• Top News
  • AP/Reuters/CBS News: Tsunami warning lifted for Hawaii after small waves hit following mighty 8.8 earthquake in Russia
  • New York Times: Hawaii Declares Emergency After Massive Quake Off Russia Causes Tsunami
  • Reuters: FEMA to require states use terrorism prevention funds for migrant arrests
  • Blaze: Javier Milei, Noem strike big agreement as White House builds anti-left alliance
  • Breitbart: Argentina Welcomes Kristi Noem with Horseback Riding and Famous Local Barbecue
  • FOX News: ICE in Houston releases new details about arrested illegal child sex offenders
  • FOX News: Illegal who conspired to bludgeon teen to death with baseball bat among latest ICE roundups
  • Breitbart: ICE Arrests Convicted Pedophile, Thieves, Illegal Alien Who Fled Fatal Crash
  • FOX News: Trump border czar defends ICE against ‘false narrative’ as poll flags voters’ deportation concerns
  • Reuters: US appeals court weighs Trump’s authority to revoke legal status for thousands of migrants
  • Washington Post: Appeals court paves way for class-action status in Maryland birthright case
  • New York Times: Harvard Will Share Employee Forms With Federal Government
  • Daily Wire/Breitbart: Trump Admin Launches New ICE Agent Recruitment Campaign: ‘Defend The Homeland’
  • FOX News: Trump admin unleashes crucial recruitment campaign with massive bonuses to bolster ICE ranks
  • Washington Examiner: Uncle Sam-themed DHS website urges US citizens to join ICE: ‘AMERICA NEEDS YOU’
  • The Hill: Thomas Kinkade’s family denounces DHS use of painting, weighs legal options
  • Washington Post: DHS is posting Americana paintings and migrant mugshots. The art world is not happy.
  • Houston Chronicle: DHS defends social media post of ‘American Progress’ painting amid backlash over Manifest Destiny
  • Breitbart: Florida Sheriff Warns Alligator Alcatraz Will Soon Reach Capacity if Current Detention Pace Continues
  • NewsMax: US Appeals Court Judges Question 3K Daily Migrant Arrests
  • Washington Examiner: DOJ leans on Supreme Court in bid at appeals court to end migrant parole
  • Washington Post: Justice Dept. escalates attacks on U.S. judge handling deportation cases
  • Bloomberg: Justice Department Hits Judge in El Salvador Deportation Case With Ethics Complaint
  • ABC News: Senators hold ‘sit-in’ at immigration detention facility in Baltimore
  • FOX News: Blue state Dems lash out at ICE with ‘sit-in’: Noem hits back
  • Washington Examiner/Breitbart: Tom Homan blasts ‘embarrassment’ Chris Van Hollen
  • FOX News: Homan goes after Dems protecting illegal immigrants: Americans can’t stand it
  • Telemundo: Congressmen denied entry to ICE detention center in Baltimore
  • Univision: The pain of beatings and the trauma of being labeled a criminal: A Venezuelan recounts the scars Cecot left him with.
  • New York Post: NY pols push IRS to probe nonprofit ‘sanctuary’ groups helping defy Trump, federal immigration laws
  • NewsNation: Mexican police have leads in murder of 2 Americans
  • FOX News: US accuses Venezuelan regime of narco-terrorism over alliances with Tren de Aragua, Sinaloa Cartel
  • AP: Chile hands luxury watches stolen from Keanu Reeves over to the FBI
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Wall Street Journal: Violent Crime Is in Decline. Why?
  • Washington Examiner: ICE Tracker: The violent illegal immigrants Homeland Security protects us from
  • The Hill: 3 things we’re getting wrong about disasters in America
  • The Hill: The new Cold War is between countries and super-cartels
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Telemundo: Home Depot and the Trump administration deny they have a collaborative agreement to arrest immigrants.
  • Breitbart: Democrat Sen. John Fetterman Praises ICE Arresting Illegal Child Sex Predators as GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Calls for ‘Death Penalty’
  • FOX News: Fetterman cheers ICE arrests of illegal alien child sex offenders, Luna calls for death penalty
  • NBC News/New York Post/AP/Blaze: [ME] Police in Maine say officer arrested by ICE was cleared by federal government to work
  • New York Post: [NY] ICE agents training at Suffolk gun range under controversial contract with Long Island town: ‘Dehumanizing’
  • NPR: [MO] In a Missouri Town, a group called Abide in Love works to help immigrants jailed by ICE
  • AP: [LA] Wife of Marine Corps veteran released from ICE custody after advocacy from GOP Senator’s office
  • AP: [LA] Louisiana GOP senator’s office asked ICE to release Marine Corps veteran’s wife
  • FOX News: [MI] MI Dems seek to prosecute mask-wearing ICE, after state instituted $500 fine for being maskless during COVID
  • Daily Caller: [MI] Michigan Democrats Threaten To Jail Masked ICE Agents
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Woman arrested at her East Chicago home faces deportation after agents subpoena internet bill
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Alleged ‘ICE rules’ vandal released pending trial: ‘While this is not a violent offense it is certainly a harmful one’
  • Breitbart: [WI] Wisconsin Sheriff Defends Sanctuary Policy After Illegal Alien Is Accused of Killing High School Sweethearts
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] ICE access to Medicaid data the latest ‘chilling effect’ on health care for immigrants
  • NewsNation: [SD] South Dakota’s ‘Operation Prairie Thunder’ to support ICE
  • Breitbart: [CO] ICE Nabs 243 Illegal Aliens in 9-Day Denver Operation
  • Axios: [AZ] Arizona sees increase in noncriminal immigrant arrests by ICE
  • AP/Telemundo/FOX News: [CA] Los Angeles County seeks ordinance preventing law enforcement from concealing their identities
  • Good Morning America: [CA] Potential Ban on Masks for Officers
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] ‘We’ll see you in court: ‘ L.A. County wants to bar ICE agents from concealing identity
  • The Hill: [CA] LA streets, businesses empty due to ICE raids: Padilla
  • Houston Chronicle: [CA] Man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting Pasadena neighbor now under ICE hold
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] A green-card holder has been detained at SFO for a week. Now he could be deported
  • The Hill: [CA] Delta Airlines co-pilot arrested at SFO identified, booked on child sex charges
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • The Hill: Trump tightens reins on foreign students in multifront immigration crackdown on universities
  • Univision: DHS toughens approach to DACA, urging Dreamers to self-deport
  • Univision: ‘Let’s Talk About Immigration’: USCIS announces changes to the citizenship exam and H-1B visas. We explain.
  • AP: Translate.com Launches Certified Document Translation and Online Notarization Services for Immigration
  • Telemundo: [NJ] You should always carry your green card: this is what immigration authorities warn
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] A DACA recipient accidentally drove into Mexico. Now he’s being fast-tracked for deportation.
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Breitbart: Trump’s Border Numbers Continue Plummet to New Record Low — 4,000 in 27 Days
  • Breitbart: U.S. border officials: Our work balances ‘enforcement with empathy’
  • Washington Examiner: ‘Extraordinary’ surge of migrants under Biden, highs in 31 states
  • NewsMax: NBPC’s Cabrera to Newsmax: Patrolling Border ‘Gets Boring’ Under Trump
  • FOX News: [MI] Alleged ‘serial criminal’ nabbed in Michigan traffic bust after Biden administration released him into US
  • ABC News: [TX] Texas border officers seize over $1 million in cocaine
  • Federalist: [WY] U.S. Border Patrol Blocks Pro-America War Hero From Leading New Classical College
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Scientist and green-card holder detained at San Francisco Airport
• Transportation Security Administration
  • The Hill: Airlines urge senators to reject bill limiting facial recognition
  • Federal News Network: TSA solicits AI, other tech solutions to streamline airport screening
  • New York Post: Airlines to allow certain passengers to skip customs security checkpoint for faster travel — here’s who will benefit
  • Axios: PreCheck perks still worth it as TSA loosens security
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Axios: NOAA will maintain vital satellite data used for hurricane forecasting
  • AP/USA Today: [HI] Hurricane Iona and Tropical Storm Keli rumble in the central Pacific off Hawaii
• Secret Service
  • New York Post: Secret Service agent protecting Trump tried to sneak wife onto transport plane to Scotland
  • Washington Examiner: Trump confirms Secret Service agent tried to sneak wife on Scotland trip: ‘Weird deal’
• Coast Guard
  • CBS Miami: [FL] U.S. Coast Guard holds press conference on deadly barge-sailboat collision
  • AP: [FL] Coast Guard begins salvage operation and investigates cause of boat collision that killed two girls
  • NBC News Daily: [FL] Miami Sailing Camp Tragedy
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Alcohol, chemical tests pending after boat collision that killed 2 children near Miami Beach, Coast Guard says
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: CISA says it will release telecom security report sought by Sen. Wyden to lift hold on Plankey nomination
  • Federal News Network: New CISA guide helps agencies with next steps on zero trust
  • FedScoop: Generative AI use is ‘escalating rapidly’ in federal agencies, GAO finds
  • AP: Tea app takes messaging system offline after second security issue reported
  • Axios: Ransomware gangs are hunting Microsoft SharePoint hack victims
  • StateScoop: [MN] Minnesota governor activates National Guard amid St. Paul cyberattack
  • New York Times: [MN] St. Paul Hobbled by Cyberattack, Prompting National Guard Response
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Reuters/New York Times: [NY] NYC skyscraper shooter’s ‘suicide note’ blamed NFL for brain disease
  • Reuters: [NY] New York Gunman Was Flagged by Security Camera System Before Attack, Sources Say
  • ABC News: [NY] NYC Mayor Eric Adams shares Midtown shooting surveillance footage details, calls for gun reform
  • FOX News: [NY] In the wake of Manhattan mass shooting, NYC lawmaker urges New Yorkers to remain ‘vigilant’
  • CBS New York: [NY] NYC office shooting victims include NYPD officer, security guard, Blackstone employee and Cornell grad
  • FOX Business: [NY] Blackstone identifies employee killed in NYC shooting
  • ABC News: [NY] Timeline of Manhattan mass shooting: Suspect Shane Tamura allegedly drove from Nevada to commit attack
  • New York Times: [NY] Shooting in Midtown Was New York’s Deadliest in 25 Years
  • Bloomberg: [NY] Trump Says Was Briefed on ‘Tragic Shooting’ in Midtown Manhattan
  • ABC News: [MI] Armed bystander who helped confront Walmart stabbing suspect speaks out
  • CBS News: [TX] Uvalde County votes to release mass school shooting records, ending legal battle
  • New York Post: [NV] Reno casino victim ID’d as Calif. dad who advocated for mass shooting victims — as new video shows gunman fleeing scene
  • FOX News: [OR] Portland Quaker charged with assaulting federal officer in anti-ICE riot
• National Security News
  • Washington Times: White House moves shipbuilding office from National Security Council to OMB
  • Washington Post: Ghislaine Maxwell wants immunity before she will testify to Congress
  • Breitbart: CIA Director: More Intelligence Shows the Russia Collusion Hoax ‘Was a Hillary Clinton Plan’
  • CNN: Two top Biden aides set to testify in probe of Biden mental decline
  • Washington Post: [DC] After deadly D.C. plane crash, Army expands use of navigation devices
  • Bloomberg: [Ukraine] Trump Says Russia Has 10 More Days to Reach Ukraine Truce
  • CBS News: [Israel] U.K. will recognize Palestine as a state unless Israel moves toward ceasefire in Gaza, prime minister says
  • New York Post: [Israel] Trump reacts to Starmer plan to recognize Palestine: ‘Could make the case that you’re rewarding Hamas’
  • Daily Wire: [Israel] ‘A Slap In The Face To The Victims Of Oct. 7’: Trump And Rubio Reject ‘Two-State Solution’ By Hank Berrien
  • Reuters: [Israel] Trump Says He Did Not Discuss UK Plan to Recognize Palestinian State With Starmer - full text
  • New York Times: [China] U.S. and China Fail to Reach Immediate Deal to Prolong Trade Truce
  • Reuters: [China] Treasury’s Bessent had a ‘very good’ meeting with China team, Trump says
  • The Hill: [China] US, China to continue talks on tariffs truce

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