• Top News
  • New York Times/AP/Axios/CNN/FOX News: New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Twin Cities
  • Wall Street Journal/New York Times/Washington Post: Trump Says He Doesn’t Want Somali Immigrants in U.S. as ICE Plans Operation
  • FOX News/NBC News: Trump escalates clash with Somali community, revives Omar ‘married her brother’ claim as ICE weighs MN action
  • NewsMax: Noem Accuses ‘Wacko’ Walz of Fraud on Visas, Programs
  • Reuters: Minnesota officials defend Somali community against Trump’s attacks 
  • Breitbart: ICE to target Somalis in Minneapolis-St. Paul area
  • FOX News: Homan vows to enforce immigration laws in Twin Cities ‘without apology’ amid mayor opposition
  • CNN: After years of Trump’s attacks on Somalis in Minnesota, ICE zeroes in on the Twin Cities. Here’s what’s fueling the operation
  • Washington Examiner: Minneapolis police chief says call 911 on masked individuals detaining people amid immigration crackdown
  • New York Times/New York Post: Man Charged With Throwing Molotov Cocktails at Federal Building in L.A.
  • New York Times/New York Times/NBC News: U.S. Pauses Immigration Applications From Nations on Travel Ban List
  • CBS News: U.S. halts all immigration cases — including citizenship ceremonies — for nationals of 19 countries, internal guidance says
  • CNN: DHS recommends travel ban list include at least 10 more countries following DC shooting
  • Washington Examiner: Ahead of holidays, Noem advises Trump to impose full travel ban
  • FOX News: Kristi Noem says Biden used DHS ‘to invade the country with terrorists’
  • FOX Business: Afghan national linked to terror attack sparks outrage over Biden vetting failures
  • FOX News: It ‘can’t be overstated’ how much the Biden admin put US ‘in danger’: Tricia McLaughlin
  • FOX News: Patel blasts Biden’s ‘emblematic failure’ after Afghan national charged in guard shooting
  • Washington Examiner: Biden administration did not vet or run Lakanwal’s name through databases in 2021
  • FOX Business: Rep. Byron Donalds backs Noem’s push for sweeping travel ban as border crisis intensifies
  • FOX News: Afghan evacuee arrested before DC shooting federally charged with threatening terror attack
  • New York Times: Suspect in National Guard Shooting Enters Not Guilty Plea
  • Daily Caller: Court Docs Reveal Nightmarish Details Of Accused National Guard Shooter’s Rampage
  • USA Today: New details emerge in deadly shooting of two National Guard members
  • Washington Examiner: [MD] Records reveal Ian Roberts claimed citizenship on Maryland voting application
  • USA Today: DC shooting suspect was mentally spiraling for years, emails say
  • Breitbart/USA Today: Afghan citizen charged in alleged bomb threats against U.S. citizens
  • New York Times: Immigration Officials Target Afghans for Deportation in Wake of D.C. Shooting
  • FOX News: Senator renews push to mandate vetting for Afghan evacuees after National Guard shooting
  • CBS News/New York Post: Trump administration fires 8 immigration judges in New York City, official says
  • NPR: The White House keeps firing immigration judges. He is one of them
  • KTVU FOX 2 News at Noon: Impact of Immigration Judge Firings
  • Politico/AP: Judge limits warrantless immigration arrests in DC
  • AP: Trump says National Guard will be sent to New Orleans
  • AP: Protesters move to end their lawsuit over immigration officers’ tactics in the Chicago area
  • New York Times: Lawsuit Challenging Border Patrol’s Use of Force in Chicago Area Is Dropped
  • CBS Chicago: Attorneys move to drop lawsuit seeking to limit immigration agents’ use of force after Bovino and hundreds of Border Patrol agents leave Chicago
  • Chicago Tribune: ‘Shocked’: Chicago appeals judge rips lower court’s ruling to release immigration arrestees
  • Chicago Tribune: After ominous signs from 7th Circuit, attorneys abruptly move to dismiss lawsuit restricting use of force by immigration agents
  • Chicago Tribune: Sen. Dick Durbin demands answers from Homeland Security regarding U.S. citizens caught up in immigration raids
  • Univision: Florida extends immigration emergency until 2026 amid Democratic criticism
  • AP: Crackdown on trucking schools shouldn’t disrupt industry. But scrutiny on immigrant drivers might
  • Daily Wire: Illegal Immigrant Trucker With California License Accused Of Killing Newlyweds In Tragic Collision
  • New York Post: Mexican migrant accused of killing boy, 11, in LA hit-and-run was previously kicked out of US 4 times: DHS officials
  • Univision: Florida crash triggers audits and possible closure of thousands of trucker schools
  • CBS News: U.S. requested resumption of migrant flights to Venezuela after Trump’s airspace closure assertion, Maduro’s government says
  • CBS News: Trump says he’s planning land strikes on alleged drug traffickers "very soon"
  • AP: Trump says that the US will start doing strikes on land, aimed at drug cartels, soon
  • CNN: [Colombia] Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean
  • Washington Examiner: Trump holds Cabinet meeting as administration protects Hegseth from ‘war crime’ accusations
  • CNN: Trump and Hegseth insist they didn’t know of follow-up strike that killed survivors on suspected drug boat
  • FOX News: Hegseth defends second Caribbean strike, blasts media for ‘fake’ reporting
  • CBS News: White House confirms and defends second strike against alleged drug boat
  • CNN: Here’s what the Trump administration has said about the ‘double-tap’ strike on an alleged drug boat
  • NewsMax: Trump Re-Truths Carl Higbie’s Venezuela Strike Report
  • Washington Examiner: White House confirms key points of Washington Post account of second strike on drug boat
  • Washington Examiner: Tug-of-war: Trump’s escalation against Venezuela splits Republicans
  • NPR: White House justifies strikes on boat survivors, but it’s unclear where buck stops
  • Reuters: Trump says any country trafficking drugs into U.S. could be attacked
  • FOX News: Pope Leo urges dialogue over military action after failed Maduro, Trump call
  • CNN: Pope Leo urges against US incursion of Venezuela as he warns Western countries to be ‘less fearful’ of immigrants
  • FOX News: Gen Jack Keane: Trump is ‘dead serious’ about keeping drugs out, has ‘a lot of options’ with Maduro
  • Politico: Second boat strike tests GOP loyalty to Trump
  • Politico: Inside the MAGA Divide Over Trump’s Venezuela Gambit
  • CNN: Did the US commit a war crime in the Caribbean? Here’s what we know
  • FOX News: Homan dares Democrats to ‘come get some’ while brushing off prosecution concerns
  • The Hill: Border czar on Democrats’ threats of prosecution: ‘Come get some’
  • New York Times: Costco Sues Trump Administration for Refund of Tariffs
  • NBC News: Trump administration threatens to withhold SNAP benefits from blue states over immigration data
  • CBS News: Legendary cartel boss was ambushed, drugged and flown to U.S., according to plea deal with "El Chapo" son
  • Wall Street Journal: ‘Welcome to America!’ Captured Drug Lords Choose: Snitch or Suffer
  • ABC News: Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez freed from prison after Trump pardons drug trafficking conviction
  • New York Times: Pardon Undoes a Climactic Win in Drug Prosecutions Led by a Trump Ally
  • Reuters: Trump frees Honduran leader convicted on cocaine charges, sparks outcry from Democrats
  • Breitbart: Lula, Trump to boost joint efforts against organized crime
  • NPR: How the Trump administration is reshaping immigration
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: Shooting the Wounded on Drug Boats?
  • New York Post: [NY] 7,000 menaces that New York should NEVER be shielding from ICE
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Examiner: The Supreme Court case that shows asylum is too easy
  • Wall Street Journal: [MN] Can Minnesota’s Somalis Rise Above the Fraud Scandal?
  • OutKick: [MN] Tampon Tim And Somali-Sota Straight Up Stole From Minnesota Taxpayers During COVID
  • Blaze: [MN] It’s not ‘racist’ to notice Somali fraud
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Terrorists still haven’t destroyed America. And they won’t.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: ICE nabs child rapists, gun-toting robbers as assaults on officers rise 1,153%
  • USA Today: 2 million undocumented immigrants removed under Trump, Kristi Noem says
  • Washington Post: How Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations
  • Breitbart: Sabrina Carpenter says she doesn’t want her music used for ICE’s ‘inhumane agenda’
  • FOX News: White House fires back after Sabrina Carpenter slams ICE video using her song
  • Breitbart [NY] DHS Slams Hochul: New York Freed 7,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens While Ignoring ICE Detainers
  • FOX News: [NY] DHS demands Letitia James take action over New York’s refusal to honor ICE detainers
  • Washington Examiner: [NY] ICE: New York won’t honor 14,000 detainer requests
  • Univision: [PA] ICE detains Salvadoran man in Philadelphia and says he was wanted for several crimes
  • FOX News: [MD] Legal threat cracks open voter records for illegal school superintendent nabbed by ICE
  • NBC News: [IL] Illinois officials warn rental car companies that it is illegal for immigration agents to swap license plates
  • Reuters/Chicago Tribune: [IL] Suburban Chicago cop arrested by ICE returns to duty
  • CBS News: [MN] Trump administration orders ICE to target undocumented Somali immigrants in Twin Cities, source says
  • FOX News: [CO] Illegal immigrant allegedly driving drunk at extreme speed killed woman in violent crash: DHS
  • FOX News: [OR] Video surfaces of Portland protester arrested by ICE calling himself ‘Bin Laden’
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] L.A. County supervisors vote to ban ICE agents from wearing masks
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • FOX News: State Department yanks visas from Mexican executives in migrant smuggling crackdown
  • FOX News: How a green card can be revoked — and where Trump’s new review order fits into the process
  • Breitbart: Elon Musk Gushes About H-1B Visa Workers from India, Criticizes Trump’s Tariffs as ‘Market Distortions’
  • Federalist: [DC] Illegal Alien Superintendent’s Voter Registration Docs Deepen Need For Better Vetting
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Haitian woman fears being sent back to gang-ravaged homeland: "I don’t know what I’m going to do"
  • The Hill: [OH] Ohio senator introduces measure to eliminate dual citizenship
  • Federalist: [MN] Trump Is Right: It’s Past Time To End Temporary Protected Status For Somalis
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston has 38,000 asylum cases. What does the federal freeze mean for them?
• Customs and Border Protection
  • AP: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Expands Agreement with Kharon to Bolster Supply Chain Security and Human Rights Protections
  • Breitbart: [NC] ‘Operation Charlotte’s Web’ Nets 400 Illegal Aliens, Half with ‘Significant’ Criminal Records
  • CNN: [LA] With Border Patrol expected in New Orleans, a mayor-elect tugs at levers in her reach to ‘protect people’
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] A border crosser. An execution killing. And political theater.
  • Washington Post: [Mexico] Flesh-eating worm in Mexico is upending cross-border cattle trade
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Breitbart: TSA sets record of 3.1 million people screened Sunday after Thanksgiving
  • CBS Mornings Plus: TSA to Begin Charging for Verification System in February for People Without Passport or REAL ID
  • Axios: [VA] Richmond TSA lines are so fast that TikTok users are timing them
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • The Hill: FEMA employees who signed letter critical of Trump unsuspended, then resuspended
  • NPR: A major winter storm is pummeling the Northeast with ice and snow
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Legislation would designate ‘critical cyber threat actors,’ direct sanctions against them
  • CyberScoop: The Congressional remedy for Salt Typhoon? More information sharing with industry
  • Nextgov: CISA tells staff to not speak with reporters, internal email shows
  • CyberScoop: [PA] University of Pennsylvania joins growing pool of Oracle customers impacted by Clop attacks
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] All Zion Elementary District 6 schools to remain closed on Wednesday due to cybersecurity incident
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Breitbart: House Passes Bill Blocking October 7 Terrorists from Entering U.S.
  • FOX News: [CA] Manhunt continues for ‘multiple shooters’ who killed 4 at toddler’s birthday party as FBI offers $50K reward
  • New York Post: [CA] Deadly mass shooting in California erupted when toddler was cutting her birthday cake: ‘They deserve to go to hell’
• National Security News
  • Washington Post: Pentagon watchdog’s ‘Signalgate’ findings expected within days
  • Bloomberg: [Russia] US Peace Talks With Russia Will Not Exclude NATO, Rutte Says
  • FOX News: [Israel] Gaza militia leader forms rival force against Hamas, warns terrorists are regrouping amid ceasefire

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