• Top News
  • Washington Post/Los Angeles Times/CBS News: DOJ says judge can’t order return of Salvadoran man wrongly deported
  • Washington Post/CBS News: Justice Dept. suspends lawyer who acknowledged deportation was a mistake
  • CNN: DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service
  • NPR/CNN/AP: Nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ protests erupt against Trump and Musk
  • Washington Post: DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants
  • Reuters: As judges stymie Trump with nationwide orders, pressure builds on US Supreme Court
  • Los Angeles Times: A closer look at Trump’s move to send Venezuelan migrants to a prison in El Salvador
  • AP: The frenzied 24 hours when Venezuelan migrants in the US were shipped to an El Salvador prison
  • AP: Takeaways from Trump’s move to send Venezuelan migrants in the US to a prison in El Salvador
  • USA Today: Legal today, illegal tomorrow: How Trump is undoing the Biden border crisis
  • ap7am.com: US mistakenly asks Ukrainian refugees to leave
  • Florida Politics: Rick Scott outlines ‘nation’s threats’ to Kristi Noem
  • CNN: Trump’s crackdown on university protests is casting a long shadow. Activists hope he’s also providing a spark
  • Breitbart: [NY] 133 Illegal Aliens Busted in New York Deportation Operation
  • NBC News: [NY] Protesters in small New York village march to Trump border czar’s home over family’s ICE detention
  • FOX News: [NY] Tom Homan says protests outside NY home won’t change anything
  • Breitbart: [Panama] Panama wants ‘respectful’ ties with US amid canal threats
  • VOZ: [Columbia] Noem revealed that Colombia’s socialist president assured that the members of the Aragua Train needed "love and understanding"
  • AP: [Colombia] Colombia rejects statements by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary on meeting with Petro
  • Bloomberg: [Colombia] Colombia, US Spar Over Petro’s Approach to Fighting Drug Cartels
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Post: Trump needs to explain his national security firings
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • USA Today: Judge orders Abrego Garcia return to US. Due process should have prevented this. | Opinion
  • Washington Post: A deeply ominous week for the spy agencies
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • AP: Foreign journalists at US-backed media fear being sent to repressive homelands after Trump’s cuts
  • Washington Examiner: Five most significant ICE arrests of criminal illegal immigrants this week
  • Washington Post: As Trump cracks down on immigration, U.S. citizens are among those snared
  • Blaze.com: [DC] Video: Leftists swarm ICE headquarters whining about deportation of pro-Hamas radicals
  • NBC News: [FL] Tate brothers may be under federal investigation in the U.S., court filing suggests
  • New York Post: [IL] Venezuelan migrant released from ICE custody to save ailing brother in need of a kidney
  • AP: [TX] Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
  • NBC News: [WA] Amid ICE detention, Georgetown professor worried most for his class, colleagues and students say
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Times: Trump administration’s visa crackdown alarms universities nationwide
  • Times Now News: US Immigration’s ‘Common Sense’ Rule to Recognise Biological Sexes: ‘There Are Only Two...’
  • The Hill: GOP senators back crackdown on foreign students
  • NBC News: [MA] UMass Amherst says 5 international students have had visas revoked
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Trump administration cancels dozens of international student visas at University of California, Stanford
  • FOX News: [South Sudan] US revokes all South Sudan visas, bars future issuance until deportees accepted
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: CBP set to enforce ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, has collected over $200M per day in additional associated revenue
  • FOX News: CBP officers charged after allegedly taking bribes to wave in illegal immigrants
  • AP: [CA] 2 US border inspectors are charged with taking bribes to wave in people without documents
  • CNN: [Canada] Canada warns travelers of US border agents’ authority to search electronic devices
  • Telemundo: [CA] Trump administration cancels more than a dozen visas for UC international students
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Washington Post: States caught unprepared for Trump’s threats to FEMA
  • CNN: Thunderstorms trigger catastrophic flooding across the middle of the US
  • Washington Post: Dangerous rains batter central U.S. as more tornadoes swarm the South
  • NewsMax: Rising Rivers, Flash Floods Hit Waterlogged Communities
  • AP/NewsMax: At least 16 dead in flooding and tornadoes as storms slash from Texas to Ohio
  • AP: [KY] Boy’s death in Kentucky flooding raises questions about why school district didn’t cancel classes
  • AP: [TN] Tornado warning prompts Tennessee residents to take shelter
• Coast Guard
  • FOX 13 Tampa Bay: [FL] Officials Issue Update On Boat Rage Incident
  • FOX 35 Orlando: [FL] Florida charter captain arrested after viral confrontation video; attorney no longer representing him
  • Whatcom News: [WA] State representatives voice concerns over recent US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NBC 8 Portland: [OR] US Coast Guard cutter ‘Bluebell’ celebrates 80 years on Portland-area waterways
  • 89.7 FM Unalaska: [AK] Body of missing fisherman recovered along Captains Bay shoreline
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CNN: [TN] How The Covenant School shooter planned the deadly attack for years while manipulating parents and therapists
  • CNN: [TN] Here’s the official police timeline of The Covenant School shooting and initial investigation
• National Security News
  • The Hill: NSA names acting director after top officials ousted
  • NewsMax: Loomer Blamed for NSA Chief’s Dismissal
  • CNN: [DC] White House advisers have kept Laura Loomer at bay for months. Then, Trump invited her in
  • Washington Post: As Trump tariffs sink in, conservatives challenge whether they’re legal
  • Washington Post: While China derides U.S. tariffs, other nations seek to de-escalate tensions
  • Daily Wire: ‘HANG TOUGH’: Trump Calls On Americans To Ride Out Tariff Storm, Predicts ‘Historic’ Investments
  • Bloomberg: [Zimbabwe] Sanctioned Zimbabwe Leader to Suspend US Tariffs in Bid to Reset Ties
  • AP: [Colombia] A rebel group begins handing weapons over to the Colombian government as peace talks advance
  • New York Times: [Syria] Inspectors Say More Than 100 Chemical Weapons Sites Could Remain in Syria
  • Breitbart: [Israel] Trump and Netanyahu Will Meet Again Monday with Gaza, Tariffs and More on the Table
  • Bloomberg: [India] India to Focus on Trade Deal, Avoids Retaliation on US Tariffs
  • Reuters: [Vietnam] US, Vietnamese Businesses Ask Trump to Delay 46% Tariffs on Vietnam
  • The Philippine Star: [Philippines] Philippines, US coast guards hold joint Balikatan maritime exercises

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