• Top News
  • Politico/Newsweek/AP/WSJ: Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador must be returned to US, judge rules
  • NBC News: Bad faith’: Judges rip Trump administration for litigation tactics
  • Reuters/Washington Post: Trump administration accidentally tells some Ukrainians to leave country
  • ABC News: Adversaries attempting to recruit laid-off government workers as spies: Intelligence
  • CBS News: Elon Musk, DOGE use access to Social Security data to elevate claims against migrants
  • Washington Examiner: HUD moves to kill public housing assistance for ‘sanctuary’ cities and states
  • NPR: How tariffs on imports will affect logistics companies on the U.S.-Mexico border
  • CBS Austin: Justice Dept.’s global sweep extradites 10 fugitives for murder, drug trafficking, more
  • Washington Post: Amid attacks, Judge Boasberg weighs holding Trump officials in contempt
  • CBS Austin: Federal judge finds Trump’s "America First" slogan is racist toward immigrants
  • Washington Examiner/AP/The Hill: [VT] Judge denies DOJ request to move Tufts student ICE case to Louisiana
  • The Hill: [NY] Judge declines Khalil’s request to block Columbia from giving student records to House committee
  • FOX News: [SC] Illegal immigrant held without bail in death of University of South Carolina student
  • FOX News: [SC] South Carolina AG takes on illegal immigrant hit-and-run, promises criminals ‘we’re coming for you’
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Judge temporarily blocks new Florida immigration law
  • Washington Examiner: [FL] Bondi announces three MS-13 members arrested in south Florida for unsolved murders
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] Immigrant advocates sue Florida over new immigration crackdown law
  • CBS Minnesota: [MN] Alleged MS-13 gang member arrested in Minnesota charged with murder, federal officials say
  • MSN United States: [TX] Texas Man Arrested for Threatening to ‘Open Fire’ on ICE Agents, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
  • Border Report: [Mexico] Teacher-turned-drug lord ‘La Tuta’ fighting extradition to US
  • Border Report: [Mexico] Chapo’ associate ‘Leo’ arrested in Mexico City after years on the run
  • New York Times: [Cuba] How Guantánamo Bay Figures in the Trump Immigration Crackdown
  • Telemundo: [Cuba] High-profile self-deportation of the Cuban regime
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: The Trump Administration’s Department of Homeland Publicity
  • Washington Examiner: The US can’t win the fight against fentanyl without the Coast Guard
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NewsMax: Sen. Britt: Prosecute Online Threats Against ICE Agents
  • NewsMax: DHS Looks to Divert Migrant Aid to Immigration Enforcement
  • Newsweek: Republican Working to Crack Down on People Threatening ICE Online
  • Maine Morning Star: [ME] First Maine police department joins ICE partnership
  • Yahoo! News: [CT] Hamden man arrested on child porn charges
  • Newsweek: [NY] New Yorker Who Has Been in US Over 50 Years Held by ICE, Faces Deportation
  • NBC News: [NY] Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil says his ICE arrest was an ‘abduction’
  • Reuters: [NC] Family of Venezuelan singer jailed in El Salvador call for due process
  • FOX News: [VA] Illegal immigrant charged after Virginia man found stabbed to death in stranger’s home: ICE
  • FOX News: [VA] Dem prosecutor lets off illegal immigrant charged with strangulation, kidnapping
  • Yahoo! News: [TN] ICE called in after FHP finds disabled van with 20 people in it on I-10 in Tallahassee
  • Yahoo! News: [AL] Homeland Security provides insight into ICE, HSI arrest protocols following Alireza Doroudi arrest
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Miami-Dade mayor asks for tour of Krome detention center as overcrowding strains facility
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Venezuelan migrant temporarily released from ICE to donate kidney to brother: ‘He will get to save my life’
  • Wisconsin Examiner: [WI] Four more Wisconsin county sheriffs sign agreements to cooperate with ICE
  • Yahoo! News: [WI] ICE arrests at Milwaukee courthouse prompt community response
  • Newsweek: [WI] Trump Voter’s Wife to Be Released Weeks After ICE Arrest
  • CBS 58: [WI] 2 ICE arrests made at Milwaukee County Courthouse complex
  • Yahoo! News: [WI] Racine man arrested on child porn charges; ICE detainer placed
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] ICE request for data on Houston drivers could lead to more deportations, family separations
  • NPR: [TX] He’s a decorated war vet but a convicted criminal. ICE wants to deport him
  • CBS Austin: [TX] Phony ICE agent’s deportation threats lead to arrest
  • NBC News: [WA] Roofer says ICE arrested three of his relatives in a workplace raid
  • Border Report: [CA] California lawmakers consider banning immigration enforcement at public schools
  • Miami Herald: [Venezuela] Second planeload of Venezuelans deported from the U.S. this week lands in Caracas
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Examiner: DHS notifies 531,000 immigrants paroled into US under Biden: Self-deport now
  • New York Times: Justices Are Asked to Keep Nationwide Pause on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
  • Newsweek: DACA Recipient Who Came to US When He Was 4 Years Old Deported
  • Bloomberg: Migrant Family Questions Its American Dream Under Trump
  • Dallas Morning News: President Trump unveils a $5 million ‘gold card’ visa. Here is what to know
  • Telemundo: Trump suspends food stamps for immigrants on humanitarian parole
  • Washington Post: [DC] Foreign-born D.C. teachers blindsided by end of green card policy
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Federal judge rebuffs Trump again in Venezuelan TPS case, blocking deportations
  • Yahoo! News: [OH] Ohio State University students face visa revocation with no explanation
  • CBS News: [KS] DACA recipient and father of 3 deported to Mexico despite valid documentation
  • Yahoo! News: [NV] Federal immigration authorities revoke 4 UNLV international students’ visas
  • AZCentral: [AZ] International ASU student detained after visa revoked
• Customs and Border Protection
  • New York Times: [VT] Judge Orders Tufts Student’s Detention Case Moved to Vermont
  • Yahoo! News: [DC] U.S. Customs and Border Protection removes Kenyan woman who tried to use sister’s documents to enter the country
  • New York Times: [AZ] Chinese Woman Detained in Arizona Border Station Dies by Suicide
  • AP: [CA] 2 US Border Patrol officers are charged with taking bribes to wave in people without documents
  • Newsweek: [Canada] Canadians Advised to Take Burner Phones When Travelling to US
  • AOL: [Mexico] US military says cartel drones are observing troops on the southern border
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Dallas Morning News: New requirement for air travel in the U.S. takes effect in a month. What you need to know
  • WWLP: [CT] Arrest made after illegal firearm found at Bradley International Airport checkpoint
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: Trump administration ends key grant program that helps communities prepare for disasters
  • San Francisco Chronicle/USA Today: Federal judge: Trump administration is violating order to release FEMA funds
  • Politico: FEMA chief given lie detector test after leak of private meeting
  • Yahoo! News: Trump administration weighs eliminating FEMA
  • CNN: Life threatening flooding underway in central US as deadly storm rages on
  • NPR: Deadly storms devastate parts of the U.S. South and Midwest
  • Newsweek: US Tornado Warnings Break 14-Year Record
  • Yahoo! News: Colorado Task Force One deploys to aid in flood, tornado recovery efforts in Tennessee and Kentucky
  • WPRI: [RI] Trump administration violated court order in funding freeze case, RI judge rules
  • WJHL: [VA] Trump approves Virginia’s disaster declaration for February floods
  • Yahoo! News: [KY] Trump approves emergency declaration for Kentucky
  • Kentucky Lantern: [KY] Child dies in floodwaters in Frankfort as Kentucky expects still more rain, wind, rising rivers
  • Yahoo! News: [KY] FEMA offices will close in Kentucky due to weather
  • Yahoo! News: [AR] Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders requests major disaster declaration from President Donald Trump ahead of potential flooding
  • Yahoo! News: [IN] NWS releases first data on Indiana tornadoes, Brownsburg tornado traveled 9.6 miles
  • The Daily World: [WA] FEMA pulls $50M from North Shore Levee project
• Secret Service
  • CyberScoop: Senators re-up bill to expand Secret Service’s financial cybercrime authorities
  • FOX News/Newsweek: [FL] Florida police arrest man for making ‘written threats to kill’ Trump
  • CBS Austin: [TX] Suspicious package addressed to Trump prompts emergency response in Texas
• Coast Guard
  • New York Post: US Coast Guard triples number of guardsmen protecting the border — as migrant crackdown turns to the seas
  • ExecutiveGov: New Coast Guard Initiative Seeks to Ensure Service Is ‘Always Ready’
  • FOX 25 Gulfport: Secretary of the Coast Guard Act of 2025
  • FOX 13 Tampa Bay: [FL] Charter captain arrested following confrontation captured on viral video
  • HS Today: [TX] Coast Guard Detains 8 Mexican Fishermen, Seizes Illegally Poached Fish Off Texas Coast
  • HS Today: [CA] Coast Guard Plus Navy Rescue 18 People From Disabled Vessel Off San Diego Coast
  • HS Today: [PR] Coast Guard Flags Hazardous Security Risk After Inspecting Cargo at San Juan Port
  • DVIDS: [Guam] USCGC Oliver Henry rescues two mariners near Namoluk Atoll, Spotlights EPIRB value ahead of 406 Day
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CBS News: Cybersecurity agency that oversees election infrastructure to face significant cuts, sources say
  • Politico: Trump’s firing of NSA chief is ‘rolling out the red carpet” for cyber attacks
  • New York Times: Trump Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses at a Moment of Rising Danger
  • Federal News Network: A cyber call to arms
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Yahoo! News: [MI] Charges for MSU shooting threat ruled constitutional
• National Security News
  • AP: Trump abruptly fires the 4-star general who headed the National Security Agency
  • AP: Trump abruptly fires the 4-star general who headed the National Security Agency
  • Washington Post: Attorney General Pam Bondi downplays need for DOJ probe of Signal chat
  • Reuters: US seeks ideas for Golden Dome missile interceptors in space
  • The Hill: Federal employee unions sue over Trump bid to strip collective bargaining
  • FOX News: [Panama] Sec Hegseth to visit Panama after Trump’s demands for canal’s return
  • Wall Street Journal: [Russia] U.S. Told Kremlin Envoy That Putin Needs to Show He Wants Peace, Rubio Says
  • New York Times: [Russia] U.S. Patience on Ukraine Is Running Out, Rubio Warns Russia
  • New York Times: [Israel] Israeli Military Expands Ground Operations in Gaza City
  • New York Times: [Israel] Israel Steps Up Bombings in Gaza City, Hitting a School Turned Shelter
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] U.S. to Press Iran for Direct Nuclear Talks
  • Wall Street Journal: [China] China Hits Back at Trump With Sweeping Tariffs on All U.S. Goods
  • New York Times: [China] Trump Extends Deadline for a TikTok Deal
  • FOX News: [China] China halted TikTok deal with US over tariffs: report
  • FOX News: [China] Trump’s China tariffs face legal challenge from conservative group calling them ‘unlawful’
  • Reuters: [Taiwan] Taiwan’s Top Security Official Visits US for Talks, Source Says
  • Reuters: [Philippines] Philippines Alarmed Over China Arrest of Alleged Filipino Spies

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