• Top News
  • AP/FOX News/Breitbart: Surge in federal officers in Minnesota focuses on alleged fraud at day care centers
  • Daily Wire: Minneapolis Daycare Fraud Has Been Going On At Least A Decade, And There’s Video To Prove It
  • Politico/Breitbart: HHS freezes all child care funding for Minnesota
  • FOX News: DHS reviews citizenship cases from Somalia, other high risk countries for possible fraud
  • FOX News: House GOP whip urges citizenship revocations tied to Minnesota fraud schemes
  • FOX News: Denaturalization calls mount in Minnesota fraud crackdown
  • The Hill: DHS posts video of agents in Minneapolis
  • FOX News: ICE probes suspected Minnesota fraud sites as officials follow potential $9B money trail
  • Daily Wire: Trump’s ICE Director Blames Sanctuary Laws For Minnesota Fraud
  • CNN: CNN interviews Nick Shirley on his childcare fraud claims in Minnesota
  • NewsMax: Minnesota DHS Child Care Records Site Crashes After Viral Fraud Video
  • New York Post: House GOP Whip Tom Emmer calls for deportation of Somali fraudsters in Minnesota
  • Breitbart: Minnesota Daycare Boss Claims ‘No Fraud’ After Citizen Journalist’s Video Raises Questions
  • Daily Caller: Key Minnesota Commissioner Responds To Alleged Somali Fraud Fiasco
  • FOX News: Tim Walz faces mounting backlash amid fraud allegations as DHS investigates daycare centers
  • New York Times/CBS News/CNN: Justice Dept. Leaders Pushed to Charge Abrego Garcia, Emails Show
  • CNN: The DOJ is facing a setback in its criminal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who was wrongly deported
  • USA Today: Judge orders DOJ to share emails showing Abrego Garcia case motivation
  • NewsMax: DHS Recruits Deportation Judges for DOJ
  • Bloomberg: US Embassies to Track Migration ‘Crimes’ in Western Hemisphere
  • FOX News: US embassies in the Western Hemisphere directed to report on human rights violations tied to mass migration
  • FOX News: DHS looks to demolish historic St. Elizabeths buildings due to ‘unacceptable’ risks
  • NewsMax/Daily Wire: HUD Flags $5.8B in Potentially Improper Rental Aid
  • CNN: Lone actors and groups driven by ideology are ‘most significant terrorism threat’ to New Year’s celebrations, report says
  • CBS New York: Law enforcement expert offers insight into NYC’s New Year’s Eve security preps
  • CBS New York: NYPD announces new security measures for 2026 New Year’s Eve celebration
  • AP: New Orleans prepares for New Year’s celebrations on anniversary of Bourbon Street attack
  • New York Post: New footage may be last time missing Texas teen Camila Mendoza Olmos was seen — as cops refuse to rule out kidnapping
  • Univision: A body found near the home of Camila Mendoza Olmos; authorities investigate identity
  • NewsMax/New York Post/USA Today: CIA Drone Strike Hit Dock Used by Tren de Aragua
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Latest Venezuela Tactic: Revealing a Secret Strike to World
  • CNN: CIA strike brings Trump closer to grave new year decisions on Venezuela
  • Univision: Petro says that the US attack in Venezuela targeted a cocaine factory in Maracaibo
  • Federal News Network: For DHS workforce, 2025 marked a year of major change
  • NPR: In one year, Trump pivots fentanyl response from public health to drug war
  • Chicago Tribune: Rioters? Agitators? Immigration agents’ claims against US citizens mostly fall apart in court.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • CBS News: ICE can access some Medicaid information for deportation efforts after court ruling
  • Bloomberg: ICE, HHS Still Limited in Medicaid Info Exchange via Court Order
  • Washington Post: ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
  • Federal Newswire: ICE announces arrest of criminal non-citizens during Christmas week
  • The Hill: ICE accuses Politico reporter of ‘inciting violence against federal agents’
  • Breitbart: Comedian Shane Gillis Rips DHS for Making Silly ICE Videos: ‘That’s F**king Terrible’
  • Univision: [MD] Family seeks to free Hispanic father detained by ICE so he can see his hospitalized brother
  • New York Times: [LA] One Lawyer’s Standoff With Trump’s Deportation Machine
  • CBS News: [TX] North Texas woman sentenced to 30 years in human trafficking case
  • USA Today: [CA] New California laws take on ICE, how immigration enforcement occurs
  • Univision: [CA] More than 10 farmworkers arrested by ICE at a San Diego Home Depot
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Reuters/Washington Examiner: Federal judge temporarily bars DHS from ending deportation protections for South Sudanese
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Bally’s casino jackpot winner says he hasn’t been paid a dime because of his immigration status
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] California delays cancellation of immigrant drivers’ commercial licenses
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsNation: HBO documentary sheds light on Border Patrol’s now-defunct ‘shadow units’
  • The Hill: [IL] Border Patrol commander: We’re going to be in Chicago ‘for years’
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] ‘Help is on the way’: Audio captures Border Patrol, 911 dispatchers before CPD response
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] This Bay Area city just had a record-breaking swarm of earthquakes
• Coast Guard
  • New York Times: Crew Paints Russian Flag on Tanker Pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard
  • Washington Times: Coast Guard awards first contracts to address icebreaker shortage to shipyards in Louisiana, Finland
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: [RI] Brown University implements campus-wide security overhaul after mass shooting leaves 2 dead, 9 wounded
  • Blaze: [DC] Pipe-bomb suspect Brian Cole’s movements on Jan. 5, 2021, are not as clear as charges make it appear
  • AP: [LA] New Orleans is still seeking permanent security solutions a year after deadly Bourbon Street attack
  • Daily Caller: [TX] Man Allegedly Thinks He’s Meeting ISIS ‘Brother,’ Ends Up in Handcuffs
  • The Hill/ABC News: [TX] Texas man faces terrorism charge over alleged ISIS support
  • CBS News: [Australia] No sign of "broader terrorist cell" behind Bondi Beach attack, police say
• National Security News
  • Reuters: US issues sanctions related to Iran and Venezuela weapons trade
  • CNN: Roughly two dozen ISIS operatives killed or captured since US retaliatory strikes this month
  • Bloomberg: US Targets Islamic State in Syria, Ukraine Peace Talks Hit Snag
  • Bloomberg: [Syria] US Says It Killed, Captured 25 Islamic State Fighters in Syria
  • NewsMax: [Turkey] Turkey detains 357 Islamic State suspects nationwide after deadly clash
  • CBS News: [Iran] Iran vows harsh response to any attack as Trump says he’d "knock the hell out of them" if nuclear work resumes
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Ukraine, ‘Coalition of the Willing’ to meet early January, Zelenskiy says
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Zelenskiy discusses US troop presence in Ukraine with Trump
  • New York Times: [China] China Fires Rockets Near Taiwan in Display of Military Power

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