• Top News
  • New York Times/Wall Street Journal/Daily Caller/New York Post/Axios: Trump Signs 3 Executive Orders, Addressing Immigration and Policing
  • NewsNation: Noem takes look at cross-border tunnel during El Paso visit
  • CBS Austin: Border Czar Homan says Trump administration has carried out 139,000 deportations
  • CBS Austin: Trump admin intensifies immigration crackdown with mass raids: ‘Preview of what’s to come’
  • CBS News: Noem says "night and day difference" at U.S.-Mexico border from year ago
  • New York Times/Bloomberg Law: Lawsuit Challenges Policy Allowing Immigration Action in Churches and Schools
  • Federal News Network: DHS abruptly ends flexible work agreements
  • CNN: Johnson says it’s ‘game time’ as House committees draft first piece of Trump agenda
  • Washington Examiner: House GOP unveils asylum application fees and new border buoys in budget agenda
  • The Hill: Judiciary Republicans announce meeting on bill with vast immigration changes
  • DailySignal: White House Directly Involved in House Republicans’ $69B Border Security Funding Plan
  • The Hill: Democratic negotiators say Trump has targeted at least $430 billion in funding
  • NewsNation: 3 American children deported with their mothers, lawyers say
  • New York Times: What to Know About the 3 U.S. Citizen Children Removed to Honduras
  • CNN/AP/Telemundo: Trump’s border czar insists 3 U.S. citizen children sent to Honduras ‘weren’t deported’
  • Washington Times: Border czar Tom Homan says citizenship of kids doesn’t make parents ‘immune’ from U.S. law
  • Washington Examiner: What’s next in the cases over deported mothers and their children
  • NBC News: Attorneys dispute Trump officials’ claim that deported moms willingly took their U.S. citizen children
  • Daily Caller: ‘I Did Not Know’: Charlamagne Says Media Left Him Clueless About Key Detail In 2-Year-Old’s Deportation
  • Axios: Children increasingly bear brunt of Trump’s deportation push
  • Reuters: Judge questions US Defense Department role in Venezuelans’ deportations
  • CNN: Trump admin proposed sending up to 500 alleged Venezuelan gang members during negotiations to use El Salvador’s mega prison
  • CNN: ‘Nothing will ever be perfect’: Trump touches on immigration crackdown and Hegseth in Atlantic interview
  • AP/Washington Examiner/Telemundo52/CBS Austin: Five takeaways from White House on border and immigration at 100-day mark
  • AP: Trump made big promises and moved at frenetic speed. 100 days in, here’s what he’s done and not done
  • Washington Times: Tom Homan: Biden put up illegal migrants in pricey hotels to help them evade deportations
  • Washington Times: Trump border czar Tom Homan says Biden was only president to ‘unsecure’ border on purpose
  • USA Today: DHS is touting deportations. Experts say the numbers don’t add up.
  • Washington Post: Inside the little-used foreign policy provision cited for student deportations
  • NPR: Trump has used government powers to target more than 100 perceived enemies
  • The Hill: Critics see ‘monumental shift’ in Trump remaking of DOJ civil rights division
  • FOX News: Elections watchdog urges Senate GOP to close noncitizen voting loophole
  • New York Times: U.S., Helped by Musk’s Team, Charges Iraqi With Voting Illegally in 2020
  • Telemundo: Impostors pose as immigration lawyers, cloning voices with artificial intelligence
  • Bloomberg: [NY] Judge Won’t Block Student’s Deportation Over Warrantless Arrest
  • Breitbart: [NY] New York’s Mary Rosado Latest Judge with Democrat Activist Resume to Halt Trump Agenda
  • FOX News: [NY] Eric Adams unfazed by ruling blocking his order to allow ICE into Rikers Island: ‘All part of the process’
  • USA Today: [NY] Police investigate after pro-Israel counter-protesters assault two women in NYC
  • FOX News: [DC] White House displays lawn signs highlighting illegal immigrant crime
  • The Hill: [DC] Second suspect arrested in Noem purse theft
  • NBC News Daily: Second Suspect Arrested in Theft of Secy. Kristi Noem’s Purse
  • Washington Post: [DC] Prosecutors charge suspect with stealing DHS Secretary Noem’s purse
  • New York Post: [DC] Brazen illegal migrant boozed with Kristi Noem’s credit card at Italian eatery after snatching her Gucci purse, pics show
  • New York Post: [DC] Illegal migrant accused in Kristi Noem’s purse snatching released into US despite notice of ‘expedited removal’
  • Politico: [DC] Suspect in Noem purse snatching tells authorities he didn’t recognize her
  • New York Post: [DC] Illegal migrant accused of snatching Kristi Noem’s Gucci purse was free after similar crime in NYC last month
  • Breitbart: [KY] Feds Charge 7 Suspects over Mexican-Run Cash Smuggling Scheme in Kentucky
  • Blaze: [MI] Chinese national accused of voting in US election skips hearing, prompting bench warrant
  • Federalist: [WI] Milwaukee Judge Charged With Putting Herself ‘Above The Law’ By Rejecting Rule Of Law
  • FOX News: [WI] Photo shows Milwaukee judge’s courtroom door with notice to anyone who ‘feels unsafe’
  • Blaze: [WI] Dem governor denies directing state employees to break federal law to protect illegal aliens
  • CBS News: [TX] North Texas interfaith leaders rally for immigrants facing deportation without due process, they say
  • NewsNation: [NM] Court documents reveal new details in the arrests of former judge, wife
  • Telemundo: [CA] Immigration court judges fired in San Francisco and Concord
  • New York Times: [Mexico] Mexico to Give U.S. More Water From Their Shared Rivers
  • NBC News Daily: [Haiti] Haitian Migrants Face Possible Return to Violence
  • CBS News: [El Salvador] Trump "Border czar" Tom Homan says Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador wasn’t a mistake
  • NBC News: [El Salvador] An inside look at the El Salvador prison where Kilmar Abrego Garcia was moved after supermax site
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Courts can’t put politics — or illegal immigrants — above the law
  • Washington Post: Trump’s fake emergencies are the real crisis
  • New York Post: How to deport without due process: make illegal immigrants WANT to leave
  • USA Today: Trump deports US citizen kids, even one with cancer. When will we say ‘enough’?
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Mass revocations of student visas are bad news for American businesses
  • FOX News: [MD] My daughter was murdered by an illegal immigrant. Sen. Van Hollen’s El Salvador visit was a slap in the face
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Politico: Homan presses undocumented immigrants to self-deport, threatening prosecution
  • Washington Examiner: White House confident Trump will deport a million illegal immigrants by end of year
  • Blaze: Tom Homan declares deportations are moving ‘full speed ahead’ as catch-and-release is ‘over’
  • FOX News: Trump’s border czar tells illegal immigrants they ‘cannot hide from ICE’ amid mass deportation agenda
  • FOX News: Trump’s border czar tells illegal immigrants that ICE will track them down
  • Breitbart: Tom Homan Fires Warning Shot to Judges, Officials Knowingly Harboring Illegals: ‘You Will Be Prosecuted’
  • DailySignal: Trump’s Migrant Hunt Digs Into the IRS and Social Security
  • NBC 5 News at 11:00am: Immigration Crackdown Escalates
  • NPR: A student protester in danger of deportation tells his story from detention
  • NPR: Airline that struck deal to operate deportation flights faces growing backlash
  • Telemundo Washington DC: [MD] Alleged group that arranged fake marriages for immigration benefits dismantled
  • USA Today: [VA] Video of unidentified men detaining suspect in Virginia court raises civil liberties fears
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [GA] Hispanics arrested in operation against child exploitation
  • Reuters: [TX] Texas military base could be ready to hold migrant detainees in ‘near future," Trump border czar says
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] More than 100 remain in ICE custody after weekend Colorado Springs unlicensed nightclub raid
  • Daily Caller/CNN: [CO] Feds Arrest Over 100 Illegal Migrants After Raiding Gang-Infested Nightclub
  • FOX News: [CO] More than 100 migrants arrested in Colorado nightclub raid
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Relative says U.S. citizens taken into ICE custody after DEA raid in Colorado Springs
  • FOX News: [CO] Pam Bondi offers new details on Colorado nightclub raid, Wisconsin judge who allegedly aided illegal immigrant
  • 89.7 FM Tampa Bay: [Cuba] She was deported to Cuba, and wonders when she’ll see her 1-year-old daughter and husband again
  • Telemundo: [Cuba] Mother deported to Cuba asks for help to return with her newborn daughter in the US
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times: House G.O.P. Proposes Charging $1,000 to Claim Asylum, Hiking Fees on Migrants
  • New York Post: Trump administration revokes 4,000 visas for students with criminal records for assault, robbery: ‘Breaking the law with no consequences’
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Times: White House says more than 85 miles of new border wall under construction
  • Daily Caller: Trump White House Takes Big Victory Lap On Border Accomplishments In First 100 Days
  • FOX News: White House touts 100-day illegal immigration crackdown after Biden ‘unsecured the border on purpose’
  • Telemundo Amarillo: An influencer is deported after being deemed a "threat" to national security.
  • NewsNation: DHL Express to resume shipments over $800 to US
  • UPI: [MI] Border officials in Michigan seize 3rd bulk discovery of cocaine in month
  • USA Today: [TX] Video shows cruise passengers fighting at Galveston terminal, 24 travelers banned
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Pursuit from Orange County ends in driver suicide at San Diego border
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Reuters: White House names McNeill as acting head of Transportation Security Administration
  • Washington Examiner: Duffy vows to discuss TSA changes with Noem after ‘very clear’ message from travelers
  • FOX News: Some states see REAL ID crowd rush, others quiet as deadline looms
  • FOX News: [KY] ‘We’re simply not ready’: REAL ID rollout could trigger national headache, state lawmaker warns
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Washington Examiner: Trump announces FEMA Review Council members to fix ‘broken system’
  • AP: Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects
  • New York Times: Midwest Braces Amid Threat from Pounding Winds, Hail and Tornadoes
  • Washington Post: Severe storms stretch from Wisconsin to Texas, with strong tornadoes possible
  • ABC News: Tornado outbreak possible in Upper Midwest, millions on alert
  • CBS Philadelphia: [NJ] Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, N.J. still burning despite weekend rainfall
  • AP: [NJ] Wildfire in New Jersey Pine Barrens at 75% Containment, Officials Say
• Secret Service
  • NBC News: Severe thunderstorms to rumble from Minnesota to Texas
  • NBC News Daily: [AL] Trump to Speak at the University of Alabama
• Coast Guard
  • ABC 13 Hampton: Coast Guard seizes $74 million of cocaine in the Atlantic
  • NBC 6 Wilmington: [NC] U.S. Coast Guard to hold active-shooter exercise on Bald Head Island Ferry
  • USA Today/Breitbart: [FL] Boat flees after crashing into ferry in Clearwater, Florida; 1 dead, 10 injured
  • New York Post: [FL] Frantic mayday call revealed chaos after deadly Florida ferry boat collision: ‘Ferry is adrift’
  • CBS Mornings: [FL] Deadly Florida Ferry Crash
  • Miami Herald: [HI] Empty kayak found floating in ocean off Hawaii sets off search, Coast Guard says
  • Yahoo! News: [HI] Honolulu Coast Guard crew nabs 20K pounds of cocaine in Pacific
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • FOX News: FBI warns of time-traveling hackers
  • CyberScoop: House passes bill to study routers’ national security risks
  • CyberScoop: Cybersecurity vendors are themselves under attack by hackers, SentinelOne says
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Cyber incident causes outages at DuPage County sheriff’s office, courthouse
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: [AZ] Tesla arson suspect arrested in Arizona after fiery assault on Cybertruck
• National Security News
  • NPR: DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
  • Washington Post: FBI, national security agencies using polygraphs for ‘leak’ hunts
  • NPR: Trump thinks Hegseth will ‘get it together’ amid Pentagon staff chaos
  • Free Beacon: US Universities Don’t Like Unmasking Their Foreign Donors. A New Trump Order Aims To Make Them.
  • The Hill: Trump threatens to veto Senate resolution blocking tariffs
  • Reuters: Trump to reduce impact of auto tariffs, officials say
  • Reuters: US aviation industry slammed by tariffs, seeks exemptions
  • CNBC: Agriculture isn’t nearing trade war tariffs crisis, ‘it is full blown crisis already’ farmers say
  • NBC News: [Ukraine] Putin declares ceasefire in Ukraine as Trump suggests Zelenskyy may cede Crimea
  • Washington Examiner: [Ukraine] Trump ‘frustrated’ with Putin and Zelensky as he seeks ceasefire to Russia-Ukraine war
  • Reuters: [Egypt] Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo near ‘significant breakthrough,’ two security sources say
  • Washington Post: [Israel] World court opens hearings on Israel’s aid obligations to Palestinians
  • FOX News: [Iran] US Treasury targets Houthi-linked vessels to disrupt efforts to fund ‘dangerous and destabilizing attacks’
  • New York Times: [Yamen] Attack on Migrant Facility in Yemen Kills Dozens, Houthis and Aid Officials Say
  • Wall Street Journal: [Yemen] Houthis Say U.S. Airstrike in Yemen Killed Nearly 70 People in Migrant Detention Center
  • The Hill: [China] China on Trump tariffs: ‘They make up bargaining chips out of thin air’
  • Reuters: [Taiwan] Trump Tariffs Risk US Electronics Shortages, Taiwan’s Pegatron Says
  • AP: [Philippines] Philippines security official disputes China’s statement over disputed South China Sea outcropping
  • AP: [Philippines] Japan’s Ishiba will discuss Chinese aggression in disputed seas and US tariffs in Philippines visit

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