• Top News
  • AP/Washington Post/The Hill/ABC News: Judge says deportation of Maryland man to an El Salvador prison was ‘wholly lawless’
  • ABC 2 Baltimore: Court Docs: Maryland man feared deportation over mother’s well known pupusa business
  • Breitbart: DOJ Says Judge Cannot Order Deported Illegal Migrant Be Returned to U.S.
  • New York Times: Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders
  • NPR: DHS official defends recent deportations under Trump administration
  • CBS News: U.S. sent 238 migrants to Salvadoran mega-prison; documents indicate most have no apparent criminal records
  • FOX News: Pam Bondi puts faith in ICE as key source in decision to deport alleged MS-13 gang member
  • The Hill: Liccardo says Bondi ‘undermining’ DOJ prosecutors’ aim to ‘do justice’
  • Washington Post: Worries grow over risks to Americans as Trump cuts health, safety agencies
  • FOX News: [AZ] Illegal immigrants charged in Nike shoe heist as cartels rob US cargo trains
  • CBS News: [El Salvador] Photojournalist witnesses Venezuelan migrants’ arrival in El Salvador: "They had no idea what was coming"
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Post: IRS data privacy is a right worth fighting for
  • Washington Examiner: FEMA’s DEI misadventure
  • FOX News: DOGE exposed our immigration asylum disaster. That was the tip of the iceberg
• Top News (Sunday Talk Shows)
  • FOX News Sunday: AG Pam Bondi accuses district court judges of playing ‘whack-a-mole’ with anti-Trump lawfare
  • NBC’s Meet the Press: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Is Asked How Long Americans Are Expected To “Hang Tough”
  • NBC’s Meet the Press: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Says President Trump Has Created Maximum Leverage For Tariff Negotiations
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • CBS News: Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
  • The Hill: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out on ‘abduction,’ calls on students to take action
  • Breitbart: [TN] Honduran Alien Indicted on Theft of 40 Firearms in Tennessee
  • AP: [TX] Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • AP: The US has revoked visas for South Sudanese while civil war threatens at home
  • Telemundo: “It’s time for you to leave the U.S.”: Ukrainian refugees get wrong message from DHS
  • Axios: [CA] Trump administration revokes UCSD student visas
  • NBC News: [CA] Visas revoked for more than 3 dozen California university students and alumni
  • Sacramento Bee: [CA] Trump Administration revokes entry visas for UC Davis international students
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Examiner: US customs braces for ‘huge task’ of enforcing Trump tariffs and finding cheats
  • Calhoun Journal: Attorney General Steve Marshall Urges Trump Administration to Address Import Program Loophole Amid Fentanyl Concerns
  • FOX News: Northern border sees ‘alarming increase’ in human smuggling as expert says technology, AI can lead the way
  • Washington Examiner: White House touts illegal immigration deportations with music video: ‘Hey, hey, goodbye’
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] Department of Homeland Security revokes 4 U-M student visas; at least 1 flees US
  • DailySignal: [AZ] Arizona Rancher Praises Trump as Illegal Border Crossers on His Land Plunge From 50 or More to 3 Daily
  • New York Post: [AZ] Chinese woman detained for expired visa dies by suicide at Border Patrol station in Arizona
  • AP: [CA] 2 US border inspectors are charged with taking bribes to wave in people without documents
  • AP: [South Korea] US blocks sea salt imports from South Korean salt farm over forced labor concerns
  • Reuters: [South Korea] South Korea aims to lift US ban on sea salt imports over suspected forced labour
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NPR/Breitbart: Severe storms and floods batter South and Midwest, as death toll rises to at least 18
  • AP/USA Today: Rising rivers threaten US South and Midwest after dayslong torrent of rain
  • CNN: Violent storms sweep through central US and prompt evacuations in flooded Kentucky
  • New York Times: Residents Exhausted From Dayslong Storm Are Desperate for a Break
  • The Connecticut Mirror: Trump cuts to weather and emergency services could force CT to fend for itself
  • The Center Square: [NC] FEMA: Democrats question Homeland Security secretary
  • Reuters: [KY] Kentucky says 2 dead after floods, over dozen killed recently in other US parts
  • AP: [KS] Kentucky towns hit by flooding after deadly storm sweeps across US South and Midwest
• Secret Service
  • New York Post: [FL] Florida man arrested for making ‘written threats to kill’ President Trump on Facebook
• Coast Guard
  • San Diego Union-Tribune: As the U.S.-Mexico land border tightens, focus turns to dangerous sea crossings
  • News Nation: Coast Guard Cracking Down On Migration
  • DVIDS: [HI] U.S. Coast Guard strengthens partnership with Republic of Palau at Joint Committee Meeting
  • Stars and Stripes: [HI] USS Shiloh returns to Pearl Harbor-Hickam after 3-month deployment patrolling the South Pacific
  • KUAM News: [Guam] US Coast Guard Oliver Henry rescues two mariners near Namoluk Atoll
  • Stars and Stripes: [Guam] Coast Guard urges use of locator beacons after recent Pacific rescues
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • New York Times: Trump Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses at a Moment of Rising Danger
• Terrorism Investigations
  • USA Today/Axios: Pam Bondi says she received death threats for seeking death penalty against Luigi Mangione
• National Security News
  • CBS News: Trump national security adviser meant to add spokesperson not journalist to Signal chat, sources say
  • FOX News: GOP congressman says Signal leak was ‘obviously’ a mistake, defers to president to determine consequences
  • AP: Trump says he’s not backing down on tariffs, calls them ‘medicine’ as markets reel
  • Bloomberg: Trump Rejects Market Rout Fears, Displays Defiance on Tariffs
  • The Hill: Trump officials defend tariffs amid market, conservative unrest
  • New York Times: Trump Aides Defend His Tariffs Amid Global Blowback
  • CBS News: Commerce Secretary says tariffs are here to stay and will "reset the power of the United States of America"
  • The Hill: Lutnick says Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands prevent other countries from using ‘loopholes’
  • NewsMax: US Commerce Chief: Tariffs to Remain in Place for Days, Weeks
  • Daily Wire: More Than 50 Countries Have Asked To Negotiate With Trump On Tariffs, Admin Officials Say
  • The Hill: Rollins dodges questions on whether Trump tariffs are ‘here to stay’: ‘A lot to be determined’
  • New York Times: [Israel] As Netanyahu Heads to Washington, He Finds an Ally in Trump
  • Reuters: [Israel] Palestinian teenager with U.S. citizenship shot dead by Israeli settler, Palestinian officials say
  • Breitbart: [Israel] Israel targets Hezbollah in south Lebanon as US envoy visits
  • Bloomberg: [India] India Seeks US Trade Talks, Signaling No Retaliatory Tariffs
  • Reuters: [India] India unlikely to retaliate against Trump’s tariffs as deal talks progress, sources say
  • FOX News: [China] Farmer says China buying US land is a ‘national security’ issue
  • Bloomberg: [China] China Appeals for Calm, Readies Plans to Counter Trump’s Tariffs
  • FOX News: [China] Trump says US not willing to make deal with China unless trade deficit is solved
  • Washington Examiner: [China] Trump confirms reports that China tariffs killed TikTok deal
  • Bloomberg/New York Times: [Vietnam] Vietnam Offers to Remove All Tariffs on US After Trump Action
  • Bloomberg: [Philippines] Philippines Mulls Cutting Tariffs on US Products, Its Trade Chief Says

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