• Top News
  • Newsweek/The Hill/Washington Examiner/ABC News: Kristi Noem Breaks Down How Federal Migrants Register Works
  • Newsweek/CBS Austin/AP/NBC News: Donald Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ Visa Program Already Has 250,000 Applicants
  • New York Times/Washington Post: How Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ Plan Echoes the Golden Visas Programs in Europe
  • FOX News: DHS Sec Noem doubles down on calls for illegal migrants to self-deport, announces enforcement of registry
  • FOX News: States fire back against ‘sanctuary’ resistance as they rally around Trump’s deportation efforts
  • FOX News Radio: “THEY’VE LOST THEIR DAMN MINDS”: Tom Homan Floats Arresting Those Who Obstruct ICE Operations With AG Pam Bondi
  • New York Times: Trump Officials Split Over How Hard to Go on Mexican Cartels
  • Reuters: Trump’s terrorist label for cartels raises prosecution risks for companies
  • CNN: Trump prepares to use controversial 1798 ‘Alien Enemies’ law to speed deportations
  • NPR: Critics fear that President Trump’s immigration crackdown plays into misperceptions
  • FOX News: Federal judge hints she will continue blocking Trump from firing head of whistleblower protection agency
  • Newsweek: Trump Immigration Policies: What’s Been Blocked, What’s In Effect
  • Yahoo! News: Trump signs executive order to expand DOGE’s spending review powers
  • Washington Examiner: White House directs federal agencies to prepare for ‘large-scale reductions’ in workforce
  • CNN: Trump memo tells federal agencies how to conduct mass layoffs
  • FOX News: [NY] Mexican drug cartel leader extradited to the US to face federal drug trafficking charges
  • FOX News: [NY] Democrat mayor praises his handling of migrant crisis as controversial new shelter opens
  • Reuters/AP: [NY] New York Mayor Eric Adams Seeks Permanent Dismissal of Corruption Case
  • FOX News: [AL] Alabama lawmakers go on immigration law blitz as tide turns in favor of tough enforcement
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Armed man pretends to be officer looking for immigrants at apartment, Florida cops say
  • Border Report: [TX] Sinaloa cartel boss ‘Neon’ extradited to US, indicted along with ‘El Chapo’
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Audit finds thousands were improperly enrolled in state health care program for noncitizens, while costs were vastly underestimated
  • Newsweek: [AZ] Democratic Governor Announces ‘Operation Desert Guardian’ To Secure Border
  • FOX News: [WA] Blue state sheriff unleashes on ‘un-American’ sanctuary laws, makes special offer to Homan
  • Bloomberg/Reuters: [Canada] White House says sweeping 25% tariffs on Canada moving ahead ‘pending ongoing negotiations’
  • FOX News: [Cuba] Laura Ingraham gets exclusive look at Gitmo, talks Trump’s plan for illegal migrants with DOD’s Pete Hegseth
  • PBS: [Panama] Panama government official describes his country’s role in Trump’s immigration crackdown
  • Miami Herald: [Venezuela] Venezuela regime is giving a warm welcome to deportees from U.S. – except for dissidents
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • AZ Central: Trump’s ‘gold card’ citizenship is almost guaranteed to make us less safe
  • The Hill: Doctors must defy ICE to fulfill their duty to heal
  • Federal News Network: Critical infrastructure: The rising ransomware victim
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] ‘I’m afraid for my patients’: How Trump’s deportation plans are hitting California hospitals
  • Washington Post: [Cuba] New stories of abuse from Guantánamo Bay
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Roll Call: Federal prisons holding hundreds of immigration detainees
  • Washington Examiner: Tom Homan: ‘We know who leaked’ Aurora ICE raid to Tren de Aragua
  • Yahoo! News: Homeland Security arrested more than 20,000 undocumented immigrants under Trump
  • FOX News: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem shows mugshots of criminal illegal immigrants
  • Yahoo! News: Contractors pitch use of private force for deportations
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Massachusetts man reunited with family after month at Texas ICE detention center
  • Univision: [NY] Man arrested in Nassau sex trafficking ring: ICE and FBI intervene
  • Telemundo 47: [NJ] ICE reportedly arrested elderly couple working at their NJ restaurant
  • FOX News: [PA] Pennsylvania man harbored illegal immigrants in area hit by Haitian influx: Trump DOJ
  • CBS Miami/Miami Herald: [FL] DeSantis expands immigration crackdown with statewide ICE partnership
  • FOX News: [MS] ICE arrests 16 illegal migrants caught fleeing out back of Mississippi business during raid
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Trauma on trauma: Immigration agents detain Acero charter schools parent on eve of school board vote to shutter some locations
  • Newsweek: [TX] ICE Arrests Alleged MS-13 Gang Member Hours After Deadly Stabbing
  • CBS Austin: [TX] ICE arrests over 100 in operation targeting crime in Houston neighborhood
  • Axios: [TX] Texas is holding more immigration detainees than any other state
  • Univision: [TX] Mexican with permanent residence in the United States ends up arrested by ICE
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Honduran woman and children to voluntarily leave U.S. after husband’s ICE detention
  • AZCentral: [AZ] ICE arrests 12, seizes $500K during searches of Phoenix money service businesses
  • FOX News: [CA] Tom Homan threatens criminal prosecution after activists post photos of ICE agents
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Russian national charged in Southern California for allegedly biting ICE officer’s finger
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • The Hill: Democrats reintroduce bill giving ‘Dreamers’ pathway to citizenship
  • Univision: ‘This is your home’: Bipartisan initiative reintroduced to open a path to citizenship for ‘dreamers’
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] After Trump ends protections, Haitians in Florida brace for what’s next
  • Public Radio Tulsa: [OK] Tulsa’s Ukrainian community gathers amid growing refugee concerns
• Customs and Border Protection
  • US News & World Report: Who Should Get the Credit for the Fall in Illegal Border Crossings?
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Customs agent jailed after hitting daughter, choking her boyfriend: Miami-Dade deputies
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Ukrainian man held at Krome center dies from brain bleed while in immigration custody
  • Border Report: [TX] Migrant crossings down but cartel activity evident in Rio Grande Valley
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] Jamaican national arrested at US southern border
  • AZCentral: [AZ] Injured but still inadmissible’: Migrant hurt after falling off border wall
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Border Patrol sued for tactics used in Kern County immigration raid
  • Border Report: [Mexico] Mexican National Guard on patrol in Tijuana keeping migrants, drugs out of US
  • Houston Chronicle: [Mexico] Migrants extorted by drug cartels along southern border may be placed on terror watch list, DEA says
• Transportation Security Administration
  • AP: Recent aviation disasters and close calls stoke fears about the safety of flying
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • USA Today: Hurricane season 2025 is less than 100 days away, but forecasters have good news
  • Yahoo! News: [KY] Trump officials visit Kentucky amid response to widespread flooding
  • WKU Public Radio: [KY] Kristi Noem says Trump doesn’t want to eliminate disaster relief during Kentucky visit
  • The Hill: [CA] EPA completes phrase one of Los Angeles wildfire cleanup ahead of deadline
  • Miami Herald: [CA] 3.5-magnitude quake rocks Salinas area in Northern California, seismologists say
• Secret Service
  • VOA News: Clint Hill, Secret Service agent who dove to protect Kennedy, dies at 93
  • FOX News: Secret Service Director Curran ‘confident’ the agency will solve failed Trump assassination attempts
• Coast Guard
  • CBS Austin: Senate holds hearing to discuss stopping deadly drugs from crossing US maritime borders
  • CBS Detroit: [MI] Ice conditions have become unstable in many areas of Lake Erie, Coast Guard says
  • Newsweek: [Taiwan] Coast Guard Boards China-Owned Ship Over Undersea Cable Sabotage
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: CISA’s AI cybersecurity playbook calls for greater collaboration, but trust is key to successful execution
  • CyberScoop: A major cybersecurity law is expiring soon — and advocates are prepping to push Congress for renewal
  • CyberScoop: [China] It’s not just Salt Typhoon: All China-backed attack groups are showcasing specialized offensive skills
  • AP: [North Korea] FBI accuses North Korean-backed hackers of stealing $1.5 billion in crypto from Dubai-based firm
• Terrorism Investigations
  • ABC News: [NY] ISIS arrest in Brooklyn: Feds say man sent thousands to support Islamic State
  • FOX News: [AL] Birmingham nightclub massacre suspect now charged in 2023 shooting death of Alabama firefighter
  • AP: [TN] Man who said he was upset with Musk and Trump charged with threatening to burn down xAI facility
• National Security News
  • Roll Call: Senate confirms Greer to be the US trade representative
  • The Hill/Reuters: Gabbard moves to fire 100+ intel officers over explicit chat messages
  • Washington Post: Biden Justice Department downplayed U.K. demand for Apple ‘back door’
  • VOA News: [Ukraine] US, Ukraine near minerals deal, but security issues unsettled
  • Newsweek: [Russia] Putin Will Use Peace Talks to Weaken US, NATO Ally Says
  • Washington Examiner: [Israel] Israel launches major airstrikes against Syria after announcing new policy to ‘pacify’
  • Washington Post: [Iran] Iran boosts stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium, nuclear watchdog says
  • Washington Examiner: [Afghanistan] Hegseth: Pentagon doing ‘complete review’ of Afghanistan withdrawal
  • FOX News: [Taiwan] Taiwan dispatches navy, air force after China launches live-fire drills with no warning

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