• Top News
  • The Hill/AP/ABC News/FOX News/Newsweek/Wall Street Journal: [CA] LA fire chief says city failed department amid ongoing Southern California wildfires. Strong winds expected to increase fire danger. Power grid faults surged right before Los Angeles wildfires began.
  • NBC News: [CA] Are arsonists responsible for the Los Angeles wildfires?
  • Reuters: [CA] Mexico sends firefighters to California to help with raging blazes
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] After faulty cell alerts during fire emergency, L.A. County overhauls its system
  • Newsweek: [CA] Unauthorized Drones Ground LA Firefighting Planes: ‘Incredibly Dangerous’
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Smuggling tunnel from Mexico into public storm drain discovered on border
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • [OPED] Yahoo! News: The United States and the world’s wealthiest countries have turned their backs on refugees | Opinion
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • WFLA: [FL] Man accused of beating hotel resident to death with fire extinguisher in Florida
  • CBS Detroit: [MI] Michigan State Police joining nationwide effort to raise awareness of human trafficking
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] A fragile haven
  • Telemundo: [Mexico] Mexico asylum claims drop by almost half by 2024 despite record migration
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • CBS New York: [NY] NYC plans to close 13 migrant shelters by summer 2025
  • Telemundo: President Joe Biden extends extension for immigrants for 18 months in the U.S.
  • Univision: Biden Administration sets deportation record in 2024: highest number in the last decade
  • Telemundo: [Mexico] Asylum applications in Mexico almost cut in half
  • Yahoo! News: [Ukraine] US extends temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Yahoo! News: Trump is trying to seal the border while his czar ‘tempers’ expectations for mass deportations
  • CBS Austin: [TX] Four Iranian, two Egyptian nationals caught illegally crossing southern U.S. border
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Border Patrol says Central Valley raids, latest operation over, Fresno congressman reports
  • Univision19: [CA] Young immigrant tells how he was arrested and deported on his way to work in Kern
  • Univision: [CA] Hundreds of farmworkers are staying away from work for fear of Border Patrol
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Miami Herald: [GA] Hundreds of Delta flights canceled Saturday, long lines and crowds fill Atlanta airport
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FOX News: [NC] North Carolina governor pushes FEMA to extend temporary shelter assistance as winter storm rolls in
  • Kansas Reflector: [KS] Kansas records more than double the number of tornadoes in 2024 over previous year
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Los Angeles County libraries host FEMA staff to assist those impacted by wildfires
  • Washington Post: [CA] Why Los Angeles was unprepared for fire
• Secret Service
  • Duluth News Tribune: [MN] Trump’s $209K St. Cloud bill likely to go unpaid
  • Greater Milwaukee Today: [WI] Slinger police warn of credit card skimmer found in Cedarburg
• Coast Guard
  • Cape Cod Times: [MA] Door comes off private plane after leaving Hyannis airport. What to know.
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] Woman dies when car plunges into Intercoastal Waterway at Circus Bridge in Venice: Police
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Yahoo! News: Power School cyberattack may have exposed personal information of local families
  • CBS Austin: [UT] Multiple Utah school districts hit by cybersecurity breach of student information
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Yahoo! News: What do we know about a smuggling network affiliated with the Islamic State group?
  • AP: [LA] New Orleans attack raises familiar debate: Can Bourbon Street be made safe?
• National Security News
  • Bloomberg: US intelligence now split on possible ‘Havana Syndrome’ cause
  • Washington Post: Military drone calibration activities to be held in D.C. region
  • Bloomberg: [Philippines] China’s ‘Monster’ Ship Back in Disputed Waters, Philippines Says
  • AP: [Israel] Israel’s Netanyahu sends Mossad director to Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar in sign of progress
  • Newsweek: [Ukraine] Ukraine Captures First North Korean Soldiers Alive
  • AP: [Ukraine] North Korean troops in Ukraine gain battlefield experience, cementing alliance with Russia

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