• Top News
  • AP/San Francisco Chronicle/Daily Caller/CBS News/NPR: Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for 60,000 from Central America and Nepal
  • AP: US and Ecuador sign agreement to combat transnational crime
  • AP: DHS Sec. Kristi Noem visits Ecuador, signs agreement to combat transnational crime
  • Blaze: Tren de Aragua in crosshairs as Noem signs deal with Chile to help prevent foreign gangs from entering US
  • New York Post: Migrant crossings in once-overrun Darien Gap drop to almost zero with Trump immigration crackdown in full swing
  • AP: ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up
  • NBC News: ICE efforts to poach local officers are angering some local law enforcement leaders
  • ABC News: ICE recruitment efforts upset some local law enforcement leaders
  • Telemundo52: ICE’s efforts to recruit local agents infuriate police leaders
  • Today: ICE Launches Nationwide Recruitment Campaign
  • FOX News: Senate bill looks to box out future presidents who may try to skirt immigration enforcement laws
  • FOX News: Feds could pull police cash over illegal immigrant hires in new House bill
  • AP: Texas man indicted for fatally shooting Afghan refugee who had helped U.S. troops defuse bombs
  • ABC News/AP: 1,350 more National Guard members withdrawn from Los Angeles
  • FOX News: Democrat moves to block Trump admin from using military drones to monitor protests after LA riots
  • Good Morning America: Avelo Airlines to Close US West Coast Base
  • CNN: Air Marshals, reassigned from commercial flights, ‘serve sandwiches and check lice’ on ICE deportation flights
  • Bloomberg: Homeland Axing of Oversight Complied With Funding Law, GAO Says
  • CNN: Judge in Abrego Garcia case tells Trump administration to moderate public comments to ensure a fair trial
  • Daily Wire: Migrant Crossings Of Infamous Darien Gap Plummet To Near-Zero
  • USA Today: Scammers play into confusion over tariffs, immigration, drug trafficking
• Opinion – Editorials
  • National Review: Ending the H-1B Visa Lottery Is a Good Step
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Texas lawmakers are in Kerrville: What we need to know about the July 4 floods
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Bloomberg: ICE’s Culture of Secrecy Has Nothing to Do With Safety
  • FOX News: This is how Trump can break defiant sanctuary cities
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Opinion: ICE policy change keeping sick people from badly needed care
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Daily Caller: Democrats Try Suing Their Way Into ICE Facilities
  • Telemundo: Agents break car windows to arrest immigrants with no criminal record, even when there are children or pregnant women.
  • Politico: Blue-state Democrats want immigration agents to show their faces
  • Axios: Warner, Kaine to introduce bill to unmask ICE agents
  • CBS News: A majority of ICE arrests in Trump’s first 5 months took place in border and Southern states, figures show
  • Washington Examiner: ICE Tracker: Police shooter and ‘America’s Most Wanted’ suspect arrested
  • Washington Post: [ME] ICE detains police officer even after DHS system approved him for work
  • NBC News: [ME] Maine town denies it didn’t properly vet reserve officer arrested by ICE
  • FOX News: [NY] DHS scoops up trans illegal alien charged with heinous crime on child in sanctuary city: ‘Worst of the worst’
  • Daily Signal: [MS] Trump Admin Partners With Mississippi on Human Trafficking Sting
  • AP: [FL] A US judge says arrested Haitian businessman and former presidential hopeful will remain in custody
  • Univision: [FL] These are the 7 Florida cities with the highest number of ICE detainers
  • New York Times: [LA] A Trump Ally Pressed for a Mexican Citizen’s Release from ICE Custody
  • Federalist: [TX] DHS: ICE Houston Arrested 214 Illegal Aliens Charged With Child Sex Crimes Since January
  • NewsNation: [TX] Camp Bliss’ a ‘concentration camp for migrants’: Commissioner
  • NBC News: [CO] Sheriff’s deputies are disciplined in traffic stop that led to student’s ICE detention
  • NewsNation: [CO] Sheriff apologizes for teen’s detainment by ICE: ‘I take full responsibility’
  • Breitbart: [WA] Activists Delete Fundraising Campaign for Arrested Migrant Who Turns Out to Be Murder Suspect
  • Daily Caller: [CA] DOJ Charging More Than 50 Alleged Anti-ICE Rioters In California, Prosecutor Says
  • Houston Chronicle: [CA] Texas A&M researcher in ICE custody following weeklong detention at San Francisco airport
  • USA Today: [CA] Deportations are taking a toll on California’s economy - and have only just begun
  • Washington Post: [El Salvador] ‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the mega prison where the U.S. deported migrants
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Reuters: US imposes visa sanctions on Palestinian Authority officials, PLO members
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Harvard University student denied visa as others scramble to get to Massachusetts for semester
  • Bloomberg: [Haiti] Trump’s Rollback of Haitian Immigrant Relief Draws Fresh Lawsuit
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Bloomberg: Chaotic Tariff Rollout Leaves US Importers Short on Details
  • New York Times: Trump Wants a New Border Wall. It Would Block a Key Wildlife Corridor.
  • New York Post: [NY] NY parole officer who moonlights as therapist found with child porn on phone at JFK: prosecutors
  • AP: [TX] A Texas Researcher Was Held at an Airport for Over a Week. Now He Faces Deportation
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: Tropical Storm Gil forms in eastern Pacific and isn’t expected to threaten land as it strengthens
  • HS Today: FEMA Publishes Notices of Funding Opportunity for Flood and Earthquake Assistance
  • The Hill: [TX] Texas flood survivors decry lack of aid, ‘toxic pit’ conditions in special session
  • New York Times: [TX] ‘Not a Damned Penny.’ Texas Flood Survivors Look for Help
  • CNN: [TX] Hearing on deadly Texas floods reveals local officials missed emergency planning briefing
  • NPR: [TX] In an emotional hearing, Texas lawmakers hear from flood survivors, local officials
  • CBS News: [TX] Kerr County emergency official says he was sick and asleep when deadly flash floods hit Texas
  • CNN: [HI] Hawaii breathes a massive sigh of relief after tsunami scare shakes islands
• Secret Service
  • Washington Examiner: White House will construct 90,000-square-foot Trump ballroom
  • FOX News: Secret Service must ‘course correct’ after alleged smuggling episode on Trump trip, former agent says
• Coast Guard
  • U.S. Naval Institute: The Coast Guard: Working Through Challenges
  • AP: [ME] Coast Guard says rotten wood and poor inspections led to deadly schooner mast collapse
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] 3 people in stable condition after Detroit Coast Guard rescue. What we know
  • The Hill: [CA] Environmental groups accuse federal government of failing to protect whales in California
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Feds still trying to crack Volt Typhoon hackers’ intentions, goals
  • Federal News Network: How Salt Typhoon breached the National Guard — and what it means for U.S. cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Senate legislation would direct federal agencies to fortify against quantum computing cyber threats
  • Axios: West Point rescinded job offer over "manufactured outrage," top Biden cyber official says
  • CBS News: Ex-Biden cyber director says West Point appointment was "unfortunately" rescinded
  • Bloomberg: [China] China Says US Exploited Old Microsoft Flaw for Cyberattacks
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CNN: Trump pick for counterterrorism role confirmed by Senate despite Democrats’ concerns over past association with extremists
  • Free Beacon: State Department Sanctions Palestinian Authority Officials Over ‘Support of Terrorism’
  • The Hill: [NY] Antipsychotic meds, suicide note found in NYC mass shooter’s apartment
  • CBS News: [NY] NYC gunman had valid Nevada concealed carry permit
  • Daily Wire: [MI] Judge Increases Bond For Walmart Stabbing Suspect After Public Outcry
• National Security News
  • CBS News: Trump unveils higher tariffs on dozens of countries
  • New York Times: Trump Imposes 35% Tariff on Canada and Grants Mexico a 90-Day Extension
  • Washington Examiner: Durham annex reveals FBI ignored evidence of Clinton plan to create Russia hoax
  • CNN: Pentagon schedules first major test for Golden Dome missile defense system just before 2028 election, sources say
  • Los Angeles Times: [Canada] Trump seeks to use Canada’s recognition of Palestinian state as leverage in trade talks
  • Breitbart: [Brazil] Trump Declares Brazil a National Security Threat, Imposes Sanctions on Rogue Supreme Court Judge
  • Washington Post: [Israel] Top Trump officials to visit Gaza as hunger crisis draws outrage
  • Bloomberg: [Russia] Russian Hackers Pose as Cyber Firm to Spy on Embassies
  • FOX Business: [China] Nvidia denies ‘backdoors’ in chips after China raises security concerns

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