• Top News
  • FOX News/NPR/Yahoo! News/EFE/Washington Examiner: Black boxes recovered from DC plane crash involving 67 passengers, crew members, soldiers
  • Washington Post: D.C. airport disaster jars choreography of military, civilian aircraft
  • Wall Street Journal: Washington’s Jam-Packed Airspace Has Prompted Warnings for Years
  • NBC News: Lawmakers express worries about ‘complex airspace’ after deadly D.C. collision
  • Reuters: Pilots recall problems at Washington airport after fatal crash
  • New York Times: Congress Approved More Flights at Reagan Despite Warnings of Danger
  • Newsweek: Black Hawk Helicopter May Have Gone Off Flight Path: Report
  • AP: The 2 aircraft that collided over Washington are both workhorses in use around the world
  • Washington Post: Control tower at National Airport understaffed before deadly collision
  • FOX News: 3 soldiers on Black Hawk helicopter involved in DC airliner crash
  • New York Times: For the Army, the crash is the latest in a string of helicopter accidents.
  • AP: Passengers on downed flight included American and Russian figure skaters
  • CBS News: Trump appoints new FAA administrator after vacancy during deadly plane crash
  • Yahoo! News: Trump Gutted Key Aviation Safety Committee Before D.C. Plane Crash
  • Washington Examiner/New York Times: Trump rails against DEI at press conference on cause of fatal DC plane crash
  • FOX News: Acting FBI boss on nationwide migrant crackdown, from heartland to big cities
  • AZCentral: Border security at sea: Sen. Ruben Gallego cosponsors bill to expand US territorial waters
  • Reuters: What Trump has done to remake US government so far
  • FOX News: Where Trump’s Cabinet nominees stand in Senate confirmation process
  • AP: [VT] The woman charged in a Vermont border patrol officer’s death has been ordered held without bail
  • FOX News: [VT] Manhunt underway for woman linked to killing of Vermont Border Patrol agent: report
  • Reuters: [NY] US probes release of arrested immigrant in first challenge to sanctuary cities
  • Telemundo: [NY] Ten members of the Aragua Train are accused of being part of an extensive arms trafficking network in New York
  • Washington Post: [DC] Not far from Trump’s White House, immigrants grapple with unknowns
  • Yahoo! News: [DC] Mike Johnson to create new Jan. 6 committee despite vowing to look ‘forward’
  • New York Times: [TN] Tennessee Lawmakers, Mirroring Trump Agenda, Pass Bills on Immigration and School Vouchers
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Migrant boat carrying Chinese, Ecuadorians stopped same day of Gables smuggling bust
  • Miami Herald/Telemundo: [FL] After criticism from Republicans, DeSantis revives E-Verify immigration enforcement
  • Washington Examiner: [FL] Florida immigration enforcement bill mentioned ‘deport’ zero times: Ron DeSantis
  • Newsweek: [FL] Where Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans Clash on Immigration
  • Tampa Bay Times: [FL] Florida highway troopers want more answers about new immigration powers
  • AP: [TX] US Air Force deportation flight takes off from El Paso for Guatemala, as military’s border role grows
  • Newsweek: [TX] Greg Abbott Signs Five Executive Orders On Border
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Imperial Beach mayor addresses Tijuana River sewage crisis, deportations in State of the City speech
  • BNN Bloomberg: [Canada] Trump confirms significant tariffs on Canadian imports coming Saturday, says oil ‘may or may not’ be included
  • Reuters: [Canada] Trump’s border czar to meet with Canadian officials as tariffs loom, sources say
  • Newsweek: [Canada] Canada Moves To Appease Trump on Border
  • AP: [Mexico] Air Force deportation flight skirts Mexican airspace to Guatemala as military’s border role grows
  • Border Report: [Meixco] More migrants deported under Biden, Baja state official says
  • Wall Street Journal: [Mexico] Trump’s Migrant Crackdown Strains Mexico’s Borders in North and South
  • FOX News: [Cuba] DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says it ‘won’t take very long at all’ to prepare Gitmo for criminal migrants
  • NPR: [Cuba] Trump is facing criticism for plans to hold up to 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo Bay
  • Border Report: [Cuba] Migrant advocates decry ‘horrific’ conditions at Guantánamo Bay
  • Washington Post: [Cuba] Migrants were detained at Guantánamo Bay before Trump’s order. Here’s what to know.
  • Washington Examiner: [Cuba] Hegseth says Gitmo will be way station, not final destination, for ‘criminal illegal aliens’ deported from US
  • Reuters: [Guatemala] US military deportation flight likely cost more than first class
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Post: A Air traffic controllers prevent crashes. DOGE wants us to resign.
  • Bloomberg: US Coast Guard Doesn’t Have Enough Money, Ships or Sailors
  • Washington Post: Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ is a fantasy. But there are practical options.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: Illegals get more than they bargained for as FBI joins Trump DHS’ criminal alien crackdown: photos
  • NBC News: Immigrants fear required ICE check-ins could lead to deportations
  • New York Times: Immigrant Communities in Hiding: ‘People Think ICE Is Everywhere’
  • Newsweek: ICE Agents’ Morale ‘Extremely High’ Amid Surge in Raids
  • Washington Examiner: Police to call out departments that won’t help ICE round up migrants
  • Reuters: Trump seeks to deport Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, Bloomberg reports
  • Bloomberg: The president’s unprecedented move could deploy thousands of city and state officers to aid in mass deportations.
  • Washington Examiner: JD Vance reveals locations of immigrants with ‘violent’ records were always known
  • New York Times: [VT] Judge Orders Border Patrol Shooting Suspect Held Without Bail
  • Vermont Public: [VT] Vermont advocates launch ICE action tracker as Trump immigration rhetoric fuels fear
  • New York Times: [NY] U.S. Says Sheriff Could Face Prosecution for Releasing Immigrant
  • Yahoo! News: [WV] 72 detained in WV under immigration crackdown as Morrisey orders law enforcement support
  • CBS Austin: [TN] Deport them immediately’ Calls to rid Nashville of alleged Tren De Aragua gang members
  • Newsweek: [GA] ICE Strikes During Church Service to Arrest Migrant
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] Federal agents raid Sanford apartment complex, detain multiple residents: Video
  • CBS Miami: [FL] South Florida man says he was twice stopped by ICE, claims racial profiling
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] Palm Beach County immigrants already in citizenship process being detained, nonprofit says
  • Miami Herald: [FL] ICE Miami arrests migrant over driver’s license issue. This offense could cost his freedom
  • Axios: [FL] What to know about ICE enforcement and Florida resources
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Security guard threatens to kidnap child he met gaming if she didn’t send nudes, feds say
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] ‘I did something wrong’: Chicago man arrested by ICE asks forgiveness, victim’s mother supports possible deportation
  • Newsweek: [IL] Pair Arrested for Chicago Murder Are Illegal Immigrants: Report
  • VOA News: [IL] Immigrant neighborhoods in Chicago on edge amid federal enforcement actions
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Teacher’s comment about deportations at Dixmoor school sparks fear as threat of ICE raids loom
  • Border Report: [TX] Guatemalans charged in I-35 road rage incident
  • Border Report: [TX] Immigration crackdown and its psychological effects
  • Washington Examiner: [OK] Oklahoma state superintendent pledges to work with Trump immigration policies
  • Yahoo! News: [OK] Oklahoma governor to weigh which undocumented criminals are immediately deported
  • Reuters: [NM] Native Americans say tribal members harassed by immigration agents
  • Yahoo! News: [NM] NM delegation addresses reports of ICE harassment of Native Americans
  • New York Times: [NV] Guatemalan Man Pleads Guilty to 2 Murder Counts in Las Vegas Stabbing Spree
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] 4 men face life in federal prison for alleged international child exploitation ring
  • Reuters: [Marshall Islands] Marshall Islands seek US meeting as citizens ‘panic’ over Trump migrant crackdown
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Post: DHS rescinds immigration protections for Venezuelans, despite past support
  • Newsweek: Venezuelans Speak of Panic and Stress After Noem Revokes Protections
  • CBS San Francisco: [CA] Santa Clara County files suit over Trump executive order on birthright citizenship
• Customs and Border Protection
  • AP: Judge Extends Court-Monitoring Agreement for Children in Customs and Border Protection Custody
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] US Border Patrol, Mexican troops come under fire along Rio Grande on El Paso-Juárez border
  • ABC News: [TX] First border patrol embed with the new Trump administration: Reporter’s notebook
  • CBS 7: [TX] Border protection officers battle the shipping of drugs, stolen items through U.S. ports
  • AZCentral.com: [AZ] Arizona border town declares state of emergency in response to Trump executive orders
  • AP: [CA] Judge extends court-monitoring agreement for children in Customs and Border Protection custody
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Yahoo! News: Disaster responders say ending FEMA would move tasks and costs to states, local governments
  • Yahoo! News: [WV] FEMA help tops $2 million in Mercer
  • AP: [NC] North Carolina officials make urgent request to lawmakers on Helene and other hurricanes
  • AZ Central: [NC] A community was hit hard by Hurricane Helene. They are now dealing with raging wildfires.
  • CBS Austin: [TX] Storms leave over 7,000 Austin Energy customers without power
  • Miami Herald: [TX] 4.5-magnitude quake jolts two major Texas cities, USGS says. ‘Felt my apartment shake’
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] After nearly a week, 6,625-acre Otay Mesa brush fire declared fully contained
  • FOX News: [CA] Congressional subcommittee to hold hearing about overregulation in California following devastating wildfires
  • FOX News: [CA] Los Angeles fire cleanup complicated by ‘unprecedented’ number of EVs with combustible lithium-ion batteries
• Secret Service
  • Yahoo! News: [NM] ABQ man charged after allegedly making online threats against Trump
• Coast Guard
  • AP: [NY] Tour boat captain gets prison after boat capsizes off NYC, killing woman and child
  • Miami Herald: [NC] Boat was 100 miles off NC coast when crew realized it was beyond saving, rescuers say
  • Yahoo! News: [WI] U.S. Coast Guard warns fishers of hazardous ice conditions on Sturgeon Bay, vessel traffic
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: House bill aims to better protect financial institutions from ransomware attacks
  • StateScoop: State and local governments should prepare for changes to CISA, cyber experts say
  • AP: US cyber agency’s future role in elections remains murky under the Trump administration
  • NBC News: Children’s data hacked after school software firm missed basic security step, internal report says
  • Reuters: US FDA identifies cybersecurity risks in certain patient monitors
  • Yahoo! News: Google says hackers from China, Iran, and North Korea are using Gemini to boost productivity
• Terrorism Investigations
  • SFGate: Biden targeted the online right-wing terrorism threat − now it’s up to Trump
  • AP: [NV] Man charged with stabbing Vegas showgirls and tourists pleads guilty but mentally ill to murder
  • New York Times: [Cuba] Appeals Court Refuses to Reinstate Confession in U.S.S. Cole Case
• National Security News
  • Government Executive: Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ plan would put weapons in space, at a big cost
  • ABC News: Tulsi Gabbard has bold plans to reform US intelligence as DNI
  • Washington Examiner: Tulsi Gabbard declares she is nobody’s ‘puppet,’ vows to end ‘weaponization’ of intelligence community
  • Washington Examiner: Elizabeth Warren claims ‘most’ of Senate sees Tulsi Gabbard as a security threat
  • FOX News: Gabbard sheds light on Assad visit, expresses shock intelligence community showed no interest at the time
  • Washington Post: Several senior FBI leaders told to leave agency or be fired, people familiar say
  • AP: Trump’s FBI chief pick, Kash Patel, says bureau has lost trust which he will restore
  • New York Times: Patel Invoked the Fifth Amendment in a Case Tied to Trump
  • New York Times: Patel Works to Persuade Senators His Loyalty to Trump Is Not Absolute
  • NBC News: OpenAI partners with U.S. National Laboratories on scientific research, nuclear weapons security
  • Reuters: [Panama] Rubio warns of risk of China shutting down Panama Canal in any conflict
  • AP: [Panama] Panama’s president says there will be no negotiation about ownership of canal
  • Washington Examiner: [Greenland] Trump’s sights on acquiring Greenland is ‘national interest’: Marco Rubio
  • Newsweek: [Russia] Russia May Expand Nuclear Arsenal to Counter US Efforts: Russian Diplomat
  • Wall Street Journal: [Lebanon] Iran Is Funding Hezbollah via Suitcases Stuffed With Cash, Israel Warns
  • Reuters: [Israel] Gaza checkpoint to be staffed by scores of armed American contractors
  • Newsweek: [Kyrgyzstan] Suspected U.S.-Russia Arms Trafficker Arrested in Kyrgyzstan
  • Bloomberg: [China] DeepSeek’s AI Restricted by ‘Hundreds’ of Companies in Days
  • CyberScoop: [China] Wiz researchers find sensitive DeepSeek data exposed to internet
  • Newsweek: [Philippines] US Ally Turns Tables on China Over Missile Complaints

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