• Top News
  • Reuters/Washington Examiner: US expanding list of countries on travel ban to more than 30, Noem says
  • Breitbart: Noem: Biden Allowed a ‘Free-for-All’ for Asylum Seekers
  • FOX News: Biden allowed a ‘free-for-all’ for asylum seekers, Homeland Security Secretary Noem says
  • NewsMax: McLaughlin to Newsmax: Biden Failed Vetting; Trump Team Fixing Process
  • NewsMax: Sen. Schmitt to Newsmax: Biden Broke Law by Allowing Afghans Entry
  • CBS News/NBC News/Washington Examiner/New York Times: FBI arrests suspect in 2021 D.C. pipe bomb case, identified as Virginia man
  • New York Post: Feds investigating how DC National Guard shooting suspect was radicalized in US: ‘Don’t know why he snapped’
  • New York Times: [WA] A Volunteer’s Dire Warnings About the National Guard Shooting Suspect
  • FOX News: Harvard professor detained by ICE after Boston synagogue shooting agrees to voluntarily leave US
  • AP: Immigration crackdown in New Orleans has a target of 5,000 arrests. Is that possible?
  • FOX News: DHS targets New Orleans with new immigration crackdown operation
  • Politico: Border Patrol enters an uneasy New Orleans
  • FOX News: DHS arrests dozens of illegal immigrants within 24 hours of launching New Orleans operation
  • NewsNation: Border Patrol agents find support, backup in New Orleans suburb
  • AP: Shops empty in a Hispanic neighborhood as immigration crackdown comes to Louisiana
  • Axios: Protests disrupt City Council as ICE crackdown continues
  • Breitbart: FBI-Louisiana State Police Team Up to Protect Border Patrol/ICE During Operation Catahoula Crunch
  • CBS News: ICE begins surge in Minnesota as Trump pushes for crackdown on Somali immigrants
  • Reuters: Somalis arrested in Minneapolis immigration operation, officials say
  • FOX Business: ICE raids hit Minneapolis as federal agents target illegal immigrant fraud network
  • ABC News: Trump orders ICE to target Somali immigrants in Minnesota, mayor responds
  • Axios: What to know about fraud allegations behind Trump’s attacks on Somalis
  • FOX News: What to know about Minnesota’s ‘Feeding Our Future’ fraud at the center of Trump’s latest crackdown
  • Washington Post: Minnesota, known for a warm welcome, turns icy for Somali immigrants
  • NPR: ‘We refuse to be silent’: Somali-Americans unite against Trump’s divisive rhetoric
  • DailySignal: No New Somali Refugees Have Entered the US Since Jan. 20, State Department Says
  • Wall Street Journal: A Sprawling Fraud Scandal Puts Minnesota’s Somali Community in the Spotlight
  • NBC News: Many Somali Americans, most of them U.S. citizens, are fearful of Trump’s immigration policies
  • FOX News: Ilhan Omar pressed to explain how fraud in Minnesota got ‘so out of control’
  • New York Times: Tim Walz Calls Trump’s Tirade Against Somalis in Minnesota ‘Vile’
  • Daily Wire: Minnesota Dem Goes On Unhinged Rant Defending Somalis From Trump
  • Blaze: Noncitizen Kansas mayor accused of voter fraud has cast dozens of ballots since 2000, documents show
  • NBC News: NYPD officer violated sanctuary city laws, investigation finds
  • NPR: Colorado judge rules that immigration agents must stop warrantless arrests
  • Bloomberg Law: DOJ Cries ‘Gamesmanship’ in Move to Dismiss Case Against ICE
  • NPR: DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards
  • Chicago Tribune: Trump lawyer claims dismissal of ‘Midway Blitz’ suit would block future use-of-force claims
  • Chicago Tribune: Advocate warned city that feds might target rideshare drivers at O’Hare weeks before airport raids, emails show
  • The Hill: International students worry about holiday travel amid immigration crackdown
  • Bloomberg Law: [CA] LA Judge Looks to Chicago as DHS Asks for Protest Case Dismissal
  • Federalist: Trump Admin To Stop Food Stamp Payments To Democrat States Covering Up Welfare Fraud
  • NewsMax: Vance Ties Illegal Immigration to Housing Costs as Rents Fall Again
  • FOX News: Tom Homan fumes at protester who called him racist during clash at TPUSA event: ‘Grow a backbone’
  • CBS News: 4 killed in latest strike on alleged drug boat off Latin America, Pentagon says
  • CNN: US strikes another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four, amid escalating questions about its counter-drug offensive
  • FOX News: US strikes drug vessel tied to terrorist group in Eastern Pacific, killing four
  • FOX News: US renews ‘do not travel’ alert over terrorism, kidnapping amid Trump narco-terror fight
  • FOX News: Venezuela accepting US deportation flights after Trump closes airspace
  • FOX News: Commander of September attack believed survivors were continuing drug run, report says
  • CNN: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers
  • NBC News: Admiral saw alleged drug boat strike survivors as legitimate targets, defense official says
  • Los Angeles Times: Admiral tells lawmakers there was no ‘kill them all’ order in attack that killed boat survivors
  • CNN: Lawmakers split after viewing boat strike video: Democrat calls it ‘one of the most troubling things I’ve seen’
  • NewsMax: Anna Kelly to Newsmax: Trump Will Continue Military Action Against Drug Trafficking
  • FOX News: Trump says US will start conducting land strikes targeting drug traffickers ‘very soon’
  • Breitbart: U.S. Sanctions Venezuelan Actress ‘Rosita’ over Tren de Aragua Links
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • USA Today: Team Trump’s blame game for Jan. 6 pipe bombs preceded arrest
  • Wall Street Journal: We’re in an Era of Political Violence
  • Washington Post: Trump’s boat strike playbook was written by Obama
  • FOX News: Illegal immigrant truckers are an insult to Americans who play by the rules
  • Daily Caller: Just When You Thought Airport Security Couldn’t Get More Useless
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Axios/NewsMax: ICE arrests surge as agency chases Trump quota
  • FOX News: Amid uptick in Afghan evacuee violence, DHS announces ‘worst’ arrests and charges
  • FOX News: ICE arrests several Afghan nationals with criminal convictions released under Biden admin
  • FOX News: Democratic congressman claims Trump’s ICE is ‘primarily going after innocent people, including US citizens’
  • New York Times: Alex Karp Defends Palantir’s Work With ICE
  • Daily Caller: Jonathan Turley Explains How Latest Court Ruling Could Send Deportations To ‘Slow Crawl’
  • New York Post: [MA] ‘Criminal illegal alien’ mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew seen being detained by ICE outside Mass. condo: video
  • USA Today: [MA] ICE deports student headed home for Thanksgiving. What to know about her case.
  • Breitbart: [NY] DHS Spox Clobbers Democratic Rep. Daniel Goldman for Ignoring Migrant Rapists Released in New York City
  • New York Post: [NY] Chinese migrant and son, 6, separated after ICE detains father in NYC – as feds claim he ‘refused’ deportation: reports
  • Telemundo 51: [FL] ICE arrests man who operated sex trafficking ring in Miami.
  • CNN: [LA] ICE agents chase woman back to her Louisiana home
  • FOX News: [AR] Arkansas county jail becomes major ICE pipeline as arrests surge under Trump crackdown
  • AP: [AR] How one Arkansas county helps ICE make hundreds of arrests and spreads fear among immigrants
  • AP: [AR] A county jail in Arkansas produces hundreds of ICE arrests under a program surging across the US
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Enterprise Rent-A-Car license plate revoked after immigration agents illegally swapped it out, records show
  • FOX News: [IL] Illinois church Nativity shows baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents
  • Washington Examiner: [WI] Wisconsin Supreme Court to weigh whether state can forbid local jails from holding illegal immigrants for ICE
  • Blaze: [TX] ICE arrests criminal illegal alien who allegedly operated shady unlicensed dental clinic
  • Good Morning America: [TX] College Student Deported to Honduras Speaks Out
  • Univision: [OK] Father and son arrested for allegedly trafficking more than 70 firearms in Oklahoma and Texas
  • Politico: [OR] A leased ICE detention center wears out its welcome in Portland, Oregon
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] The man accused of running over a child in Escondido and then fleeing had been deported four times.
  • Daily Wire: [CA] California Opens Tip Line To Report Federal Immigration Agents, Quickly Blasted By GOP
  • Blaze: [CA] California launches portal to snitch on ICE agents — but Trump admin appointee says ‘scare’ tactics won’t work
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times/Wall Street Journal/Bloomberg Law: Trump Officials Cut Length of Work Permits for Asylum Seekers and Refugees
  • Washington Times: US prioritizes visas for fans traveling for the World Cup, Olympics and other events
  • AP: Trump’s immigration message is colliding with his welcome to World Cup fans
  • Telemundo51: USCIS reduces the duration of work permits for asylum seekers to 18 months
  • Daily Caller: John Cornyn’s Challengers Launch Into Attack Mode Over National Guard Shooting, Afghan Visas
• Customs and Border Protection
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] Federal officers in Pennsylvania seize nearly 7 pounds of meth bound for Netherlands
  • Washington Examiner: [NC] Charlotte’s Web arrest total eclipses 400
  • NewsMax: [CA] CBP Nabs 57 Pounds of Fentanyl at San Ysidro Crossing
• Transportation Security Administration
  • USA Today: You don’t have to do a face or full-body scan at TSA if you don’t want
  • CBS Miami: [FL] TSA agent arrested in Miami child porn investigation allegedly confesses, faces judge
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NPR: ‘There’s no 911 for us’: Inside America’s elite urban search and rescue teams
  • New York Times: [NV] False Report of 5.9 Earthquake Sends Phones Buzzing in Nevada
• Secret Service
  • Breitbart: [NM] New Mexico Man Sentenced to Prison for Threatening Trump’s Life on Social Media
• Coast Guard
  • New York Times: [OR] Trump Returns Coast Guard Helicopter to Oregon Fishing Town After Uproar
  • Reuters: [Cuba] Cuba not a ‘black hole’ on drug trafficking route to US, says official
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberSoop: Sean Plankey nomination to lead CISA appears to be over after Thursday vote
  • CyberScoop: Five-page draft Trump administration cyber strategy targeted for January release
  • HS Today: CISA Joint Advisory Warns Critical Infrastructure of BRICKSTORM Malware Used by Chinese State-Sponsored Actors
  • CyberScoop: Intellexa remotely accessed Predator spyware customer systems, investigation finds
  • Reuters: [China] Chinese-Linked Hackers Use Back Door for Potential ‘Sabotage,’ US and Canada Say
  • CyberScoop: [China] Officials warn about expansive, ongoing China espionage threat riding on Brickstorm malware
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Reuters: Bondi orders US law enforcement to investigate ‘extremist groups’
  • New York Post: [DE] University of Delaware student busted for alleged mass shooting plot is Afghan immigrant who came to US as a ‘youth’: officials
  • CBS News: [GA] Man accused of planning to shoot up Atlanta airport preparing to use insanity defense, documents reveal
• National Security News
  • Breitbart: Hegseth’s Signal use risked harm to US forces, watchdog says
  • Washington Examiner: Democrats call for Hegseth to resign after internal watchdog finds he violated policy, put troops at risk
  • Breitbart: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Meets with Trump to Discuss AI Export Controls, State-by-State Regulation
  • New York Post: FBI divided about launching criminal probe into six Democratic lawmakers Trump accused of ‘seditious behavior’: report
  • Reuters: NATO must be ready to respond to hybrid threats, top commander says
  • Reuters: NATO restructures command to boost security in north
  • Blaze: [VA] Convicted hacker twins who landed jobs as federal contractors nabbed for allegedly deleting government databases
  • Wall Street Journal: [Ukraine] European Leaders Warn Zelensky to Be Wary in U.S. High-Speed Push for Peace
  • AP: [Syria] US raid allegedly killed Syrian undercover agent instead of Islamic State group official
  • Reuters: [China] Senators unveil bill to keep Trump from easing curbs on AI chip sales to China

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