• Top News
  • New York Times/Washington Post/Politico/AP/Washington Examiner: New York Got $80 Million for Migrants. The White House Took It Back.
  • AP/New York Times: Federal judge won’t prevent withholding of FEMA funding for New York City migrant hotel stays
  • Wall Street Journal/Reuters: Lawsuit Seeks Access to Migrants Held at Guantanamo Bay
  • NBC News: Trump administration considering using defense funding to ramp up deportations
  • USA Today: Kristi Noem asks the IRS to help with Trump immigration crackdown
  • Newsweek: How US Spy Planes Are Tracking Mexican Drug Cartels
  • CBS 7: Scammers target Hispanic communities amid immigration policy changes
  • Reuters: Judge clears way for Trump’s plan to downsize federal workforce with deferred resignation program
  • NBC News: House GOP releases budget calling for trillions in cuts to taxes and spending
  • Reuters: Trump administration begins layoffs at General Services Administration, sources say
  • Washington Post: Ousted federal watchdogs sue Trump, saying they were fired illegally
  • Newsweek: White House Reacts to ‘Constitutional Crisis’ Claims
  • The Hill: White House calls judges blocking Trump’s agenda ‘real constitutional crisis’
  • Wall Street Journal: [NY] Trump Administration Sues New York Officials, Revokes Funding Over Immigration
  • Yahoo! News: [NY] Border czar Tom Homan coming to NYC to meet with Mayor Adams
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Florida lawmakers push for mandatory death penalty in immigration crackdown
  • CBS News: [TX] Gov. Abbott advocates for Congressional reimbursement of $11.1 billion spent on Texas border security in second trip to D.C.
  • CBS News: [CA] Military jet crashes near San Diego Harbor naval base; 2 Navy pilots rescued
  • AP: [Mexico] With doors closed to the US, asylum-seekers turn to their Plan B: A new life in Mexico
  • CBS News: [Mexico] Mexico says U.S. military planes may have spied on drug cartels near border: "We don’t know what they did"
  • New York Times: [Cuba] Some Migrants Sent by Trump to Guantánamo Are Being Held by Military Guards
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: No, asylum seekers are not invading the country
  • The Hill: Government must confront the civil rights challenges of facial recognition
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • AP: 2 top ICE officials are reassigned amid Trump administration frustrations over immigration arrests
  • ABC News: Trump’s immigration crackdown ripples across the US
  • CBS Austin: ICE highlights arrests of gang members, violent offenders in deportation crackdown
  • CBS Austin: White House ‘not satisfied’ with number of ICE arrests
  • MSNBC: Trump’s FCC chair goes after Soros-linked radio station for reporting ICE raid details
  • Miami Herald: Religious groups sue over Trump decision to open places of worship to possible ICE raids
  • CBS Detroit: Michigan House Republicans implement rule to withhold grant funds from sanctuary cities
  • ABC News/CBS New York/Univision: [NY] Attempted rapist told victim he was an ICE agent: Police sources
  • Yahoo! News: ICE plans to monitor social media for threats and negative comments
  • Yahoo! News: [ME] Lewiston man arrested in undercover child exploitation sting
  • FOX News: [MA] ICE arrests illegal Guatemalan migrant man facing multiple child rape charges in Massachusetts
  • UPI: [TN] DOJ charges 8 Venezuelan gang members with sex trafficking women in Tennessee
  • Yahoo! News: [GA] 17 arrested in statewide operation targeting child sexual exploitation
  • Yahoo! News: [AR] Arkansas State Police announce results of human trafficking operation in Fort Smith
  • Univision: [TX] ICE expels from the United States a Mexican who had already been deported six times
  • FOX News: [CO] Venezuelans linked to ‘violent cases’ were on radar of Aurora authorities months before viral video: emails
  • FOX News: [CO] Colorado school district first in country to sue Trump administration over fears of ICE raids on campuses
  • FOX News: [CO] Colorado’s top 10 drug criminals arrested, facing deportation under DEA operation
  • Yahoo! News: [NM] Residents in Sunland Park ‘racially profiled’ by ICE, Border Patrol
  • Newsweek: [WA] Illegal Immigrant Charged With Fatally Shooting Bystander
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • FOX News: Migrants at risk of losing green card lottery if Dems lose visa gamble
  • NPR: Hundreds laid off, thousands of refugees risk losing benefits during federal pause
  • AP: [NY] New York isn’t alone when it comes to granting driver’s licenses to immigrants without legal status
  • FOX News: [CA] San Francisco city attorney claims Trump illegal immigration crackdown makes US ‘less safe’
  • Telemundo51.com: [Venezuela] Venezuelan TPS beneficiaries face uncertainty about their legal future
• Customs and Border Protection
  • AP: [Canada] Canada’s new fentanyl czar says goal is to totally stop the drug from entering the US
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Yahoo! News: [NH] TSA screeners detect firearm on passenger at Lebanon airport, first in NH in 2025
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Axios: DOGE plans for NOAA, FEMA could have big climate impacts
  • FOX News: [DC] FEMA emergency food and shelter budget ballooned from $130M to $640M under Biden
  • Newsweek: Winter Storm Warning Issued to Major Cities as 9 Inches of Snow Possible
  • AP: [NC] North Carolina legislators fleshing out $500M in additional Hurricane Helene relief
  • Washington Examiner: [FL] Ron DeSantis suggests he would manage disasters for ‘far cheaper’ than FEMA
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Series of quakes, including a 4.5 magnitude, jolt California North Coast near Eureka
  • Miami Herald: [AK] Earthquakes are rumbling under Alaska volcano, officials say. Is it about to erupt?
• Secret Service
  • Boston 25 News: [MA] 3 Credit card skimming devices found at Abington supermarket
  • Newsweek: [DC] Melania Trump Announces Reopening of White House Public Tours
• Coast Guard
  • AP: US Coast Guard releases recording that appears to be audio of Titanic submersible implosion
  • FOX News: [FL] Coast Guard intercepts 132 Haitians on boat south of Florida Keys, sends them back home
  • AP: [FL] Tar balls wash ashore on Florida beaches, but the source of the sticky black goo is a mystery
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CBS Austin: DHS says employees who worked on misinformation, disinformation placed on leave
  • CyberScoop: [Russia] Russian state threat group shifts focus to US, UK targets
  • Bloomberg: [North Korea] Money-Hungry Hackers Threaten US National Security, Google Says
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Times: State Dept. Draws Up List of Cartels to Be Labeled Terrorist Groups
  • Boston Globe: [MA] Police investigate student’s social media threat against West Newbury school
• National Security News
  • Wall Street Journal: Senate Confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Intelligence Chief
  • Washington Examiner: Hegseth tells NATO the US is not ‘primarily focused’ on European security
  • USA Today: FBI finds 2,400 new documents linked to JFK assassination
  • USA Today: [AZ] Arizona woman pleads guilty to scheme that generated $17M for North Korea
  • CNN/Wall Street Journal: [Russia] Trump Says He and Putin Agreed to Begin Talks on Ending Ukraine War
  • Wall Street Journal: [Russia] American Detainee Marc Fogel Arrives in U.S. Following Release From Russian Custody
  • Washington Post: [Israel] Israel likely to strike Iran in coming months, warns U.S. intelligence
  • AP: [Israel] Hamas says it will release more Israeli hostages as planned, apparently resolving ceasefire dispute
  • Washington Post: [India] Controversial deportation flight to India hangs over Modi-Trump meeting
  • Newsweek: [China] Beijing Threatened by US Missile Launcher on South China Sea Edge
  • Newsweek: [China] China Deploys Military To Counter US in Contested Waters
  • Federal News Network: [China] 2 new Chinese warplanes could mean the end of US air superiority
  • New York Times: [Taiwan] Taiwan Prepares for Trump’s Tariffs, and a Changed Washington

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