• Top News
  • The Hill/ABC News/Newsweek/NBC News: Houses passes immigration measure named after Laken Riley
  • Bloomberg: US Pulls Back From Disrupting Violent Extremism on Social Media
  • Bloomberg: Trump Border Czar Sees $86 Billion Cost for Migrant Crackdown
  • Washington Examiner: Mike Waltz slams Biden as more focused on climate change than terrorism
  • FOX News: [MA] Dem gov who vows to fight Trump border enforcement outraged by migrant using shelter for criminal activity
  • Reuters: [NY] Man accused of killing woman in New York subway fire pleads not guilty
  • Yahoo! News: [DC] Noem to be in D.C. Jan. 15 for nomination hearing
  • CNN: [DC] Republican-led January 6 investigation to be its own committee this Congress, GOP lawmaker says
  • CBS Detroit: [MI] Chinese national headed to trial as part of human trafficking ring bust in Michigan
  • Texas Tribune: [TX] Gov. Greg Abbott directs DPS to bolster anti-terrorism efforts after New Orleans attack
  • AP: [TX] 2 sons of Mexican cartel leader ‘El Chapo’ are in plea negotiations with US, attorneys say
  • CBS Austin: [CO] Aurora, Colo. mayor slams Denver for sending migrants to city: ‘Be transparent’
  • Newsweek: [Canada] What Justin Trudeau’s Resignation Means for Immigration at Northern Border
  • Border Report: [Mexico] Tren de Aragua gang linked to murder of immigration agent
  • New York Times: [Mexico] Trump Vowed Mass Deportations. Mexico and Central America Brace for Impact.
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Wall Street Journal: Putting America First Requires H-1B Visa Reform
  • Houston Chronicle: The U.S. should stop accepting refugees until we get domestic issues under control | Opinion
  • Houston Chronicle: MAGA has a point. But scrapping H-1B isn’t the answer.
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Let’s put people over profit. Enough with the immigration threats.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • The Texas Tribune: U.S. House approves legislation to deport undocumented immigrants charged with minor crimes
  • AP: Schools around the US are weighing responses to possible immigration raids
  • FOX News: [UT] Twice-deported illegal immigrant charged in girlfriend’s murder: officials
  • Yahoo! News: [UT] Letter from Gov. Cox calls for immediate removal of Salt Lake City ICE director
  • Newsweek: [CA] California Moves To Protect School Children From Deportation
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • CBS News: U.S. refunding application fees for Biden immigration program for spouses of citizens
  • Yahoo! News: Providing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants improves birth outcomes, research shows
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] The great California exodus has ended -- thanks in part to legal immigration
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: Trump digs into Biden admin for selling off border wall at ‘five cents on the dollar’
  • UPI: [NY] CBP seizes $30K in counterfeit Tiffany jewelry in New York
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Migrant encounters in El Paso sector at lowest levels in years
  • Border Report: [TX] High-speed DPS pursuits of smugglers put residents’ lives at risk, Escobar agrees
  • Border Report: [TX] Border lawmaker recalls being deported as child
  • Yahoo! News: [NM] 11 migrants found locked in U-Haul in rural New Mexico
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Immigration enforcement operations taking place in Bakersfield area, local officials say
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Bloomberg/Washington Post: [FL] JetBlue Stowaway Deaths Probed After Florida Flight From New York
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • The Hill: DHS Inspector General Confirms FEMA audit
  • Reuters: Over 200,000 US customers still without power after winter storm -
  • AP/Washington Post/ABC News: The polar vortex brings its bitter cold to the Southern US
  • Bloomberg: [TX] Texas Snow Storm Threatens to Unleash Blackouts and Travel Chaos
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Texas Governor Greg Abbott increases readiness level of state operations ahead of winter weather
  • Wall Street Journal/AP/NPR/Newsweek/Bloomberg: [CA] Los Angeles Wildfires Prompt Evacuations for Tens of Thousands
• Secret Service
  • AP: [DC] Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris, congressional leaders at US Capitol
  • Michigan Live: [MI] Michigan woman sells vehicle to undocumented immigrant for $3,600 in bogus cash
• Coast Guard
  • Salem Statesman Journal: [OR] Man’s body found after going to photograph Oregon Coast king tides
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • MeriTalk: CISA Launches Voluntary Blueprint for IT, Product Security
  • FOX News: Outgoing WH official calls for US to bolster cybersecurity workforce by hiring non-degree holders
  • MeriTalk: [China] Treasury Sanctions China-Based Flax Typhoon Hacker
• Terrorism Investigations
  • AP/New York Times/CBS News: Biden administration asks court to block plea deals for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks
  • The Hill: [LA] Louisiana AG: More security in place through Mardi Gras after New Orleans attack
  • CBS News: [LA] Image shows IED that was placed in French Quarter by New Orleans truck attacker, officials say
  • CBS Austin: [TX] Governor Abbot announces new anti-terrorism efforts after New Orleans attack
  • ABC News: [WY] Alleged racist rants of Yellowstone park shooter uncovered in new court filing
  • Newsweek: [NV] Matthew Livelsberger Used Generative AI in Planning Truck Blast: Police
• National Security News
  • New York Times: Trump Floats Using Force to Take Greenland and the Panama Canal
  • CBS Austin: Trump promises to rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’
  • CBS News: [Mexico] 10 gunmen killed, 3 police officers injured in shootout with security forces amid cartel turf battles in Mexico
  • Newsweek/Washington Examiner: [Cuba] US Frees 11 Guantánamo Detainees After Two Decades
  • AP: [Venezuela] Venezuela’s Maduro says two US citizens arrested among group of ‘mercenaries’
  • Yahoo! News: [Venezuela] Venezuela detains 3 Ukrainians, accuses them of ‘terror’ plot
  • New York Times: [Sudan] Sudanese Paramilitary Group Committed Genocide, U.S. Says
  • Newsweek: [Russia] North Korean Troops Killed in Kursk Drone and Gun Battle
  • FOX News: [Iran] Iran’s nuclear program is nearing ‘the point of no return,’ France’s Macron says
  • New York Times/Reuters: [Afghanistan] U.S. Presses for Release of Americans Held in Afghanistan; US, Taliban in talks to swap detainees
  • Wall Street Journal: [China] Pentagon Labels More Chinese Companies as Military in Nature
  • Reuters: [China] China says U.S. suspicion of security risks in Chinese drones is ‘irresponsible’
  • Newsweek: [North Korea] North Korea Releases Video of Hypersonic Missile Launch
  • NBC News: [Japan] U.S. Steel CEO appeals to Trump after Biden blocks deal with Japanese firm
  • CNBC: [Japan] U.S. Steel CEO calls for Trump to take fresh look at Nippon deal, slams Biden decision as corrupt

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