• Top News
  • Washington Post/CBS Boston/USA Today: Attacker with ISIS flag drives truck into New Orleans crowd, killing 15
  • New York Times/ABC News/Bloomberg/NBC News: Biden Says US Probing New Orleans Attack, Cybertruck Explosion
  • Miami Herald/CNN/Washington Post/Newsweek: What we know about the attacker in New Orleans truck ramming
  • New York Times: Officials Trying to Determine if New Orleans Suspect Had Ties to Terrorist Groups
  • Newsweek: New Orleans Airbnb Fire May Be Connected to Bourbon Street Attack: Report
  • AP: New Orleans barriers to prevent vehicle attacks were in the process of being replaced
  • AP: First victim identified in New Orleans attack was an 18-year-old aspiring nurse
  • Newsweek: Republican Issues Warning if Truth About New Orleans Attack Is Hidden
  • Newsweek: Trump Border Czar Says New Year’s Day Incidents ‘Suicide Missions’
  • New York Times: Trump Falsely Suggested New Orleans Suspect Was an Immigrant
  • Washington Post/AP/The Hill: U.S. imposes Russia, Iran sanctions over attempted election interference
  • Washington Post/AP/CBS News: Pentagon’s 9/11 plea deals can proceed, appeals court rules
  • Newsweek: Democrats Brace for Mass Deportations in Sanctuary Cities
  • Washington Examiner/Miami Herald: Multiple warnings – Trump deportation effort could face large costs, ‘economic issues’
  • The Hill: Connecticut AG says he’d be ‘first to sue’ if Trump targets birthright citizenship
  • Los Angeles Times: New year, new ID? Here’s the deadline to get the Real ID and why you need one
  • Federal News Network: Agencies required to share custom software under new law
  • AP: [NY] Woman burned to death in New York subway is identified as 57-year-old from New Jersey
  • Reuters: [NY] Multiple people injured in shooting at New York City nightclub, NYPD detective says
  • CBS Philadelphia: [NJ] FAA expands drone flight restrictions in New Jersey
  • CNN: [NV] A Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas. Here’s what we know
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Mexico detains suspects in death of migration agent near US border
  • Newsweek: [Mexico] Is Mexico Sending Hundreds of Lawyers to US to Help Migrants? What We Know
  • CBS News: [Mexico] More than 30 bodies pulled from hidden graves in Mexico region plagued by drug cartel turf war
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: Terror Strikes New Orleans
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Examiner: [LA] The tell FBI fears/feared New Orleans terrorist cell possibility
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • WSOCTV.com: [NC] Man wanted for multiple sexual offenses in Union County arrested, deputies say
  • WKBN: [OH] Local man involved in $3.7M identity theft scheme
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • FOX News: Dems urge Biden to extend controversial immigrant program; Trump says he’ll cut it
  • CBS News: Which companies have the most employees on H-1B visas?
  • Yahoo! News: Unlawful border crossings dropped to four-year low in November, new data show
  • Newsweek: Trump Asked Why He Changed His Mind on H-1B Visas
  • Telemundo: [CA] Immigrants warned about scams involving immigration procedures
• Customs and Border Protection
  • The Hill: Unlawful border crossings hit lowest level of Biden admin in November
  • Newsweek: Border Patrol Warning Issued Ahead of Mass Deportations
  • Yahoo! News: Trump border czar Tom Homan to migrants: ‘Stay home’
  • Newsweek: These Are the Tattoos the Government Says Can Identify Tren de Aragua
  • BorderReport: [TX] $6.3M in pot, meth seized at Laredo border crossing
  • Washington Examiner: [TX] Jackson County sheriffs holding the line on border security
  • Newsweek: [TX] US Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Abused K-9 Dog
  • AZCentral: [AZ] Phoenix man sentenced after dragging Border Patrol agent with car, court documents say
  • Newsweek: [AZ] Drone Spots Drug Tunnel Under US-Mexico Border
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Yahoo! News: [WV] FEMA disaster recovery center relocating to Princeton
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] FEMA extends deadline to apply for Helene assistance
  • Asheville Citizen Times: [NC] FEMA has approved nearly $600 million to aid Helene recovery in NC, agency says
  • Yahoo! News: [MO] Biden approves Missouri disaster declaration for November storms
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Gov. Greg Abbott requests federal assistance to assess damage after tornados tear through state
  • AP: [PR] Power is restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico after a major blackout
• Secret Service
  • Washington Post: Years of inaction on ‘crisis’ at Secret Service set stage for Trump shooting in Butler
  • News 12 New Jersey: [NJ] New Jersey man arrested for using fake money in multistate retail theft ring
  • USA Today: [DC] DC police tighten security in ‘abundance of caution’ for major events after New Orleans attack
  • Midland Daily News: [MI] Man sought for allegedly passing counterfeit bill
• Coast Guard
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] USCG rescue dad, 3 kids near Skyway Bridge
  • FOX News: [CA] 6 suspects allegedly involved in deadly human smuggling incidents over the past week, Coast Guard says
  • Yahoo! News: [PR] Coast Guard rescues 2 men south of Puerto Rico after boat runs out of fuel, capsizes
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Yahoo! News: [GA] Metro Atlanta company confirms their remote software was compromised in U.S. Treasury hack
  • AP/Newsweek/Washington Examiner: Chinese hackers accessed workstations and documents in a ‘major’ cyber incident, Treasury says
  • Washington Examiner: [China] China’s decades of cyberattacks on US military and government networks
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Reuters: New Orleans truck attack adds to growing list of similar incidents
  • New York Times/Yahoo! News: [VA] F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm
• National Security News
  • Newsweek: US and Ally Draft Nuclear Weapons Rules Amid China, North Korea Threat
  • The Hill: [Cuba] Longest-held Guantanamo Bay detainee sent back to Tunisia
  • New York Times: [Ukraine] How Suicide Drones Transformed the Front Lines in Ukraine
  • ABC News: [Russia] Azerbaijan Airlines crash probe looks into Russian air control conduct, source says
  • Reuters: [Russia] US hits Russian judge with sanctions over human rights
  • Newsweek: [Armenia] Russia Withdraws From Border Checkpoint After 30 Years
  • New York Times: [Yemen] U.S. Strikes Militant Group in Yemen That Has Kept Up Attacks on Ships
  • Reuters: [China] US considers potential rules to restrict or bar Chinese drones
  • Newsweek: [China] Influencer Says TikTok Stopped Her From Posting About Chinese Treasury Hack
  • Washington Post: [Japan] Japanese buyer sends Biden new U.S. Steel proposal in final bid for support
  • Newsweek: [Japan] Chinese Ships Carrying Autocannons Trouble US Ally Japan

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