• Top News
  • NBC News/New York Post/Reuters/FOX News: Noem says National Guard shooting suspect was ‘radicalized’ in the U.S.
  • Politico: Motive behind National Guard shootings remains unknown, Noem says
  • Breitbart/NewsMax: Noem Blames Biden’s Afghan Exit for Guard Shooting
  • Washington Examiner: Noem says Biden ‘completely did not vet’ DC shooting suspect granted asylum under Trump
  • NewsMax: Noem: Asylum Restarts After Proper Vetting Done
  • NewsMax: Trump: Biden ‘Screwed’ US With Open, Unchecked Entry
  • Axios: Trump invites families of shot National Guard members to the White House
  • Breitbart: Trump: Wounded National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe ‘Fighting for His Life’
  • Breitbart: AG Bondi: DC Shooter ‘Should Have Never Been in Our Country’
  • FOX News: Homan slams Biden-era vetting after deadly National Guard attack: ‘Biggest national security failure’
  • Daily Caller: Tom Homan Predicts Deportation Of Most Third World Migrants Over Risks From Screening Docs
  • AP: Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with ‘dark isolation’ as community raised concerns
  • CBS News: D.C. National Guard shooting suspect spent "weeks on end" in isolation, struggled with mental health, 2024 emails say
  • FOX News: Advocate warned Afghan evacuee was ‘not functional as a person’ months before National Guard shooting
  • Washington Post: What we know about the National Guard shooting in D.C.
  • NBC News: Afghan accused of shooting 2 National Guard members was part of CIA-backed unit whose veterans have struggled in the U.S.
  • CBS News: What were the Afghan "Zero Units" that sources say the National Guard shooting suspect worked for?
  • Daily Caller: DHS Reportedly Flagged Thousands Of Afghans For ‘National Security’ Concerns Who Were Brought Into Country By Biden
  • Washington Examiner: Homan defends Trump’s ‘third world’ policy over inability to vet terrorists and immigrants
  • FOX News: Alina Habba blasts Biden immigration policies as ‘absolute failure’ after deadly National Guard ambush
  • FOX News: Rep. Issa slams Biden-era Afghan vetting after DC shooting: ‘They aren’t who they say they are’
  • NPR: Security analyst talks about how the U.S. vets Afghan nationals
  • NBC News: Noem says deportation operation decisions are hers amid case over flights to El Salvador
  • FOX News: Trump freezes Afghan visas after DC shooting — as he quietly eyes land strikes in Venezuela
  • CNN: Maduro resurfaces in Caracas, as Trump says he has spoken to Venezuelan president
  • New York Post: 11 US warships and 15,000 troops now in Caribbean as Venezuela tensions escalate
  • New York Times: Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed
  • FOX News: Trump says ‘don’t read anything into it’ when asked about declaring Venezuela’s airspace closed
  • NewsMax: Trump Denies Second Strike Claim: It Wasn’t Needed
  • Washington Post/FOX News: Trump says Hegseth told him he didn’t order killing of boat crew
  • Reuters: Venezuela’s National Assembly to investigate US boat strikes
  • Wall Street Journal: Congress Opens Inquiries After Report That U.S. Targeted Boat-Strike Survivors
  • Axios: Trump allies dismiss reported attacks on Venezuelan boat strike survivors
  • CNN: Lawmakers from both parties voice concerns over follow-up strike on alleged drug boat
  • Washington Examiner: Hegseth’s reported ‘kill everybody’ strike order sparks war crime fears
  • Washington Examiner: Mark Kelly says reported second strike on suspected drug boat survivors ‘clearly not lawful’
  • FOX News: Secretary of the Navy says drug cartels are launching ‘attack on the country’ with narcotics
  • NewsMax: Trump’s Drug War Focus Boosts Defense Firms
  • New York Post: US is already fighting war with Venezuela’s traffickers — and it’s even deadlier than Vietnam, Sen. McCormick says
  • Washington Post: As Trump vows to pardon ex-president, Honduras votes in tense election
  • Los Angeles Times: Hondurans vote to elect new president in a close race under shadow of Trump’s surprise intervention
  • Washington Post: In embrace of ‘remigration,’ Trump echoes Europe’s far right
• Top News (Sunday Talk Shows)
  • NBC’s Meet the Press: Noem says Lakanwal was radicalized in the U.S.
  • NBC’s Meet the Press: Noem Says Asylum Process Will Start Again When Backlog Is Taken Care Of
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Noem Says DC Shooter Wasn’t Vetted Well
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Van Hollen Says Trump Refuses To Take Accountability
  • FOX News Sunday: Bondi blames Biden-era ‘minimal to little vetting’ of migrants after deadly DC attack
  • FOX News Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo: Sen. Eric Schmitt sounds alarm on ‘mass migration,’ says it needs to be met with ‘mass deportations’
  • FOX News Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo: Homan slams Biden-era vetting after deadly National Guard attack: ‘Biggest national security failure’
  • FOX News Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo: DOJ urged to seek death penalty for Afghan national accused in National Guard shooting
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Mark Kelly Speaks On The Need For Immigration Reform and Vetting
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Kelly Says Pete Hegseth Is “Totally Unqualified To Be Secretary Of Defense”
  • NBC’s Meet the Press: Kelly Says Trump Doesn’t Like Brown People
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Mullin: “Venezuelan people themselves have also spoken up and said they want a new leader and restore Venezuela as the country”
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Mullin Defends Boat Strikes
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Klobuchar Says Every State Has Crime And Trump Is Stoking Division Making People Hate Each Other
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Univision: [NY] Protesters arrested who tried to curb alleged ICE operation in New York
  • New York Post: [NY] Anti-ICE protesters defiant day after violent clash with NYPD: ‘We’ll do it every single time’
  • FOX News: [LA] Ahead of ICE ops, New Orleans police leader lambasted for comments about enforcement of immigration law
  • Blaze: [MI] Convicted sex creep working as college professor in Michigan nabbed by ICE
  • New York Times: [TX] College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
  • Breitbart: [ID] ‘Merry Snitchmas’: Idaho Saloon Promises Free Beer to Citizens Willing to Help ICE Catch Illegals
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Breitbart/USA Today: Trump says US freeze on asylum decisions will last ‘a long time’
  • Daily Wire: ‘We Don’t Want Those People’: Trump Defends Refugee Pause, Declines To Lay Out Timeline
  • NPR: Trump administration halts asylum decisions as legal migration crackdown intensifies
  • NPR: Trump is threatening to strip some Afghans of citizenship. What does the law say?
  • FOX News: Trump says he would ‘absolutely’ revoke citizenship from naturalized criminals — if he has the authority
• Customs and Border Protection
  • AP/CNN: [LA] A Border Patrol-led immigration crackdown is coming to southeast Louisiana. Here’s what to know
• Transportation Security Administration
  • ABC News: How the TSA is handling the holiday travel surge
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] More than 1,000 flights canceled and delayed nationwide on ‘one of the busiest travel days in TSA history’
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times: Millions Under Winter Storm Watch as Potential Nor’easter Approaches
• Coast Guard
  • ABC News: [FL] 3 killed in catamaran accident on Florida river
  • Stars and Stripes: [LA] Navy officer identified as second person aboard aircraft downed in Louisiana
  • New York Post: [LA] Female pilot, Navy officer flight student presumed dead after plane plummets into New Orleans lake
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NewsNation: [CA] Four victims, including three children, killed in gang-related California mass shooting
  • New York Post: [CA] Stockton mass shooting that killed 4, including 3 kids, at child’s birthday party was gang-related: mayor
• National Security News
  • FOX News: AI threatens to change modern warfare
  • NBC News: [Ukraine] U.S. and Ukrainian officials hold ‘very productive’ meeting in Florida
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] US sees progress after talks in Florida with Ukraine, but more work needed to reach deal
  • CNN: [Ukraine] Trump says there’s a ‘good chance’ a deal can be reached to end the war after US-Ukraine talks in Florida
  • Axios: [Ukraine] Post-war borders dominated "intense" U.S.-Ukraine talks

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