• Top News
  • VOA News: US counterterror official warns of growing global threat
  • The Hill: Trump administration ousts over 400 DHS employees in ongoing workforce purge
  • AP: Justice Department fires 20 immigration judges from backlogged courts amid major government cuts
  • Washington Post: [Cuba] Relatives and records cast doubt on Guantánamo migrants being ‘worst of the worst’
  • Washington Examiner: [CO] Denver Public Schools sues Kristi Noem over immigration policy
  • Yahoo! News: [CO] Tip-off thwarts flashbang grenade-wielding agents in Tren De Aragua raid
  • San Diego Union-Tribune: [CA] San Diego migrant shelter hailed as national model will shut down, with 100-plus layoffs
  • Bloomberg: Trump Ends Climate Work Inside Agency That Responds to Disasters
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: Trump Might Have a Case on Birthright Citizenship
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Post: ICE struggles to boost arrest numbers despite infusion of resources
  • Yahoo! News: Trump administration turning these prisons into ICE lockups, leaked memo shows
  • Telemundo: Trump administration tightens requirements for releasing unaccompanied migrant minors
  • NBC News: Sikh communities fear immigration raids at temples as Trump ends sanctuary for houses of worship
  • Asbury Park Press: [NJ] Former Brick part-time cop gets 270 days in jail for possessing child pornography
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] Lake County Sheriff’s Office: ‘Operation Forced Labor’ rescues human trafficking victims
  • FOX News: [IN] Red state AG promises legal fight with ICE-resisting local governments
• Customs and Border Protection
  • The Hill: Border patrol to stop usage of body cameras in the field
  • Miami Herald: Thousands of US and Mexican troops are at the border. Here’s where they are and what they’re doing
  • CBS News: [IL] Thousands of counterfeit forever stamps seized by customs agents in Chicago
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Migrant shelters nearly empty at Texas border
  • CBS News: [TX] Texas leaders press for Trump, Congress to pay back the state billions of dollars for securing the border
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Newsweek: [GA] Georgia Plane Crash: What We Know As Two People Killed
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • USA Today/ABC News/CNN/New York Times: Millions under weather warnings as ‘life-threatening’ floods hit Kentucky, Tennessee; One dead in Kentucky.
  • New York Times: [NY] Adams to Sue Trump Administration Over Clawback of Migrant Shelter Funds
  • Newsweek: [KY] Flash Flood and Flood Warnings In Place for All Kentucky Counties
  • Yahoo! News: [WV] Governor Morrisey declares State of Emergency in ten counties in West Virginia
  • The Texas Tribune: [TX] Large earthquake strikes West Texas, among strongest ever in state
  • Washington Post: [CA] Scorched debris and toxic waste: Inside one of the nation’s largest wildfire recovery responses
• Secret Service
  • Yahoo! News: [NJ] Secret Service investigating NJ teacher over alleged Trump assassination threat
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] Fort Walton Beach police say they seized enough fentanyl to kill 6,000 people
  • CBS 7: [NE] Counterfeit $100 bills featuring President Trump seen in circulation
• Coast Guard
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Crews position barge to recover crashed Navy plane in San Diego Bay; safety warning issued
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CBS News: [TX] Texas AG Ken Paxton investigates Chinese AI firm DeepSeek over privacy and security concerns
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Yahoo! News: [OH] Man learns prison sentence for deadly shooting near Dayton elementary school
  • Yahoo! News: [NM] Roswell man arrested over APS, city hall bomb threats
  • Yahoo! News: [WA] Police investigate potential threat of violence at Richland High School
• National Security News
  • Yahoo! News: [DC] Government Fires Specialists Without Realizing They Were in Charge of Nuclear Bombs, Then Panics and Tries to Rehire Them
  • Washington Post: [DC] Trump’s global funding freeze leaves anti-terror programs in limbo
  • FOX News: [Russia] American detained in Russia identified as Kalob Wayne Byers
  • Wall Street Journal: [Ukraine] U.S. Tells Ukraine It Has a Seat at Negotiating Table With Russia
  • Wall Street Journal: [Israel] U.S. Heavy Bombs Arrive in Israel After Trump Reverses Biden Pause
  • New York Times: [Israel] Israel and Hamas Make 6th Exchange, Keeping Cease-Fire Intact for Now
  • New York Times/Reuters/CNN: [Saudi Arabia] Top Trump administration officials to head to Saudi Arabia for Russia-Ukraine peace talks
  • Washington Examiner/Newsweek/CNN: [Saudi Arabia] US envoy says Europe won’t be at negotiating table for Ukraine-Russia peace talks. European leaders to hold emergency summit on Ukraine as Trump pushes for war’s end

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