• Top News
  • AP/New York Times: Civil Rights Groups Sue to Restore Jobs at Homeland Security Oversight Offices That Were Gutted
  • AP/Washington Times/ABC News: Judge halts parts of Trump’s overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement
  • ABC News: DOJ giving migrants ‘no less than 12 hours’ to indicate they intend to contest AEA removal
  • NBC News/Blaze/New York Times/Bloomberg: Judge blocks Trump bid to halt federal funding for sanctuary cities
  • ABC News/AP/CBS New York/CNN: ICE did not have warrant when agents detained Mahmoud Khalil: Court filing
  • Reuters/CBS Baltimore/CNN/Daily Wire: Judge orders return of second Maryland man deported to El Salvador in violation of court order
  • New York Times: Lawyers Seek Return of Migrants Deported Under Wartime Act
  • NewsMax: DHS’ McLaughlin to Newsmax: Abrego Garcia a Terrorist, Gang Member
  • AP: Fears of racial profiling swirl over registration policy for immigrants in the US illegally
  • Washington Post: The plot thickens on Trump’s deportation feud with courts
  • AP: Rulings coming fast and furious in lawsuits over Trump’s policies on immigration, elections and DEI
  • Blaze: Judicial insurrection’: Trump tells Glenn Beck rogue judges won’t stop illegal immigration crackdown
  • Washington Examiner: Lawsuit loophole let Trump administration deport migrants using different agency
  • FOX News: Federal judge gives DOJ another week in Abrego Garcia deportation case
  • Breitbart: Exclusive — DOT Sec. Duffy Warns Blue States: Comply with Trump Orders or Lose Transportation Funding
  • Univision: The unknown federal agency at the center of Trump’s order to require proof of citizenship to vote
  • NPR: Colleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scared
  • Washington Examiner: Country star John Rich partners with DHS to protect children from online predators
  • SDPB: Two of Rhoden’s cabinet members leaving to join Sec. Noem in DHS
  • The Hill: States could lose infrastructure funding over immigration, DEI: Transportation secretary
  • ABC News: [VT] Federal judge issues temporary order to keep detained Columbia student in Vermont
  • NBC News: [VT] Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk must be moved to Vermont, judge rules
  • New York Times: [CT] Protesters Near Yale Hurl Water Bottles at Far-Right Israeli Official
  • FOX News: [NY] Trump admin blasts NY Times over ‘sob’ story on deported kidnapper
  • New York Post: [NY] Trump admin lashes out at ‘sob story’ in lefty New York Times about illegal migrant convicted of kidnapping
  • Free Beacon: [NY] Columbia Radicals Ditch Reported Encampment Plans After University Threatens Arrests
  • New York Times/ABC News/The Hill: [DC] Kristi Noem purse was removed from under her chair, according to the Department of Homeland Security
  • NewsNation: [MD] Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife says she’s moved to safe house
  • CBS Austin: [TN] Suspected MS-13 gang member arrested in Nashville after year on the run
  • Reuters: [TX] Exclusive: Trump administration moved Venezuelan to Texas for possible deportation despite judge’s order
  • FOX News: [NM] Ex-New Mexico judge, wife arrested for allegedly harboring illegal Tren de Aragua member
  • CBS Austin: [CA] DOJ files felony charge against illegal migrant set for early release after DUI crash
  • FOX News: [CA] GOP DA trades barbs with Newsom after being blamed for bad ‘plea deal’ for illegal immigrant felon
  • East Bay Times: [CA] Feds, family members angered by pending early release of man who killed California teens
  • Breitbart: [CA] Leftist Protest Follows Arrest of Alien Day Laborers at California Home Depot
  • Bloomberg/Washington Post: [Mexico] Mexico Looks to Ban Hated Kristi Noem Ads With Telecoms Bill
  • Univision: [Mexico] Controversy over Sheinbaum’s controversial proposal against “Trump’s propaganda” in Mexican media
  • Daily Wire: [Venezuela] FBI: Maduro’s Venezuelan Govt Helping Tren De Aragua Terrorist Group Migrate To U.S.
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: The Trump Victim I Can’t Stop Thinking About
  • The Hill: America has a fentanyl and human trafficking crisis. We must secure our financial borders to fix it
  • Wall Street Journal: [MA] Harvard Is an Islamist Outpost
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: Democrat Rep. Wilson urges people to call, threaten lawmakers over uptick in illegal immigration detentions
  • Yahoo News: [MA] Head of ICE tells newspaper the agency is planning to ‘surge’ during return to Mass.
  • Univision: [NY] New York federal judge defies Trump: blocks express deportations and criticizes tattoo-based arrests
  • Breitbart: [MD] Guatemalan Illegal Alien Charged in Maryland Girlfriend’s Murder, Uncle Charged as Accessory
  • NewsMax: [FL] Feds, Florida Police Join for Deportation Sting
  • AP: [FL] As immigrant arrests surge, complaints of abuse mount at America’s oldest detention center in Miami
  • AP: [FL] Overcrowding, abuse and death: Complaints at America’s oldest detention facility surge
  • Bloomberg: [FL] Trump’s Mass-Deportation Push Overcrowds Miami’s Krome ICE Center
  • Telemundo: [FL] Congressman Frederica Wilson visits Krome Detention Center after migrant allegations
  • Washington Post: [FL] Giant tent rises in Florida to house hundreds of detained immigrants
  • FOX News: [FL] Mexican illegal immigrant released under Biden ‘sexually battered’ boy while playing hide and seek: sheriff
  • New York Times: [TX] ICE Deportation Notices: A Form in English and Only Hours to Act
  • Dallas Morning News: [TX] Federal agents are conducting ‘welfare checks’ on migrant children in North Texas
  • Univision: [CA] "My dad is not a criminal": Martín Majín’s arrest in Pomona immigration operation sparks outrage
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Sheriff says she’s ‘not crossing any lines’ in cooperating with ICE
  • Telemundo52: [CA] DHS agent at Cal State Fullerton causes confusion and class cancellations
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Barber released by federal agents after immigration operation in Pomona
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • FOX News: New DHS portal to help migrants register biometrics to comply with Trump order
  • Bloomberg: Ukrainian Refugees in the US Worry Trump Could Push Them Out
  • The Hill: Raffensperger asks Trump administration to halt deportation of Afghan Christians
  • AP: [NY] A New York man is charged with hiding his role in the Rwanda genocide to get US citizenship
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Federal judge orders temporary restoration of legal status for Iranian student at Texas A&M
  • CBS 8 Des Moines: [IA] Afghan refugees in Iowa fear deportation after receiving DHS letters
  • Reuters: [South Africa] US focuses on persecution claims as white South Africans seek resettlement
• Customs and Border Protection
  • CBS Austin: Southern border crossings plummet but sheriff warns of long fight ahead against cartels
  • Breitbart: Homan: We Need Congress to Raise Asylum Threshold at Border, Allow for Quicker Deportations, Longer Detentions
  • AP: [MI] A wrong turn onto a bridge at the US-Canada border has a Detroit woman facing deportation
  • Breitbart: [MI] Detroit: ICE Detains Hundreds of Migrants Mistakenly Crossing Border Bridge into Canada
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Traffic at the Port of Los Angeles already dropping amid tariffs
  • Newsweek: [CA] Green Card Holder in US for Over 30 Years Detained by CBP After Trip—Sister
  • AP: [Canada] Canadians put off by Trump’s bluster and border arrests are booking far fewer US visits
  • New York Times: [Brazil] Forced Labor Taints Brazilian Coffee, Say Complaints to U.S. Authorities
• Transportation Security Administration
  • AP: What to know as US prepares to require REAL ID for many air travelers next month
  • Univision: Royal ID: TSA warns Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands travelers to close deadline to renew licenses
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CNN: Trump officials discuss making it much harder to qualify for federal disaster assistance, starting this hurricane season
  • Reuters: Trump administration says it is complying with order barring FEMA funding freeze
  • Reuters: US emergency agency plan requires nearly all staff to be deployed, draft memo shows
  • CNN News Central: FEMA to Lose Roughly 20% of Staff Ahead of Hurricane Season
  • New York Times: Midwest Faces Hail and Tornado Threats as Storms Move Through
  • CBS New York: [NY] NYC air quality concerns continue as New Jersey wildfire burns
  • Reuters: [NJ] New Jersey teenager charged with arson in Pinelands wildfire
  • Washington Examiner: [AR] Arkansas appeals Trump administration’s denial of FEMA funding
  • AP: [NE] Wildfire burns thousands of acres in a rural, rugged area of Nebraska
• Coast Guard
  • Telemundo20/FOX 5: The Coast Guard seizes $214 million worth of cocaine in six operations.
  • ABC 12 New Bern: Bipartisan bill aims to extend tax fairness to injured Coast Guard veterans
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: [WI] Anonymous donor paying for Deep Thought’s removal from Lake Michigan shoreline
  • Hawaii News Now: [CA] Coast Guard confiscates $214M worth of cocaine in drug smuggling busts
  • NewsMax: [Guam] Navy Ends Search for Missing Nimitz Sailor in Guam
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: CISA gets new No. 2: Madhu Gottumukkala
  • Federal News Network: CISA extends deferred resignation offer to reinstated probationary staff
  • The Hill: Trump’s plans to gut cybersecurity agency would be a disaster for America’s elections
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Washington Times: Terrorism, RICO charges for Tren de Aragua escalate fight over Trump’s deportation powers
  • Daily Caller: ‘Terrorism’ Database Nuked By Trump Listed Pride Flag Burnings, Called Butler Shooter ‘Anti-Immigration’
  • Axios: [NY] Prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
  • CBS News: [IL] Highland Park parade shooter sentenced to life in prison without parole
  • FOX News: [Paraguay] Trump admin cheers ‘important steps’ as Paraguay targets Iran and its terror proxies
• National Security News
  • Washington Post: Intelligence head Tulsi Gabbard asks Justice to investigate alleged leaks
  • Reuters: US National Security Council thinned by recent firings, sources say
  • Washington Post: [DC] Hegseth’s chief of staff exits amid Pentagon turmoil
  • The Hill: Hegseth set up Signal on Pentagon office computer: Report
  • Wall Street Journal: Polygraph Threats, Leaks and Infighting: The Chaos Inside Hegseth’s Pentagon
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for U.S. Deep-Sea Mining
  • Washington Examiner: [Ukraine] Russia launches massive missile attack on Kyiv as Zelensky resists US pressure to surrender
  • Bloomberg: [Ukraine] US Aid Pullback is Making Ukraine More Vulnerable to Russian Hacks
  • Reuters: [Russia] US, European allies agree Russia is a long-term threat, NATO’s Rutte says
  • Wall Street Journal: [Russia] Russian Attack on Kyiv Kills 12, Prompting Trump to Rebuke Putin
  • NBC News: [China] Trump says the U.S. and China are ‘actively’ discussing tariffs. Beijing says that’s false.
  • Washington Post: [China] U.S. agencies alarmed by China’s curbs on exports of rare earth minerals
  • Reuters: [North Korea] North Korean cyber spies created U.S. firms to dupe crypto developers

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