• Top News
  • New York Times: Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels
  • The Hill/Los Angeles Times: Mexico rejects US forces in country
  • NewsNation/Breitbart/Chicago Tribune: DHS secretary slams ‘sanctuary’ cities for hindering ICE efforts
  • FOX News: Noem, in Illinois, calls out Gov. Pritzker, Chicago’s mayor over their handling of criminal illegal immigrants
  • FOX News: Noem calls out Illinois leaders for their handling of criminal illegal immigrants
  • Washington Examiner: Chicago police refused to turn over 92% of illegal immigrants to ICE under Trump
  • Breitbart: Over one million migrants have left US on own since January: Noem
  • CNN: Federal law enforcement to begin interviewing unaccompanied migrant children in government custody
  • NewsMax: Noem Touts ICE Arrests in Chicago
  • FOX 32 Chicago: Demonstrators protest DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Chicago visit
  • NPR: President Trump taps federal law enforcement agencies to police Washington, D.C.
  • Daily Caller: Trump Drops Hammer On Streets Of DC After Savage Assault Of Former DOGE Staffer
  • The Hill: Stephen Miller: DC ‘more violent than Baghdad’
  • AP: Trump administration asks judge to end policy on protections for immigrant children in custody
  • Breitbart: Trump Asks SCOTUS to Lift Curbs on ICE Enforcement in Los Angeles
  • New York Post: Judge who tried to hold Trump admin in contempt over migrant flights gets slapped down on appeal
  • FOX News: List of countries taking in illegal immigrant deportees grows with latest African partners
  • Washington Examiner: Skepticism mounts after DHS claims 1 million illegal immigrant self deportations under Trump
  • Houston Chronicle: Trump’s new Olympics task force raises plenty of questions for LA in 2028
  • The Hill: Noem on ‘South Park’ portrayal: ‘So lazy’
  • Yahoo! News: DHS replaces ‘Speedway Slammer’ post. Here’s how Indy car was changed
  • The Hill: Democrats demand answers on FBI efforts to track Texas Democrats
  • The Hill: Hochul: We aren’t letting FBI ‘hunt down’ Texas Democrats
  • Daily Caller: Trump Admin Signals Willingness To Work With Harvard Over Foreign Students
  • New York Times: Trump Officials Press Case Against Harvard, and Add a New Investigation
  • FOX News: Trump administration demands $1B settlement from UCLA over campus antisemitism claims
  • The Hill/FOX News: Biden-nominated judge slaps nationwide injunction on Trump birthright citizenship order
  • Blaze: DHS underground nightclub raid dismantles alleged drug operation tied to illegal aliens
  • AP: Faith leaders rally to support immigrants facing deportation in Southern California
  • CNN: GOP lawmaker pushes to strip Democrat of committee assignment after saying she’s ‘a proud Guatemalan before I am an American’
  • CBS News: Appeals court tosses contempt order in case over Venezuelans sent to El Salvador
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Post: [DC] A D.C. carjacking is sparking an unhelpful White House crusade
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • FOX News: Trump sends military after the cartels and it’s long overdue
  • NewsMax: Defend U.S. Electric Grid from ‘Made in China’
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] ‘Even Texas doesn’t really want this’: Dreamers can stay, but they can’t work
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NBC News: ICE is leaning hard on recruitment, but immigration experts say that could come at a price
  • Daily Signal: ‘Pedophiles, Car Thieves, and Burglars’—Meet 5 Criminal Illegal Aliens Now in ICE Custody
  • NPR: Some legal experts say ICE in criminal courts means a slower path to justice
  • Breitbart: DHS Debunks Jon Ossoff’s Claim that Pregnant Illegal Immigrants Are Mistreated in Custody
  • Los Angeles Times: How many citizens have been swept up in the immigration crackdown? Democrats demand answers.
  • Daily Caller: Scott Jennings Doesn’t Let Ana Kasparian Off The Hook When She Calls ICE ‘Gestapo’ During Fiery Exchange
  • CBS News: [NY] Anti-ICE protesters arrested outside 26 Federal Plaza in NYC
  • Washington Post: [MD] Patient seeking care at NIH hospital detained by ICE
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem touts ICE arrests in west suburbs, protest held outside
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] ICE arrests 16 Hmong, Laotian refugees in Michigan. Family, legislators ask for release.
  • The Hill: [TX] Owner of Trump-themed burger chain arrested by ICE, facing deportation
  • FOX News: [TX] Military building the largest deportation detention center in the US
  • NBC News: [TX] After his family’s deportation, teen becomes a lifeline for sister recovering from a brain tumor
  • Daily Caller: [CA] Anti-ICE Rioter Faces Serious Prison Time After Allegedly Hurling Cinderblock At Border Agent
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] How Trump’s immigration crackdown created a climate of fear in this Bay Area city
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] ICE is holding people in its S.F. office for days. Advocates say there are no beds, private toilets
  • NewsNation: [CA] 13 arrested in human trafficking sting at San Diego Comic-Con
  • CNN: [CA] A Nicaraguan immigrant and his family have been barricaded at home for days after he outran ICE agents
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Post: [TX] Owner of Trump-themed Texas burger joint faces deportation for overstaying his visa
  • New York Times: [Canada] Canada’s Girl Guides Suspend U.S. Trips Amid Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Reuters: House to clarify tariffs for gold bars as industry stops flying bullion to US
  • New York Times: Secret Compartments and Cartel Lookouts: How Fentanyl Reaches the U.S.
  • Axios: White House planning executive order to clarify status of gold bars
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] ‘They run, we chase’: Immigration raids test limits of ‘probable cause’
  • Bloomberg: [CA] How to Get Border Patrol to Stop Making Warrantless Arrests
  • FOX News: [CA] Inside the CBP raid ‘Trojan Horse’ at Home Depot in California
  • The Hill: [Canada] Trump’s Canada tariff carve-out spares most products — for now
  • Blaze: [Canada] Trump’s policies are stifling transgender activists in Canada, and there’s nothing they can do about it
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • USA Today: Damaging wind, hail and possible tornadoes threaten central US
  • Reuters: [DC] Washington, DC, facing $20 million security funding cut despite Trump complaints of crime
  • Washington Post: [NC] DHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents show
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] FEMA, SBA sign off on $31 million in aid for Texas flood victims
  • Telemundo: [CA] Firefighters battle Canyon Fire in Los Angeles and Ventura counties
• Secret Service
  • The Hill: [DC] White House pauses public tours amid Trump ballroom construction
  • Daily Signal: [OH] Sources Push Back on Media Coverage of JD Vance’s Kayaking Trip
• Coast Guard
  • Yahoo! News: Four people rescued from Lake Erie after boat flipped
  • Reuters: [MO] Mississippi River reopens north of St. Louis after fatal helicopter crash
  • Must Read Alaska: [AK] Coast Guard commissions first icebreaker in 25 years, just ahead of Trump’s historic Alaska visit
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Microsoft: An organization without a response plan will be hit harder by a security incident
  • CyberScoop: Research reveals possible privacy gaps in Apple Intelligence’s data handling
  • StateScoop: State, local governments urge Congress to reinstate pulled cyber funding
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Reuters: FBI looks to add drug cartel suspects to terror watch list, government files show
  • Reuters: American Nazis: The Aryan Freedom Network is riding high in Trump era
  • New York Times: [GA] Suspect and Officer Are Dead After Shooting Outside C.D.C. in Atlanta
  • FOX News/USA Today: [MT] Army vet suspect in deadly Montana bar shooting captured after extensive manhunt
  • Breitbart: [Venezuela] U.S. Doubles Bounty on Nicolas Maduro to $50 Million
  • Reuters: [Venezuela] Mexico has no evidence linking Venezuela’s Maduro to Sinaloa Cartel, president says
• National Security News
  • Washington Post: Trump expands use of tariffs to reach national security goals
  • Breitbart: Intel CEO staying put after Trump’s call for him to resign
  • AP: New lawsuit on Epstein case seeks records of Trump administration communications
  • NBC News: [AK] Trump says Putin meeting set for next week in Alaska amid push for ceasefire in Ukraine
  • Washington Examiner: [Ukraine] Trump says it’s up to Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine
  • Newsweek: [China] Chinese Patrol Ships Surround Islands of US Treaty Ally

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