• Top News
  • NBC News/AP: Trump heads to Texas as recovery efforts from deadly flood continue
  • New York Times/Washington Post/New York Post: Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order in Class-Action Challenge
  • New York Times/CBS News/FOX News/AP: Federal Agents Clash With Protesters During Immigration Raid at California Farm
  • NBC News: Feds offer $50,000 reward in apparent firing of gun at agents after clash with protesters
  • Breitbart: Dem CA Assemblyman: ‘Don’t Know Very Much,’ But I Know Clash in Ventura County Is Feds’ Fault
  • Breitbart: DHS’s Tricia McLaughlin: ‘We Have Arrested Almost 600 Known or Suspected Terrorists’
  • New York Post: How thousands of migrant children disappeared in the US — and the fight to save them from abuse and exploitation
  • FOX News: Noem warns of ‘unprecedented’ threat level for ICE agents, blames ‘lies’ from Democrats
  • FOX News: Noem describes ‘heavy weight’ of protecting ICE agents amid growing threats: ‘Unprecedented’
  • FOX News: Noem, Homan may be ‘attending a funeral’ if anti-ICE rhetoric continues, warns Jim Trusty
  • FOX News: Noem rips CNN report claiming she delayed DHS response to Texas flood as ‘absolutely trash’
  • FOX News: Noem fires back at ‘fake news’ CNN for Texas flood coverage: ‘Disservice to the country’
  • Blaze: DHS rips into ‘FAKE NEWS LIE’ from CNN that Sec. Noem delayed search and rescue teams in Texas flooding
  • ABC News: FEMA maps underestimated risk in catastrophic Texas flood, data shows
  • Axios: FEMA waited 3 days to send rescue crews to Texas: report
  • Washington Post: Budget limits at DHS delayed FEMA’s Texas deployment, officials say
  • The Hill/Breitbart: Top Democrats slam Noem over Texas flood response: ‘That’s abandonment’
  • Politico: FEMA leader is a no-show after deadly Texas flooding
  • Washington Post/Reuters/Axios/Daily Wire: Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20 million from Trump administration over immigration arrest
  • CNN: Mahmoud Khalil describes conditions at ICE detention facility
  • FOX News: Federal judge extends arguments in Abrego Garcia case, slams ICE witness who ‘knew nothing’
  • NewsMax: ICE: No Call on Where to Deport Abrego Garcia
  • Axios: "Not amnesty lite": Trump’s new plan for migrant worker visas
  • Politico: Border czar Tom Homan says there will be ‘no amnesty’ for undocumented farmworkers
  • New York Post: Trump moves to bar illegal immigrants from aid for education, health programs
  • Breitbart: White House: $40 Billion in Benefit Programs Protected from Illegals Under Trump EO
  • AP: Head Start Will Be Cut off for Immigrants Without Legal Status, Trump Administration Says
  • Federalist: Magistrate: Trial Should Go On For WI Judge Accused Of Helping Illegal Alien Flee
  • Reuters: Trump presses African leaders to take deported migrants, sources say
  • NewsMax: African Nation Won’t Take Immigration Deportees From US
  • New York Times: How El Salvador Is Reaping Rewards From Trump’s Deportation Agenda
  • Bloomberg Law News: RFK Jr. Bans Undocumented Immigrant Access to Some Programs
  • Blaze: Trump’s Education Department stops Clinton-era giveaway for illegal aliens
  • DailySignal: Trump ‘Was Right’ on Immigration, John Kerry Says
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Where’s the evidence? Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case is purely political
  • Washington Examiner: Noem deserves praise for ending left-wing indoctrination program at DHS
  • FOX News: [China] Trump is taking the fight to the CCP. It’s long past time we protected our bases and critical infrastructure
  • The Hill: [China] Xi Jinping is waging a proxy war against Trump in Ukraine
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • CBS News: Trump budget law gives ICE unprecedented funds to ramp up operations
  • NewsMax: ICE: Immigrant Arrests at High Point; About Half Deported
  • NewsMax: Sen. Ashley Moody to Newsmax: Anti-ICE Rhetoric Careless, Anarchist
  • The Hill: Swalwell: ICE agents would ‘have more credibility’ without masks
  • NPR: Masked immigration agents are spurring fear and confusion across the U.S.
  • The Hill: Fetterman: Any calls to abolish ICE are ‘inappropriate and outrageous’
  • FOX News: [MA] Massachusetts bill would force ICE agents to unmask
  • NewsNation: [NY] New York high school student released from ICE custody
  • The Hill: [NY] Woman denied entry at JFK describes ‘nightmare’ stay at New Jersey ICE facility
  • Axios: [NC] ICE crackdowns hit Charlotte’s immigrant businesses hard
  • DailySignal: [OH] Former Muslim Chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital With Alleged Terror-Watch Ties Detained by ICE
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Skokie man detained by ICE; local officials trying to get him released
  • The Hill: [IL] ‘Intentional scare tactic,’ say community leaders after feds swarm Puerto Rican museum in Chicago
  • American Military News: [MN] 11 illegal immigrant ‘sexual predators’ arrested in Minneapolis
  • Breitbart: [MN] DHS Blasts Media for Suggesting That Accused Illegal Immigrant Pedophiles in Minnesota Had a ‘Cultural Misunderstanding’
  • FOX News: [TX] Texas suspect who damaged ICE vehicle, ‘aggressively pursued’ agents is arrested: police
  • Federalist: [TX] Terrorist Attack In Texas Demands Federal Targeting Of Antifa
  • Breitbart: [TX] Texas Constable Deputy Arrests Man for Chasing, Striking ICE Agent’s Vehicle
  • Washington Examiner/NewsMax: [NE] ICE Arrests Man Described as MS-13 ‘Kingpin’ in Nebraska
  • Axios: [UT] ICE arrests of non-criminals spike in Utah
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Officials denounce immigration guards camped at a Glendale hospital monitoring detainee
  • NBC News: [CA] ICE handcuffs 71-year-old grandmother, a U.S. citizen, at San Diego immigration court
  • The Hill: [CA] ICE detains man, 30, inside California surgery center in heated confrontation
  • AP: [CA] California surgical center staff demand to see warrant as ICE agents detain landscaper
  • Telemundo52: [CA] "This is a kidnapping": Immigrant detention at Ontario clinic questioned
  • New York Post: [CA] ICE agents clash with shrieking keffiyeh-wearing protesters outside San Francisco Immigration Court: video
  • FOX News: [CA] ICE protesters clash with agents outside San Francisco court
  • NBC News: [CA] Violent clashes at San Francisco immigration court won’t deter protesters, organizers say
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] As L.A. reels, White House sees ‘grand success’ in novel crackdown tactics
  • Breitbart: [CA] California City Tells Residents to Shelter in Place During ICE Activity: ‘Do Not Open the Door to Strangers’
  • FOX News: [CA] Los Angeles judge weighs severe limits on Trump’s immigration enforcement in California
  • New York Times: [CA] L.A.-Area Bishop Excuses Faithful From Mass Over Fear of Immigration Raids
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Asylum-seekers wait on average 4½ years for their hearings. Now many fear ICE at the courthouse
  • Axios: More employers offer immigrant doctors visa support
  • AP: [Costa Rica] Costa Rican lawmaker says the US revoked her visa over alleged ties to Chinese Communist Party
  • CBS News: [France] French university courts American researchers seeking "scientific asylum" amid Trump’s academic cuts
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Federal News Network: CBP program secures supply chains to better protect the border
  • Telemundo47: Undocumented would be using ambulances to cross the border into the US
  • Politico: The one border crisis that won’t be solved by a spending windfall
  • NBC 10 Boston Today at 6:00am: [NH] New Hampshire Man Turned Away at Canadian Border
  • FOX News: [TX] Texas Border Patrol shooter details remain scant as violence against ICE, CBP agents surges
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [NM] CBP Change of Command at the Port of Santa Teresa
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Man charged with smuggling bound, sedated toucans across U.S.-Mexico border
  • Bloomberg: [Canada] Trump Immigration Crackdown Sends More Asylum Seekers North
  • AP: [Mexico] US has reclosed its southern border after a flesh-eating parasite is seen further north in Mexico
  • Univision: [Mexico] The US again bans the entry of Mexican cattle across its southern border due to the presence of the screwworm.
  • AP: [Mexico] Sheinbaum calls U.S. decision to close border to Mexican cattle ‘exaggerated’
• Transportation Security Administration
  • ABC News: Woman guilty of stowing away on flight from New York to Paris set to be sentenced
  • Washington Post: TSA rule change puts gnarly feet where they belong — back in shoes
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • ABC News: After Texas flood, elected leaders say cuts to FEMA, NOAA could affect weather response
  • Axios: Governors accuse Trump admin of stalling disaster recovery
  • Breitbart: [NC] NC Mayor: Trump Has Been Better on Disaster Relief than Biden, But We Should Fix, Not End FEMA
  • New York Times: [TX] Discovery of Victims Slows Nearly a Week After the Texas Floods
  • NPR: [TX] Hundreds are missing after Texas floods. Here’s why it could take months to find them
  • ABC News: [TX] Kerr County officials waited 90 minutes to send emergency alert after requested, dispatch audio shows
  • The Hill: [TX] Democrats push for hearing on disaster preparation, response after Texas flood
  • NPR: [TX] Kerr County struggled to fund flood warnings. Under Trump, it’s getting even harder
  • KTTC News at Noon: [TX] Federal, State Response to Floods Under Question
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Texas is one of FEMA’s biggest users. Greg Abbott is helping Trump cut it
  • Washington Post: [TX] Trump administration backs away from abolishing FEMA
  • Reuters: [TX] List of missing in Texas floods adds uncertainty to search for survivors
  • NBC News: [TX] Trump calls for alarms after deadly Texas floods
  • New York Times: [TX] Texas County Flagged Need for Flood Alarm Months Before Tragedy
  • USA Today: [NM] At least 200 homes damaged in New Mexico flooding that killed 3 people, officials say
  • AP: [AZ] Wildfires force evacuations at Grand Canyon and Black Canyon of the Gunnison parks
• Secret Service
  • Reuters/New York Times: Six Secret Service agents punished over Trump assassination attempt
  • Washington Examiner: [PA] Trump ‘satisfied’ with investigation into Butler assassination attempt: ‘Had a bad day’
  • Axios: [PA] A year on from Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service enacts major reforms
  • ABC News: [PA] Secret Service report outlines changes since attempted Trump assassination
  • NewsMax: USSS Outlines Reforms as Butler Shooting Anniversary Nears
  • FOX News: [PA] One year after Trump assassination attempt, Butler widow demands accountability from Secret Service
  • FOX News: [PA] Absolute bare minimum’: Calls for more action after Secret Service agents suspended for security failure
  • DailySignal: [PA] Secret Service ‘Totally Accountable’ for Butler, Deputy Director Says
  • FOX News: [PA] SCOOP: Sen Ron Johnson readies subpoenas for FBI, DOJ in Butler shooting probe
  • CBS Pittsburgh: [PA] Secret Service has "blood on their hands" after Trump rally shooting, victim’s sister says
  • New York Post: [PA] Widow of fire chief Corey Comperatore, who was killed in Trump assassination attempt, slams Secret Service a year later: ‘Garbage’
  • DailySignal: [FL] Woman With ‘Urgent Message’ for Trump Arrested Outside Mar-a-Lago
  • AP: [FL] Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump wants to represent himself in Florida case
• Coast Guard
  • USA Today: Big Beautiful Bill’ supercharges Coast Guard’s Arctic icebreaker fleet
• National Security News
  • FOX News: Hawley renews push to block Chinese Communist Party ownership of US farmland and housing
  • Washington Examiner: Trump gets serious on farm-related national security
  • Bloomberg: Trump’s Copper Tariffs Set to Include Products for Power Grids, Data Centers
  • Reuters: Rubio seeks to counter unease over Trump tariffs on first Asia trip
  • NewsMax: FBI Using Polygraphs to Flush Out Leaks
  • Daily Wire: Hegseth Unleashes U.S. Military ‘Drone Dominance’
  • New York Post: [Canada] Trump announces 35% tariffs on imports from Canada — teases higher blanket rates
  • CNN: [Ukraine] Trump says he struck deal to send US weapons to Ukraine through NATO
  • The Hill: [Ukraine] Trump’s Ukraine weapons pivot exposes tensions over US role
  • The Hill: [Russia] Trump, Congress raise sanction threats against Russia
  • AP: [Iran] Israel says Iran could reach enriched uranium at a nuclear site hit by US
  • NBC News: [Iran] Iran could recover some uranium, but Israel is watching, Israeli official says
  • FOX News: [Taiwan] Taiwan conducts live-fire drills with US-made tanks as president looks on
  • CBS News: [China] China says 3 foreign spy plots foiled, including "honey trap" that relied on foreign agent’s "seductive beauty"
  • Bloomberg: [Philippines] Philippines’ Marcos to Visit US This Month as Rubio Touts Ties

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