• Top News
  • AP/FOX News/New York Times/Washington Post: State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US
  • Reuters/New York Times/Daily Caller: US reverses pledge to link disaster funds to Israel boycott stance
  • CBS News: Kristi Noem says "Alligator Alcatraz" to be model for ICE state-run detention centers
  • New York Times: At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the Biggest Risk Isn’t Alligators
  • Telemundo: The White House denies a hunger strike at ‘Alligator Alcatraz ‘
  • AP: Alligator Alcatraz: U.S. Politics Today Report Probes Florida’s Controversial Immigration Site
  • CBS Miami: 911 calls reveal emergencies, confusion inside Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center
  • NPR: ‘If You Can Keep It’: "Alligator Alcatraz" And Due Process
  • Good Morning America: Governor Calls for More Immigration Enforcement Powers
  • Breitbart: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: ICE Committed to Debunking Leftist Media Trying to Stifle Operations
  • FOX News: Illegal migrant allegedly kills mom, daughter in ‘horrific’ head-on car crash
  • NewsMax: Tricia McLaughlin to Newsmax: Trump ‘Turbocharging’ ICE
  • FOX Business: DHS official has message for Dems amid ‘horrible’ spike in ICE attacks
  • Breitbart: Trump to Speed ICE Paperwork with National Guard Troops
  • FOX News: Border Patrol chief rails against ‘disgusting’ sanctuary policies: This needs to stop
  • Breitbart: Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump from Quickly Deporting Biden’s Parole Migrants
  • Reuters: Exclusive: Rwanda reached deal with US to take in up to 250 migrants, government says
  • Daily Caller: Harvard President Reportedly Brushing Off Settlement Talks In Favor Of Court Battle
  • Breitbart: Democratic Member of Congress Confesses Guatemalan Identity
  • New York Times: Trump to Create Task Force for L.A. Olympics on Security
  • Breitbart: Alabama Lawmakers Want Death Penalty for ‘Underground Bunker’ Child Rape Case
  • CBS Chicago: 2 federal immigration judges speak out after being abruptly fired by Trump administration
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Times: Sorry, not sorry for immigration enforcement
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Bloomberg: White House Denies 3,000-a-Day ICE Arrest Target
  • NewsMax: DOJ Attorney: No Arrest Quota for ICE
  • Axios: ICE arrests decline amid backlash to June immigration raids
  • Washington Examiner: Who is ICE arresting? Data show 66% of illegal immigrants are criminals
  • USA Today: America is finally waking up to Trump’s cruelty toward immigrants
  • NPR: ICE recruits former federal workers to join its ranks
  • Telemundo: Fear of immigration raids is already impacting Latino school attendance.
  • Blaze: CNN confirms Trump’s immigration crackdown is having historic effects
  • CNN: [NY] A Korean university student and daughter of a priest was detained by ICE. Faith leaders are now standing behind her
  • News 12 Westchester: [NY] Homeland Security: Man accused in deadly Lakewood collision had history of DUI
  • Breitbart: [NJ] Sanctuary New Jersey: Illegal Alien Accused of Killing Woman, Her 11-Year-Old Daughter
  • Axios: [FL] Florida noncriminal ICE arrests surge
  • Washington Post: [LA] Purdue student from South Korea released from ICE detention facility
  • FOX News/Daily Wire: [TX] ICE lodges detainers against 3 Venezuelans charged with capital murder in Texas
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Homicides drop below 2024 numbers in Houston after June, records show
  • CBS News: [TX] Immigration enforcement at North Texas schools? Education leaders say law bans it
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] ICE agents in Colorado arrest 1 of 2 suspects who allegedly used car to try to ram vehicle used by immigration officers
  • DailySignal: [NM] New Mexico Governor Eyes Legislation to Ban ICE Detention Centers
  • Los Angeles Times: [AZ] ICE attempt to quickly deport Arizona woman ignores federal law, attorneys say
  • FOX News: [WY] GOP governor greenlights state troopers to join ICE in immigration crackdown
  • Daily Signal: [CA] Democrats Use Illegal Aliens to Obtain Cheap Labor to Support Their Lifestyles
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] California cannabis firm raided by ICE unveils big labor changes to avoid a repeat
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Religious leaders launch effort to accompany immigrants to court amid Trump crackdown
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Reuters: US government restricts sports visas for transgender women
  • Daily Wire: Trump Admin Updates Visa Categories To Block Men From Women’s Sports
  • Federal News Network: Barney changed USCIS’s cyber culture by putting the user first
  • DailySignal: [OH] Cincinnati Imam Sues Over Asylum Status
  • Newsweek: [CA] Green Card Applicant Arrested By ICE While Driving To Grocery Store
• Customs and Border Protection
  • CBS News: U.S. border agents directed to stop deportations under Trump’s asylum ban after court order, officials say
  • FOX Business: US collects $29B in tariff revenues in July, setting new monthly record
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Tricked-out trucks and office upgrades: Abbott’s Operation Lone Star was a bonanza for Texas cities
• Transportation Security Administration
  • NewsMax: Senate Republicans: TSA Killed Bill Limiting Face Scans
  • Axios: [CO] DIA opens new east security checkpoint and closes busy south lanes
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Good Morning America: FEMA to Release Nearly $1B in Funding
  • NBC News: Millions are under air quality alerts as wildfire smoke blankets large swaths of U.S.
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] California wildfires: Gifford Fire reaches 72,000 acres, threatening hundreds of structures
  • AP: [CA] Massive wildfire in central California threatens homes, injures 3 people as it burns out of control
  • SFGate: [CA] California wildfire explodes to over 65,000 acres, shuts down highway
• Coast Guard
  • Breitbart: [NJ] Distressed Whale Dies After Hitting Boat, Throwing One Person Overboard in New Jersey
  • FOX News: [NJ] Minke whale dies in New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay after being stranded on sandbar, surrounded by boats
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Coast Guard to team with Argentine investigators in probe of sailboat crash near Miami Beach
  • Early Today: [FL] Coast Guard: Third Girl Dead After Miami Sailing Boat Crash
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Federal News Network: New national cyber director faces packed to-do list
  • CyberScoop: Details emerge on BlackSuit ransomware takedown
  • CyberScoop: Google addresses six vulnerabilities in August’s Android security update
  • CyberScoop: Highly evasive’ Vietnamese-speaking hackers stealing data from thousands of victims in 62+ nations
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CBS New York: [NY] NYC office building reopens week after mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan
  • CBS News: [AR] Travis Eugene Posey sentenced to life in prison for Arkansas grocery store shooting that killed 4 people, injured 11
  • FOX News: [MT] Montana bar shooting suspect could return to town, state AG says, citing ‘concern for the public’
  • USA Today: [MT] Who killed bartender, 3 others in Montana mass shooting? What to know about the killings
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] 2 dead, 6 wounded in ‘senseless’ mass shooting at warehouse party in downtown L.A.
• National Security News
  • Washington Post: Police nationwide are embracing a new first responder: Drones
  • Breitbart: Former Obama Officials Face Federal Grand Jury Probe for Allegedly Pushing Trump-Russia Collusion Story
  • Reuters: What happens next in the US court battle over Trump’s tariffs?
  • AP: [Israel] France and Saudis vow to keep up momentum for ‘two-state solution’ to Israel-Palestinian conflict
  • CNN: [India] Trump threatens to ‘substantially’ raise tariffs on Indian goods as it continues to buy Russian oil
  • FOX News: [China] China deploys submarine to port in Russia for the first time
  • Federalist: [China] Trump Must Resist Beijing’s Attempts to Sabotage America’s Panama Deal
  • Reuters: [Philippines] China’s military conducted patrols in South China Sea, spokesperson says

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