• Top News
  • Washington Post/New York Times/AP: Court orders Trump to restore lawyers for unaccompanied migrant children
  • FOX News/Washington Times/Daily Wire: US immigration will only recognize 2 genders going forward, ends Biden-era practice
  • Fedscoop: DOGE granted access to naturalization-related IT systems, memo shows
  • CNN: Congress appropriated some FEMA money to house and aid migrants. Trump officials want it used to detain them
  • Washington Examiner: Federal judge pauses Trump order to halt legal funds for unaccompanied illegal migrant children
  • FOX News: Trump tells Supreme Court his authority is under siege in deportation showdown
  • Miami Herald: Trump administration fires back at judge who stopped order to deport Venezuelans with TPS
  • Alabama Public Radio: GoFundMe site raises money for UA student arrested by ICE agents
  • FOX News: Trump college crackdown: List of students detained amid antisemitism on campuses
  • CNN: A pro-Israel group says it gave US list of protesters to deport, drawing alarm from students’ supporters
  • New York Times: Following Immigration Changes Far From Border
  • New York Times: Trump Unveiled Sweeping Tariffs on Nearly All Imports
  • CBS 7: Tariffs could lead to higher prices and supply chain disruptions
  • CBS Austin: Trump defends tariffs, claims long-term economic benefits for US
  • Reuters: ‘Dire consequences for millions’: World leaders condemn Trump’s tariffs
  • Reuters: Canada, Mexico not subject to new global rates while fentanyl, border order in place
  • Bloomberg: Canada exempt from Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs, PM Carney promises countermeasures to auto, sectoral levies
  • AP: Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs as some Republicans vote to halt taxes on Canadian imports
  • Roll Call: Four Republicans help Democrats pass measure to end Canadian tariffs
  • Washington Examiner: Trump slams GOP senators backing anti-tariff resolution: ‘Unbelievably disloyal’
  • CBS News: Trump considering announcing "External Revenue Service," sources say
  • Reuters: [NY] U.S. Federal Court indicts head of Ecuador’s Los Choneros on drug and gun charges
  • Washington Post/AP/Miami Herald: [NY] New York Mayor Eric Adams’s corruption case dismissed by federal judge
  • Washington Examiner: [NJ] New Jersey judge rejects Trump request to move Mahmoud Khalil case to Louisiana
  • NPR: [NJ] After Mahmoud Khalil’s immigration arrest, his lawyer rushed to court. It paid off
  • AP: [MD] Outrage Grows Over Maryland Man’s Mistaken Deportation to El Salvador Prison
  • New York Times: [MD] Lawyers for Man Deported in Error to El Salvador Assail Trump Administration
  • Reuters: [VA] Senate committee may subpoena US Army for helicopter safety memo
  • Reuters: [IN] Indiana University cybersecurity professor has not been arrested or detained, lawyer says
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] Florida lawmakers consider plan to require E-Verify immigration searches for small businesses
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Immigrant groups sue Florida over new law targeting undocumented immigrants
  • The Hill: [TX] Texas man arrested for ‘making terroristic threats’ against ICE agents, Noem
  • Reuters: [NV] US arrests alleged MS-13 gang leader linked to Nevada murders
  • Yahoo! News: [MT] Immigration legislation advances despite strong opposition from nonprofits
  • CBS News: [CA] Evangelical group strives to change its own narrative around immigration
  • Latin Times: [Mexico] Mexican President Reveals There Are More Top Narcos Set For Extradition To The U.S.
  • Border Report: [Mexico] Cartels targeting US firms in Mexico for theft, extortion
  • Roll Call: [El Salvador] US touts use of El Salvador prison with human rights concerns
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived.
  • Newsweek: Why America Needs a Dedicated Cyber Force Now | Opinion
  • The Hill: DOGE is a nightmare for counterintelligence
  • Wall Street Journal: The Signal Story Is Far From a Closed Case
  • USA Today: [MD] Trump’s team made a deadly deportation mistake. Vance thinks it’s ‘gross’ we care. | Opinion
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: Trump administration deports 100K illegal migrants since inauguration: report
  • Daily Caller: ‘He Should Be Locked Up’: Trump Admin Stands By Deportation Of Alleged MS-13 Gangbanger
  • NPR: Police put in complex position as immigration arrest warrants added to U.S. database
  • Washington Post: Trump touted these ICE arrests. Half were already in prison.
  • Yahoo! News: Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is ‘Only a Matter of Time’
  • Houston Chronicle: What to know about your rights as ICE raids continue and students are arrested for protesting
  • NBC News: A DEA immigrant informant fears he could be deported: ‘Matter of life and death’
  • NPR: Legal scholar sees immigrant arrests as a ‘struggle for the soul of the country’
  • Vermont Daily Chronicle: [VT] Detained pro-Hamas Turkish student routed through Vermont
  • AP: [MA] Detained Tufts student taken from Massachusetts before judge ordered her kept there, government says
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Tufts University declares support for student detained by ICE, seeks immediate release
  • Univision: [MA] Judge Holds ICE Agent in Contempt of Court for Detaining Hispanic Immigrant During Trial
  • CBS Boston: [MA] District attorney considers charging ICE agent after defendant is detained mid-trial in Boston
  • Yahoo! News: [MA] Provincetown man detained at Plymouth jail by ICE, pending charges in Orleans court
  • CBS News: [NY] Mom, 3 kids detained by ICE in operation that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul calls "just plain cruel"
  • NBC News: [NY] New York governor attacks ICE over ‘cruel’ detention of three children and their mother
  • Univision: [NY] ICE detains mother and three children without a warrant in New York, and local authorities express outrage.
  • Yahoo! News: [NJ] Newark says prison company blocked inspectors from checking new ICE detention center
  • Yahoo! News: [MD] Wife of wrongfully deported Maryland father to 5-year-old son with disabilities speaks out for first time
  • CNN: [DC] Federal judge to consider case of Georgetown fellow arrested by ICE
  • Miami Herald: [FL] How Florida is telling highway troopers to hold, detain immigrants wanted by the feds
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] Unpacking claims ICE is holding 4K detainees in 500-person capacity facility outside Miami
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Coach arranged to meet ‘teen’ for sex acts in FL, then a cop showed up, feds say
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Venezuelan migrant to be temporally released from ICE to donate kidney to ailing brother, attorney says
  • Washington Post: [IL] He came to the U.S. to give his brother a kidney. Then ICE arrested him.
  • Miami Herald: [MN] Jailed University of Minnesota student from Turkey asks court to free him, restore visa
  • Minnesota Public Radio: [MN] Judge demands answers from immigration officials over U student’s detention
  • Univision Austin/FOX News: [TX] 40 alleged members of the Aragua Train arrested in Hays County
  • Newsweek: [TX] Texas Mom Living in US for 39 Years Hugs Son Before ICE Detains Her—Video
  • AP: [TX] Sheriffs Would Be Required to Cooperate With Immigration Agents Under Bill Approved by Texas Senate
  • AP: [CO] Man who escaped ICE detention in power outage gets caught on a Denver bus
  • AZCentral: [AZ] Immigration advocates ramp up ‘resistance’ vs. Arizona bills backing Trump’s deportation agenda
  • AP: [WA] Immigration officials raid Washington state roofing company and arrest over 3 dozen people
  • KTLA: [CA] California bill seeks to limit ICE presence on school campuses
  • ABC News: [El Salvador] Meet 5 of the alleged gang members the Trump administration sent to an El Salvadoran mega-prison
  • FOX News: [Guam] Chinese national smuggled illegal immigrants to American territory as US sees influx from adversary
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Newsweek: Dual Citizenship Targeted by Republicans in New Bill: What To Know
  • Washington Post: DHS cuts funds for groups helping legal immigrants become U.S. citizens
  • Newsweek: U.S. Citizens May Have Phones Searched After Traveling, CAIR Warns
  • Telemundo 48: Can international students or DACA recipients travel outside the US?
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] Temple University student’s visa revoked by Trump administration, TU president says
  • Philadelphia Inquirer: [PA] Temple student whose visa was revoked has self-deported, university says
  • Minnesota Star Tribune: [MN] Five international students at Minnesota university have visas revoked
  • NBC News/CBS News: [CO] Trump administration revokes visas of 10 Colorado international students, universities say
  • Yahoo! News: [OR] University of Oregon international student’s visa terminated by Homeland Security
  • AP/Yahoo! News: [Mexico] US revokes visas of Mexican band members after cartel leader’s face was projected at a concert
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: Trump admin shares border plans for 2025 and beyond: ‘As much wall as we need’
  • CBS Austin: Southern border sees big drop in crossings, as some sound alarm about deportation methods
  • Washington Examiner: Republicans celebrate decline in border arrests under Trump: ‘Ecstatic’
  • CBS New York: [NY] Ex-New York City councilman arrested at Miami International Airport for possessing child pornography
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Two escape Border Patrol custody in Florida Keys. One caught, sheriff’s office says
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] Ulta Beauty store robberies investigated in El Paso
  • The Texas Tribune/Austin American-Statesman: [TX] More than 40 people arrested at Texas home amid Tren de Aragua investigation
  • UPI: [TX] On Texas-Mexico border, Feds arrest 6, confiscate 259 pounds of marijuana worth $207K
  • El Paso Times: [TX] El Paso sheriff’s deputies arrest woman, seek others in Ulta Beauty cosmetics store thefts
  • Border Report: [TX] Another man caught trying to smuggle drugs in rectum at Ysleta Port of Entry, CBP says
  • BorderReport: [CA] Border Patrol agents stay with stranded Mexican women overnight on Otay Mountain
  • BorderReport: [CA] One migrant dead, another injured in fall from San Diego border wall
• Transportation Security Administration
  • USA Today: Scan, smile, board: Why your face might be your next boarding pass | Cruising Altitude
  • CBS News: Millions of Americans still without a Real ID as deadline nears
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Washington Post: Potentially catastrophic storms and tornado threats begin in central U.S.
  • New York Times: Tornadoes Reported in South and Midwest as Powerful Storms Strike
  • Miami Herald: Tornadoes, torrential rains impact central United States
  • Reuters: Tornadoes, heavy rains rip across central, southern US
  • AP: Violent storms cut through the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing 1 person
  • CBS Austin: Tornadoes hit Oklahoma, causing damage in several counties as severe weather strikes
  • Yahoo! News: [CT] FEMA funding for ‘sanctuary’ areas under review, CT officials warn
  • ABC News: [NC] After 6 months, 5 people still missing in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene
  • Louisville Courier Journal: [KY] Kentucky is in a state of emergency ahead of storms, which are expected to last 4 days
  • The Tennessean: [TN] Will Tennessee be hit with once in 1,000-year rain? Latest forecast ahead of severe weather
  • Newsweek: [TN] Multiple Tornadoes Hit Tennessee’s Selmer: ‘Incredibly Dangerous Situation’
  • Yahoo! News: [MO] Kehoe requests federal disaster declaration for March 14-15 storms, tornadoes
  • Yahoo! News: [MO] Nearly 1,200 customers lose power in Howell County as tornado warning in effect
  • FOX4: [MO] Storms, possible tornadoes leave trail of damage across Missouri
  • Arkansas Advocate: [AR] Arkansas governor declares state of emergency for predicted severe weather
  • AZCentral: [AR] Tornado emergency in Arkansas as storms batter the South, Midwest; 1 reported dead
  • Yahoo! News: [AR] 15 injured after storms roll through AR county, sheriff says
  • Yahoo! News: [MI] Gov. Whitmer deploys National Guard to aid in Northern Michigan ice storm recovery efforts
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Death toll from Los Angeles wildfires rises to 30 following discovery of human remains
  • CBS San Francisco: [CA] Tornado near Modesto damages properties, uproots dozens of trees
• Federal Protective Service
  • CBS Austin: [DC] Sen. Cory Booker’s staffer arrested for carrying gun on Capitol grounds, officials say
• Secret Service
  • New York Times: [DC] A Pristine Family Photo. Then Barack Obama Strolls By.
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] Carter County Sheriff’s Office warns of counterfeit money scheme
• Coast Guard
  • Maritime Executive: USCG Heavy Icebreaker Polar Star Returns Home After 128-day Deployment
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] Former Battleship North Carolina employee claims illegal wiretapping, firing in lawsuit
  • New York Post: [FL] Boat crammed with 99 Haitian migrants cut off trying to sneak onto US shores, sent back home: Coast Guard
  • ABC 10 Tampa: [FL] Missing Boater Search Turns Recovery Mission
  • Yahoo! News: [OR] New video shows rescue of girl dragged into the ocean in Seaside
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • FOX News: FBI warns about new extortion scam targeting sensitive data
  • CyberScoop: Don’t cut CISA personnel, House panel leaders say, as they plan legislation giving the agency more to do
  • CyberScoop: Cyber Command touts AI-driven gains in cybersecurity, network monitoring
  • Newsweek: Has Elon Musk’s X Been Hit By Massive Data Breach? What We Know
  • Reuters: Oracle tells clients of second recent hack, log-in data stolen, Bloomberg News reports
  • MeriTalk: Salt Typhoon Is a Cybersecurity ‘Wake-Up Call,’ Experts Say
  • Axios: [MN] Cyber funding cuts could expose Minnesota, IT head warns
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: Number of Tesla attacks soars past 50 as violence targeting Musk’s company escalates
  • New York Times: A Swastika, a Tesla and a Debate Over the Limits of Hate Crime Law
  • USA Today: [NY] Man who killed 10 in Buffalo mass shooting wants death penalty trial relocated to NYC
  • New York Times: [TN] Nashville Police Release Details on Covenant School Shooting and Close Case
  • Yahoo! News: [IL] Pre-trial release denied for 2 men accused in Willowbrook Juneteenth mass shooting
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Texas lawmakers push to make damaging Tesla chargers a felony, according to new proposed legislation
  • FOX News: [CA] California man to plead guilty to attempted assassination of Justice Kavanaugh
• National Security News
  • Politico: Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world
  • FOX News: ‘False’: Trump admin rebukes claims intel officials are frequently using Signal to send classified info
  • Yahoo! News: Trump’s national security advisor reportedly used his personal Gmail account to do government work
  • Bloomberg: What DeepSeek and Other AI Models Mean for National Security
  • Washington Post: Top House Democrat urges FBI probe of Musk’s China ties
  • New York Times: Rubio Visits NATO Amid European Alarm Over Trump’s Agenda
  • The Hill: Trump NATO envoy poised to press allies on defense spending
  • Yahoo! News: US Space Force picks Rocket Lab and Stoke Space to compete for national security launches
  • Bloomberg: [Panama] Denmark’s Maersk Buys Panama Canal Railway Despite Trump Threat
  • Washington Examiner: [Democratic Republic of Congo] Congo overturns death sentences of three Americans convicted in coup attempt
  • Yahoo! News: [Israel] Gaza rescuers say nine children among dead in Israel strike on UN building
  • New York Times: [Israel] On Eve of Trump’s Tariffs Announcement, Israel Says It Will Lift All Duties on U.S. Imports
  • The Hill: [Yemen] US sanctions network helping to get weapons for Houthis
  • CNN: [Afghanistan] The Taliban senses an opening as it pushes for diplomatic recognition in talks with Trump administration
  • CBS News: [Afghanistan] American children of British couple in Taliban captivity appeal directly to Trump
  • Yahoo! News: [Myanmar] Trump admin sending three USAID staffers to Myanmar to help with earthquake relief
  • USA Today: [China] China concludes two-day war games around Taiwan after live fire drills
  • Bloomberg: [China] China Detains Three Filipinos for Alleged Spying as Ties Fray
  • Yahoo! News: [China] Jeff Bezos Makes Last-Minute Offer for TikTok as Deadline Looms
  • Reuters: [Philippines] Philippines Assures China Potential F-16 Purchase Not Intended to Harm Any Nation

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