• Top News
  • New York Times/FOX News/Washington Post/CBS News: Trump Administration Resumes Third-Country Deportation Flights
  • NBC News: ICE may deport some migrants to ‘third countries’ without assurances they won’t be tortured, memo says
  • Washington Post/AP: Pentagon withdraws about half of National Guard troops from Los Angeles
  • Wall Street Journal/Washington Post/: New ICE Policy Blocks Detained Migrants From Seeking Bond
  • Washington Post: Trump plans to send migrants to ‘third countries.’ Others have tried that.
  • NewsMax: Tricia McLaughlin to Newsmax: Rhetoric Against DHS Agents ‘Despicable’
  • FOX News: Assaults on ICE officers surge 830% as Democrats caught ‘doxing and physically assaulting’ agents: DHS
  • Daily Caller: Top House Committee Digs Into Orgs That Turbocharged Biden Border Crisis
  • Blaze: ICE accuses Democratic congressman of joining ‘violent mob,’ doxxing agent
  • Bloomberg Law: Part of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Restraining Order Tossed by Judge
  • The Hill: Frost on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ visit: ‘I saw myself in those cages’
  • Breitbart: Alligator Alcatraz Holds Criminal Migrants with Rap Sheets Including Slitting Elderly Woman’s Throat
  • Breitbart: Rep. Byron Donalds: Alligator Alcatraz ‘What We Need’ to Alleviate Backlog
  • Breitbart: DHS Imposing Huge Fines on Illegal Migrants
  • Bloomberg Government: Bipartisan Immigration Plan Sets Political Test as Border Calms
  • FOX News: Bipartisan bill would grant legal status to certain illegal immigrant workers
  • CBS News: Bipartisan lawmakers reup immigration bill amid Trump deportation crackdown
  • Houston Chronicle: How Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is creating new roadblocks for immigrants
  • Houston Chronicle: Houston-based Avelo Airlines to close California base and end West Coast operations
  • CBS News: Gov. Greg Abbott signs 2 new bills to strengthen border security and immigration enforcement
  • AP: Trump administration fires 17 immigration court judges across ten states, union says
  • FOX News: Federal judges refuse to permanently appoint interim US attorney in NY
  • Bloomberg Law: Attorneys Win $900,000 in Fees in Unaccompanied Migrant Lawsuit
  • Breitbart: DOJ Launches Ethics Investigation into ‘Reported Misconduct’ of ‘Whistleblower’ at Center of Democrats’ Case Against Trump Lawyer’s Judicial Confirmation
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: [PA] The Secret Service Failure at Butler, Pa., a Year Later
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Blaze: [CA] Sanctuary cities fail — but Karen Bass keeps pushing the lie
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart: Migrant Activist Organizations Tracking ICE Activity, Upping Violence
  • CBS News: Apps that track ICE agent locations help alleviate migrant workers’ fears
  • Axios: 21 Democratic AGs demand Congress end masked ICE arrests
  • The Hill: Surge in immigration enforcement funding prompts fears of ‘militarized environment’
  • CNN: [MA] Homeland Security agent says he was told not to inform Rümeysa Öztürk her visa was revoked when she was arrested
  • New York Post: [NY] Venezuelan migrant begged NYC judge to send him to Rikers to avoid ICE but feds got him anyway
  • Breitbart: [MO] Missouri: Illegal Alien Pleads Guilty to Causing Crash that Killed Travis Wolfe Day Before His 12th Birthday
  • FOX News: [TX] Authorities ‘closing in on’ Texas ICE attacker, attorney says
  • Breitbart: [AZ] Trump Admin Cracks Down on Employers Hiring Illegal Aliens in Arizona
  • NBC News: [WA] ICE detains father in Washington state; pregnant wife pleads, ‘I just want him home’
  • AP: [OR] Transgender asylum seeker released from ICE custody following order from federal judge in Oregon
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Can the courts stop Trump’s mass immigration arrests around L.A.? Here is what we know
  • FOX News: [CA] California professor arrested, accused of throwing tear gas canister at feds during marijuana farm raid
  • ABC 7 Los Angeles: [CA] Disabled veteran speaks out after Camarillo raid, says he was ‘wrongfully detained’
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] ‘I already want to cry.’ Undocumented parents prepare for the unthinkable: giving up their kids
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Many Mexican immigrants swept up in L.A. raids are deeply rooted in U.S.
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] What happens after Bay Area immigrants are arrested by ICE?
  • Breitbart: [Mexico] Mexican Sex Trafficker Gets 15-Year Sentence After ICE Investigation
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Bloomberg: Trump USCIS Nominee Joseph Edlow Gets Full Senate Confirmation
  • Telemundo: More expensive: USCIS will increase fees for certain immigration procedures.
  • Breitbart: Tom Cotton Introduces Bill to End Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Aliens, Terrorists
  • Bloomberg: Understanding the Legal Fight Over Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
  • Washington Examiner/Breitbart: Court blocks Trump administration from revoking Afghans’ temporary protected status
  • Washington Post: She came to the U.S. for safety. Under Trump, she’s gone back home.
  • Daily Caller: [MO] Illegal Migrant Pleads Guilty To Plowing Into Family Jeep, Killing 11-Year-Old Boy
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] New Trump policy would bar undocumented kids, families from federal Head Start programs
  • Federalist: [TX] Hundreds Of Ballots Cast By More Than 100 Potential Noncitizens In Texas, AG Says
  • Newsweek: [OK] Man Who Came to US at Age 13 Detained by ICE After Green Card Revoked
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Axios: Illegal border crossings hit decades low under Trump crackdown
  • FOX News: Border crossings plummet to historic lows; Trump’s enforcement policies yield big results
  • Washington Times: Homeland Security declares ‘most secure border in history’’
  • FOX News: Five Iranians nabbed at US northern border as terror fears grip small towns
  • NewsNation: US must streamline drone process to counter cartel drones on the border, lawmaker says
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Immigration officials release Palestinian man after 9-day detention at airport
  • Daily Caller: [NM] ‘Mexicans Jumped Me’: Feds Snag Alleged Migrant Smuggler At End Of Wild 140 MPH Chase
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [AZ] New group of Camp Pendleton Marines tasked with southern border security in Arizona
  • NewsNation: [CA] Concern grows over ‘increased’ southbound inspections for vehicles at San Ysidro Port of Entry
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Reuters: Severe storms in New York City area kill two in New Jersey floods
  • CNN: Flash Floods swamp Northeast US metro areas
  • CBS New York: [NJ] New Jersey flash flood triggers state of emergency, dramatic rescues
  • USA Today: [FL] Storm tracker: Tropical depression could soon form in the Gulf, bring heavy rain
  • Axios: [LA] New Orleans could get 10 inches of rain from tropical system
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Abbott awards $1.9M to Kerrville and Llano hospitals impacted by Texas flooding
  • CBS News: [TX] Abbott says FEMA needs improvements after deadly Texas floods
  • The Hill/Breitbart: [TX] Massachusetts Democrat calls for Noem’s resignation following Texas flooding
  • Politico: [TX] FEMA chief slips into Texas for rare public appearance
  • New York Post: [TX] Camp Mystic co-owner waited 45 minutes to evacuate campers after getting urgent ‘life-threatening’ flash floods alert
  • New York Times: [TX] Did the Texas Floods Have to Be This Deadly?
  • Axios: [WA] Bear Gulch fire spreads near Lake Cushman
  • New York Times: [OR] In Shifting Winds, Central Oregon Wildfire Grows to Almost 30,000 Acres
• Secret Service
  • Washington Examiner: Threats surge in year after Trump assassination attempt: ‘We need more protection’
  • Bloomberg: Secret Service Defeats Citizen Journalist’s Damages Suit Appeal
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Secret Service reopens front lawn of White House after lockdown
  • Breitbart: [PA] Hawley: ‘Declassify All of the Information Related to the Butler Shooting’
  • NewsMax: [PA] GAO, Grassley: Biden Admin Hid Trump Threat Intel
  • New York Post: [PA] Secret Service’s most egregious failures revealed in damning reports on Trump’s attempted assassination
  • Blaze: [FL] Alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh makes wild demand, turning upcoming trial ‘into a circus’
• Coast Guard
  • NewsNation: [AK] Coast Guard icebreaker prepares for first mission
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Reuters: US National Guard unit was ‘extensively’ hacked by Salt Typhoon in 2024, memo says
  • Axios: The top U.S. cybersecurity agency is shrinking quickly under Trump 2.0
  • CyberScoop: Waltz brushes off SignalGate questions, points finger at CISA
  • CyberScoop: [TX] Former Army soldier pleads guilty to widespread attack spree linked to AT&T, Snowflake and others
  • Daily Caller: Microsoft’s Use Of China-Based Engineers Could Be Leaving Pentagon Tech Exposed To Hackers
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Axios: Dem probes Trump’s 22-year-old terror prevention official
  • NewsMax: Federal Grand Jury Indicts Man Accused of Killing Ex-Minn. House Speaker
  • NewsNation: DOJ to give update on drug cartel operations
  • Breitbart: [Mexico] El Chapo’s Son’s Cooperation with U.S. Prosecutors Could Reshape Political Power in Mexico
• National Security News
  • CBS News: Mike Waltz fields questions at Senate confirmation hearing for U.N. ambassador
  • Blaze/USA Today/NPR/The Hill: Trump’s UN nominee faces scrutiny over Signal chat, but emerges largely unscathed
  • Politico: Democrats accuse Waltz of lying over Signalgate and berate him for not expressing regret
  • FOX News: Hegseth abruptly pulls Pentagon officials from ‘globalist’ Aspen conference
  • The Hill: State Department official testifies before Senate on 2026 budget request
  • Reuters: White House National Security Council Hit by More Departures, Sources Say
  • AP/The Hill: Trump praises Bondi’s Epstein file handling, says she should release what ‘she thinks is credible’
  • New York Post: Calif. Dem rep’s bid to force release of Epstein files falls flat in House
  • Breitbart: Apple Backs Donald Trump in Rare Earth Minerals Push by Investing $500 Million in U.S. Mine
  • Chicago Tribune: After meeting with Trump, Nvidia CEO says the sale of AI chip is back on in China
  • ABC News: [Ukraine] Trump defends giving Putin ‘50 days’ to make peace with Ukraine
  • New York Post: [Ukraine] Russia launches fresh volley of deadly drone attacks on Ukraine in open defiance of Trump threat
  • Washington Examiner: [Ukraine] Trump’s Ukraine weapons plan is full of unanswered questions
  • AP: [Ukraine] Ukrainians welcome US aid but see Trump’s 50-day ultimatum to Putin as too long
  • The Hill: [Russia] Russia blows off latest Trump threat
  • CBS News: [Russia] Putin rewards American Daniel Martindale with a Russian passport for spying in Ukraine, Russian official says
  • Bloomberg: [Russia] NATO Chief Warns China, India and Brazil Over Russia Links
  • New York Times: [Israel] Huckabee Calls Death of Palestinian-American in West Bank ‘Terrorism’
  • CBS News: [Iran] FBI shares images of Iran officials accused in Robert Levinson’s abduction
  • CNN: [Japan] China, North Korea and Russia represent biggest security challenge since World War II, Japan says

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