• Top News
  • AP/Washington Post/Bloomberg/FOX News/USA Today/NBC News: Judge gives Trump admin two weeks to prove they aren’t in contempt of court
  • Daily Caller: Trump Admin Official Tells ABC News Anchor To Focus Instead On Victims Of MS-13 And TdA
  • ABC News: Trump threatens to send ‘homegrown criminals’ to El Salvador prison
  • FOX News: DHS official: ‘Good for President Bukele’ keeping alleged MS-13 immigrant ‘off of American soil’
  • Yahoo News: Trump officials won’t share evidence accusing deported Maryland father of ‘human trafficking’
  • Washington Examiner: Press conference confirms status of man deported to El Salvador
  • The Hill: Attorneys for mistakenly deported man bash Trump for skirting SCOTUS ruling
  • Yahoo News: Abrego Garcia’s Wife Pleads for End to ‘Political Games’ Before Judge Slams Trump Admin
  • The Hill: Jeffries: Court should hold Trump officials in contempt over wrongly deported Maryland man, calls on judge to set deadline for Abrego Garcia’s return
  • Bloomberg: Lawsuits Over Foreign Students’ Status Find Solid Legal Footing
  • AP: Justice Department can cut funding for legal guidance for people facing deportation, US judge says
  • Axios: White House exploring legality of sending U.S. citizens to foreign prisons
  • ABC News: Trump wants to send US citizens to foreign prisons. Legal experts say he can’t.
  • NBC News: Citizen who was ordered to leave the U.S. in 7 days says she’s heard nothing from federal officials
  • Univision: Immigration judges authorized to reject asylum cases without hearings
  • FOX News: White House criticizes ‘rogue’ judge upholding parole program ‘completely abused’ by migrants
  • NBC News: Trump officials are using federal agencies to make life in the U.S. untenable for undocumented immigrants
  • CNN: Trump to name Hunter Biden whistleblower as acting IRS commissioner, sources say
  • FOX News: ICE using Social Security records to aid Trump push to deport illegal immigrants
  • CNN: ‘People are feeling betrayed’: They paid taxes in good faith and now fear it could lead to their deportation
  • NBC News: IRS agreement with ICE to share immigrants’ info could lead to billions less in tax revenue
  • Yahoo News: A New IRS-ICE Agreement Could Reduce Tax Revenue by $300 Billion Over the Next Decade
  • CNN: How DOGE led a ‘hostile takeover’ at the IRS to use taxpayer data for immigration crackdowns
  • Washington Post: DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs
  • NPR: Wrongly Deported, DOGE And Agency Data, Harvard Defies The White House
  • Washington Times: Tom Homan tells Democrats to fix sanctuary cities before going to El Salvador to help deportees
  • NewsMax: WH: ‘Sanctuary’ Policies Endanger American Lives
  • Federalist: Cities Offering ‘Sanctuary’ To Illegal Alien Rapists And Killers Deny It To Their Own Residents
  • Federal News Network: DHS cancels federal neurodiversity workforce contract
  • Rolling Stone: Trump Admin Raids DHS Civil Rights Funds for His Anti-Immigrant Propaganda Ads
  • New York Times: U.S. Cites Mideast Peace Process to Justify Move to Deport Student
  • New York Times: ‘Alien Enemies’ or Innocent Men? Inside Trump’s Rushed Effort to Deport 238 Migrants
  • New York Times: This Isn’t the First Time Trump Has Mistakenly Deported Someone
  • Breitbart: Stephen Miller Says Trump’s Policies Have Saved ‘Thousands’ of Lives
  • Daily Mail: Furious DHS staff turn on Kristi Noem over her ‘ICE Barbie’ photo ops
  • CBS News/Roll Call/Daily Signal/Yahoo News: [MA] Judge Indira Talwani blocks Trump from ending Biden-era immigration program
  • AP: [VA] Judge grants Justice Department’s request to drop criminal case against alleged top MS-13 leader
  • Breitbart: [MD] Illegal Alien MS-13 Gang Member Convicted of Murdering Rachel Morin
  • ABC News: [GA] Protesters tased, arrested at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia town hall
  • FOX News: [IN] ACLU of Indiana sues Trump admin, claims DHS violated rights of foreign students
  • Denver Post/AP: [CO] Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans from Colorado
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Bay Area churches help Christian migrants amid Trump’s push for mass deportations
  • AP: [Mexico] Authorities say they have charged the leaders of a Mexican organized crime group
  • Breitbart: [Mexico] Treasury Department Sanctions Mexican Cartel for Fentanyl, Human Trafficking
  • Reuters: [Mexico] US sanctions leaders of Mexican cartel, offers financial reward for information
  • Breitbart: [El Salvador] El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to Trump: ‘We’re Very Eager to Help’ with Border Problem
  • Breitbart: [El Salvador] Report: 11 Violent Illegals Including Gangbangers Deported to El Salvador
  • Breitbart: [El Salvador] Stephen Miller: Trump Administration Will Continue Sending Tren de Aragua Members to El Salvador
  • Daily Wire: [El Salvador] Trump Officials, Bukele Tear Into CNN Reporter Who Asked If Illegal Alien Will Be Returned To U.S.
  • NewsMax: [El Salvador] Lawyers Say El Salvador Blocks Access to Detained Venezuelans
  • CBS News: [El Salvador] Maryland Sen. Van Hollen to visit El Salvador to check on mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia
  • Breitbart: [El Salvador] Democrat Van Hollen Travels to Deported Migrant in El Salvador
  • Washington Examiner: [El Salvador] Bondi says Democrats who visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia are ‘detached from reality’
  • Bloomberg: [El Salvador] El Salvador Gets Travel Program Perk a Day After Leader Visits Trump
  • Washington Examiner: [El Salvador] Returning illegal migrant from El Salvador ‘an exercise in futility’: Legal scholars
  • AP: [Panama] A jungle route once carried hundreds of thousands of migrants. Now the local economy has crashed
  • CNN: [Ecuador] Ecuador ‘would love to have US forces’ helping in gang crackdown, president says
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Times: Of course Trump can deport green card holders who endorse terrorism
  • Washington Post: If Kilmar Abrego García is doomed, we all are
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Examiner: White House eyes 1 million deportations — but hitting that number won’t be easy
  • Reuters: Trump says he plans stipends as part of self-deportation program
  • NBC News: Trump admin pushing immigrants to self-deport as its deportation numbers lag
  • ABC News: [VT] Columbia student arrested by ICE during naturalization interview, his lawyer says
  • Yahoo News: [VT] Trump’s latest deportee: Mohsen Mahdawi, Columbia’s anti-Israel protest ‘ringleader’
  • CBS News: [VT] Detained Columbia student Mahdawi tells CBS he feared citizenship interview was "honey trap"
  • AP: [NH] A Venezuelan man was tackled in a New Hampshire courthouse and sent by ICE to Texas
  • AP: [MA] Federal judge drops contempt case against ICE agent over arrest outside Boston courthouse
  • NewsNation: [MA] ICE agents shatter car window during Massachusetts arrest: Attorney
  • Boston Globe: [MA] Federal judge bars immigration agents from arresting MIT student from China whose visa has been revoked
  • New York Post: [NY] ICE nabs 206 illegal migrant criminals in NYC — including female Tren de Aragua member in fed-up building: ‘Just happy to be rid of her’
  • New York Times: [NY] Adams Is Letting ICE Into Rikers. The City Council Is Suing to Stop Him.
  • FOX News: [NY] Democrat city council sues mayor for allowing ICE into major American prison
  • NPR: [NJ] Attorney for detained Tufts student discusses her detention and immigration hearing
  • Breitbart: [MD] ICE Slams Maryland Sanctuary City for Releasing Illegal Migrant Charged with Murder
  • Yahoo News: [MD] Another disgraced cop linked to Trump’s authoritarian deportations to El Salvador exposed: report
  • Yahoo News: [AL] Immigration judge asking for more details from attorneys before ruling on bond for Alabama student
  • NewsNation: [TN] 2 Memphis residents arrested in human trafficking sting
  • Breitbart: [FL] Florida Officials May Remove Sanctuary City Mayor
  • Blaze: [FL] Orlando mayor backtracks after stating city would not fully enforce Florida’s immigration laws
  • Yahoo News: [FL] UNF signs agreement with ICE allowing for campus police to carry out immigration enforcement
  • Breitbart: [TX] Two Illegal Aliens Accused of Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old Girl in Texas
  • Axios: [CO] Some DPS immigrant families told to "self-deport" by Trump admin
  • Yahoo News: [NV] Immigration coalition addresses rumblings of expanded ICE presence in Southern Nevada
  • Blaze: [CA] LA schools deny DHS welfare checks on migrant kids Biden lost, left exposed to trafficking
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] House Democrats demand briefing after immigration agents try to enter L.A. elementary schools
  • Breitbart: [CA] Democrats Ask Why HSI Officers Conducted Wellness Checks on Alleged Unaccompanied Minors at LAUSD
  • Yahoo News: [El Salvador] Trump Admin Deports Teen With No Criminal Record to El Salvador Prison: Report
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Axios: Trump touts new legal path for "great" undocumented people
  • New York Post: Trump wants some illegal migrants to stay in US and help farmers pick crops – proposes they self-deport and return legally: ‘Going to give them a stipend’
  • NPR: Trump moves to speed up asylum cases without court hearings
  • CBS News/Blaze: Trump can’t revoke legal status of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, judge rules
  • NPR: Trump administration ending temporary protected status for Afghans living in U.S.
  • AP: Visa cancellations sow panic for international students, with hundreds fearing deportation
  • Yahoo News: Universities say student visas have been revoked without notice
  • The Hill: Jewish groups condemn ‘false choice’ as Trump targets universities, students
  • Yahoo News: [VA] ‘The chaos caused by your actions is not acceptable’: Virginia Senators seek answers on student visa revocations
  • Yahoo News: [KY] Uncertainty, fear grip international graduate students at University of Kentucky
  • The Detroit News: [MI] Judge in Detroit hears arguments in suit over international student visa revocations
  • ABC News: [MI] International students sue after Trump administration terminates their legal status
  • Yahoo News: [IL] New citizens from 63 countries take their oath at Rockford’s Coronado Center
  • The Hill: [WI] Judge temporarily halts deportation of University of Wisconsin student after Trump visa cancellation
  • Washington Examiner: [OK] Lankford warns Trump administration about Oklahoma students having visas revoked without cause
  • Axios: [OR] Nearly two dozen international students in Oregon have visas terminated
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Visa cancellations hit international students at Orange County college campuses
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] ‘Unexpected upheaval’: Bay Area law firm sues Trump administration over revocation of student visas
• Customs and Border Protection
  • ABC News: To stop migrants, US Army to take control of some of border with Mexico
  • Yahoo News: Trump administration to build border wall across wildlife corridor at San Rafael Valley
  • AP: [VT] Member of Zizian group says she did not kill her parents
  • Yahoo News: [RI] A German-American from Nashua has been jailed for more than a month. It’s still unclear why.
  • CubaHeadlines: [FL] Cuban National Sentenced to 18 Months in U.S. for Human Smuggling
  • FOX News: [TX] CBP officers seize over $14M of alleged methamphetamine at southern border
  • News Nation: [TX] Illegal border crossings jump in remote Texas region
  • New York Post: [TX] Sheriff in remote stretch of Texas border reports migrant crossings pick up as smugglers get desperate under Trump
  • Washington Post/CNN: [NM] 2 U.S. troops deployed for border mission killed in vehicle rollover
  • FOX News: [NM] Federal borderland handed over to military in effort to protect resources
  • Yahoo News: [WA] WA officials considered offering National Guard help to Trump at Canadian border
  • FOX News: [CA] Trump admin announces deal for high-tech border checkpoint in crucial California sector
• Transportation Security Administration
  • FOX News: Top Trump agency reveals key reason why REAL ID will be enforced
  • ABC News: [NY] ‘Very unusual and disconcerting’: New videos show accused stowaway boarding Delta flight from New York to Paris
  • Yahoo News: [LA] Transportation Security Administration intercepts 28 firearms at New Orleans airport by April 2025
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Axios: [VA] Virginia lawmakers raise alarm over Richmond’s canceled water grant
  • Carolina Journal: [NC] FEMA denies NC’s request for extended Helene relief funding
  • NPR: [NC] DOGE cut a CDC team as it was about to start a project to help N.C. flood victims
  • Yahoo News: [KS] Gov. Laura Kelly asks for federal aid after March severe weather
  • Yahoo News: [IA] Iowa Gov. Reynolds requests federal aid for 4 northwest Iowa counties affected by March blizzard
  • Washington Examiner: [WA] FEMA won’t provide relief to Washington state following ‘bomb cyclone’
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] S.F. fears nearly 4,000 buildings could collapse in an earthquake. It could soon know for sure
• Secret Service
  • AP: [FL] Suspect in Assassination Attempt of Trump Can Hire Expert to Check Rifle’s Operability
  • FOX News: [FL] Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Routh smiles and laughs as attorneys spar over gun
• Coast Guard
  • DVIDS: Coast Guard concludes Operation Coal Shovel
  • Business Insider: The US Coast Guard seized $510 million worth of drugs from smugglers, including a narco-sub. See photos of the busts.
  • Maritime Executive: U.S. Coast Guard "Retires" Central Website for Industry Alerts
  • Maine Wire: [ME] U.S. Marshals Arrest Three on Drug, Firearm Charges in Biddeford Fugitive Sweep
  • News Nation: [FL] Coast Guard halts search for five in ‘failing smuggling’ effort
  • DVIDS: [MI] Coast Guard concludes Operation Coal Shovel
  • Yahoo News: [CA] Coast Guard intercepts boats with 18 migrants off San Diego coast
  • ABC 4 Honolulu: [HI] Coast Guard suspends search for missing vessel off Hawai’i Island coast
  • DVIDS: [Guam] U.S. Coast Guard, partners enter day 5 in search for missing boater near Guam
  • Stars and Stripes: [Guam] Search for missing Guam fisherman expands with long-range aircraft
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Reuters: US funding running out for critical cyber vulnerability database, manager says
  • Reuters: Whistleblower org says DOGE may have caused ‘significant cyber breach’ at US labor watchdog
  • Breaking Defense: Coast Guard seeks info on medium icebreaker options from US, international industry
  • Blaze: [NM] ‘Die Elon’: Man charged for firebombing Tesla dealership and GOP headquarters in New Mexico; Pam Bondi vows consequences
  • Wall Street Journal: [China] China Accuses U.S. Spy Agency of Winter Games Cyberattacks
  • CyberScoop: [China] Chinese espionage group leans on open-source tools to mask intrusions
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Post: [PA] Closed door helped save Gov. Shapiro and his family in arson attack on their home that caused millions in damage: officials
  • ABC News: [PA] Who is Cody Allen Balmer? Suspect accused of arson attack on Gov. Shapiro’s home
  • USA Today: [PA] Arson attack on Gov. Shapiro: Suspect ordered held while police try to unravel mystery
  • The Hill: [PA] Shapiro arson attack underscores threats to politicians
  • NewsNation: [PA] Gov. Shapiro arson attack: Religious bias suspected, DA says
  • CNN: [PA] Shapiro arson suspect’s family had sought help for days from authorities before attack
  • NewsNation: [WI] Trump assassination plot part of domestic terrorism rise: Ex-FBI
  • NBC News: [TX] Suspect in custody after 4 hurt in Texas high school shooting
  • CBS News: [TX] Unanswered questions persist after Wilmer-Hutchins High School shooting
  • New York Post: [NM] FBI collars suspect in Tesla, GOP office firebombings in dramatic New Mexico raid
  • NBC News: [NM] Man charged after alleged arson attacks on Tesla dealership and GOP headquarters in New Mexico
  • Yahoo News: [NM] Suspect in arson attacks at Tesla showroom, New Mexico GOP headquarters facing 40 years in prison
• National Security News
  • National Review: Pentagon Advisor Dan Caldwell Put on Leave Following DOD Investigation into Classified Information Leaks
  • Federalist: Fired Insubordinate Officers Reveal Massive U.S. Military Resentment Against Elected Civilian Command
  • The Hill: Trump’s fluctuating tariffs stir confusion in tech industry
  • The Hill: Trump launches probe laying groundwork for tariffs on critical minerals
  • FOX News: Trump admin moves toward semiconductor, pharmaceutical tariffs
  • Bloomberg: Drug Tariffs Would Sneak Into Americans’ Health Bills
  • CNN: Trump administration looking at closing nearly 30 overseas embassies and consulates
  • CNN: [NJ] FAA tests drone detection equipment in New Jersey after unexplained drone sightings in the state last year
  • Yahoo News: [Somalia] U.S., coalition partners sanction 15 al-Shabaab leaders
  • Washington Examiner: [Ukraine] Irked by Zelensky, Trump seems unwilling to sell Ukraine the Patriot missiles it needs to protect civilians
  • CNN: [Israel] Israel proposes Gaza ceasefire deal to release 10 hostages for hundreds of Palestinians, Hamas says
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] Witkoff in Apparent Reversal Says Iran Must Halt Nuclear Enrichment
  • FOX News: [Iran] Iran is ‘summarily rejecting any thought of dismantling’ nuclear program themselves: Jack Keane
  • AP: [China] China appoints a new trade negotiator during tariff fight with the US
  • Politico: [China] Tariff carve-outs underscore weak US position in China trade war: ‘This is going to get really ugly’
  • Axios: [China] China trade war risks stifling America’s electric car movement
  • MSN News: [China] Trump says he’s preparing US for ‘war’ as risky economic move sparks retaliation from China
  • FOX News: [China] China lashes out, says ‘peasants in the United States’ will suffer from trade war
  • Yahoo News: [China] Is the US Still in the Fight Against Uyghur Forced Labor?
  • New York Times: [China] Nvidia Says U.S. Will Restrict Sales of More of Its A.I. Chips to China
  • New York Times: [Hong Kong] Hong Kong Suspends Packages to the U.S., Wading Into the Trade War
  • Reuters: [Taiwan] US senators visit Taiwan, will discuss trade amid tariff talks
  • Reuters: [Philippines] Philippines, China accuse each other of dangerous moves in disputed South China Sea shoal
  • AP: [Philippines] US and Philippine joint combat drills show Trump is not scaling back on South China Sea region

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