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Wall Street Journal/NBC News/FOX News/Washington Post: Trump Deploys National Guard to D.C., Moves to Take Over City’s Police Department
New York Times: Trump Ordered the National Guard to Police the Nation’s Capital
AP: Trump’s order to deploy troops in DC is his latest use of the National Guard in cities
Breitbart: Pete Hegseth: We’ve Mobilized the National Guard and Have Other ‘Specialized’ Units Ready to Address D.C. Crime
NewsMax: Mayor Muriel Bowser: Trump’s D.C. Move ‘Unsettling, Unprecedented’
Breitbart: Report: D.C. Mayor Bowser Planning No Legal Challenge to Trump’s Police Takeover
AP: Photos of Trump’s emergency declaration as the National Guard is activated in Washington
Washington Examiner: Some aspects of home rule sidelined as Trump takes control of DC police force
FOX News: FBI Director Kash Patel backs Trump’s DC police takeover: ‘When you let good cops be cops, they deliver’
FOX News: Trump’s top federal prosecutor says young criminals in DC feel ‘emboldened’
NBC News: Trump’s unprecedented takeover of D.C. police comes as crime is down, figures show
Wall Street Journal: How Trump’s D.C. Police Takeover Is Uncharted Territory
NBC News/New York Post: Legality of Trump’s deployment of National Guard in L.A. is argued in federal court
Reuters: US military was deployed to LA protests despite low risk, general testifies
USA Today: Trump suggests he can send National Guard troops into other U.S. cities beyond D.C.
Wall Street Journal: How Trump Is Expanding the Role of the American Military on U.S. Soil
AP: Trump’s big bill is powering his mass deportations. Congress is starting to ask questions
Washington Post: Fugitive immigrant sentenced to life without parole in Rachel Morin murder
FOX News: DHS Secretary Noem says Rachel Morin’s killer ‘should have never been in our country’
ABC News: Federal law enforcement agents are interviewing unaccompanied migrant children at shelters
FOX News: DHS official argues Rhode Island is ‘putting their own people in danger’
Breitbart: Report: Florida Funding Voluntary Fights of Illegal Migrants Back to Home Country
FOX News: Illinois Democrats tell feds to stop trying to ‘usurp’ state authority over immigration
Daily Caller: Dem Rep ‘Personally Requested’ Meeting With Illegal Migrant Gangbanger Who Kidnapped Child
Washington Examiner: Major New York hotel-turned-shelter ends operations after city ends contract
Wall Street Journal: NYC Builders Are Converting Shuttered Migrant Hotels Into Apartments
Reuters: Explosions at US Steel plant leaves two dead, 10 injured
AP: Officials are still investigating the cause of a Pennsylvania steel plant explosion that killed 2
Opinion – Editorials
Bloomberg: Supercharging ICE Threatens to Be a Costly Mistake
Washington Post: Helping undocumented students afford college isn’t discrimination
Wall Street Journal: [DC] Donald Trump, D.C. Police Commissioner
Opinion – Op-Eds
The Hill: Immigration enforcement is increasingly going through criminal courts
The Hill: H-1Bs are wreaking havoc on American workers
New York Times: [DC] Does President Trump Want to Be Mayor, Too?
Washington Examiner: [GA] Jon Ossoff cares more about violent illegal immigrants than victims like Laken Riley
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
New York Times: Over 60,000 Are in Immigration Detention, a Modern High, Records Show
Washington Times: Rushing for the exit: Illegal immigrant population down 1.6 million under Trump crackdown
Breitbart: ICE Arrests Illegal Aliens Convicted of Attempted Murder, Rape, Domestic Abuse over Weekend
Telemundo51: ICE deports mother of US Marine with no criminal record
Breitbart: HBO’s John Oliver Fantasizes About Trump’s Funeral, Gives Tips on How to Evade ICE: ‘We Are in a Very Grim Moment’
Breitbart: U.S. repatriates 14 Mexicans serving drug convictions
New York Post: [SD] Illegal migrant caught with $12M of crystal meth in South Dakota: officials
CBS Colorado: [CO] Colorado Congressman Jason Crow to tour ICE detention facility in Aurora
GMA3: [NV] Governor Considers Guard Support
Telemundo52: [CA] Federal agents detain at least 15 day laborers in front of Home Depot in North Hollywood
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Breitbart: Civil Rights Chief Harmeet Dhillon Slams Critics of H-1B Program
Breitbart: GOP Rep. Murphy Calls for More H-1B Doctors
Los Angeles Times: Man who overstayed his visa stole food aid from thousands of needy Californians, feds say
Univision: He has ‘green card’ and has lived in the US for 23 years. ICE stopped him on returning from a vacation in the Bahamas
Federalist: Democrats Promise To Turn Illegal Aliens Into Voters
Breitbart: [CA] California City Approves $100,000 Fund to Help Migrants Pay Rent
Daily Caller: [China] Trump Admin Steps Up Scrutiny Of Electronic, Solar Imports Over Chinese Slave Labor Concerns
Customs and Border Protection
Daily Caller: Trump Admin Steps Up Scrutiny Of Electronic, Solar Imports Over Chinese Slave Labor Concerns
FOX Business: Trump says gold will not be tariffed amid rumors it might be following US Customs and Border Patrol ruling
NewsNation: FBI: Fentanyl seizures up 25 percent since Trump took office
Breitbart: [MD] Illegal Alien Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole for Raping, Murdering Rachel Morin
Politico: [CA] Trial exposes internal tension over Trump’s use of National Guard in LA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington Post: FEMA joins other federal agencies in canceling union contracts
NBC News: Under water: How FEMA’s outdated flood maps incentivize a system in which risk is negotiable
CBS News: Tropical Storm Erin forms, could become first hurricane in Atlantic Ocean this season
AP: [WV] West Virginia will finally study how to protect communities after deadly 2016 floods
AP: [WI] Flooding cancels last day of Wisconsin State Fair as severe storms knock out power and close roads
Coast Guard
NewsNation: Coast Guard rescues 4 from capsized boat on Lake Erie
MarineLink: U.S. Coast Guard Commissions USCGC Storis
NewsNation: [OR] Oregon fishing vessel capsizes; 3 rescued, 1 missing
ABC News: [OR] Coast Guard suspends search for missing fisherman
CBS News/FOX News: [China] China research ships are ramping up activity in U.S. Arctic, Coast Guard says
Washington Post: [China] Footage shows two Chinese ships colliding while chasing Philippine boat
Reuters: [Philippines] Philippines voices concern over ‘dangerous’ Chinese actions after Scarborough Shoal collision
CISA/Cybersecurity
CyberScoop: SonicWall pins firewall attack spree on year-old vulnerability
CyberScoop: Researchers determine old vulnerabilities pose real-world threat to sensitive data in public clouds
FOX News: [GA] Father of CDC gunman indicates possible motivation behind shooting
Terrorism Investigations
Blaze: Latin American leaders react to report that Trump will use US military against cartels
Washington Examiner: Leaders of terror-linked charity bankroll Democrats
AP: [Pakistan] US designates Baloch separatists as a terror group over role in attacks in Pakistan
National Security News
CNN: Federal judge rejects Trump DOJ’s bid to unseal grand jury materials in Ghislaine Maxwell case
CyberScoop: FCC tightens rules on foreign firms building undersea cables, citing security
Federal News Network: National security risks behind a wave of cuts at the State Department
AP: [Iran] Iran says talks with IAEA will be ‘technical’ and ‘complicated’ ahead of agency’s planned visit
Breitbart: [China] Trump signs order to extend China tariff truce by 90 days
Breitbart: [China] Nvidia, AMD deal with U.S. govt. to share revenue from China AI chips
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