• Top News
  • New York Times: Another Front in the Trump Immigration Crackdown: Import Warehouses
  • The Hill: Judge blocks deportation of UK man targeted by Trump administration
  • AP: Federal judge to hold hearing on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being vindictively prosecuted
  • CNN: DHS detained these three immigrants until judges ordered them released. Why they are the tip of an iceberg.
  • Reuters: Venezuelans held in Salvadoran prison look to challenge deportation in US court
  • Tampa Free Press: 17,5000 Detained: DHS Announces Massive Crackdown Under New ‘Laken Riely Act’
  • Daily Caller: CNN’s Dana Bash Admits Border Is ‘Story Of Accomplishment’ For Donald Trump
  • NewsMax: FBI Doubles Violent Crime Arrests Under Trump
  • FOX News: Pro-police group asks DOJ to probe Soros-backed Virginia prosecutor using Biden-era law once aimed at cops
  • Good Day Seattle at 10AM: Supreme Court Blocks National Guard Deployment
  • Breitbart: Immigrant Truckers Sue California for ‘Unlawful’ Plan to Revoke CDLs
  • FOX News: ‘MATTER OF ENFORCING THE LAW’: Inside California’s alleged illegal migrant CDL problem
  • FOX News: Migrant truckers sue California DMV over canceled licenses
  • Washington Post: The U.S. sank the alleged narco-terrorists’ boat — and let them go
  • FOX News: Trump casts Maduro’s ouster as ‘smart’ move as Russia, China enter the fray
  • FOX News: US cracks down on ISIS, Venezuela as military pressure increases
  • Univision: Venezuela releases 99 political prisoners amid pressure and threats from Trump
  • New York Post: Tiny ‘Survivor’ island with 18K population to welcome Trump’s deportees — for $7.5 million
  • Washington Post: Trump aides’ official religious messages for Christmas draw objections
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • USA Today: There is nothing criminal, illegal or alien about skin color
  • Daily Caller: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Appears To Erase Diamond Ring From Official Government Photo
  • Wall Street Journal: [FL] The Scandal of the Mar-a-Lago Raid
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NewsMax: ICE: 70% Arrested Had Criminal Ties
  • Politico: ICE’s interest in high-tech gear raises new questions: ‘What is it for?’
  • NewsMax: ICE Surveillance Tools Spark Privacy Debate
  • NPR: ICE is deporting some immigrants so quickly, their attorneys are left scrambling
  • Blaze: [PA] Leftist radicals doxx ICE agents with ‘WANTED’ flyers in Pennsylvania
  • Univision: [GA] Mother plans to return to El Salvador; lawyer explains the $3,000 offered by DHS
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Kane state’s attorney seeking more info before deciding on charges in ICE incident
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] Judge blocks immigration arrests at courthouses in northern California
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Post: Trump officials move to screen visa applicants’ posts for ‘anti-American’ speech
  • New York Times: Trump Invited White South Africans to America. One Ended Up in Detention.
  • Breitbart: [NY] NY Judge Blocks Deportation of UK Censorship NGO Chief Who Tried to Blacklist Breitbart
  • FOX News: [CA] Migrant truckers sue California DMV over licenses after DOT push
  • Univision: [CA] Lawsuit seeks to curb massive cancellation of licenses for immigrant truckers in California
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsMax: DHS Tightens Border Screening, Visa Restrictions
  • Univision: Expanded biometric data collection for all foreigners visiting the US
  • Wall Street Journal: Customs Crackdown Leads to Blocked, Destroyed Imports
  • NBC News Daily: Biometric Checks at U.S. Exits
  • NewsMax: [AZ] Hundreds of Marines Deployed to Arizona Border Zone
  • NewsMax: [CA] Mayor Bass: Hispanic Border Patrol Agents ‘Sad’ Situation
• Transportation Security Administration
  • NBC News: Snowstorm scrubs thousands of flights during busy travel weekend
  • Univision: More than 1,500 flights cancelled nationwide due to severe winter weather
  • CBS Miami: [FL] oliday travel crush hits Miami International Airport as TSA lines stretch past ticket counters
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] American Airlines testing new boarding technology at DFW Airport
  • CBS News: [TX] American Airlines announces significant changes to operations at DFW Airport to "improve passenger experience"
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Washington Examiner: Indicted Democrat edits $109,000 ring allegedly bought with stolen FEMA funds from photo
  • AP: [VT] Vermont’s climate superfund law pushes forward as federal lawsuits seek to block it
  • USA Today: [NY] Snowstorm expected to hit parts of US, NY could see 10 inches
  • CBS News: [CA] Deaths reported after catastrophic flooding and mudslides in California
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Flood risk and avalanche danger remain as California emerges from Christmas storms that battered the state
• Coast Guard
  • CNN: US contemplates sending more resources to forcibly board oil tanker near Venezuela
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CBS News/NewsMax: [ID] 3 wounded in shooting at rural Idaho sheriff’s office, officials say; suspect killed
  • AP: [Nigeria] President Donald Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians
  • The Hill: [Nigeria] What to know about US strike on ISIS in Nigeria
  • Washington Examiner: [Nigeria] Trump and Republicans praise ISIS strikes in Nigeria: ‘Clear and unmistakable message’
  • CNN: [Nigeria] Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area
  • NewsMax: [Nigeria] Rep. Mike Baumgartner to Newsmax: ISIS Targeting Christians a ‘Fact on Ground’
  • Breitbart: [Nigeria] Dem Rep. Dean: Nigeria ISIS Target Strikes ‘Chaos and Distraction’
  • The Hill: [Nigeria] Nigeria on cooperating with US against ISIS: ‘This challenge goes beyond borders’
  • Breitbart: [Nigeria] Nigerian Foreign Minister: Strikes ‘Coordinated’ with U.S., It’s ‘Not About Religion’
  • Breitbart: [Nigeria] Nigerian Foreign Minister: We Have Will to Fight Terror, But May Need More Arms Sold to Us
• National Security News
  • NewsMax: Texas, Florida Spearhead GOP Fight Against Muslim Groups
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Patel to close FBI’s Hoover building permanently
  • AP: [Ukraine] Zelensky will meet with Trump in Florida for talks on Ukraine security guarantees
  • Daily Caller: [Ukraine] Is Ukraine Peace Deal Doomed Before Zelenskyy And Trump Even Meet At Mar-A-Lago?
  • New York Times: [Syria] 8 Killed in Syria Mosque Blast, Government Says
  • FOX News: [Israel] Israel FM accuses Palestinian Authority of aiding terror with ‘Pay-for-Slay’ after deadly attack
  • Reuters: [Russia] Russia likely placing new hypersonic missiles at former airbase in Belarus, researchers find
  • Reuters: [Russia] Moscow sentences Russian diplomat to 12 years for passing secrets to U.S. intelligence
  • AP: [China] China sanctions 20 US defense companies and 10 executives over massive arms sales to Taiwan

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