• Top News
  • New York Post/Washington Examiner: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem unveils plans for new migrant detention space in Indiana: ‘The Speedway Slammer’
  • Daily Wire/New York Post: ICE Agents Narrowly Escape Arson Attack In Washington State
  • CBS News/NewsMax: DOJ publishes list of 35 "sanctuary" jurisdictions, vowing more lawsuits
  • Telemundo: Another Alligator Alcatraz in Florida? They reveal possible plan to open a new detention center
  • AP/FOX News/CNN/Daily Caller: Trump admin strikes new deportation deal with Rwanda to get illegal aliens off American soil
  • NewsMax: Trump Vows to Work With US Farmers on Migrant Labor
  • FOX News: Trump signs executive order establishing task force for 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
  • Los Angeles Times: Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, hinting at wider role
  • USA Today: Trump says he will use military, if needed, to secure 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
  • Washington Post: Trump suggests he could use the military to keep the L.A. Olympics ‘safe’
  • Daily Wire: DHS Exposes ‘Worst Of The Worst’ Illegal Criminals, Calls For Americans To Join ICE
  • NBC News: Hundreds of alleged human rights abuses in immigrant detention, report finds
  • Telemundo: An oversized kennel: ex-employee of Alligator Alcatraz, speaks of inhumane conditions.
  • AP: Judge considers whether Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center violates environmental law
  • NewsMax: DHS Uses Image From Next ‘South Park’ for Recruiting
  • Breitbart: DHS: Jobs Report Shows All Job Gains Going to Americans — Not Migrants
  • Washington Post: Trump threatens federal takeover of D.C. after attack on DOGE worker
  • Washington Post: Trump vowed to make D.C. ‘safe and beautiful.’ Here’s what’s happened.
  • Axios: Early data shows major homicide drops for big cities in 2025
  • New York Post: NYC shootings have plunged to record lows this year, NYPD Commish Jessica Tisch says ‘we are resetting the curve’
  • Daily Signal: Biden Lost 500K Migrant Children — Trump Administration Is Returning Them Home
  • FOX News: Deadly drug stronger than fentanyl spreads rapidly across the Americas, experts warn
  • New York Times: Inside Trump’s New Tactic to Separate Immigrant Families
  • The Hill: Shaheen compels answers on Trump deportations to Costa Rica, Panama
  • CNN: How Corey Lewandowski’s power at the Department of Homeland Security keeps growing
  • CNN: The Department of Homeland Security embraces a socialist anthem
  • NBC News: How Trump is reshaping government data
  • NewsNation: DACA activist detained at El Paso airport
  • Federalist: Homeland Security Committee Member Says She’s Loyal To A Different Homeland
  • NewsMax: Dem Lawmaker Draws Ire Over Guatemala Pride Comment
  • FOX News: Dem doubles down amid firestorm of criticism over Guatemalan loyalty: ‘I am both Chapina and American’
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • New York Times: ICE Offers, Then Quickly Withdraws, Cash Bonuses for Swiftly Deporting Immigrants
  • NewsMax: ICE Arrests Drop to Under 1,000 a Day
  • CNN: ICE uses starkly different tactics to arrest immigrants in red and blue states, data shows
  • Breitbart: [MA] ICE Lodges Detainer Against Illegal Alien Accused of Raping Child in Sanctuary Massachusetts
  • AP: [NY] Purdue University student freed from ICE detention after outcry from faith leaders
  • Politico: [DC] Georgetown researcher targeted for deportation settles with Trump admin
  • Newsweek: [SC] ICE Agent Pulls Gun on Woman During Raid, Ring Camera Shows
  • Breitbart: [FL] 6 Criminal Aliens Busted in Florida Child Predator Sting — 48 People Arrested in Total
  • Axios: [MO] Latino leaders plan to discuss rising ICE raids during gathering in KC
  • CNN: [LA] ‘Mom is home again with you’: Marine veteran’s wife reunites with children after months in ICE detention
  • Univision: [IL] Indiana governor announces state cooperation with ICE
  • FOX News: [TX] 6 criminal aliens nabbed in Houston ICE raids boast startling number of convictions
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Texas Baptist leader breaks tradition to join immigration lawsuit over potential church raids
  • FOX News: [CO] Venezuelan suspect ‘should never have been in the United States,’ police chief says after deadly shooting
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Religious leaders launch initiative to accompany immigrants to court amid Trump crackdown
  • Telemundo52: [CA] Migrant advocates in Los Angeles ask community to report immigration operations
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NBC News: State Department announces program requiring some foreign visitors to pay bonds of up to $15,000
  • Reuters: US requires Zambia, Malawi citizens to pay up to $15,000 bond for some visitor visas
  • New York Post/Breitbart: Trans female foreign athletes face new hurdles to compete in US: ‘Men do not belong in women’s sports’
  • AP: As Trump cracks down on college student visas, other countries see opportunity
  • Breitbart: Trump Deputies Declare Crackdown on Migrant Marriage Fraud
  • Daily Signal: Iowa Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill to Give Green Cards to Afghan War Allies
  • NewsMax: Trump Immigration Director: US ‘More Secure in Elections’
  • Axios: New U.S. visa fee could curb World Cup, Olympic travel
  • Univision: [NM] Let’s talk Immigration: New Rules for Family Petitions, USCIS Hardens Background Check
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] As immigration fears surge, LAUSD ‘compassion fund’ to support families amid return to school
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsNation: Elite Border Patrol unit helps catch criminals inland
  • New York Times: U.S. Imports Slid in June on Higher Tariffs
  • ABC News: [DC] Airport drug bust: Passenger caught with 59 pounds of marijuana bound for Europe, authorities say
  • CNN: [FL] ‘I still fear for my life: ‘ US citizen films his arrest by Border Patrol
  • NewsNation: [TX] Grant Hardin: How an elite Border Patrol unit caught the ‘Devil in the Ozarks’
• Transportation Security Administration
  • USA Today/NewsNation: TSA adds dedicated family lanes at these airports, more perks
  • Los Angeles Times: Family TSA lines launch at select U.S. airports including SoCal
  • New York Post: Tulsi Gabbard tells ‘Pod Force One’ about life on TSA watchlist: ‘Makes zero sense whatsoever’
  • AP: US government proposes easing some restrictions on drones traveling long distances
  • ABC News: Federal Aviation Administration looks to expand drone package delivery
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times/CBS News: A judge blocks FEMA from repurposing disaster mitigation funding.
  • Blaze: DHS denies FEMA policy tying disaster relief to Israel
  • ABC News: Air quality alerts in place for 10 states as wildfires burn in Canada and West
  • Washington Examiner: National Weather Service to rehire hundreds of positions after DOGE cuts
  • Reuters: [NY] NYC faces $64 million cut in security funds from Trump administration
  • AP: [NC] North Carolina residents can now seek state aid after Tropical Storm Chantal
  • FOX News: [KY] Kentucky governor praises FEMA under Trump, says its a ‘credit to his administration’
  • Bloomberg: [AZ] Grand Canyon Wildfire Still Burning
  • AP: [CA] Massive central California wildfire threatens more than 800 structures and leaves 3 injured
• Secret Service
  • Daily Caller: Illegal Alien Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison Over ATM Skimming Scheme
• Coast Guard
  • New York Times: Series of Mistakes Caused Titan Sub Disaster, Coast Guard Says
  • The Hill/Reuters/Washington Examiner: Deadly Titan submersible disaster was preventable: Coast Guard
  • CBS News/Breitbart: Titan submersible owner OceanGate used "intimidation tactics" to avoid scrutiny before implosion, U.S. Coast Guard says
  • CBS News: Attorney for Titan sub implosion victim says new report "reinforces what we’ve been saying"
  • USA Today: [NJ] Minke whale dies after hitting, nearly capsizing boat
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • FedScoop: Senate confirms national cyber director pick Sean Cairncross; A new commission to examine how to create an independent Cyber Force
  • CyberScoop: SonicWall firewalls hit by active mass exploitation of suspected zero-day
  • New York Post: [NY] NYC firm handling lux properties allegedly scammed out of $19M — thanks to single phishing email
  • CyberScoop: [Iran] Iranian hackers were more coordinated, aligned during Israel conflict than it seemed
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Los Angeles Times/AP: U.S. declines to pursue death penalty against trio of accused Mexican cartel kingpins
  • Axios: Hate crimes hit second largest record in 2024: FBI
  • Free Beacon: Tom Cotton Presses IRS To Probe CAIR’s Tax-Exempt Status, Citing ‘Ties to Terror Organizations’
  • CBS News: [DC] DOJ planning hate crime charges against man accused of shooting Israeli Embassy staffers, source says
  • Daily Caller: [FL] 13-Year-Old From ‘Online Cult’ Arrested With Terrorism Manuals, Child Porn: Police
  • New York Post: [FL] Possible mass shooting at major Florida airport stopped by sharp-eyed sheriff’s deputies: report
  • CNN: [MT] Why the manhunt for a Montana mass shooting suspect has proven exceedingly difficult
• National Security News
  • Daily Caller: Comer Expands Epstein Probe, Subpoenas Clintons And Trump Admin’s DOJ
  • ABC News: US should put nuclear reactors on moon before other countries do, acting NASA administrator says
  • Daily Caller: Biden DHS Raised Red Flags Over Tim Walz’s China Ties, New Docs Show
  • NewsMax: Trump Praises Grand Jury Probe of Russia Collusion Narrative
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Sweden, Norway, Denmark give $486 mln to NATO project to send US weapons to Ukraine
  • The Hill: [Ukraine] Trump call ahead of Russia sanctions deadline ‘productive’: Zelensky
  • Washington Examiner: [Russia] Witkoff on mission to Moscow to give Putin one more last chance
  • Reuters: [India] Trump again threatens ‘very substantial’ tariff hikes for India over Russian oil
  • The Hill: [India] India slams Trump’s threat of tariffs over Russian oil purchases
  • AP: [China] Trump’s pursuit of meeting with Chinese leader reveals the complex web of US-China relations

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