• Top News
  • ABC News/Washington Examiner/Politico: Mayorkas and McCaul warn of ISIS-inspired threats after New Orleans attack
  • Washington Examiner: Michael McCaul laments terrorism becoming ‘rising threat’
  • The Hill: Mayorkas says he’s spoken ‘substantively’ with Noem ‘a number of times’
  • Yahoo! News: Schumer calls for $615 million anti-terror funds for urban areas in wake of New Orleans attack
  • The Hill: Brennan presses Homan over Trump administration deportation plans
  • Washington Examiner: Homan warns migrants entering US during Biden’s final days in office: ‘You’re going home’
  • CBS News: Trump’s "border czar" Tom Homan vows administration to address immigration on "day one"
  • AP: Border shelters relieved the pressure during migrant surges. Under Trump, they could become a target
  • Roll Call/Washington Examiner/Bloomberg: Johnson lays out ambitious timeline to pass reconciliation bill for Trump agenda
  • NBC News: Thune: Trump administration will have to ‘make decisions’ on a ‘realistic’ deportation plan
  • Bloomberg: [DC] Trump Weighs Jan. 6 Clemency With Congress Set to Ratify His Win
  • Washington Post: [DC] Biden urges Americans not to rewrite, or forget, Jan. 6, 2021
  • CBS News: [LA] FBI investigating Bourbon Street attacker’s past trips to New Orleans and Cairo
  • AP: [LA] Man behind New Year’s attack visited New Orleans before, recorded video with smart glasses, FBI says
  • New York Times/VOA News: Biden to Visit New Orleans Monday and Mourn with Grieving Families
  • Yahoo! News: [LA] New Orleans seeks expert to evaluate vulnerabilities after terrorist attack
  • Minnesota Public Radio: [MN] Lawyers challenge guilty verdicts in human smuggling case that left four dead at U.S.-Canada border
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Pardon Promise for Jan. 6 Rioters
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Wall Street Journal: Ditch the Green-Card Lottery
• Top News (Sunday Talk Shows)
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Alejandro Mayorkas reaction to the threat level in America
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Security Officials Grapple with Most Complex Threats Since 911
  • NBC’s Meet the Press: Senator Schiff Speaks on Pre-emptive Pardons
  • NBC’s Meet the Press: Senator John Thune Reactions To The New Orleans Attack
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Congressman Mike McCaul reaction to the threat level in America
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: [FL] Illegal migrant charged with molesting Florida girl, 5, says family accused him over immigration status
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Reuters: Biden says it is awful that Trump is seeking to do away with US birthright citizenship
  • The Hill: Schumer on working with Trump to secure DACA deal: ‘We’d love to do that’
  • Bloomberg: [Philippines] Afghans Seeking US Immigrant Visas Arrive in the Philippines
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: CBP warns against phone scam by fake Border Patrol agents
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] Fort Pierce man charged with shooting former girlfriend to death in West Melbourne
  • FOX News: [AZ] Secret drug tunnel found near border wall in Arizona
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Reuters/Yahoo! News: Winter storm hits central US, barrels toward Washington
  • New York Times: Major Winter Storm Moves to the Mid-Atlantic
  • CNN/NPR: Millions to feel impact of winter’s most significant storm yet
  • Reuters: [DC] Winter storm will not delay Trump election certification in Congress, House leader says
  • Washington Post: [DC] Bowser declares snow emergency in D.C. as region braces for storm
• Secret Service
  • NBC News: [DC] Capitol heavily secured for election certification as Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon plans remain largely a mystery
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Jan. 6 defendants rally for Trump pardons on riot anniversary
  • KCCI: [IA] Marshalltown police arrest suspects in credit card skimmer investigation
• Coast Guard
  • Yahoo! News: [HI] Coast Guard, KFD rescue woman off shore of Kauaʻi
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Reuters: [China] Chinese hack of US telecoms compromised more firms than previously known, WSJ says
  • AP: [China] China protests US sanctions for its alleged role in hacking, complains of foreign hacker attacks
• National Security News
  • The Hill: China fires shot across Trump’s bow with defense sanctions
  • Newsweek: [Ukraine] Nearly Third of North Korean Troops Killed or Wounded in Ukraine: Zelensky
  • VOA News: [Ukraine] Blinken: China, North Korea helping drive Russia’s war in Ukraine
  • CNN: [Russia] Blinken warns Russia is close to sharing advanced satellite technology with North Korea
  • New York Times: [Syria] Israel Conducts Raids in Syria Amid Accusations of Cease-Fire Violations
  • Yahoo! News: [Taiwan] Chinese ship ‘severs undersea cables around Taiwan’
  • CBS News: [North Korea] North Korea test fires missile as Blinken visits Seoul, weighs in on Putin-Kim ties, Israel-Hamas truce talks

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