DVIDS: [VA] Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returns home after Operation Vigilant Sentry patrol, service life extension upgrades
  • DVIDS: [NC] Coast Guard Cutter James returns home after multi-month patrol, seizing $510M in narcotics and participating in advanced US Navy exercises
  • CBS 3 Norfolk: [NC] Coast Guard says no one was aboard boat that capsized in Cheasapeake Bay
  • AP/Miami Herald: [FL] Search suspended for 5 missing from capsized boat involved in ‘failed suspected smuggling venture’
  • FOX 13 Tampa: [FL] 50 Foot Shrimp Boat Ran Aground In Flagler Beach
  • The Oregonian: [OR] Search continues for missing Willamette Falls kayaker
  • Stars and Stripes: [CA] Coast Guard commander, top enlisted leader in San Diego fired
  • DVIDS: [Guam] U.S. Coast Guard, partners persist into day four of search for missing boater near Guam
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Politico: CISA cuts: ‘Open season’ for US?
  • Reuters: [CO] Dialysis firm DaVita hit by ransomware attack
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Wall Street Journal/Washington Post/Reuters: [PA] Suspect in Pennsylvania Governor’s Mansion Fire Charged With Terrorism, Arson, and Attempted Murder
  • AP: [PA] Judge denies bail for man accused of setting fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence
  • AP: [PA] Suspect in arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence planned to beat him, documents say
  • AP: [PA] Officials work to uncover the motive for fire set at Pennsylvania governor’s residence
  • Daily Wire: [PA] News Arson Suspect Planned On Beating Josh Shapiro With Hammer: Police
  • CNN News Central: [PA] PA Governor’s Residence "Significantly Damage" in Arson Attack
  • FOX News: [PA] Pennsylvania governor’s mansion arson suspect Cody Balmer was out on bail at time of firebombing
  • CNN: [PA] Shapiro arson suspect faced charges in domestic violence case, financial and legal turmoil
  • Breitbart: [TN] TN Bill Requires Autopsies for Mass Shooters to Search for Psychiatric Drug Links
  • AP/Breitbart/CBS News: [NM] Justice Department charges man with arson at New Mexico Tesla dealership and GOP headquarters
• National Security News
  • New York Times: Trump Moves to Put New Tariffs on Computer Chips and Drugs
  • CNN: US steps up probes into pharmaceutical, chip imports, setting stage for tariffs
  • Wall Street Journal: Bessent Prioritizes Japan, U.K., Australia, South Korea Among Top Targets for Trade Deals
  • Daily Caller: [MA] Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ Leader’s Campaign Bankrolled By Dem Power Broker Tied To Chinese Intel Agency
  • NewsMax.com: [DC] Trump Doubles Down on Keeping US Steel American
  • New York Times: [Cuba] Trump Takes Aim at a Key Cuban Export: Its Worldwide Medical Missions
  • Bloomberg: [Somalia] US, Gulf States Sanction Somali Terror Group Facilitators
  • Yahoo News: [Ukraine] Trump Derides Zelensky’s Request To Buy $15B Worth Of Patriot Air Defense Systems
  • The Hill: [Ukraine] Trump seeks distance on Ukraine-Russia war
  • New York Times: [Ukraine] Trump Describes Russia’s Deadly Strike on Ukrainian City as ‘Horrible’
  • Reuters: [Russia] Russian court commits US citizen for mental treatment
  • AP/Reuters: [Iran] Next Iran-US nuclear talks will be held in Rome, AP source says
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] Trump Has a Chance to Strike a Deal With Iran
  • AP: [Iran] Tehran says next round of Iran-US nuclear talks in Oman after Rome named by officials
  • Wall Street Journal: [Yemen] U.S. Strikes Spur Plans for Yemeni Ground War Against Houthis
  • Bloomberg: [China] Trump Takes Small Step on Tariffs, China Wants a Giant Leap
  • Good Day Orlando at 9am on FOX 35: [China] Tariff Exemptions on Chinese Imports Could Be Temporary

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