• Top News
  • New York Times/AP/USA Today: U.S. Deports Second Planeload of Iranians, Officials Say
  • FOX News: Trump administration ramps up efforts to fight fentanyl crisis
  • NPR: Defense Department is reviewing boat strike video for possible release, Hegseth says
  • Washington Examiner: Democrats call for release of ‘double tap’ strike video, rebuff Cotton on threat posed by survivors
  • CNN: Hegseth defends US strikes on alleged drug traffickers
  • AP/Daily Wire: Key GOP senator says he has no objection to releasing video of strike that killed two survivors
  • NBC News: Sen. Tom Cotton says survivors of first September boat strike ‘were not incapacitated’
  • ABC News: Top Armed Services Dem says Sept. 2 strike video would show Republicans’ description ‘completely false’
  • NewsMax: Berney Flowers to Newsmax: Sept. 2 Boat Strikes Followed Rules of Engagement
  • AP: Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown
  • Breitbart: Journalist Assaulted by Anti-Immigration-Enforcement Thugs in New Orleans
  • FOX News: ‘Schemes stacked upon schemes’: $1B human-services fraud fuels scrutiny of Minnesota’s Somali community
  • CBS News: Rep. Ilhan Omar: Any link between alleged Somali fraud and terrorism would be a "failure of the FBI"
  • Daily Caller: Ilhan Omar Attempts To Paint Alleged Perpetrators Of $1,000,000,000 Fraud Scheme Into Victims
  • New York Post: Ilhan Omar compares Stephen Miller, who is Jewish, to Nazis in Germany as she lashes out against Somali immigrant crackdown
  • Breitbart: ‘We’re Done Footing the Bill’: Dr. Oz Warns Minnesota Gov. Walz to ‘Fix’ Medicaid Fraud or Lose Funding
  • Breitbart: The Hill: Somali Scandal Could Sink Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s Political Career
  • NewsMax: Secretary Bessent: Somalis Need to Learn ‘Not to Defraud’ US
  • Washington Times: Border czar Tom Homan defends Trump’s targeting of illegal Somali immigrants in Minnesota
  • Daily Caller: Tom Homan Sets Dana Bash Straight After CNN Host Suggests ICE Targets Migrants Based On Appearance
  • FOX News: Homan says Trump border crackdowns rescued 62,000 migrant kids ‘ignored’ under Biden
  • New York Post: Trump admin has rescued 62K migrant kids from sex trafficking, child labor, border czar Homan says
  • Reuters: US border czar Homan defends immigration crackdown on Somalis in Minnesota
  • FOX News: Border czar Tom Homan fires back at CNN host in defense of ICE tactics: ‘They’ve been shot at’
  • Univision: Tom Homan denies that ICE agents are using aggressive tactics in immigration operations
  • Blaze: ‘Grow a backbone’: Border czar Homan fires back at heckler who interrupted TPUSA event
  • Univision: Judge blocks Trump administration’s attempt to file lawsuit over migrants’ sending to Guantanamo
  • NewsMax: Sen. Curtis Urges Balance of Compassion, Law on Immigration
  • New York Times: How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration
  • New York Times: 4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record
  • NewsMax: Report: Biden Team Ignored Border Warnings, Fed the Crisis
  • NewsMax: Michigan’s HHS Warns Medical Providers Not to Share Info With DHS
  • Univision: Kristi Noem attends the traditional Christmas Tree Ship in Chicago and sparks protests
  • Univision: Federal operation in Elgin sparks tension: agents use tear gas to disperse crowd
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal.
  • Bloomberg: Firing Immigration Judges Threatens More Than Immigrants
  • New York Post: [DC] Mystery deepens as to why it took FBI over 5 years to finally bust the suspected J6 pipe bomber
• Top News (Sunday Talk Shows)
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Homan says there is a large illegal alien community in Minnesota
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Curtis Believes Its A False Narrative That There Can’t Be A Rule Of Love And Compassion At The Same Time.
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Duckworth Says Boat Strikes Illegal
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Adam Smith Reacts To Boat Strike Video
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Eric Schmitt Says President Trump Is Acting With His Core Article II Powers
  • NBC’s Meet the Press: Senator Cotton Says Before The Military Conducts A Strike, They Have Multiple Sources Of Intelligence
  • NBC’s Meet the Press: Senator Cotton Defends Boat Strikes
  • NBC’s Meet the Press: Senator Adam Schiff Says Show The Video
  • FOX News Sunday: Hegseth says he’d ‘make the same call’ on controversial US strike
  • FOX News Sunday: Sen. Kaine pushes for Senate vote on Venezuela war powers resolution
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart: Homan: Threats on ICE Officers Are up 1200% — ‘They’re Under Attack’
  • Breitbart: White House Trolls Pop Star Sabrina Carpenter Again After She Whines About DHS Using Her Song in ICE Video
  • New York Post: [NY] Zohran Mamdani gives advice to thwart, evade ICE in video message calling to ‘stand up’ to feds
  • Washington Post: [NY] Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani tells New Yorkers, ‘We can all stand up to ICE’
  • Univision: [NY] Mamdani vows to defend New York immigrants after ICE operations on Canal Street
  • New York Times: [NY] Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
  • USA Today: [NC] Suspect arrested in NC light rail stabbing, months after separate killing on train
  • Breitbart/Washington Times: [NC] Twice Deported Criminal Alien Charged with Stabbing on Charlotte Train
  • CBS News: [NC] Stabbing on North Carolina commuter train draws Trump’s attention amid immigration crackdown
  • Telemundo: [FL] Cuban man with I-220A license and no criminal record is now in “Alligator Alcatraz”
  • New York Post: [IL] Protesters hurl icy snowballs at immigration agents trying to cuff man fleeing car crash outside Chicago
  • New York Times: [TX] Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student
  • New York Times: [NE] This Prison Rehabilitated Inmates. Until ICE Paid to Fill It With Immigrants.
  • Breitbart: [ID] ‘We’re Not Backing Down’: Owner of Pro-ICE Idaho Saloon Undeterred by Violent Threats
  • Breitbart: [CA] Christmas Parade Canceled in California Coastal Town over Fears ICE Will Show Up
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] He followed the law while waiting for asylum. ICE still tore him from his Oakland home
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • CBS News: Trump administration’s new $100,000 H1-B visa fees could leave rural health care as collateral damage
  • Telemundo: [DC] USCIS announces creation of new center that will review every application
• Customs and Border Protection
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Trump may have proved his border wall isn’t necessary
  • Washington Post: Why Costco is the only big retailer to challenge Trump on tariff refunds
  • CBS News: [DC] Jurors in sandwich thrower case talk about their deliberations in his trial in Washington, D.C.
• Secret Service
  • DailySignal: Pipe-Bomb Suspect’s Arrest Solidifies Patel’s Standing
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NewsMax: Blaine Holt to Newsmax: Cartels Are ‘Vascular System’ of Global Illicit Network
• National Security News
  • Politico: Hegseth declares end of US ‘utopian idealism’ with new military strategy
  • Reuters: US Congress considers ‘must-pass’ defense policy bill that would top Trump’s spending request
  • Blaze: Inside President Trump’s new ‘America First’ national security strategy
  • AP: [Ukraine] Trump says Zelenskyy ‘isn’t ready’ yet to accept US-authored proposal to end Russia-Ukraine war
  • CNN: [Ukraine] Zelensky to huddle with European leaders in London as Kremlin praises Trump’s new security strategy
  • Politico: [Ukraine] Trump’s son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine
  • Reuters: [Russia] Kremlin Says New US Security Strategy Accords Largely With Russia’s View
  • Reuters: [China] China vows to defend sovereignty over Taiwan as Trump unveils security strategy
  • Reuters: [North Korea] Trump security roadmap omits North Korea reference, raising diplomacy hopes

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