• Top News
  • FOX News/New York Post/CBS News/CNN: Feds launch ‘massive’ investigation after viral video alleges Minnesota daycare fraud
  • Daily Wire: ‘BUCKLE UP, LAWMAKERS!’: Pam Bondi Says Somali Fraud Prosecutions Are Just Beginning
  • NBC News: FBI surged resources to Minnesota over day care fraud claims before video went viral, Patel says
  • Daily Caller: Walz Administration Says It ‘Strengthened Oversight’ After Viral Documentary Highlights Fraud Claims
  • FOX News: Somali Minnesotans being ‘scapegoated’ in fraud investigation, NYT writer claims
  • Reuters/CNN/CBS News/Breitbart/NBC News: US hit drug boat loading facility in Venezuela, Trump says
  • CBS News: U.S. kills 2 in strike on alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, military says
  • Breitbart: Argentina’s Javier Milei Says He ‘Deeply Admires’ Trump, Supports Venezuela Naval Strikes
  • CBS News: National Guard deploying to New Orleans as city marks 1 year since terror attack
  • FOX News: Trucker slapped with charges in fatal driving incident previously immigrated to US illegally: source
  • USA Today/Telemundo20/CBS Los Angeles: Judge dismisses case against TikTok streamer shot by federal agent. What his ruling says.
  • CBS Los Angeles: Newly-released body cam video raises questions over tactics used by federal immigration agents
  • FOX News: Trump tears up Obama-era Latin American policy with renewal of Monroe Doctrine
  • Breitbart: DHS: Obama-Era Salvadoran Migrant Kidnapped Texas Girl on Christmas Day
  • New York Post: Texas teen who vanished on Christmas Eve feared to be in ‘imminent danger’
  • Breitbart: DAY 6: Hundreds Join Expanding Search for Missing San Antonio Teen Last Seen on Christmas Eve
  • New York Post: Missing Texas teen Camila Mendoza’s ex-boyfriend vows to keep searching ‘until we find her’
  • Univision: Authorities reveal new video of Camila Mendoza; they do not rule out self-harm or kidnapping
  • Chicago Tribune: Chicago violence continued to plummet in 2025 despite high-profile crimes
  • Bloomberg: Immigration Decline Overstated By Survey Data, Fed Study Finds
  • Bloomberg: Trump Slammed by Heritage Hardliner Over ‘Fake’ Deportations
  • NewsMax: DHS: 1.9M Illegal Aliens Self-Deported Under Trump Admin
  • Daily Signal: 7 Big Border and Immigration Moves of 2025
  • FOX News: Year of ICE rage: Top 5 Democrat meltdowns as Trump revives hard-line deportation agenda
  • New York Times: Democrats Aim to Spotlight Republican Efforts to Rewrite the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
  • FedScoop: DHS trades paper FOIA requests for digital filings
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: [Israel] The Trump-Netanyahu United Front
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • NewsMax: Muslim Brotherhood’s Global Ambitions Is a Trojan Horse Within
  • Washington Post: What kind of skilled immigrants does America need? You decide.
  • Washington Post: [China] China is using American AI against the U.S. Here’s how to stop it.
  • Daily Caller: [China] China’s TikTok Deal Great For China, Not For America
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Politico/NBC News: Judge rules basic Medicaid data can be shared with ICE
  • Washington Examiner: Self-deportations soar as Trump’s first year winds down
  • FOX News: Convicted murderer, child predators rounded up in Christmas weekend ICE crackdown
  • San Diego Union Tribune: ICE hires private "bounty hunter" companies to boost deportations
  • Washington Examiner: Democrats move to stop ICE from working with local police nationwide
  • Washington Examiner: [NJ] Rep. LaMonica McIver appeals ruling allowing immigration facility scuffle case to proceed
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Protesters call on ICE to leave Maryland after shooting involving ICE officers
  • FOX News: [GA] Illegal immigrant allegedly severs man’s thumb with machete at Georgia Christmas holiday party
  • Washington Examiner: [MN] ICE joins FBI agents in investigating suspected Minnesota fraud sites
  • CBS Mornings: [MN] MN DPS Warns About ICE Misusing License Plates
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] Marina López, a Guatemalan mother, returned home for Christmas after being detained by ICE for 7 months.
  • The Hill: [CA] 19 rescued in ‘Home for the Holidays’ human trafficking sting in Southern California
  • Telemundo: [CA] Certain immigrants detained by ICE could be released on bail
  • Univision: [CA] What you need to know about a federal judge’s ruling ordering a halt to ICE detentions in Northern California courts
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Politico: The Trump administration’s plan to close a ‘huge loophole’ in legal immigration
  • Bloomberg: Fight Over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Moves to Appeals Court
  • Daily Caller: Foreigners Scheme To Keep Their H-1Bs As Trump Admin Throttles Cheap Labor Pipeline
  • Reuters: US could block asylum on public health grounds under Trump regulation
  • Campus Reform: [RI] Trump admin pauses diversity visa program at Brown ‘to ensure no more Americans are harmed’
• Customs and Border Protection
  • USA Today: Can border control use Face ID to unlock my phone?
  • USA Today: [NY] New York man who tried to export 850 live turtles worth $1.4M lands in prison
  • Newsweek: [CA] DHS Slams LA Mayor Karen Bass for Comments on Latino Border Agents
• Transportation Security Administration
  • FOX News: Viral video divides passengers about handling TSA security bins or not after screening
  • Federal News Network: How agencies can ensure trust and transparency in digital identity
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CNN: Powerful storm disrupts travel with blizzard conditions and tornadoes as winter returns to the US with a vengeance
  • Reuters: Winter Storm Ezra snarls US travel as meteorologists warn of ‘bomb cyclone’
  • NPR: [NC] North Carolina residents affected by Hurricane Helene still waiting for aid from FEMA
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] National Weather Service confirms tornado hit Pontiac, Illinois on Sunday
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] L.A. fire cleanups reports describe repeated violations, illegal dumping allegation
• Coast Guard
  • New York Post: Illegal immigrants jump into the sea to escape the law — only to get fished out by the Coast Guard
  • WorkBoat: Coast Guard awards Arctic Security Cutter contracts
  • Today: [FL] Body Found in the Caloosahatchee
  • NBC News/Breitbart/USA Today: [CA] California Triathlete’s Body Recovered After Possible Shark Attack
  • Reuters: [Finland] Finland’s RMC to build two icebreakers for the US Coast Guard
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Daily Caller: Foreign Group Backing US-Designated Antifa Terrorists Says Bank Accounts Were Shuttered
  • New York Times: [DC] Suspect Confessed to Planting Pipe Bombs Near the Capitol Before Jan. 6
  • FOX News: [TN] Nashville shooter Audrey Hale allegedly used federal student aid to buy guns for school attack
  • AP: [TX] Texas man accused of trying to aid Islamic State group is charged with international terrorism
  • Washington Examiner: [TX] Texas antifa terrorism case: Confessions mount as Trump DOJ clinches more convictions
  • Breitbart: [Nigeria] Nigerian Ethnic Leader Asks Trump for More U.S. Troop Action After Airstrikes Against Jihadists
  • FOX News: [Nigeria] Trump targets ISIS in Nigeria amid warnings Sahel region is becoming ‘epicenter of terrorism’
  • AP: [Australia] Australian police find no evidence of ‘broader terrorist cell’ in Bondi Beach antisemitic shooting
• National Security News
  • Federal News Network: At the FBI, a national security safeguard was quietly dropped for top leadership
  • Washington Times: [DC] Judge rules against Trump’s attempt to remove security clearance of whistleblower attorney
  • Wall Street Journal: [Ukraine] Ukraine Seeks Decadeslong Security Guarantee as Trump Offers 15 Years
  • Bloomberg: [Ukraine] Zelenskiy Asked Trump for 50-Year Ukraine Security Guarantee
  • CNN: [Ukraine] Ukraine denies Russian claim that drone attack targeted one of Putin’s residences
  • Daily Caller: [Nigeria] Trump’s Nigeria Strike Allegedly Hits Empty Field With Zero Casualties
  • Los Angeles Times: [Israel] Israel-backed militias tout themselves as part of Gaza’s post-war solution
  • Wall Street Journal: [China] China’s Push to Master the Arctic Opens an Alarming Shortcut to U.S.
  • AP: [China] China stages military drills around Taiwan to warn ‘external forces’ after US, Japan tensions
  • NBC News: [China] China fires a warning to the U.S. and simulates Taiwan blockade, though Trump says he’s ‘not worried’
  • Breitbart: [North Korea] North Korea Tests Cruise Missiles, Shows Off Construction of Nuclear-Powered Submarine

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