• Top News
  • New York Times/AP/Politico/Washington Post: Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador
  • ABC News/AP/FOX News: 4th detainee who escaped from New Jersey ICE facility located in Los Angeles: FBI
  • Breitbart: ‘Worst of the Worst,’ Says DHS After Arrest of Two Pedophiles Who Impregnated Young Girls
  • FOX News/Breitbart: DHS accuses ‘activist’ judge of pushing radical gender ideology by releasing trans migrant
  • Daily Wire: Kristi Noem Accuses Nashville Mayor Of ‘Risking People’s Lives’ With Opposition To ICE
  • ABC 45 Winston-Salem: ‘He is a monster’: DHS secretary addresses criminal illegal immigrants in Nashville
  • AP: ‘Tennessee Three’ member removed from Kristi Noem news conference in Nashville
  • Daily Caller: Tom Homan Details Search For 300,000 Kids Biden Admin Lost
  • DailySignal: ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’: Border Czar Homan Issues Warning to ICE Attackers
  • FOX Business: Tom Homan on attacks against ICE agents: Democratic lawmakers have emboldened ‘nuts’ on the left
  • NewsMax: Border Czar Homan to Newsmax: Dems, Media Encourage ‘Nuts’ to Attack ICE
  • FOX News: Unearthed social media posts expose radical views of anti-ICE shooting suspect captured by FBI
  • AP: Judge limits a small part of a court order blocking Trump’s election overhaul as lawsuits continue
  • AP: Trump’s birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling
  • NewsMax: US Judge Weighs New Block on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
  • CNN: Judge who blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship order wants to do so again
  • Breitbart/AP: Military Bases in Indiana, New Jersey Will Be Converted to Migrant Holding Centers
  • CNN: State Department official testifies how Stephen Miller was involved in discussions over student visas and antisemitism
  • CBS News: 3 deputies killed in LA explosion at sheriff’s department training facility: "There’s a lot more that we don’t know"
  • AP: A vehicle drives into a crowd in East Hollywood, injuring more than 20 people
  • Axios: Trump’s new Alcatraz could cost $2 billion
  • The Hill: White House official: $2B for Alcatraz renovations ‘sounds excessive’
  • Washington Post: Justice Dept. asks for names, records of noncitizens in California jails
  • AP: What to Know About Ayman Soliman, the Detained Muslim Chaplain Whose Supporters Were Arrested
  • Daily Caller: Rep. Bean To Strengthen Penalty For Attacks On Police Dogs, Horses
  • Los Angeles Times: Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ This is what he saw
  • New York Times: As Harvard and Trump Head to Court, the Government Piles on the Pressure
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • FOX News: Team Trump is fighting deadly drug cartels to save American lives
  • Bloomberg: ICE Deportation Plans Betray a Post-Holocaust Promise
  • Washington Post: Trump is deporting fewer people than Obama. He’s just louder and meaner.
  • Washington Examiner: Trump’s Gold Card: An immigration plan for an American Golden Age
  • Los Angeles Times: [Haiti] If Haiti has become more violent, why end Haitians’ temporary protected status in the U.S.?
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • CBS News: ICE head won’t block agents from wearing masks, confirms use of Medicaid data
  • New York Post: Trump admin offering former ICE agents up to $50K in bonuses to rejoin agency
  • Breitbart: Soros-Linked Groups File Lawsuit to Ban ICE Agents from Arresting Illegal Aliens at Courthouses
  • USA Today: Escalation: ‘ Federal agents now detaining people with active immigration cases
  • CNN: How Home Depot became a magnet for day laborers and a target for ICE
  • The Hill: ICE will soon have nation’s Medicaid data: What to know
  • FOX News: [MA] Illegal alien who raped, impregnated his own daughter at government-run shelter learns prison sentence
  • CBS New York: [NY] Queens high school student detained by ICE reunited with his family in NYC
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] Rally held outside of Philadelphia courthouse in response to controversial arrest by ICE
  • New York Post: [TX] ICE deports illegal migrant convicted of impregnating niece, arrests another accused of raping child: ‘indescribable acts of evil’
  • Daily Caller: [NJ] ICE Nabs Final Newark Detention Center Escapee — On The Other Side Of Country
  • Breitbart: [LA] Iranian LSU students released after ‘ruse’ arrest
  • AP: [OH] Journalists among at least 13 arrested during immigration-related protest in Cincinnati
  • The Hill: [IN] Indiana’s Camp Atterbury to be used to house detained migrants
  • Axios: [IL] ICE arrests of noncriminals spike in Illinois under Trump
  • FOX 32 Chicago: [IL] ICE director blasts Chicago mayor over ‘disgusting’ militarization claims
  • AP: [IA] Iowa attorney general to end lawsuit against a sheriff over his immigration post
  • Univision: [TX] Bail set at $150,000 for the man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Chinese immigrant in Houston.
  • Axios: [CO] ICE arrests of noncriminals spike in Colorado under Trump
  • Axios: [UT] ICE raids disrupt Utah restaurants, fuel fear
  • CBS News: [OR] Father arrested by ICE while dropping off child at preschool in Oregon
  • CBS News: [CA] Trump’s immigration crackdown causing labor shortages to California’s construction industry, builder says: "They’re hiding"
  • CNN: [CA] A US citizen and Army veteran was detained at an immigration raid and held for 3 days. His family scrambled to find him
  • Bloomberg Law: [CA] Order Barring ICE Racial Profiling in LA Stands
  • NewsMax: [CA] Illegal Alien Charged in Staged Immigration Kidnapping
  • FOX News: [CA] Dem mayor mocked for pushing ICE kidnapping story that ended up being alleged hoax
  • Univision: [CA] The Los Angeles sheriff denounces federal pressure to hand over information on detained immigrants.
  • Axios: [CA] ICE arrests of noncriminals have skyrocketed in San Diego
  • Breitbart: [CA] Border Patrol Hits Home Depot in California Capital, Nabs Career Criminal
  • FOX News: [CA] Feds’ California Home Depot raid nabs 11 illegal migrants, one with 67 prior jail bookings
  • NBC News: [PR] Puerto Rico ACLU denounces transfer of immigrant detainees to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • CBS News: Millions of travelers to the U.S. could be charged a new $250 "visa integrity fee"
  • Breitbart: New $250 visa fee goes into effect for tourists, foreign workers
  • Bloomberg: USCIS Outlines New Immigration Fees From Trump’s Budget Bill
  • Bloomberg Law: DHS Crafting Rule for Weighted Selection of H-1B Petitions
  • ABC News: Government memo on pro-Palestinian protesters cautioned that authority Rubio used to strip visas would face scrutiny
  • New York Times: State Dept. Official Says Criticism of Israel Can Lead to Visa Revocations
  • Bloomberg: Trump Team Loses Bid to Dismiss Migrant Kids’ Legal Aid Suit
  • New York Times: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hits Senior Care Work Force
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] Dozens take oath of allegiance and become U.S. citizens in Bucks County naturalization ceremony
  • Blaze: [LA] Police chiefs accused in massive visa fraud ring: Fake armed robberies for illegal immigrants?
  • Reuters: [Brazil] Brazil’s Bolsonaro expects lawmaker son to seek U.S. citizenship
• Customs and Border Protection
  • USA Today: US Customs removes crew members from at least 2 cruise ships
  • FOX News: Border Patrol morale goes through the roof, ‘dramatically’ changed under Trump administration
  • NBC News: Some immigrants want to self-deport but they’re hitting roadblocks and confusion
  • New York Post: [NY] Border Patrol mocks illegal migrant wearing American flag T-shirt while arrested in New York
  • FOX News: [CA] Border Patrol agents reveal new details on Home Depot raid in Sacramento
• Transportation Security Administration
  • FOX News: Noem eyes more TSA changes to speed up airport screening
  • NBC News/FOX Business: Noem announces new TSA security lane for families and military members
  • AP: After years of tough rules on liquids and footwear, US air travel may be on the cusp of a new era
  • USA Today: New TSA rules aim to speed up security. Will it keep flying safe? Here’s what we know now
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • HS Today: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Says Trump Wants FEMA ‘Remade,’ Not Dismantled
  • Bloomberg Government: [TX] FEMA Head to Testify on Capitol Hill as Floods Prompt Scrutiny
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [TX] Federal disaster aid is uncertain for states even as Texas floods underscore need
  • AP: [TX] What to know as Texas’ search for flood victims stretches into a 3rd week
  • New York Times: [TX] Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods?
  • Washington Post: [TX] With scores still missing from Texas flood, a quest to ‘find every soul’
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Response to deadly Texas floods was ‘a masterclass in how not to communicate,’ experts say
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] L.A. wildfires broke record for costliest in the history of the planet
• Secret Service
  • Axios: Top Secret Service official targeted in "swatting" attack
• Coast Guard
  • Waterways Journal: Noem Cancels Two Coast Guard Vessel Contracts
  • ABC News: [NH] Unidentified body discovered floating in the Atlantic off New Hampshire coast
  • HS Today: [CT] U.S. Coast Guard Academy Holds Change of Command Ceremony
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • FOX News: [China] Pentagon to probe Microsoft’s use of Chinese engineers on sensitive defense systems, Hegseth says
  • The Hill: [China] GOP senator asks Pentagon for information on Microsoft’s Chinese engineers
  • Reuters: [China] Microsoft to stop using engineers in China for tech support of U.S. military after ProPublica report
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Breitbart: Trump Admin Puts $5 Million Bounty on Fugitive Tren de Aragua Leader
  • NewsMax: [NY] Mamdani Fled Terror Only to Defend It
  • Bloomberg: [MI] Suit Revived Against Michigan State Police Over School Shooting
  • Chicago Tribune/CBS Chicago: [IL] Suburban teen accused of planning terrorist attack at Islamic center
• National Security News
  • FOX Business: Inside America’s secret weapon against foreign tech dependence and growing national security threats
  • Federal News Network: How the U.S. government plans to employ nuclear energy for data centers and national security
  • The Hill: Trump exempts more than 100 polluters from environmental standards
  • Reuters: US rejects WHO pandemic changes to global health rules
  • FOX News: Trump directs AG Bondi to work on unsealing grand jury transcripts in Epstein case: ‘We are ready’
  • New York Times: Justice Dept. Asks Manhattan Court to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Testimony
  • Los Angeles Times: Trump sues Dow Jones and Rupert Murdoch over alleged Trump letter to Epstein
  • FOX News: Intelligence ‘politicized, weaponized’ by key figures in Obama admin to manufacture Trump-Russia collusion hoax
  • Bloomberg: Gabbard Alleges Democratic ‘Conspiracy’ in 2016 Election
  • FOX News/Washington Examiner: Obama admin ‘manufactured’ intelligence to create 2016 Russian election interference narrative, documents show
  • New York Post: [Ukraine] Inside the Ukraine tech factories building drones to destroy Russian crafts — and not break the bank
  • CyberScoop: [Russia] UK sanctions Russian hackers, spies as US weighs its own punishments for Russia
  • Reuters: [China] China vows tougher action against smuggling of strategic minerals
  • FOX News: [China] USDA fires foreign workers from adversarial countries, including China, in national security protection move
  • The Hill: [China] Lack of information on China super soldier experimentation ‘disturbing’: Ex-intelligence official

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