• Top News
  • Roll Call/New York Times/Washington Post: Justice Department Stonewalls Federal Judge Over Deportation Flights
  • FOX News/CBS News/New York Times: Judge demands to know why Trump administration ignored order about redirecting deportation flights
  • AP: ACLU asks judge to force the Trump administration to state under oath if it violated his court order
  • NBC News: ‘We’re not stopping’: Trump officials raise the stakes in showdowns with judges
  • The Hill: Trump administration pushes to have deportation case reassigned to another judge
  • Newsweek: Trump Administration Argues a Judge’s Verbal Order Is ‘Not Enforceable’
  • The Hill: Trump clash with courts on Venezuela flights cues concerns of constitutional crisis
  • The Hill: Stephen Miller: Court has ‘no authority’ in deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members
  • Washington Examiner: Judge who blocked deportation flights ‘defies logic’: Tom Homan
  • FOX News: Marco Rubio clashes with CBS host over threat to deport Hamas sympathizers
  • NPR: Is Trump defying the courts?
  • MeriTalk: DHS Taps Marine, Intelligence Veteran McCord for CIO
  • The Hill/Yahoo! News: Pentagon deploys Navy destroyer for border protection
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Brown University doctor denied entry to U.S. because of photos on phone
  • The Hill: [MA] DHS says deported Brown University doctor attended funeral of ‘brutal terrorist’
  • NBC News: [RI] German national with U.S. green card detained at ICE facility, family says
  • Reuters: [RI] Doctor deported to Lebanon had photos ‘sympathetic’ to Hezbollah on phone, US says
  • CBS News: [RI] Judge cancels hearing for Brown University doctor deported despite his order
  • Miami Herald: [RI] CBP ordered to explain deportation of Brown University doctor Rasha Alawieh
  • CBS New York: [NY] Columbia University doctoral student Ranjani Srinivasan breaks her silence on why she fled to Canada
  • Border Report: [TX] Mexican wildfire hops Rio Grande into South Texas
  • FOX News: DHS’ Kristi Noem says Trump admin will resume construction of 7 miles of southern border wall
  • Newsweek: [Mexico] MS-13 Leader on FBI’s Most Wanted Captured in Mexico
  • Reuters: [El Salvador] Flight data shows timeline of the Venezuelan deportation operation
  • CNN: [El Salvador] What we know about the El Salvador ‘mega prison’ where Trump is sending alleged Venezuelan gang members
  • Miami Herald: [El Salvador] Judge orders DOJ lawyers to justify secrecy around El Salvador deportations: reports
  • Reuters: [El Salvador] Relatives of missing Venezuelan migrants desperate for answers after US deportations to El Salvador
  • New York Times: [El Salvador] El Salvador’s President Sees Opportunity in Trump’s Deportations
  • Miami Herald: [Venezuela] Venezuela pledges to free those deported to El Salvador jail
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Yahoo! News: [PA] ICE detains multiple Dauphin County Bhutanese Nepali residents; officials say
  • WSBTV: [GA] ICE partners with Georgia state troopers for immigrant training
  • Univision: [FL] Cuban woman with I-220A detained by ICE in Miramar transferred to another state
  • Yahoo! News: [MI] Closed prison near Baldwin could reopen for ICE, ACLU says
  • AP: [IL] ICE violated rights of a US citizen and 21 others during arrests, Chicago activists allege
  • Colorado Public Radio: [CO] Trump order will bypass skeptical judges, granting deportation authority based on sometimes thin evidence
  • NBC News: [NM] Lawyers and advocates say 48 people are unaccounted for after ICE raid in New Mexico
  • Yahoo! News: [AZ] Canadian ‘American Pie’ Actress Detained by ICE and Held for 12 Days: ‘I Was Literally Just Taken’
  • FOX News: [CA] California mom’s disappearance now a homicide case as detectives eye persons of interest
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • CBS Minnesota: [MN] Refugee resettlement efforts stalled amid tough immigration policies
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NPR: Navy warship is sent to the southern border to carry out Trump’s immigration plans
  • Yahoo! News: More egg products seized at the border than fentanyl since the start of this year
  • AP: TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities
  • Border Report: [TX] CBP awards $70M Hidalgo County border wall contract, first of Trump’s second term
  • Border Report: [TX] Man assaults CBP officer at Santa Teresa post office, court documents say
  • Bloomberg: [TX] Texas to Shutter Booking Facility as Border Arrests Dwindle
  • Border Report: [TX] Border Democrat pans use of military bases for deportations
  • KRQE: [NM] New Mexico man accused of threatening border officials
  • AZCentral: [AZ] Cartel scout tells border agents he helped smuggle 1K immigrants into US
  • FOX News: [CA] Trump putting troops on border was game changer, San Diego sector chief says: ‘Force multiplier’
  • FOX News: [CA] Trump policy on border jumpers empowers use of ‘maximum consequences,’ border agent tells Fox
• Transportation Security Administration
  • WHNT: [AL] 33 guns seized by TSA at Huntsville International Airport in 2024, 130 seized statewide: Report
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: Judge declines to force FEMA to release funds to upgrade US emergency alert system
  • NPR: Dozens of people in the Midwest and South died in weekend tornadoes and storms
  • USA Today: How a monster storm system spawned violent, deadly tornadoes that ripped across US
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Crabapple wildfire near Fredericksburg burns over 9k acres as FEMA approves assistance request
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] FEMA blocks reimbursement funds to El Paso charities, demanding immigrant names
  • Axios: [CA] How FEMA cuts would hurt California amid rising climate disasters
• Secret Service
  • AP: Trump says he’s ending Secret Service protection for Biden’s adult children
  • Yahoo! News: [MA] Police seeking suspects accused of installing credit card skimmers at Mass. grocery store
  • WMBB: [FL] Bonifay police alert public to beware of fraudulent cash
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CBS News/Government Executive: Fired CISA probationary employees to be reinstated after U.S. judge’s order
  • AZ Central: Do you use Gmail or Outlook? FBI, CISA issue warning about Medusa ransomware
  • Reuters: [China] US House committee seeks record on Chinese telecom hacking
• National Security News
  • MeriTalk: FCC Chairman Creates New National Security Council
  • AP: [Ukraine] Trump and Putin to hold call on ceasefire, but Zelenskyy is skeptical that Russia is ready for peace
  • Washington Examiner: [Russia] US to withdraw from body investigating Russian responsibility for Ukraine war
  • Wall Street Journal: [Israel] Renewed Israeli Strikes Kill More Than 300, Gaza Officials Say
  • Newsweek: [Yemen] Houthis Claim New Attacks on U.S. Aircraft Carrier
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] Iran to Face ‘Consequences’ if Houthis Continue Attacks, Trump Threatens
  • Newsweek: [Iran] Iran Threatens U.S. With “Devastating” Response
  • Bloomberg: [India] US, India Boosting Work in Security, Intel Sharing, Gabbard Says
  • AP: [Taiwan] China conducts air and sea drills near Taiwan in response to US and Taiwanese statements

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