• Top News
  • CBS News/Miami Herald/Washington Examiner/Spectrum News: Coast Guard offloads nearly 46,000 pounds of illegal drugs valued over $500 million at Port Everglades
  • New York Times/ABC News/NBC News: Administration’s Details on Deportation Flights ‘Woefully Insufficient,’ Judge Says
  • New York Times: Administration Officials Believe Order Lets Immigration Agents Enter Homes Without Warrants
  • NPR/CBS News: Trump threatens judge pressing DOJ for answers over El Salvador deportations
  • Los Angeles Times/Washington Examiner/FOX News/AP: ICE arrests Indian Georgetown doctoral student, accused of spreading Hamas propaganda
  • CNN/AP: Judge says Trump administration can’t deport Georgetown University fellow
  • Yahoo! News: ACLU files emergency motion to stop deportation of Georgetown University scholar
  • New York Times: U.S. Turned Away French Scientist Over Views on Trump Policies, France Says
  • CNN: Elite universities feel targeted as Trump administration expands immigration crackdown
  • AP: China calls for protections for students in US after Congressional panel demands data from colleges
  • MeriTalk: Senators Want Answers on IRS Data-Sharing Requests From DHS, DOGE
  • New York Times: Intelligence Assessment Said to Contradict Trump on Venezuelan Gang
  • AP: [MD] New gun charges filed against the leader and 2 followers of cultlike Zizian group tied to killings
  • Miami Herald: [FL] In Florida, border czar says judges ‘not going to stop’ Trump’s mass deportations
  • FOX News: [TX] Trump DOJ drops Biden-era legal challenge to Texas border security law
  • Miami Herald/FOX News: [Cuba] Giménez asks Homeland Security to deport over 100 immigrants accused of repression in Cuba
  • New York Times: [Cuba] Trump Administration Sends a New Group of Migrants to Guantánamo Bay
  • AP: [Panama] Deportees from the US hop embassy to embassy in Panama in a desperate scramble to seek asylum
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • AP: Border czar says 40,000 immigration arrests under Trump so far
  • NPR: Families of deported Venezuelans dispute gang claims after deportations under Alien Enemies Act
  • CBS News: Venezuelan migrant deported from U.S. to El Salvador has no criminal record, documents show
  • ABC News: Lawyers say some deported by Trump administration weren’t gang members, were targeted for tattoos
  • Reuters: Colombian-Venezuelan migrant held in El Salvador has no ties to feared gang, wife says
  • WIVT: [NY] Akshar: Broome County will assist ICE in immigration enforcement
  • Telemundo: [VA] He has been detained by ICE for more than two years, although he claims to be a U.S. citizen: "It’s a nightmare"
  • AP: [FL] DeSantis warns he has ‘tools’ including suspending local officials if they don’t cooperate with ICE
  • KOLR: [MO] Greene County inked contract to jail ICE detainees under Biden administration
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [LA] ICE and HSI raid on construction site leaves at least 11 migrant workers arrested
  • Reuters: [MI] GEO Group signs deal with US ICE to open immigration processing center in Michigan
  • Miami Herald: [IA] Migrant workers accuse Iowa egg farm of human trafficking, sexual harassment, suit says
  • NBC News: [CO] ICE detainees flee from custody in Colorado after reported power outage
  • Colorado Public Radio/AP: [CO] Feds and local police clash over detainee escape from immigration facility in Aurora
  • Newsweek: [UT] Man Impersonating ICE Agent Arrested By ICE
  • USA Today: [WA] She did chores for a host family—then ended up in US immigration detention
  • Wall Street Journal: [El Salvador] Inside Trump’s Lightning-Fast Deportation of Venezuelans to a Salvadoran Prison
  • CBS News: [El Salvador] Here are the names of the Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to El Salvador
  • NBC News: [El Salvador] Why experts fear the men who were sent to El Salvador’s megaprison may never make it out
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Newsweek: Green Card Holders Warned Against Leaving the United States
  • CBS 7: [GA] Brother of man who killed Laken Riley sentenced for having fake green card
  • Iowa Capital Dispatch: [IA] Iowa secretary of state says 277 noncitizens confirmed to be on Iowa’s voter rolls
  • Los Angeles Times: [South Africa] 67,000 white South Africans have expressed interest in Trump’s plan to give them refugee status
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Examiner: Border Patrol chief touts ‘unprecedented’ cooperation with Mexico and Canada
  • Border Report: US border feels impact of ramped-up cocaine production in Colombia
  • AP: Detentions of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America
  • Newsweek/Miami Herald: Britain Issues Travel Warning for US
  • Wall Street Journal: Border Agents Use More Aggressive Tactics to Question Visa Holders, Tourists
  • Miami Herald: Leaving the U.S. after a visit? A selfie of your face can now track your departure
  • Newsweek: Border Patrol Checking US Visitors’ Phones, Social Media: Is It Legal?
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: Coyotes use TikTok to smuggle people across the border.
  • Yahoo! News: [NY] Bronx man pleads guilty to blowing through Ogdensburg Port of Entry, possessing handgun ammo
  • CBS Austin: [TX] More than $3.6 million in cocaine hidden in tractor trailer seized by border patrol agents
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Three migrants die while crossing U.S.-Mexico border during recent storm
  • FOX News: [CA] CBP shutters San Diego-area processing facility after ‘unprecedented drop in apprehensions’
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Trump moves to close gaps in San Diego border fence, but environmental concerns linger
• Transportation Security Administration
  • FOX News: [FL] Florida woman charged for drowning dog in airport toilet after it was barred from traveling: police
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: Texas wildfire prompts evacuations as Arkansas and Florida also battle blazes
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] 2 wildfires burning in Polk Co., 250 acres burned
  • Axios: [NC] How a FEMA transformation could impact North Carolina
  • FOX 56: [KY] FEMA grants $22M to Kentucky households after deadly storms
  • Newsweek: [FL] Florida Everglades Wildfire Containment As Fire Explodes to 22,000 Acres
  • Yahoo! News: [LA] ICE raid at Port of Lake Charles results in 11 arrests
  • Newsweek: [TX] Texas Wildfire Map Shows Escalating Blazes As Hundreds Evacuated
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] 2,000-acre San Jacinto Wildfire 10% contained as fire crews continue to fight blaze
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston and Southeast Texas are under a red flag warning for wildfire threat. What triggers this?
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Montgomery County issues disaster declaration over Pauline Road fire
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Sam Houston National Forest fire caused by controlled burn, officials say. Here’s what to know.
  • Hawaiʻi Public Radio: [HI] 5 Lahaina homes to be rebuilt through multi-organization partnership
• Coast Guard
  • Washington Examiner: Legislation introduced to strengthen Coast Guard retirement protections
  • HS Today: GAO: Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure Backlogs Exceed $7 Billion
  • HS Today: Pentagon Deploys USS Gravely to Strengthen Border Security and Drug Interdiction Efforts
  • 90.1 FM Dallas: U.S.S Gravely Making Its Way Towards The Gulf
  • TexasStandard: Why the Pentagon is moving a Navy destroyer from the Middle East to the Texas coast
  • CNN: One year after Baltimore bridge collapse, NTSB finds 68 US bridges need to be assessed for risk of collapse if hit by ship
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] MDTA missed critical Key Bridge vulnerability assessment prior to collapse, NTSB says
  • Washington Post: [MD] Baltimore bridge was at high degree of risk prior to fatal collapse, NTSB says
  • Reuters: [MD] US agency calls for urgent safety assessments of iconic bridges
  • 1200 AM San Antonio: [FL] Department Of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Speaking To Reporters This Morning
  • 720 AM Chicago: [FL] Nearly 46 Thousand Pounds Of Illegal Drugs At Port Everglades
  • 610 AM Miami: [FL] Half A Billion Dollars Worth In Drugs Seized
  • ABC 10 Miami: [FL] Over A Half Billion Dollars Of Drugs Offloaded At Port Everglades
  • FOX 7 Miami: [FL] U.S. Coast Guard Making A Big Bust
  • NBC 6 Miami: [FL] Coast Guard Offloads Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Drugs
  • Defense Post: [FL] Bollinger Hands 59th Sentinel Cutter to US Coast Guard
  • Yahoo! News: [MI] Coast Guard rescues dog, Cujo, from ice near Soo Locks
  • FOX News: [AK] Alaska plane that crashed and left 10 dead was more than 1,000 pounds over the weight limit, NTSB finds
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Nation-state groups hit hundreds of organizations with Microsoft Windows zero-day
  • DefenseScoop: Pentagon CIO calls for more offensive cyber capability
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NPR/CBS Austin: 3 people face federal charges for Tesla attacks. Are such acts domestic terrorism?
  • CBS Austin: [CA] Suspect arrested after Tesla car captures ‘viral vandalism’ in California
• National Security News
  • The Hill: Trump officials circulate plan to overhaul US foreign assistance
  • Newsweek: Spy Chief’s Visit to Trump Shows Middle East Ally’s Growing Power
  • Miami Herald: Rubio will make first official visit to Caribbean next week as secretary of state
  • NPR: U.S. military offensive targets Houthi rebels to stop their Red Sea shipping attacks
  • AP: [NY] Jury convicts 2 men of plotting to assassinate an Iranian American journalist in New York
  • CBS News: [CA] Longtime FBI agent charged with disclosing classified records
  • Newsweek: [Canada] Over 47K Sign Petition to Block Donald Trump from Entering Canada
  • Yahoo! News: [Ukraine] US to sign minerals deal with Ukraine ‘very shortly,’ Trump says
  • New York Times: [Ukraine] Trump Wants to Take Over Ukraine’s Nuclear Plants. What Would That Mean?
  • NBC News: [Ukraine] Hours after agreeing to partial ceasefire with Russia, Ukraine wakes to scenes of fiery devastation
  • Newsweek: [Russia] Russia Declares Emergency as Blast Wave Blows Away Houses Near Air Base
  • Axios: [Israel] U.S. and Israel to hold high-level Iran consultations next week
  • New York Times: [Israel] Israel Expands Gaza Ground Offensive as Hamas Fires Rockets at Tel Aviv
  • AP: [Afghanistan] Taliban frees American man abducted while traveling in Afghanistan over 2 years ago
  • Reuters: [China] China’s police chief and Russia’s FSB director meet in Beijing, Xinhua reports
  • CNN: [China] China is practicing ‘dogfighting’ with satellites as it ramps up space capabilities: US Space Force

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