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FOX News: Tricia McLaughlin urges vigilance ahead of NYE celebrations amid terror concerns
ABC News: Heightened security ahead of NYE celebrations
Breitbart/Daily Callers: Homeland Security’s Tricia McLaughlin Criticizes Kilmar Abrego Garcia for ‘Making TikToks’ After Release
FOX News: Major cities see violent crime surge as national rates plummet significantly in 2025: survey
Daily Caller: Scott Jennings Calls Immigration Trump’s ‘Biggest Promise Fulfilled’ In 2025
New York Post: New data reveals the horrific truth about illegal-immigrant crime
New York Post: Major US cities see violent crime surge as national rates plummet significantly in 2025: survey
Univision: A collision between two helicopters left one person dead and another injured in New Jersey, authorities say.
New York Times: What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
Univision: Camila Mendoza Olmos left her home in San Antonio on Christmas Eve and has not returned: she is being searched for in the US and Mexico
Opinion – Op-Eds
New York Post: TSA’s union distractions thwart air safety — so Trump is stepping in
FOX News: Birthright citizenship supporters get the law wrong by ignoring obvious evidence
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
FOX News: ICE delivers ‘greatest gift of all’ with Christmas arrests of convicted criminals across multiple states
FOX News: ‘Worst of the worst’: The 10 most violent illegal immigrants nabbed in 2025
NewsMax: ICE Tactic Shift Drives Surge in At-Large Arrests
San Diego Union Tribune: Michael Smolens: ICE enlists private ‘bounty hunter’ firms in deportation push
Daily Wire: Best Of 2025: ICE Agents Bring Hell To Boston With The Daily Wire
Telemundo: [TX] "Help," pleads a Cuban woman with a sick child and a husband facing deportation.
Univision: [TX] Camila Mendoza Olmos left her home in San Antonio on Christmas Eve and has not returned: she is being searched for in the US and Mexico
Los Angeles Times: [CA] Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations
Customs and Border Protection
FOX News: Border Patrol chief discusses ‘night and day’ difference in border security
NewsMax: [AZ] Arizona Ranchers Hail Trump Border Crackdown
Washington Examiner: [AZ] Illegal entries into Arizona plummet, 60% fewer gotaways than in Biden years
FOX News: [CA] Illegal migrant encounters plummet in San Diego sector under Trump
Federal Emergency Management Agency
NPR: Bomb cyclone’ forecasted to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions and dangerous travel
CNN: Blizzard conditions and tornadoes disrupt travel as winter brings frigid reality check back to the US
Univision: [CA] Car of man missing during California rains located; body found inside
CBS Los Angeles: [CA] San Bernardino County residents rescued by helicopter after house floods during winter storm
Los Angeles Times: [CA] Magnitude 4.7 earthquake shakes Northern California
CISA/Cybersecurity
Breitbart: [India] Outsourcing Nightmare: Former Coinbase Employee Arrested in India over Massive Crypto Hack
Terrorism Investigations
Washington Times: [Nigeria] Rep. Turner defends strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria as Democrats question tactics
National Security News
FOX News: [DC] FBI to relocate out of Hoover building in DC
Bloomberg: [Ukraine] Trump Say There Will Be a Security Agreement With EU
NBC News: [Ukraine] Trump says there will be a security agreement before talks with Zelenskyy
Daily Wire: [Ukraine] Trump: Peace Deal In Ukraine Is ‘Closer Than Ever,’ Save A Few ‘Thorny Issues’
Washington Examiner: [Israel] Netanyahu goes to Mar-a-Lago as Trump ups pressure for Gaza peace deal progress
FOX News: [Israel] Hamas builds new terror regime in Gaza, recruiting teens amid problematic election
NewsMax: [Israel] Israeli Minister: Gaza Demilitarization Key to Trump Plan
New York Times: [China] China Will Hold Live-Fire Military Exercises Around Taiwan
CBS News: [South Korea] South Korean mine could soon supply the U.S. with a critical mineral
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