• Top News
  • New York Times/CNN/Washington Post/AP: Man Shot in ICE Confrontation in Maryland, Officials Say
  • New York Times/Bloomberg/CNN: U.S. Strikes ISIS in Nigeria After Trump Warned of Attacks on Christians
  • FOX News: 17,500 illegal immigrants arrested under Laken Riley Act in Trump’s second term
  • Washington Examiner: Small Pacific nation agrees to take 75 migrants from the US for $7.5 million
  • Breitbart: Louisiana National Guard deploys in New Orleans
  • CNN: Supreme Court’s National Guard decision could force new debate over how Trump could use Insurrection Act
  • FOX News: Alito rips Supreme Court majority as ‘unwise’ for blocking Trump’s National Guard plan
  • FOX Business: Trump admin sues Gov. Pritzker for restricting immigration arrests
  • Daily Wire: These Sanctuary Cities And States Are On The Naughty List This Year
  • FOX News: McDonald’s locks doors to keep out individuals who present ‘a risk’ in crime-ridden Minneapolis area
  • FOX News: Trump lists accomplishments, says ‘Radical Left Scum’ are ‘failing badly’ in Christmas message
  • The Hill: Noem, Patel face scrutiny at end of first year under Trump
  • New York Post: Afghan DC National Guard shooting suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal faces death penalty after feds file new charges
  • AP: Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers
  • Wall Street Journal: Coast Guard Tracks Down Runaway Oil Tanker Linked to Iran and Venezuela
  • Reuters: US Coast Guard lacks forces to seize Venezuela-linked tanker for now, sources say
  • NewsMax: US Prepares to Board Sanctioned Oil Tanker
  • New York Times: Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs
  • Reuters: Russia compares US blockade of Venezuela to piracy
  • CNN: China has condemned Trump’s Venezuela blockade. But it may also see some upsides to a new era of gunboat diplomacy
  • Washington Post: Venezuela’s Maduro using U.S. military threat to crack down on dissent
  • New York Times: Long Carrier Deployment Projects U.S. Strength, and Carries Costs
  • The Hill: Bukele offers sardonic response to Hillary Clinton over CECOT criticism
  • New York Post: Bari Weiss defends pulling ‘60 Minutes’ Salvadorian prison segment in Christmas memo to CBS News staff
  • FOX News: Bari Weiss suggests CECOT ‘60 Minutes’ piece she delayed wasn’t ‘fair’ in memo to staffers
  • FOX News: Stephen Miller calls for firing of CBS producers over shelved Trump deportation story segment
  • NPR: How the clergy has rallied against the Trump administration’s immigration policies
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Post: The Supreme Court raises the stakes on Trump’s troop deployments
  • Wall Street Journal: Progress on the Fate of Guan Heng
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: I’ve Been the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees for a Decade. This Is the Crisis I See.
  • Bloomberg: How the White House Lost the Public on Immigration
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Trump is restoring the border sanity that used to be normal
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Opinion: Let’s choose solidarity with migrants this holiday season
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Bloomberg: US Tells Afghan Migrants to Report on Christmas, New Year’s Day
  • Washington Post/Telemundo Amarillo: [DC] ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
  • FOX News: Trump immigration crackdown hits roadblock as violence against ICE explodes
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Call 911 or risk losing the baby? Raids force some immigrants to avoid care
  • Yahoo! News: Woman deported before she could see dying husband in ICE custody: ‘I never saw him again’
  • FOX Business: [MA] $400K shipment of live lobsters hijacked on way to Costco in possible ring of thieves
  • NPR: [NY] ICE officer accused of excessive force, then sent back to work despite active probe
  • FOX News: [NJ] NJ Dem says ICE facility ‘NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN,’
  • Washington Post: [MD] Md. woman facing deportation is a citizen, lawyer says. ICE disagrees.
  • Washington Post: [MD] A Maryland parking lot becomes a hub of ICE resistance
  • New York Times: [OH] ICE Sweeps Into Ohio, Stirring Fear Among Somalis and Other Immigrants
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Faith leaders denied access to pray in Broadview ICE facility on Christmas Eve
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] ICE tore apart families. The community brought back some Christmas joy
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Families reeling, businesses suffering six months after ICE raided Ventura County cannabis farm
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • The Hill: Judge rejects challenge to Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee
  • Breitbart: Trump Revamps Controversial H-1B Outsourcing Program, Scraps Lottery for Merit System
  • Los Angeles Times: H-1B visa fee upheld by Federal judge
  • The Hill: US places visa bans on 5 Europeans, escalating ‘free speech’ fight
  • NPR: Immigration attorney talks about Trump’s denaturalization efforts
  • Reuters: [France] French President Macron slams U.S. visa ban on Thierry Breton and others
  • Bloomberg: [India] Trump’s H-1B Visa Chaos to Hurt India… and US
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsMax: Border Patrol Goes Nationwide to Apprehend Aliens
  • Federal News Network: CBP increases hiring incentives, amid record DHS recruiting year
  • Breitbart: U.S. Southern Border: Christmas This Year vs. Last
  • FOX News: Crockett accuses Trump administration of dishonesty over border encounter numbers
  • Breitbart: Crockett on if There Was Border Chaos Under Biden: It’s Never Been Perfect
  • USA Today: Border agents can search your devices. Is a burner phone worth it?
  • NPR: [NC] Her Christmas lights were going up. Then Border Patrol showed up
  • NewsMax: [IL] Border Patrol Chief Banks to Newsmax: Agents to Remain in Chicago
  • Breitbart: [AZ] Biggs: Some Spots on Border in AZ Need Wall, Help From Locals, AZ Still Top for Trafficking Even with Huge Improvement
  • Breitbart: [WA] Sinaloa Cartel Drug Flow Into Pacific Northwest Hit Hard in Seattle Meth Seizure
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Cross-border students to soon get their own pedestrian crossing lanes at San Diego border
• Transportation Security Administration
  • CBS News: [GA] Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport receives among lowest rate of TSA complaints ahead of Christmas travel
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • The Hill: Judge rules Trump can’t withhold FEMA grants to states over deportations
  • The Hill: [NJ] Rep. LaMonica McIver returns to detention facility months after scuffle
  • Washington Post: [NC] Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
  • The Hill: [AZ] FEMA denies aid to Arizona counties after disastrous monsoon floods
  • AP/Los Angeles Times/USA Today: [CA] New storm hitting waterlogged Southern California could bring mudslides and high surf
  • CBS News: [CA] More downpours in store for soaked California with additional mudslides and debris flows possible
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Tornado warning issued in Santa Cruz County now canceled
• Coast Guard
  • CBS Miami: [FL] U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for missing Florida boaters
  • USA Today: [FL] ‘No harder decision’: Search suspended for 2 missing Florida boaters
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Breitbart: [RI] Brown University Safety Chief Placed on Leave in Wake of Deadly Mass Shooting
  • Daily Caller: [TX] How Trump’s DOJ, Texas Cops Showed Antifa Terror Threat Is Real
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] Activists tied to LA bombing plot indicted on terrorism charges
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Alleged L.A. bomb plot: What we know about the Turtle Island Liberation Front
• National Security News
  • AP: [Turkey] Turkey detains dozens of Islamic State suspects planning attacks on Christmas, New Year celebrations
  • CBS News: [Ukraine] Zelenskyy says he had "very good conversation" with Witkoff and Kushner on Christmas
  • CBS News: [China] Trump administration says China’s chip policies are unfair but will delay tariffs to 2027
  • Wall Street Journal: [China] U.S. Delays New Tariffs on Chinese Chips Until 2027
  • Breitbart: [China] Pentagon Report: China Loads over 100 ICBMs into Missile Silos near Mongolian Border
  • AP: [North Korea] North Korea displays apparent progress in construction of nuclear-powered submarine

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