• Top News
  • AP/Bloomberg/Reuters: Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into US
  • FOX News: Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente identified as Brown University and MIT shooting suspect, found dead
  • Washington Examiner: Brown-MIT shooting suspect studied with murdered professor in Portugal, authorities say
  • ABC News/Wall Street Journal/Reuters: Milwaukee judge found guilty of felony obstruction in helping undocumented man evade arrest
  • CBS Los Angeles: DHS responds to U.S. Army veteran who self-deported to South Korea
  • CNN: US strikes 2 more boats in the Pacific Ocean, killing 5
  • Breitbart: Operation Southern Spear: New U.S. Military Strike Kills Four Drug Traffickers
  • CNN: Trump’s shifting justifications on Venezuela and his boat strikes
  • New York Post: Venezuela’s Maduro orders navy to escort ships hauling oil-based products, defying Trump blockade
  • Bloomberg: Chevron Continues Loading Venezuelan Oil Amid Tensions
  • NPR: Venezuelans brace for hardship as Trump threatens oil blockade
  • AP: Trump’s blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil raises new questions about legality
  • Daily Signal: Maduro’s Narco-Terrorism Plot Against America Unraveled by Defectors
  • NBC News: Trump not ruling out war with Trump not ruling out war with Venezuela
  • FOX News: Can Maduro survive as Trump’s oil pressure campaign hits his regime’s weak spot?
  • New York Times: Trump Relies on Distortions to Support His Pressure Campaign on Venezuela
  • Breitbart: Brazil, Mexico seek to defuse US-Venezuela crisis
  • Breitbart: Lula open to mediate between US, Venezuela to ‘avoid armed conflict’
  • Washington Examiner: Russia warns of ‘unpredictable consequences’ to US operations in Venezuela: ‘Fatal mistake’
  • Washington Post: Stephen Miller’s hard-line Mexico strategy morphed into deadly boat strikes
  • Breitbart: Ecuador Launches Joint-U.S. Military Operation to Fight ‘Narco-Terrorism’
  • AP: UN official says lifting US sanctions on Syria could encourage refugee returns
  • FOX News/AP: Tren de Aragua gang leader charged with racketeering conspiracy and cocaine trafficking under Trump crackdown
  • NewsMax: Dozens of Tren de Aragua Gangsters Named in DOJ Indictments
  • Houston Chronicle: Houston grand jury brings terrorism charges against alleged Tren de Aragua gang leaders
  • CNN: DHS rolled out a new plane. Here’s why it might look familiar
  • FOX News: Mom praises House for passing key immigration bill, bashes Crockett for dismissing daughter’s murder
  • New York Times: Trump Administration Tries to Stop Some Immigrants From Driving Trucks
  • New York Times: Democratic State Lawmakers Vow to Unite and Push Back on Trump’s Deportations
  • FOX 8 New Orleans: Over 350 arrests made across New Orleans during Operation Catahoula Crunch
  • AP: Illinois panel’s first meeting over federal misconduct focuses on chemical agents
  • Daily Wire: National Guard Under Attack From ‘Deranged Individuals’ In U.S. Cities, Senator Says
  • Washington Post: Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonuses
  • Washington Post: Trump officials keep blaming housing costs on one group: Immigrants
  • ABC News: Designating fentanyl as a WMD gives DEA ‘more tools’ to fight it, administrator says
  • AP/FOX News: Trump signs executive order that would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
  • AP: Teen gang members plead guilty to acting as hired hitmen for Sinaloa cartel
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • NewsMax: Trump Targets Narco-Terrorists, Democrats Defend Them
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NewsMax: DHS Shares ‘Holiday Cheer’ With Their ‘Worst of the Worst’ List
  • Daily Signal: DHS Expands ‘Worst of the Worst’ Searchable Website
  • The Hill: Democrats ask federal watchdog to review ICE hiring surge amid reports of issues with trainees
  • Bloomberg: ICE Plans Detention Expansion With Deal to Design ‘Mega Centers’
  • Univision: Judge orders ICE to allow lawmakers to visit its facilities without prior notice.
  • Washington Examiner: DOJ struggles to build cases against anti-ICE protesters in liberal cities
  • Daily Signal: SCOOP: ICE Agents Are Becoming Burned Out as Trump Administration Pushes for More Deportations
  • Breitbart: Deportation fears spur US migrants to entrust guardianship of their children
  • Federalist: Large School Systems See Plummeting Foreign-Language Students Thanks To Immigration Enforcement
  • Newsweek: New Bill Would Bar Police From Working With ICE
  • FOX News: GOP, Democrats clash on Capitol Hill as Republicans target cartels and Dems push to curb ICE partnerships
  • FOX News: Dem lawmaker: Local authorities with federal-like immigration enforcement powers erode public trust
  • Axios: Nativity scenes become protest art in a season of deportations
  • New York Times: [NY] Trump-Appointed Judge Flays ICE Over Conditions in Long Island Lockup
  • Washington Examiner: [VA] Illegal immigrant was released from jail by Soros district attorney one day before allegedly killing Virginia man
  • Axios: [OH] Columbus leaders warn of "unwelcome" ICE presence
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Kane state’s attorney confirms she’s investigating Elgin ICE complaints
  • FOX News: [MN] Minneapolis police chief blasts ICE after agent seen dragging woman through street, kneeling on her back
  • FOX News: [MN] Trump officials push back on Minneapolis police chief comparing ICE raids to Nativity story
  • CBS News: [TX] 3 arrested in connection to human trafficking investigation in Johnson County, officials say
  • HS Today: [KS] Mexican Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Violently Assaulting ICE Officer in Kansas
  • AP: [KS] Kansas tribe ends nearly $30 million deal with ICE
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] She was approved for a green card after three decades in the U.S. Then ICE arrested her
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Daily Caller/Washington Examiner: Trump Admin Escalating Denaturalizations Of Americans Who Fraudulently Scored Citizenship
  • Daily Wire: Trump Admin Opens Door To Yanking Citizenship As Part Of ‘War On Fraud’
  • Chicago Tribune: Officials say more seeking citizenship due to Trump policies: ‘People are afraid of being deported’
  • Telemundo: Reports indicate the government is demanding a monthly quota of immigrants in order to revoke their citizenship.
  • Daily Caller: Struggling American Workers Call ‘Bullsh*t’ On Democrats’ Bid To Keep H1-B Tap Flowing
  • Breitbart: [South Africa] State Department Blasts South African Government for Detaining, Exposing USCIS Officers
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Breitbart: CBP increases recruits as part of Trump’s deportation agenda
  • Breitbart: CBP Announces Up to $60 K in Recruitment, Retention Incentives
  • FOX News: Trump admin ramps up key border security move that is expected to run over 1,400 miles: ‘Important tool’
  • Axios: [IL] Border agents in Chicago violate supposed new DHS sweep policy
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] State commission highlights ‘unjustified’ uses of tear gas, pepper spray by federal immigration agents
  • New York Post: [IL] Border Patrol boss squares off with progressive Chicago-area mayor over immigration raids: ‘You should get aware’
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Lead prosecutor in Bovino murder-for-hire case unexpectedly leaving US attorney’s office ahead of trial
  • NewsNation: [IL] Border Patrol Chief Bovino ‘lying’ about police help: Chicago mayor
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] Gregory Bovino plays ‘rock, paper, scissors’ while the community calls for him to be removed from Chicago.
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Chicago remains alert, even as Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and his agents sweep in and out of town
  • Univision: [IL] Protests erupt in Little Village over alleged police collaboration with immigration authorities
  • FOX News: [TX] Alleged human smuggling operation exposed in Texas as 17 illegal aliens found inside residential home
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Broken utility poles spotted at site of small Colorado wildfire, firefighters say downed power lines were the cause
  • CNN: [NM] Border Patrol trains record number of recruits, with new lessons on car chases and shooting
  • Blaze: [CA] Border Patrol nabs 49 illegal aliens with commercial driver’s licenses
• Transportation Security Administration
  • The Hill/Washington Examiner: Sean Duffy’s daughter calls out TSA as ‘unconstitutional’ after pat-down
  • New York Post: Sean Duffy’s daughter calls for govt to abolish TSA after ‘invasive pat-down’ at airport
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: [CO] Hurricane-force wind downs power lines, fans wildfires in Colorado with more on way
  • Washington Post: [CA] What incoming atmospheric rivers mean for water and wildfires in California
• Secret Service
  • Blaze: [CA] Child sex abuse material found on PE teacher’s phone after he inappropriately touched students, police say
• Coast Guard
  • The Hill: Noem says Coast Guard will remove divisive language on hate symbols from policy
  • Washington Post: Coast Guard abruptly deletes swastika, noose entry from policy manual
  • Washington Examiner/AP: Democrats place hold on Coast Guard head’s confirmation after hate symbol policy controversy
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Coast Guard video shows 2 boaters rescued from disabled sailboat off Tampa Bay coast
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Route Fifty: CISA opens 100 applications for CyberCorps students
  • CyberScoop: [China] Policymakers grapple with fallout from Chinese AI-enabled hack
• Terrorism Investigations
  • AP: Police are investigating link between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say
  • Breitbart: [NY] ‘It’s Open Season’: Antisemitic Attacks in NYC Highlight Broader Threat, ‘This is Mamdani’s NY’
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Man accused of lighting woman on fire on CTA train faces new charge in arson outside City Hall
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] Transgender co-conspirator charged in terrorist plot requests transfer to women’s jail
  • New York Times: [Cuba] New Judges Take Charge of Sept. 11 Case at Guantánamo
  • The Hill: [Syria] Deadly ISIS attack tests Trump’s Syria policy, ability to retaliate
  • NPR: [Syria] Is ISIS making a comeback?
  • Washington Examiner: [Syria] ISIS’s decentralization transformation still poses deadly consequences
  • AP: [Pakistan] Pakistan arrests Islamic State affiliate’s spokesman labelled as terrorist by the US, reports say
  • Washington Examiner: [Australia] Seven men arrested near Bondi Beach as Australian police foil suspected terrorist attack
  • Washington Post: [Australia] Bondi Beach suspects spent weeks in Philippine city, hotel says
• National Security News
  • Breitbart: Trump signs $900 bn defense policy bill into law
  • Reuters: Trump nominates Joshua Rudd for director of National Security Agency, Pentagon says
  • AP: US official defends Trump’s nuclear test comments by citing mounting risks from other states
  • AP: Rubio hits 2 more International Criminal Court judges with sanctions over Israel prosecutions
  • AP: TikTok signs deal to form new US unit with investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake
  • FOX News: DOJ faces Friday deadline to release Epstein files as lawmakers push for transparency
  • Bloomberg: Counter-Drone Powers Expanded Under Defense Bill Trump to Sign
  • FOX News: [Mexico] US officials warn snowbirds of ‘violent crime’ in winter destination hot spot
  • Bloomberg: [Ukraine] Ukraine Security Plan Has Robust Protections, Officials Say
  • CNN: [Russia] The Kremlin’s brazen tactics: Russia’s shadow fleet is doubling as a spy asset, intelligence sources say
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Treasury Dept Sanctions Vessels Delivering Iranian Oil
  • Reuters: [China] US launches review of advanced Nvidia AI chip sales to China, sources say
  • NPR: [China] In the shadow of U.S. export controls, China rallies its own chip industry
  • Los Angeles Times: [China] Security concerns mount as police departments face potential ban on Chinese-made drones
  • Wall Street Journal: [China] U.S. Clamps Down on Investment in Chinese Tech Companies
  • Washington Examiner: [China] Beijing bares teeth over Panama Canal as US operations further threaten China’s hold in region

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