• Top News
  • AP/CBS Austin/Reuters/Washington Examiner: Border arrests plummet 39% in January in an early gauge of Trump’s immigration policies
  • Washington Examiner: Kristi Noem celebrates decreased border crossings
  • FOX News: Trump admin reveals list of cartels and gangs to be designated terrorist organizations
  • Washington Post/CNN: Trump administration ends legal representation for unaccompanied minors
  • Washington Post: U.S. Catholic bishops sue Trump administration over blocked refugee funds
  • Washington Examiner: Antisemitic, Islamophobic threats cited in $454M appropriation request
  • Border Report: DHS urges undocumented immigrants to leave or they’ll ‘never return’ if deported
  • The Hill: Democratic senators ask for details on DOGE access to disaster victims’ data
  • FOX News: Top federal agency exposed for spending billions on migrants in a single year
  • Reuters: Trump says he has instructed DOJ to terminate all remaining Biden-era US attorneys
  • USA Today: Judge lets DOGE access Education Department’s student databases while lawsuit plays out
  • New York Times: Climate Aid Projects Fighting Extremism and Unrest Are Closing Down
  • NBC News/Newsweek: Department of Homeland Security preparing for high-level firings
  • New York Times: [NY] Judge to Scrutinize Adams’s Dealings With Trump’s Justice Department
  • Newsweek: [NY] Conservative Lawyers Tear Apart Trump’s DOJ over ‘Thursday Night Massacre’
  • The Hill: [NY] New York City Council speaker calls for Adams resignation
  • AP: [MD] Leader of Zizians, cultlike group linked to 6 killings, ordered held without bail in Maryland
  • USA Today: [MD] Arrests shed new light on ‘Zizian’ group tied to multiple homicides nationally
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Watchdog pushes for probe of ex-Gen. Milley’s Jan. 6 planning
  • CBS News: [DC] Top criminal prosecutor in U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. resigns
  • FOX News: [FL] Leader behind migrant flight to Martha’s Vineyard tapped to head red state’s new immigration board
  • AP: [FL] Florida is rushing to enforce new immigration laws. Here’s what to know
  • CBS News: [Mexico] Mexico announces major meth seizure in cartel heartland amid pressure from Trump to curb drug trafficking
  • New York Times: [Mexico] C.I.A. Expands Secret Drone Flights Over Mexico
  • VOA News: [Cuba] More than 170 migrants now detained at Guantanamo Bay
  • ABC News: [Cuba] Guantanamo was to hold ‘high threat’ migrants -- but others have ended up there
  • Yahoo! News: [Mexico] AG backs bill to let cops shoot down cartel drones, despite a federal ban on doing so
  • AP: [Honduras] Honduran president changes course on vow to end extradition treaty with US
  • CBS Austin: [Costa Rica] Costa Rica to receive 200 deported migrants as Trump ramps up immigration measures
  • AP/New York TImes: [Panama] Nearly 300 deportees from US held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries
  • Reuters/New York Times: [Panama] Panama says many migrants deported from the US agree to be returned to home countries
  • Yahoo! News: [Panama] Panama denies depriving ‘freedom’ to migrants deported by US
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Wall Street Journal: Birthright Citizenship and 19th-Century ‘Illegal Aliens’
  • The Hill: Immigrants facing deportation may have an alternative
  • SFGate: Deporting millions of immigrants would shock the US economy, increasing housing, food and other prices
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Bloomberg: ICE Detained 10,000 Migrants in Trump’s First Two Weeks
  • NBC News: New Immigration and Customs Enforcement data shows administration isn’t just arresting criminals
  • Newsweek: Support for Migrant Bounty Hunters Growing, State Senator Says
  • The Hill/Newsweek/Yahoo! News: Ocasio-Cortez on Homan insult: ‘This is why you fight these cowards’
  • Yahoo! News: [MA] Mass. court twice released convicted Guatemalan national without honoring detainer, ICE says
  • Washington Examiner: [NC] Sanctuary locations for immigrants proposed in North Carolina
  • Yahoo! News: [OH] Local charges dismissed to expedite deportation proceedings
  • FOX News: [IN] Red state lawmakers look to punish local governments defying Trump’s immigration crackdown
  • Border Report: [TX] ICE patrols, fear of deportation a ‘wake up call’ for community
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Man extradited to El Paso on smuggling charges
  • Yahoo! News: [KS] KBI director, Kansas attorney general allow agents to work with ICE on immigration cases
  • FOX News: [WA] Video shows ICE preparing illegal immigrants to be flown out of Seattle airport
  • Telemundo: [CA] No trace of migrant who was allegedly kidnapped by human traffickers
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • CBS News: U.S. pauses immigration applications for certain migrants welcomed under Biden
  • Reuters: [Afghanistan] Office overseeing Afghan resettlement in US told to start planning closure, sources say
• Customs and Border Protection
  • CBS News: Border patrol aircraft targeted by lasers 6 times since October
  • FOX News: New cartel threats against border agents: Explosives, drones and wireless tracking
  • Axios: [NC] Immigration arrests in Durham raise concerns
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Four men arrested on human smuggling charges, hid migrants at two El Paso motels
  • NewsNation: [TX] Texas border reinforced with National Guard deputized under Title 8
  • AZCentral: [AZ] Border Patrol installs concertina wire to deter illegal crossings
  • Miami Herald: [Mexico] Reverse journey: Finding U.S. border closed, thousands of migrants in Mexico head back south
• Transportation Security Administration
  • USA Today: Investigation into why Delta plane flipped on its roof is underway
  • Reuters: Investigators recover black boxes for further analysis into Toronto plane crash
  • New York Times: [DC] Family Files Claims Against U.S. for Washington Plane Crash
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Washington Post: FEMA is losing scores of employees. That could slow disaster response.
  • Washington Post: Heavy snow and ice will hit from the Plains to the Mid-Atlantic
  • Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle: [TN] Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee tours Clarksville to assess flood damage
  • Newsweek: [GA] White House Denies Georgia FEMA Funding Extension
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Former FEMA director wants to be dropped from Florida civil rights lawsuit
• Federal Protective Service
  • Yahoo! News: [NY] Man shoots arrows at lower Manhattan federal building
• Secret Service
  • Yahoo! News: [OH] Troopers find thousands of dollars in counterfeit money during traffic stop
• Coast Guard
  • Cherry Hill Courier-Post: [NJ] South Jersey helicopter crew called to help with this boat fire on the Delaware
  • CBS Sacramento: [CA] Search suspended for seaman from Rancho Cordova missing in Eastern Pacific Ocean
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Federal News Network: Coast Guard data breach delays pay for more than 1,100 service members
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Newsweek: [FL] Jewish Florida Man Shot Two Israelis He Mistook For Palestinians: Reports
• National Security News
  • New York Times: Musk team’s next target is probationary Pentagon employees.
  • VOA News: [South Africa] Rubio snubs South Africa’s G20 meeting amid diplomatic tensions
  • Washington Post: [Ukraine] Trump administration launches talks with Russia on Ukraine war
  • Wall Street Journal: [Ukraine] U.S., Russia Forge New Path on Ukraine After First High-Level Talks
  • NBC News: [Russia] As U.S. and Putin negotiate, intel shows he’s not interested ‘in a real peace deal,’ sources say
  • Washington Examiner: [Russia] US stresses improving relationship with Russia in negotiations to end Ukraine war
  • Yahoo! News: [Russia] US to maintain sanctions against Russia until peace agreement reached – Bloomberg
  • Washington Examiner: [Russia] Russia releases American hostage hours before negotiations begin
  • Wall Street Journal: [Israel] Hamas Agrees to Release More Hostages as Israel Looks to Begin Peace Talks
  • Washington Examiner: [Israel] Second phase of Israel-Hamas ceasefire up in the air as hostages, victims’ bodies still being exchanged
  • AP: [Israel] As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies
  • Newsweek: [China] China Responds as US Military Trains Sights on Pacific
  • Yahoo! News: [China] DeepSeek ‘shared user data’ with TikTok owner ByteDance
  • Reuters: [China] China supports all Ukraine peace efforts, Gaza is not a ‘bargaining chip’, says Wang
  • Newsweek: [North Korea] North Korea Turns Tables on US Over Missile Threat
  • Washington Post: [Philippines] Chinese military helicopter flies within 10 feet of plane, video shows

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