• Top News
  • New York Times/The Hill/Washington Post: Noem Faces Questions From House Panel Amid Immigration Crackdown
  • Politico: Antifa, drones, foreigner vetting on the admin’s mind
  • FOX News: Noem confronts Democrats over NYC crime, asylum abuses as members hurl accusations
  • Breitbart: Democrats grill homeland security chief over immigration crackdown
  • Politico: Noem defiant as Democrats decry Trump administration treatment of migrants
  • Telemundo Washington DC: "We will never back down," the Secretary of Homeland Security said regarding immigration policy
  • FOX 10 News at 11am: Noem Briefs Lawmakers on World Wide Threats
  • ABC News: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confronted about veteran in contentious hearing over deportations
  • CBS News: Kristi Noem hearing on global threats to U.S. turns into fierce debate on immigration enforcement
  • NewsMax/Daily Caller: Bennie Thompson Downplays DC National Guard Murder As ‘Unfortunate Accident’
  • FOX News: Top Homeland Security Dem blasted for calling WV National Guard shooting ‘unfortunate accident’
  • FOX News: Dem rep opens House hearing by telling Noem to resign in fiery statement
  • CBS News: Protesters interrupt Kristi Noem’s opening statement at worldwide threats hearing
  • CNN: Protesters interrupt DHS Secretary Noem’s testimony
  • FOX News: Chaos erupts at Noem hearing as anti-ICE protesters interrupt testimony: ‘The power of Christ compels you!’
  • NewsNation: Noem confronted by protesters after leaving House committee hearing
  • FOX News: Newt Gingrich: Kristi Noem ‘wiped the floor’ with Democrats
  • The Hill: Noem worldwide threats hearing ends in subpoena bid: 4 things to know
  • NewsMax: Rep. Ramirez Seeks Impeachment Hearing Into Noem
  • Washington Examiner: Noem faces impeachment and resignation calls after Trump defends her
  • FOX News: Trump declares support for Cabinet official after report he is considering replacement
  • FOX News: Homeland Security announces first-of-its-kind task force aimed at fighting transnational organized crime
  • Breitbart: Homeland Security’s Tricia McLaughlin Rips WashPost for Ignoring $279M Savings from ‘Air-ICE’ Jet Fleet
  • AP: Noem links the seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela to US antidrug efforts
  • NBC News: U.S. intends to seize oil from tanker captured near Venezuela, White House says
  • Washington Post/Daily Caller: White House signals campaign to seize more oil tankers near Venezuela
  • Daily Wire: Venezuela Cries ‘International Piracy’ After U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker
  • FOX News: Trump’s seizure of Venezuela oil ‘is patriotism, not piracy,’ security expert says
  • The Hill: The US isn’t attacking Venezuela because of drugs — it’s because of minerals
  • New York Times/CNN: U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector
  • Breitbart: U.S. sanctions Maduro family, says it’s keeping oil from tanker
  • NewsMax: Venezuela Tensions Ratchet Up: Trump Talks Land Strikes After Dramatic Tanker Grab
  • New York Post: Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro sings, dances and threatens to ‘smash the teeth’ of the ‘North American empire’
  • Politico: House speaker says second boat strike was ‘entirely appropriate’
  • Breitbart: Dem Rep. Lieu: Trump Boat Strikes, Oil Tanker Seizure ‘Insane’
  • The Hill: Cuba condemns US seizure of oil tanker
  • Breitbart: Iran Accuses Trump of ‘Piracy in the Caribbean’ for Venezuela Oil Tanker Seizure
  • New York Times: Abrego Garcia Is Released From ICE Detention After Judge’s Order
  • Reuters: Trump troop deployments to US cities have cost more than $340 million, senator says
  • FOX News: Top Republican rebukes notions to arrest DHS agents with plan to pull funding from problem cities
  • USA Today: National Guard deployment controversy still rages in these 5 cities
  • ABC News: $2B in Pentagon funds diverted to immigration operations, congressional Democrats say
  • Washington Examiner: Senior military leader has received no orders about ‘the enemy within’ over National Guard deployments
  • Washington Examiner/New York Posrt: US admitted 18,000 known and suspected terrorists from Afghanistan in 2021: Official
  • Washington Examiner: Trump grapples with immigration crisis far beyond the border
  • Breitbart: Padilla: ‘Campaign of Terror’ with Guard to ‘Try to Escalate Tensions’, Including in D.C.
  • New York Post: Trump border czar Homan, DHS chief Noem barely speaking or meeting: ‘Her and Tom don’t get along’
  • AP: Trump administration separates thousands of migrant families in the US
  • FOX News: Twice-deported Honduran accused of stabbing passenger on Charlotte light rail faces federal charges
  • AP: Man accused of killing Ukrainian refugee on train appears in federal court
  • FOX News: Border Patrol chief urges Gov. Pritzker to follow the example of Louisiana when it comes to ICE
  • FOX News: Louisiana intensifies immigration crackdown as border chief warns far-left rhetoric endangers agents
  • Chicago Tribune: ‘The story of one more Venezuelan, one more Latino,’ says aunt of man arrested by ICE in Elgin standoff
  • Telemundo52: DHS arrests more than 10,000 undocumented immigrants, according to Secretary Noem
  • FOX News: DHS unleashes scathing response after Walz asks agency to ‘reassess’ enforcement
  • Chicago Tribune: Chicago appeals court blocks release of hundreds of Midway Blitz detainees pending individual review
  • Washington Examiner: Jury selected for trial of Judge Hannah Dugan in illegal immigrant escape case
  • Bloomberg: Disaster-Related Tax Extensions Bill Approved by Congress
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Bloomberg: FEMA Hired a Conspiracy Theorist. What Could Go Wrong?
  • The Hill: Using a fake marriage to skip the immigration line? Bad idea.
  • The Hill: [ID] Idaho’s immigration fight reveals a national Republican rift
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart: Trump’s DHS Celebrates ‘Record-Breaking’ 2.5 Million Illegal Aliens Leaving U.S.
  • Reuters: As Trump misses deportation goals, ICE pushes migrants to give up their cases
  • NewsMax: DHS Flags $279M Gap in WashPost Coverage of ‘Air-ICE’ Jets
  • FOX News: Senator warns of ‘powder keg’ as people condone behavior of anti-ICE protesters
  • Breitbart: Singer SZA Rebukes White House ‘Inhumanity’ for Using Her Song in Pro-ICE Ad: ‘Evil n Boring’
  • AP: [MA] Church nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids
  • NewsMax: [NY] Mamdani Defends Video as Noem Warns of Legal Action
  • Daily Caller: [NY] Zohran Mamdani Claims Advising People How To Obstruct ICE Is American As Apple Pie
  • Washington Examiner: [NY] DHS launches Homeland Security task force in New York targeting transnational criminals
  • Washington Times: [MD] Illegal immigrant pleads guilty to killing Maryland woman during Loudoun County carjacking
  • Daily Caller: [NC] Illegal Alien Allegedly Stabs Man Who Reportedly Defended Elderly Woman From Harassment
  • Breitbart: [LA] ICE Sweep in New Orleans Nets Rapists, Human Smugglers, Child Abusers
  • New York Times: [IL] ICE Tells Watchdog It Has No Videos to Release of Chicago Operations
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Elgin police refute ICE claims that ‘bottles and rocks’ were thrown during weekend standoff
  • NBC News: [MN] ICE operation shows the difficulty of immigration arrests amid pushback in frigid Minnesota
  • Univision: [MN] ICE agent pushes a US citizen during arrest because he “looks Somali”
  • Breitbart: [NE] Exclusive: DHS Arrests Illegal Alien MS-13 ‘Assassination Squad’ Leader in Nebraska
  • Daily Wire: [WA] Sanctuary Cops Release Illegal Immigrant Trucker Accused Of Causing Major Pileup In Washington
  • Univision: [CA] Law prohibiting masked ICE agents in California takes effect at the start of 2026
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Reuters: US travel group, foreign tourists leery of Trump plan to vet social media
  • NPR: Trump administration indefinitely suspends immigration requests for Afghan nationals
  • ABC News: Trump’s $1 million ‘Gold Card’ immigration application plan launches
  • FOX News: Trump plan sells ‘Gold Card’ visas for $1M as critics warn of pay-to-play that could be abused
  • CBS News: Trump says $1 million "gold card" visa could be lucrative for the U.S. Here’s how it works.
  • USA Today: Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ touts US residency for foreigners in ‘record time’
  • CBS 21 News at 12: Trump’s Gold Card Visa Immigration Program
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] DACA was once a lifeline for undocumented youth. It’s leaving the next generation behind
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: Pilot program at major airport tracks movement, approves international flyers’ identity
  • USA Today: Yes, border control can go through your phone. What you should know.
  • UPI: [MI] For first time, agents intercept potentially destructive beetle in U.S.
  • NewsNation: [TX] Suspect killed in confrontation between Border Patrol, smugglers: Sources
  • FOX News: [TX] Shooting reported after US Border Patrol agents involved in ‘struggle’ near Texas riverbank: sheriff’s office
  • The Hill: [CA] Trump administration setting up another militarized zone on California-Mexico border
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CNN/Roll Call/NewsMax/Washington Post: White House officials abruptly postpone final meeting of Trump-created FEMA task force
  • The Hill: Noem accused of misleading Congress about early hearing departure to canceled meeting
  • Reuters/New York Times: Trump administration unlawfully canceled disaster prevention program, US judge rules
  • AP: [MA] Federal judge orders FEMA to restore billions in canceled disaster mitigation funding
  • New York Times: [MD] Denied Federal Disaster Aid, a Town in Trump Country Feels Forgotten
  • FOX News: [GA] Noem announces $1B FEMA payout to Georgia as Trump administration eyes agency overhaul
  • NPR: [WA] 100,000 people ordered to evacuate as historic flooding hits Washington state
  • AP: [WA] Washington state faces historic floods that have washed away homes and stranded families
  • NBC News: [WA] Major flooding concerns in Washington prompt evacuations
  • NBC News: [WA] Deja Vu’: Washington flooding hits some areas still rebuilding from 2021 storms
• Federal Protective Service
  • CNN: Trump takes steps toward demolishing four federal buildings, preservationist alleges
• Coast Guard
  • Stars and Stripes: Coast Guard begins largest domestic icebreaking operation on Great Lakes
  • Homeland Preparedness News: Coast Guard seizes 150,000 pounds of cocaine in Eastern Pacific Ocean
  • Telemundo: [FL] Video: Coast Guard rescues passenger from cruise ship that departed from Florida
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberSccop: New cybersecurity guidance paves the way for AI in critical infrastructure
  • Industrial Cyber: Global agencies sound alarm as pro-Russia hacktivist groups intensify OT intrusions
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Reuters: FBI official calls antifa biggest US threat but provides few details
  • Washington Examiner: Bondi orders FBI to launch ‘cash reward’ system for reporting alleged domestic terrorists
  • FOX News: Trump administration offers $5M reward for capture of fugitive Los Choneros gang leader
  • Blaze: [TX] Did the Islamic takeover of Texas just get shut down for good?
• National Security News
  • DailySignal: ‘Cold War Relic’: Congressman Introduces Bill To Pull US From NATO
  • Bloomberg: Trump Says US Would Help With Ukraine’s Security in Peace Deal
  • Bloomberg Law: [TX] Texas Ban on Chinese Land Purchasing Survives Appeals Court Test
  • Breitbart: [Venezuela] Maria Corina Machado Credits Trump Admin with Aiding Daring Escape from Venezuela
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Iran’s Execution Surge Spurs US Demands to Topple Regime
  • FOX News: [China] Kyrsten Sinema warns US adversary will program AI with ‘Chinese values’ if America falls behind in tech race
  • Washington Examiner: [China] Nvidia sellout to China threatens US national security
  • New York Times: [China] From Chips to Security, China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S.

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