• Top News
  • NBC News/CBS News/The Hill/FOX News: Trump orders increased federal law enforcement presence in D.C. after decrying crime rate
  • Bloomberg/Reuters/AP: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Construction Blocked, Detainees Remain
  • FOX News/NewsMax: Noem says ICE agents are facing ‘1000% increase in assaults’
  • DailySignal: ICE Director Blames ‘Radical Left’ Politicians for 800% Spike in Attacks on Agency
  • USA Today: ICE drops age limit to boost recruitment. Charts show how agency is growing under Trump
  • New York Times: Judges Press for Answers on Federal Involvement in Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
  • Washington Post/AP/NBC News: Trump calls for major changes to the census amid GOP-redistricting effort
  • Federalist: Illegal Aliens Rig The Census For Blue States, And Trump Is Right To Correct It
  • AP: FAIR Defends DHS’s Decision to Terminate Sanctuary Funding
  • Blaze: ‘Deeply unserious’: DHS hits back at Democrats denied entry at detention facility
  • Telemundo51: ‘He fainted’: what is known about the Venezuelan influencer arrested in Alligator Alcatraz.
  • USA Today: Fort Bliss will be ‘largest federal detention center in history’ for migrants
  • Univision: The Flores Agreement, the immigration regulations that Trump seeks to override with serious consequences for children in federal custody
  • The Hill/Washington Examiner: ‘South Park’ mocks Noem, Vance in new episode
  • NewsNation: ‘South Park’ parody of ICE is ‘in bad form,’ Tom Homan says
  • New York Times: ‘South Park’ Finds New Relevance Skewering the Trump Era
  • Blaze: Kristi Noem responds to ‘South Park’ parody of her in interview with Glenn Beck: ‘It’s so lazy’
  • Blaze: Kristi Noem reveals fallout of liberal lies about ICE, telling Glenn Beck: ‘Words have consequences’
  • New York Times: Senior Agent Who Helped Oversee F.B.I.’s Response to Jan. 6 Is Fired
  • ABC News: Murdered Congressional intern’s mom says Trump should take over Washington, DC
  • AP: FBI forces out more leaders, including ex-director who fought Trump demand for Jan 6 agents’ names
  • AP: Judge to consider the fate of an agreement on protecting immigrant children in US custody
  • AP: Administration asks Supreme Court to lift restrictions on Southern California immigration stops
  • USA Today: IndyCar dragged into controversy with Trump administration’s ICE car, ‘Speedway Slammer’
  • Washington Examiner: Trump Cabinet members hit the road to champion the ‘big, beautiful bill’
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • USA Today: Want to destroy the lives of innocent people who’ve done nothing wrong? Join ICE!
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NPR: Dean Cain from ‘Superman’ TV series to become an ‘honorary’ ICE officer
  • NewsMax: Dean Cain to Newsmax: ICE Agents Are ‘Keeping Us Safe’
  • FOX News: Lawmakers under fire for sharing ICE raid info, warning locals of immigration enforcement operations
  • Axios: Trump’s team wants more oversight of kids in migrant detention
  • Chicago Tribune: Trump offers $50,000 bonuses to hire thousands for ICE push
  • Univision: They were sent to El Salvador despite the blockade of a judge: the story of the 14 other Venezuelans locked up in Cecot
  • Univision: "The girl started vomiting blood": report reporting "horrific" abuse of pregnant women and minors in ICE detention centers
  • Washington Examiner: Homeland Security ‘debunks’ Sen. Jon Ossoff’s claims of abuse at detention centers
  • ABC News: [PA] ICE detainee found hanging by neck in detention facility, agency says
  • Univision: [PA] A 32-year-old man was found hanged at an ICE detention center in Pennsylvania.
  • Reuters: [AL] Supporters rally to free Alabama social worker detained by ICE
  • Breitbart: [TN] Tennessee National Guard Deployed to Expand ICE
  • CNN: [FL] ‘It’s bush league’: Florida law enforcement agencies aren’t happy with how ICE is recruiting local officers
  • Telemundo51: [FL] No masks or ski masks: they drive project to force ICE agents to identify themselves in operations
  • New York Post/FOX News: [LA] Illegal migrant wanted by ICE after allegedly killing Louisiana man mowing his lawn in drunken crash
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Angry with DHS, protesters disrupt job fair at Congress Plaza Hotel
  • FOX News: [IA] ICE could get boost from National Guard if called, Iowa governor says
  • FOX News: [TX] Pentagon announces massive migrant detention facility at Fort Bliss in Texas with 5,000 beds
  • New York Post: [CO] DHS moves to deport alleged killer and Tren de Aragua member after Biden admin let him into the US
  • Federalist: [AZ] Defiant Arizona Lawmaker Could Face Charges After Tipping Off Illegals To ICE Presence
  • CNN: [CA] Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow divisive ICE patrols in California
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] ICE has a new courthouse tactic: Get immigrants’ cases tossed, then arrest them outside
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Parent arrested by immigration agents outside Chula Vista elementary school
  • Today in LA @ 4:30AM: [CA] U.S. Citizen Released After Being Detained
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] ICE arrests in L.A. plummeted in July, new data show
  • FOX News: [PR] Border crisis shifts to Caribbean: Homeland Security fights silent war in Puerto Rico
  • New York Times: [Kingdom of Bhutan] Trump Wasn’t the First to Deport These Men, and He Won’t Be the Last
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • AP: US pauses most visa applications from Zimbabwe in another restriction on travelers from Africa
  • Washington Post: Trump’s birthright citizenship order faces more bans than before Supreme Court ruling
  • NBC News: [MN] Immigrants who are crime victims and waiting for visas now face deportation
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston attorney sues Trump administration to stop immigrant registration program
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsMax: Tom Homan to Newsmax: Trump 200 Days, ‘Most Secure Border in History’
  • Good Morning America: [CA] ICE Agents Trojan Horse Raid
  • Telemundo52: [CA] Federal agents detain day laborers in San Bernardino’s Home Depot, activists say
  • ABC News: [CA] Operation Trojan Horse’ immigration raid involving Penske rental truck draws pushback
  • The Hill: [CA] Penske ‘did not authorize’ DHS use of its trucks in immigration raid
  • Blaze: [CA] Karen Bass responds to box truck Border Patrol raid
• Transportation Security Administration
  • ABC News: [CA] ‘‘Operation Trojan Horse’ ICE raid sparks backlash
  • AP: More than 1,000 United Airlines flights delayed in the US due to technology problem
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NPR: [TX] Federal records contradict what FEMA leader told Congress about Texas flood response
  • AP: [TX] Emergency recordings and videos detail the chaotic rescue efforts during the deadly Texas floods
  • New York Times: [Canada] As Miles of Forests Burn and Wildfires Spread, Canada Brings In the Military
• Secret Service
  • FOX News: [DC] First lady Melania Trump to continue ‘tradition’ of White House tours following pause
  • New York Times/The Hill: [OH] Military Raised Water Level of River in Ohio for JD Vance’s Family Boating Trip
• Coast Guard
  • Washington Examiner: ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ bolsters Coast Guard shipbuilding programs
  • Reuters: [MS] Helicopter crash kills two people, shuts Mississippi River, Coast Guard says
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Alleged smuggler injured during Coast Guard pursuit at sea off Point Loma
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Coast Guard tall ship Eagle will be open for public tours this weekend in San Diego
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • The Hill: Federal court filing system hit with ‘sophisticated and persistent’ cyberattacks, prompting security upgrades
  • FedScoop: Federal courts to ramp up filing system security after ‘recent escalated cyberattacks’
  • Federal News Network/CyberScoop: CISA directs agencies to mitigate ‘high-severity’ Microsoft vulnerability
  • ABC News: Hacker-volunteers’ set to help water utilities with cybersecurity
  • AP: Hackers and Industry Mobilize to Defend U.S. Water Systems
  • Federal News Network: How federal agencies will be impacted by CISA reductions
  • EdScoop: [NY] Columbia U. confirms cyberattack compromised student, employee data
  • CyberScoop: [Russia] BlackSuit, Royal ransomware group hit over 450 US victims before last month’s takedown
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: Trump, GOP fight antisemitic violence amid latest FBI probe — in sharp contrast to Biden’s silence
  • New York Times: [MD] Neo-Nazi Leader Gets 20 Years in Plot to Attack Baltimore’s Power Grid
  • NBC News: [GA] 6 unarmed soldiers praised for tackling and subduing Fort Stewart shooter
  • NewsMax: [GA] Rep. McCormick to Newsmax: Fort Stewart Shooting Response ‘A Miracle’
  • NBC News: [GA] Fort Stewart shooting suspect was a hard worker who had been bullied over his stutter, Army soldiers say
  • CBS News/Washington Post: [Venezuela] Trump doubles Nicolas Maduro bounty, offers $50 million reward for arrest of Venezuela’s president
• National Security News
  • Bloomberg: US Adopts Submarine Cable Rules to Address China Security Risk
  • The Hill: Cotton presses Hegseth to block noncitizens from Pentagon systems
  • Washington Post: [Russia] U.S. soldier offered Russia classified info on tank weaknesses, FBI says
  • Reuters: [Russia] Kremlin says Putin and Trump will meet soon, Zelenskiy confers with Europeans
  • Breitbart: [China] ‘Resign, Immediately: ‘Trump Calls on Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to Step Down over China Ties

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