• Top News
  • Washington Post/Reuters: New acting ICE director named two weeks after predecessor ousted
  • CBS Miami/AP: Kristi Noem says she plans to use "broad and extensive" authorities as DHS secretary
  • Washington Examiner: Kristi Noem explains tariffs are ‘really’ focused on stopping illegal fentanyl
  • The Hill: Noem aware Mexican, Canadian leaders have own ‘political environments,’ but Trump ‘means business’ on tariffs
  • VOA News: Trump to keep tariffs to pressure Mexico, Canada, China on fentanyl, aides say
  • Wall Street Journal: GOP Government Funding Plan Sets Up Clash With Democrats
  • Washington Examiner: Lindsey Graham says spending bill is ‘terrible’ on defense, border
  • New York Times/Washington Post/AP/CBS News: [NY] Immigration Authorities Arrest Pro-Palestinian Activist at Columbia
  • USA Today: [FL] Fighter jets intercept another pilot near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago amid ‘excessive’ violations
  • Bloomberg: [Mexico] President Sheinbaum says she’s hopeful Mexico can avoid reciprocal tariffs
  • AP: [Mexico] Thousands of Mexicans rally with president to celebrate US decision to delay tariffs
  • CBS Austin: [Cuba] Congressman Don Davis joins delegation to Guantanamo Bay amid immigration policy review
  • AP: [Panama] Panama releases dozens of detained deportees from US into limbo following human rights criticism
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Examiner: Pro-Hamas foreigners here on student visas better pack their bags
• Top News (Sunday Talk Shows)
  • CBS’ Face The Nation: Kristi Noem And The Fight On Fentanyl
  • CBS’ Face The Nation: Kristi Noem Comments On Family Detention Centers
  • CBS’ Face The Nation: Canadian Ambassador Kirsten Hillman Says Good Discussions In the Works
  • FOX News Sunday: Trump hostage envoy defends direct talks between US and Hamas despite Israeli concerns
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: ICE forced to release some illegal migrants who could pose danger to Americans: immigration attorney
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Homeland Security agents arrest 14 in South Florida in operation under Laken Riley Act
  • FOX News: [FL] Florida sheriff partners with ICE to nab illegal migrants in plain sight
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • AP: USCIS Opens H-1B Registration for FY 2026: Applicants Urged to Prepare Specialty Occupation Letters
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NPR: The Trump administration claims credit for a quiet border. The data shows otherwise
  • Miami Herald: [NY] Border patrol agent told women to expose breasts to enter US in New York, feds
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] 8 suspected in human trafficking arrested in Alpine by Border Patrol
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Washington Post: FEMA cancels firefighter training amid uncertainty over Trump cuts
  • CBS New York: [NY] Long Island brush fire 100% knocked down; Burn ban issued by Gov. Kathy Hochul
• Secret Service
  • New York Times/Washington Post/AP: [DC] Secret Service Shoots Armed Man Near the White House
• Coast Guard
  • Yahoo! News: [MA] Fishermen Off Coast of Boston Catch Dead Body in Net
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] South Ocean Boulevard next to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach reopens March 9 after Trump departs
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Data from hundreds of thousands of CPS students exposed in recent breach
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CNN: [FL] Florida police arrest student after video threat to ‘shoot up’ a high school
• National Security News
  • Bloomberg: U.S. Congress bill aims to prevent funding of invasion of Canada
  • CNN: Iran, China and Russia launch annual joint naval drills as Trump upends Western alliances
  • AP: [Ukraine] Trump, on Air Force One, voices optimism about Ukraine negotiations
  • Newsweek: [Ukraine] Lindsey Graham’s Warning Over Abandoning Ukraine-’Worse Than Afghanistan’
  • Yahoo! News: [Ukraine] Ukraine to push for resumption of US military, intelligence support at Saudi talks, FT reports
  • New York Times: [Russia] Plan to Return Russian Diplomats to U.S. Poses Espionage Risk
  • Yahoo! News: [North Korea] North Korean hackers cash out hundreds of millions from $1.5bn ByBit hack

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