• Top News
  • Washington Post/Wall Street Journal: Trump expands travel ban to 39 countries after shooting of Guard members
  • New York Times: New Trump travel ban could exclude fans of Senegal and Ivory Coast from World Cup
  • FOX News/Washington Examiner/New York Times/AP/NBC News/NewsMax: Trump declares ‘Venezuelan regime’ a foreign terrorist organization, orders oil tanker blockade
  • Breitbart/AP/Bloomberg: U.S. designates Colombia’s Clan de Golfo a terrorist organization
  • Breitbart: Colombia’s Gustavo Petro Admits Maduro Is a Dictator in Ongoing Chile Election Fallout
  • FOX Business: DHS official calls ‘true audit’ on who has entered US
  • FOX News: Tricia McLaughlin warns of ‘campaign of terror’ against ICE after New Year’s Eve terror plot foiled
  • FOX Business: Los Angeles terror plot could have ‘cost many American lives,’ DHS official warns
  • FOX News: Trump executive order credited with helping FBI foil New Year’s Eve bombing plot in California
  • USA Today: FBI links ‘Turtle Island’ group to terror plot to bomb California
  • Daily Wire: Man Who Went By ‘DarkWitch She/Her’ Arrested In Connection To ICE Bombing Plot
  • CBS News: FBI breaks up alleged New Year’s Eve terror plot in California
  • Breitbart: Louisiana man arrested for allegedly planning attack in New Orleans
  • Blaze: Trump designates deadly drug a weapon of mass destruction
  • AP: Hegseth says he won’t publicly release video of boat strike that killed survivors in the Caribbean
  • Breitbart: Operation Southern Spear: U.S. Military Strikes Three Drug Trafficking Boats in Eastern Pacific, Eight Killed
  • The Hill: Sen. Chris Murphy after boat strike briefing: There’s ‘no fentanyl’ and ‘no legal justification’
  • Washington Examiner: Latin America allies lend Trump support in anti-drug operations in Caribbean
  • New York Times: [Trinidad] As U.S. Threatens Maduro, a Caribbean Nation Is Drawn Into the Conflict
  • Reuters: US judge open to again striking down Trump policy on third-country deportations
  • Bloomberg: Judges Are Getting Fired as Trump Pursues Immigration ‘Purge’
  • FOX News: 201 House Dems vote against bill named after 20-year-old American killed by illegal immigrant teen
  • Washington Post: The Trump administration’s immigration raids are testing this sanctuary city
  • FOX News: DC mayor fires back at House Oversight Committee over ‘politically motivated’ crime statistics report
  • Washington Examiner: Labor Department sending unemployment insurance ‘strike team’ to investigate Minnesota fraud
  • Blaze: ‘Truly wicked’: Trump administration blasts Obama judge over praise of illegal alien who raped disabled American woman
  • Blaze: The illegal immigrant with more power than the president
  • AP: Fellow Wisconsin judge ‘shocked’ by Hannah Dugan’s response to immigration officers
  • Los Angeles Times: Newsom trolls Trump with website tracking president’s ‘criminal cronies’
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Protesters chain themselves to S.F. court building to protest Trump immigration policies
  • San Francisco Standard: Faith leaders chain themselves to ICE headquarters in San Francisco protest
  • Reuters: Top Trump aide Wiles reveals White House tensions, points to missteps - Vanity Fair
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] He is a handyman, not a criminal. Houston must face our immigration reality.
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • NewsMax: The Muslim Brotherhood: Terrorists or Subversives?
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] I’m a citizen. ICE wrongfully detained me. So why can’t I sue?
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Axios: Immigrant businesses struggle amid ICE crackdown
  • Breitbart: [ME] Maine Gov. Janet Mills Approves Law Preventing Police from Aiding Immigration Enforcement
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Healey tells ICE to stop using Hanscom airport to deport Massachusetts residents
  • Axios: [MA] Progressive groups stage ‘ICE Tea Party’ protest for Boston Harbor
  • NECN News 8 am: [MA] Fitchburg Man Sues ICE After Suffering Seizure
  • New York Post: [NY] Nassau County breaks its own rules by keeping ICE detainees too long, activists claim
  • Yahoo News: [NY] Secretive Rapid Response Networks Are Operating in Communities ‘Terrorized’ By ICE Raids
  • NPR: [LA] Louisiana volunteer group brings groceries to families fearing immigration crackdown
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Lake Bluff Village Board approves procedures for responding to federal immigration enforcement activities
  • Washington Examiner: [MN] DHS denies Ilhan Omar claim that ICE pulled over son: ‘ZERO record … zero proof’
  • FOX 9 Minneapolis: [MN] Chanhassen ICE operation: Authorities say enforcement was targeted
  • Daily Caller: [MN] Crowd Surrounds ICE Agents During Enforcement Operation In Minneapolis
  • Univision: [MN] ICE agent drags a woman into custody amid tense confrontation with the community
  • KWTX Waco: [TX] Man gets 20 years for strangling ICE officer with badge cord
  • Breitbart: [KS] Criminal Alien Sentenced Gets Maximum Sentence for Brutal Assault on ICE Officer in Kansas
  • Politico: [CO] Denver prevents ICE contractor from expanding operations at airport
  • Axios: [OR] City leaders call ICE force near Portland school "unjustified"
  • Daily Caller: [WA] Sanctuary State Allows Illegal Immigrant To Walk After Fatal Truck Crash Despite Fed’s Request
  • ABC 2 Portland: [OR] Oregon lawmakers urge DHS to inform public of any potential ICE expansions in state
  • NBC 8 Portland: [OR] Oregon officials seek answers on potential ICE facilities in Portland, Newport
  • FOX News: [OR] Oregon parents, teachers form networks to monitor ICE activity near schools
  • CBS San Francisco: [CA] Protesters at ICE offices in San Francisco chain themselves to entrance
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Oakland renews $2 million Flock license plate camera deal amid ICE data concerns
  • Univision: [CA] ICE arrests double in Orange County, and dispute over costs and legal limits grows
  • New York Times: [Cuba] U.S. Sends Cubans to Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • FOX News: Vance tells blue state they ‘might try hiring Americans’ before suing over Trump’s visa fee explosion
  • NPR: Millions of immigrants are now in legal limbo amid the asylum freeze
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Afghan refugees in Texas say Trump’s latest crackdown could leave them homeless
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Immigrant truck drivers have become collateral damage in the state’s war with Trump
  • Federalist: [China] Chinese Billionaire’s U.S. Baby Factory Exposes Birthright Citizenship Scam
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: CBP announces record-breaking $200 billion in tariff revenue amid Trump administration enforcement push
  • Bloomberg: US Importers Weigh Legal Options for Possible Trump Tariff Refunds
  • Washington Examiner: Biden OK’d illegal immigrants ‘Elvis Presley’ and ‘Connie Chung’ into US
  • AP/NewsMax/New York Post: [NY] Off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer fires gun in dispute with driver at JFK airport
  • AP: [NY] Video shows Border Patrol agents back in Chicago, making arrests and deploying chemical agents
  • Local News Live: Border Patrol Agents in NOLA to Deploy to Chicago
  • NewsNation: [IL] Border Patrol chief back in Chicago as DHS crackdown continues
  • AP/Reuters/Axios: [IL] Border Patrol Commander, Agents Reappear in Force in Chicago Immigrant Communities
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and agents return to Chicago in show of force across city and suburbs
  • FOX News: [IL] Border Patrol commander returns to Chicago as agents deploy pepper balls in immigrant neighborhood
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino in Chicago as federal agents detain people in Little Village, Cicero and Berwyn
  • NewsNation: [IL] Customs and Border Patrol agent accused of assault to stay in custody
  • Bloomberg: [Canada] Canada’s Fentanyl Czar Seeks Chinese Help to Stop Precursors
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Blaze: Fly home or get caught: Trump’s TSA feeding ICE names before takeoff to nab illegal aliens ‘without apology’
  • CBS News: REAL ID enforcement is reshaping air travel — and leaving some Atlanta flyers scrambling
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NBC 5 Today at 6am: Disaster Survivors Demanding FEMA Help
  • NC Newsline: [NC] FEMA planned changes for disaster aid. NC local leaders say they’re ‘unhelpful’ and ‘tone deaf’
  • AP: [TX] Texas sues utility company to recover damages from historic wildfire sparked by downed power lines
  • NPR: [WA] Parts of Washington state are still recovering from flooding. More rain is on the way
  • USA Today: [WA] Driver found dead amid flash flooding, levee failures in Washington
  • CBS News: [OR] Oregon hospital races to build a tsunami shelter as FEMA fights to cut its funding
• Secret Service
  • FOX News: [DC] Trump admin fights in court to keep White House East Wing demolition, $300M ballroom build on track
  • FOX News: [DC] Trump admin defends White House ballroom as national security matter
  • New York Post: [DC] Judge rejects emergency bid to block Trump’s White House ballroom after Secret Service cites security
  • Washington Post: [DC] Federal judge suggests White House ballroom construction may continue
  • FOX News: [DC] Judge warns Trump administration against ‘irreversible’ White House ballroom construction work
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Federal judge unlikely to block White House ballroom construction
  • Daily Caller: [DC] Biden State Dept Appeared To Ignore Emails From Would-Be Trump Assassin
• Coast Guard
  • Washington Post: Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
  • NBC News: [FL] Coast Guard rescues man 100 miles off Florida’s coast
  • CBS News: [CA] Coast Guard offloads 27,000 pounds of cocaine as it uses "disabling fire" to stop some alleged drug boats
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • FedScoop: Outgoing GAO chief warns of ‘taking our foot off the gas’ at CISA
  • CyberScoop: Key lawmaker says Congress likely to kick can down road on cyber information sharing law
  • CyberScoop: Amazon warns that Russia’s Sandworm has shifted its tactics
  • HS Today: Joint Advisory Flags Pro-Russia Hacktivist Threats to Critical Infrastructure
  • CyberScoop: Illusory Systems settles with FTC over 2022 cryptocurrency hack
• Terrorism Investigations
  • The Hill: US Jewish groups urge heightened security at public events after Hanukkah celebration targeted
  • FOX Business: Biden policies fueled radicalization as anti-Israel extremism spreads across the US, expert warns
  • NPR: How college campus security has changed to prepare for violent attacks
  • Daily Wire: [MA] Mysterious Murder Of MIT Nuclear Physicist Leaves Community Shaken
  • NewsMax: [RI] FBI Releases New Timeline Tracking Brown Suspect
  • CNN: [RI] How authorities got ahead of themselves in the Brown University shooting investigation
  • ABC News: [RI] As Brown University shooting manhunt continues, FBI offers reward for info leading to conviction
  • CBS New York: [RI] Brown University shooting investigators seek more video of gunman amid questions over campus security
  • CBS News: [RI] Brown shooting investigators release "enhanced" footage of person of interest
  • NewsMax: [NY] NYC Subway Antisemitic Attack Under Investigation
  • CBS Miami: [FL] CAIR sues Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over order designating it "foreign terrorist organization"
  • Daily Caller: [CA] Accused Lefty Extremist Texted FBI Snitch About ‘Terrorist Diary’: ‘Lmaooooo I Have To Get Rid Of That’
  • New York Times: [Australia] Suspect in Bondi Beach Massacre Is Charged With Murder and Terrorism
  • CBS News/Washington Examiner: [Australia] Australian leader says terror attack motivated by ISIS as new info emerges
  • FOX News: [Australia] Graham says Australian PM put Jews ‘at risk,’ calls Western nations ‘pathetically weak’ after Hanukkah attack
  • NewsMax: [Philippines] Philippines Confirms Visit by Alleged Bondi Gunmen Amid Terrorism Concerns
• National Security News
  • Washington Post/NewsMax: Trump makes pick to lead NSA spy agency after months of leadership limbo
  • FOX Business: Scott Bessent warns Supreme Court’s tariff ruling risks national security: ‘A loss for the American people’
  • NewsMax: Pentagon Upgrades Sen. Kelly Review to Formal Probe
  • Bloomberg: Trump Security Strategy Meant to Guide Europe, US Official Says
  • National Herald: South Asia-linked terror groups remain a homeland threat, US officials warn
  • USA Today: No, TikTok will not be banned on Dec. 16. Here’s what we know.
  • Breitbart: [Paraguay] Paraguay’s Conservative Government Signs Deal for U.S. Troops in Country
  • The Hill/CNN: [South Africa] South Africa briefly held US government personnel on refugee assignment amid fraught relationship
  • Wall Street Journal: [Israel] White House Sends Angry Message to Israel Over Killing of Hamas Commander
  • DailySignal: [Afghanistan] How Fall of Kabul Led to Afghan Vetting Fiasco
  • NewsMax: [China] Campaign Seeks to Rid US of Chinese Made Medical Devices
  • Reuters: [China] China says Philippines distorted facts about incident near disputed atoll

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