• Top News
  • CNN/CBS News/NPR/AP/NBC News: Trump officials revoke Biden policy that barred ICE arrests near "sensitive locations" like schools and churches
  • CBS News: U.S. expands expedited deportations beyond border areas as part of Trump crackdown
  • Reuters: Trump administration says it is reinstating ‘remain in Mexico’ program
  • Telemundo: Department of Homeland Security announces ‘end of abuse’ of humanitarian parole program for migrants
  • Reuters/FOX News: Trump border czar Tom Homan reveals ICE teams are already arresting ‘public safety threats’
  • New York Times: Trump Starts Immigration Crackdown, Enlisting the Military and Testing the Law
  • Houston Chronicle/CBS Austin: Migrant detention bill advances in Congress, with Trump’s support
  • New York Times/AP: Twenty-two States Sue to Stop Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
  • Los Angeles Times: Immigrant rights advocates prepare to fight Trump’s immigration orders
  • USA Today: ACLU files lawsuit against Trump order that seeks to end birthright citizenship
  • NBC News: Trump fired four top immigration court officials hours after taking office
  • USA Today: Justice Department career officials reshuffled to advance Donald Trump’s immigration agenda
  • Reuters: US Department of Homeland Security firing all advisory committee members, letter says
  • AP: Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee
  • AP: Trump defends pardons for rioters and suggests Proud Boys could have place in politics
  • FOX News: 4 states sue to block illegal migrants from census count used to assign congressional seats, electoral votes
  • CBS Austin: Trump nominee for VA secretary vows not to assist with migrant healthcare
  • New York Times: Latin American Leaders Welcome and Warn Trump
  • Reuters: Trump attends prayer service, gets an earful on immigrants and LGBT youth
  • AP: Trump to announce newly formed partnership investing $500B in AI
  • Yahoo! News: Tech leaders praise Trump’s rollback of Biden’s ‘AI red tape’
  • Reuters: Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ulbricht for online drug scheme
  • AP/The Hill: [VT] US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont near Canada
  • FOX News: [VT] Shooting of border agent wasn’t random, National Border Patrol Council president says
  • NPR: [DC] Trump gave pardons to hundreds of violent Jan. 6 rioters. Here’s what they did
  • Texas Tribune: [DC] More than 100 Texans active in the Jan. 6 insurrection among those pardoned
  • EFE: [Mexico] Mexico to return migrants affected by Trump’s restrictions to their countries of origin
  • New York Times: [Mexico] After Trump’s Orders, Mexico’s Leader Says She’ll ‘Always Defend’ Her Country
  • Bloomberg: [India] India set to take back 18,000 citizens from US to placate Trump
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: The Laken Riley Act is a good start, but it needs funding
  • USA Today: Trump’s executive orders really aren’t ‘shock and awe’ after Biden’s overreach
  • Dallas Morning News: Trump should fix broken asylum system, but not like this
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Bloomberg: Trump Gives Immigration Agents Power to Raid Churches, Schools for Deportations
  • NPR: How Trump’s orders will remake the immigration landscape
  • The Hill: Homan: Sanctuary cities will see more ‘collateral arrests’
  • AP: Trump’s immigration crackdown leaves some families weighing the risk of sending kids to school
  • CBS Austin: [VT] Vermont school board weighs ‘sanctuary’ policy restricting ICE agents’ access to district
  • CBS New York: [NY] Mayor Eric Adams wants to "bring down anxiety" in NYC’s immigrant community amid deportation fears
  • Yahoo! News: [NY] Trump to allow ICE arrests at schools and houses of worship, sparking fears in NYC
  • Axios: [IL] Chicago braces for Trumps immigration actions
  • Newsweek: [IL] In Frigid Chicago, Businesses Struggle to Open Amid Fears of ICE Raids
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Elgin agencies working with undocumented immigrants say deportation fears escalating
  • Axios: [CO] Exclusive: Republicans pen letter urging Polis to reconsider immigration laws
  • FOX News: [AZ] ‘Loud and clear’: Border state’s legislature moves to back Trump’s ICE on deportations
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times: Change to Birthright Citizenship Would Affect Visa Holders, Too
  • New York Times: A New Fear for Undocumented Women: Will My Unborn Child Be a Citizen?
  • Wall Street Journal: Why Trump’s Immigration Plans Will Upend U.S. Agriculture
  • Newsweek: [Afghanistan] Donald Trump Cancels Flights for 1,600 Refugees: Report
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Wall Street Journal: Pentagon Plans for Bigger U.S. Troop Role at Border
  • FedScoop: Trump shuts down CBP One app, closing a pathway to America
  • Washington Examiner: Key military and national security takeaways from Trump’s first day
  • New York Times: ‘I Feel Rage, I Feel Sadness.’ With Border Closed, Migrants Face Few Options.
  • FOX News: Trump orders active-duty troops to the US southern border
  • Washington Examiner: [FL] Florida sheriffs make the case for DeSantis border security plan
  • FOX News: [TX] US sting snares armed felon smugglers tied to foreign prison gang, cartel: police
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Operation Lone Star stirs controversy in Eagle Pass over militarized park
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Over $40K in unreported currency seized at border
  • Bloomberg: [Canada] Canada to Trump: We Have Complaints About the Border, Too
  • FOX News: [Mexico] New migrant caravan making its way to border despite Trump taking office
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Yahoo! News: TSA announces enforcement date for REAL ID requirements
  • CBS Pittsburgh: [PA] Two handguns confiscated at checkpoints at Pittsburgh International Airport, first guns found in 2025
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Yahoo! News: “Once in a Lifetime” Storm Drops Snow on Gulf Coast
  • Wall Street Journal: More Than 2,000 Flights Canceled as Rare Winter Storm Sweeps Across South
  • Yahoo! News: FEMA extends hotel stays for eligible Helene survivors by two months
  • Bloomberg: Trump to Visit Disaster-Hit Asheville and Los Angeles on Friday
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] Trump to visit western North Carolina on Friday
  • New York Times: [LA] Louisiana Shuts 100-Mile Stretch of I-10 as Rare Snowstorm Hits Gulf Coast
  • ABC News: [CA] New wildfires prompt evacuations near San Diego
  • Miami Herald: [CA] Southern California faces strong winds, dangerous conditions as fires persist
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] New wildfires break out in Southern California: Here’s the latest
  • Reuters: [CA] Trump says he will issue executive order to make water available in California
• Secret Service
  • CBS News: John Bolton’s Secret Service protection discontinued by Trump administration
  • KOLN/KGIN: [NE] Men accused of passing fake $100 bills, running counterfeit bill operation in Lincoln
• Coast Guard
  • New York Times/Politico/Washington Post: Admiral Fagan Is Fired as Coast Guard Commandant
  • Miami Herald: Firing of Coast Guard commandant by Trump administration is ‘politically motivated,’ Van Hollen says
  • FOX News: Coast Guard surging assets to Gulf of America, other waterways to support Trump’s executive orders
  • CBS 7: [ME] Authorities search for father and son fishermen who went missing while out on their boat
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Coast Guard to ‘surge assets’ to South Florida to comply with Trump’s executive order
  • SFGate: [HI] Frantic search on for 2 teens last seen at Hawaii convenience store
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Times: How Trump’s Plan to Label Some Drug Cartels ‘Terrorists’ Would Work
  • Reuters: Trump’s bid to label Mexican cartels ‘foreign terrorists’ poses risks to companies, migrants
  • Reuters: Trump’s pardons will embolden Proud Boys, other far-right groups, say experts
  • Reuters: [Cuba] Trump order leaves Cuba prisoner deal in limbo
• National Security News
  • USA Today: Trump revokes security clearances of former intelligence officials
  • Government Executive: Trump wants a faster security clearance process, too
  • AP: Trump names acting Defense secretary with Hegseth not yet confirmed
  • Newsweek: WHO Responds to Trump Withdrawing US From Organization
  • FOX News: [Russia] Russia sounds off on Trump’s threat to retake the Panama Canal
  • NBC News: [Israel] As Trump lifts sanctions on West Bank settlers, anti-Palestinian violence flares in the occupied area
  • Washington Examiner: [Israel] Freed Israeli hostages say they were held in UN camp
  • CNN: [Israel] Trump says he’s ‘not confident’ Gaza ceasefire will hold
  • Wall Street Journal: [Afghanistan] Two Americans Freed by Taliban in Prisoner Swap
  • Newsweek: [China] US Ally Seizes China Military Spy Car
  • The Hill: [China] Trump signs order delaying TikTok ban: What happens now?

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