• Top News
  • FOX News/DailySignal: DHS officials provide details on ‘worst of the worst’ arrested in nationwide criminal illegal-alien crackdown
  • CNN: 2000 National Guard troops expected to be called up to assist at ICE detention facilities, sources say
  • Washington Examiner: Second illegal immigrant arrested for involvement in off-duty CBP officer shooting
  • The Hill: Tom Homan on CBP shooting: Sanctuary cities are enabling criminals
  • New York Times/AP: ICE Arrests Haitian Oligarch Accused of Supporting Gangs
  • FOX News: Mahmoud Khalil avoids explicit Hamas condemnation, criticizes ‘selective outrage’ amid Palestinian suffering
  • FOX News: Kristi Noem: Khalil ‘clearly endorses’ the actions that Hamas takes
  • FOX News: Mahmoud Khalil continues to refuse to denounce Hamas
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Cracked Down on Campus Protesters. A Court Will Decide How Far He Can Go.
  • New York Post: LI Rep. Garbarino to lead powerful House Homeland Security Committee
  • FOX News: Sanctuary city politicians have ‘blood on their hands,’ says DHS official
  • NewsMax: Bondi Claims ‘Major Victory’ as Louisville Drops Sanctuary Policies
  • Daily Signal: NYC Mayor Says He Will ‘Welcome’ Help Arresting ‘Dangerous’ Criminal Illegal Aliens
  • New York Times/CBS New York: Video Taken by Migrant Shows Overcrowded ICE Holding Cell in Manhattan
  • Politico: Is 26 Federal Plaza a detention facility?
  • FOX News: Louisville mayor shifts city’s immigration policy after legal threat from DOJ
  • Bloomberg: Trump Awards $1.26 Billion Contract to Build Biggest Immigrant Detention Center in US
  • New York Post/NewsMax: DOJ staffer claims she was fired over husband’s controversial anti-ICE app that tracks feds
  • FOX News: Trump border czar Tom Homan slams ‘former first drug addict’ Hunter Biden over inflammatory immigration rant
  • Daily Caller: ‘They Hate This Country’: Stephen Miller Goes Ballistic On Dems After Hakeem Jeffries Lectures Trump Admin
  • FOX News: Judges vote against extending Alina Habba’s term as US attorney in New Jersey
  • AP: NJ Law Banning Immigration Detention Contracts Overturned by US Appeals Court
  • New York Times: Trump’s Student Arrests, and the Lawsuit Fighting Them, Tread New Ground
  • Washington Post: Detention of two Italians at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ sparks backlash at home
  • NBC News: Detainees held at Alligator Alcatraz describe cage-like units swarmed with mosquitos
  • AP: Florida signs $245 million in contracts for ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Here’s a look by the numbers
  • OutKick: Illegals Detained At Alligator Alcatraz Are Mad About The Ham Sandwiches
  • Daily Caller: Greens Suing To Block Alligator Alcatraz May Have Made One Big Mistake, Florida Official Says
  • Univision: "It’s a monument of excessive cruelty": A congresswoman and lawyers talk about what happened at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
  • Reuters: Mexico asks US to repatriate 14 nationals held in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
  • Washington Post: U.S. deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’
  • AP: Lawyers say Venezuelan migrant ordered returned to US sent to home country under prisoner exchange
  • Reuters: I’m free now’: Venezuelans held in El Salvador reunite with families
  • Breitbart: Tears of joy as Venezuelan migrants return from El Salvador prison ‘hell’
  • FOX News: Federal judge greenlights push to hold Trump admin in contempt
  • Daily Wire: Immigrants Send $200 Billion Out Of The United States Every Year, Study Finds
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Post: Cyber warfare has arrived. Here’s the United States’ best defense.
  • The Hill: ICE quietly went back to a no-bond policy for immigration detainees
  • Blaze: 5 things Trump must do to fulfill his mass deportation mandate
  • New York Times: Trump Is Building a Machine to Disappear People
  • Washington Examiner: Fake deportation stories replace fake hate crimes for Democrats
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Kristi Noem should take a cue from Reagan when it comes to L.A.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart: Officials Mark Massive Upswing in ICE Arrests Across the Country
  • Federalist: ICE Is Helping Alleviate Pressure On America’s Emergency Rooms
  • NPR: DHS plans to use military bases in New Jersey and Indiana to detain immigrants
  • FOX News: ICE chief warns ‘fringe organizations’ are using AI to dox ICE agents
  • FOX News: House Republicans warn anti-ICE rhetoric from Democrats is driving violent attacks on agents
  • FOX News: Cruz moves to penalize groups funding antisemitic, anti-ICE riots
  • Univision: Walmart faces $24 million fine for I-9 form failures and possible illegal hiring
  • Reuters: [CT] Masked ICE agents detain former Afghan interpreter who helped US military
  • CBS New York: [NY] Border czar Tom Homan calls for ICE to flood NYC
  • CBS News: [NY] Wife of asylum-seeker speaks on detention center’s conditions: "He did not deserve any of this"
  • Reuters: [NJ] US court blocks New Jersey ban on immigrant detention in CoreCivic lawsuit
  • National Review: [PA] Local Paper Reported ICE Secretly Deported a Pennsylvanian Grandfather. DHS Says It Was a Hoax
  • AP: [GA] Family, Supporters Urge Release of Spanish-Language Journalist in ICE Custody
  • USA Today: [FL] Florida official encourages people with undocumented exes to call ICE hotline
  • DailySignal: [OH] ‘FAFO’: Cincinnati Man Arrested for Threats Against ICE
  • FOX News: [OH] ICE director slams ‘disgusting, completely unhinged’ posts by Ohio man who allegedly threatened to kill agents
  • Reuters: [OH] An American Toddler in Foster Care, a Mom in ICE Detention
  • FOX News: [IL] Illinois coroner releases new details about woman found dead on illegal immigrant’s property
  • NBC News: [TX] Investigation underway after Vietnamese national in ICE custody died in the hospital
  • FOX News: [TX] Chilling video allegedly shows illegal migrant dragging screaming sex trafficking victim back to captivity
  • CBS News: [TX] City of Keller plans to work with ICE to remove undocumented immigrants amid political debates
  • NewsMax: [TX] $1.26B Contract Awarded for Fort Bliss Immigrant Detention Center
  • AP: [CO] Colorado’s AG sues deputy, saying he illegally shared information with immigration agents
  • Axios: [CO] Colorado officials escalate actions to limit ICE power
  • Breitbart: [CO] ICE Agents Arrest Mexican Illegal Alien with 21 Prior Criminal Convictions
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] 3 U.S. Marine brothers faced toughest mission: Getting their dad freed from ICE custody
  • ABC News: [CA] Marine veteran speaks out after father forcibly detained by ICE agent
  • ABC News: [CA] Marine veteran addresses Congress after dad forcibly detained by immigration agents
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Latino neighborhoods overwhelmingly targeted in immigration raids, rights group says
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Trump’s immigration raids are wreaking havoc with California’s economy and schools
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] LAFC fans put aside their rivalry with Galaxy to stand in solidarity against ICE
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • AP/Daily Caller: Thousands of Afghans in the US face deportation after court refuses to extend their protected status
  • Daily Wire: Soros-Tied Groups Back Republican Bill To Give Amnesty To Millions Of Illegal Aliens
  • Federalist: ‘Path To Citizenship’: GOP Rep. Leading Mass Amnesty Bill Says The Quiet Part Out Loud
  • The Hill: 21 states sue over undocumented immigrants’ access to health, safety net programs
  • New York Times: Hoping to Visit the U.S.? It Might Cost You an Extra $250.
  • NBC News: [NY] Calls to strip Zohran Mamdani’s citizenship spark alarm about Trump weaponizing denaturalization
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston immigration attorneys are seeing closed cases revived as Trump seeks mass deportations
  • Federalist: [WY] Judge Tosses Russia Hoaxer Marc Elias’ Suit Against Wyoming’s Proof Of Citizenship Law
  • Telemundo: [CA] DACA recipient at risk of deportation after accidentally crossing the border at San Ysidro
  • NewsMax: [Afghanistan] Thousands of Afghans in the US Face Deportation after Court Refuses to Extend Their Protected Status
  • Washington Post: [Afghanistan] Afghans promised a home in U.S. may face repatriation — and the Taliban
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsMax: Border Patrol Agents Assisting ICE Away From Border
  • FOX News: This new air scanner could replace drug dogs at US borders
  • NewsNation: [FL] Ketamine seized en route from Europe to southern Florida: CBP
  • Washington Examiner: [FL] Florida paying for illegal immigrants to self-deport on commercial flights
  • New York Post: [NM] Heavily armed Mexican soldiers accidentally cross US border, surround Americans while looking for drug traffickers, gunrunners
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Nearly 300 pounds of meth hidden in fake solar panels nabbed at LAX
  • Telemundo: [Mexico] Customs agents ask for more restrictions on vehicles entering Tijuana from the United States
• Transportation Security Administration
  • USA Today: These are the new airport security perks for military families
  • FOX News: New TSA program launched to eliminate double screenings for international flights
  • FOX News: TSA launches its ‘One Stop Security’ pilot program to cut redundant rescreening
  • USA Today: TSA urges travelers to avoid these airport freebies to stay cyber safe
  • NBC News Daily: [IL] Family Only Security Lanes Not Coming to Chicago Yet
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times/Axios: FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Chief Resigns, Citing Agency ‘Chaos’, Colleagues Said
  • NBC News: [TX] Texas flood survivors offer mixed reviews of FEMA as the agency awaits uncertain future
  • Washington Post: [TX] FEMA moved quickly to help Texas. These other states are still waiting.
  • CNN: [TX] Texas officials begin state investigation into July 4 flood disaster
  • NPR: [TX] Texas Legislature to discuss emergency preparedness measures following deadly floods
  • AP: [OR] A look at megafires as an Oregon wildfire approaches the 100,000-acre mark
  • New York Times: [CA] Death Toll From L.A. Fires Reaches 31 After Remains Are Found
• Federal Protective Service
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Traffic diverted in Loop as Dirksen federal courthouse remains under lockdown Tuesday
  • NewsNation: [CA] Marines leaving Los Angeles after ICE protest response: Pentagon
• Secret Service
  • Roll Call: House ramps up security offerings heading into August recess
  • USA Today: Tanks and thousands of soldiers marched in DC Army parade. What was the cost?
  • Daily Caller: [PA] Trump Says His FBI Found Nothing ‘Abnormal’ When Investigating Assassination Attempt
  • CBS News: [TX] 3 arrested after over 100 credit card skimmers, fake IDs and payment cards were found inside Dallas home, officials say
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Bloomberg: Microsoft Says Chinese Hackers Exploited Software Flaws
  • NBC News: Chinese hackers race to target Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability, tech giants say
  • New York Times: Chinese Hackers Are Exploiting Flaws in Widely Used Software, Microsoft Says
  • CyberScoop: Microsoft SharePoint zero-day attacks pinned on China-linked ‘Typhoon’ threat groups
  • Reuters: Microsoft knew of SharePoint security flaw but failed to effectively patch it, timeline shows
  • CyberScoop: Contract lapse leaves critical infrastructure cybersecurity sensor data unanalyzed at national lab
  • StateScoop: [NY] New York proposes stronger cyber controls for water utilities
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CNN: [NY] Man indicted for allegedly making improvised explosive devices and placing them on Williamsburg Bridge and Manhattan rooftops
  • AP: [TX] Judge sets February trial for man who faces death penalty in Memphis shooting rampage
  • AP: [TX] Uvalde Schools to Receive AI Gun Detection Technology Thanks to Omnilert’s Safe Haven Grant Program
• National Security News
  • Reuters: Increasing drone incidents near US airports, stadiums prompt alarm, officials say
  • Reuters: White House to unveil plan to push US AI abroad, crack down on restrictive rules, document shows
  • NBC News: Deputy Attorney General to meet with Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell
  • AP: Speaker Johnson refuses to allow Epstein vote as House set to recess early
  • Washington Examiner: Statute of limitations likely restricts DOJ’s ability to prosecute Obama officials over 2016 Russia scandal
  • AP: Trump rehashes years-old grievances on Russia investigation after new intelligence report
  • Bloomberg: US Sanctions Network Allegedly Linked to Iran-Backed Houthis
  • Reuters: US, China to discuss tariff deadline extension as Trump reaches Philippines deal
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Mexico expects to resolve aviation dispute with US within days
  • ABC News: [Syria] American killed in Syria amid growing sectarian violence, State Department says
  • Blaze: [Syria] Syria’s terrorist regime just killed an American citizen — more Christians, Druze are next
  • FOX News: [Iran] Iranian foreign minister denies calls to wipe Israel ‘off the map,’ assassination plots to kill Trump
  • Bloomberg: [China] Trump NATO Envoy Warns China Over ‘Subsidizing’ Russia’s War
  • CBS News: [China] China imposes exit bans on U.S. Department of Commerce employee and a Wells Fargo banker
  • FOX News: [China] China denies wrongdoing in preventing dozens of Americans from leaving under shadow ‘exit ban’
  • Reuters: [Philippines] US-Philippines trade talks yield modest tariff shift after Trump-Marcos meeting
  • Axios: [Japan] Trump says U.S. reached Japan trade deal with 15% tariffs

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