• Top News
  • AP: Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held
  • Reuters/CNN/FOX News: Trump signs election order calling for proof of U.S. citizenship to vote
  • FOX News: HUD joins forces with DHS to ensure federal housing resources go to US citizens, not illegal immigrants
  • FOX News: Bipartisan bill aims to prevent Syrians with terror ties from reaching US border
  • Washington Times: DHS tells judge Trump couldn’t bring Venezuelan ‘terrorists’ back to U.S.
  • The Hill: McCabe suggests FBI ‘spreading their terrorism resources too thin’ with recent immigration activity
  • Wall Street Journal/Reuters/New York Times: Judge Orders ICE to Stop Trying to Arrest 21-Year-Old Columbia Student
  • CBS New York: Judge hears arguments as Trump administration requests Columbia University student disciplinary records
  • CNN: Visa of Cornell University student fighting deportation is revoked by the State Department
  • Washington Post/New York Times: Court Lets Trump Pause New Refugee Admissions but Thousands Must Be Let In
  • Newsweek: Columbia Activists Had Prior Knowledge of Oct. 7, Bombshell Lawsuit Claims
  • The Hill: Academic groups sue over deportations of international students, scholars
  • FOX News: GOP senator threatens ‘real consequences’ if universities hire illegal immigrants
  • FOX News: Trump DOJ invokes state secrets in Tren de Aragua deportation case
  • New York Times: What Is the Secrecy Power Trump’s Aides Are Using to Stonewall a Federal Judge?
  • FOX News: Columbia University student protester sues Trump admin to prevent deportation
  • New York Times: [MA] Professors Sue Trump Administration Over Arrests of Campus Protesters
  • FOX News: [NY] Israeli hostages’ families sue Mahmoud Khalil, Columbia organizers as alleged ‘Hamas’ propaganda arm’ in NYC
  • Washington Post: [DC] Bill nullifying D.C.’s ‘sanctuary city’ law advanced by House Republicans
  • FOX News: [TN] Tennessee bill aims to hold charities liable if migrants they house commit crimes
  • CNN: [FL] Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants
  • Michigan Public Radio: [MI] Unaccompanied migrant children may face immigration courts alone as federal government cuts legal support funds
  • FOX News: [TX] Illegal immigrant in Texas who purchased thousands of rounds for Mexican drug cartel gets 5 years in prison
  • New York Times: [CO] In Aurora, Colo., a Split Over the Biggest Threat to the City: Migrants or Trump?
  • Miami Herald: [Haiti] Haiti’s capital is close to falling to armed gangs. Here’s what you need to know
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Pentagon ‘still mystified’ as drone drama deepens
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Newsweek: ICE Could Use IRS Data to Track Undocumented Immigrants
  • Axios: IRS sharing immigrants’ data with ICE threatens billions in tax revenue
  • CBS Miami: More than half a million Latin American, Haitian migrants given deadline to self deport
  • FOX News: Teen on Royal Caribbean cruise attacked by HIV-infected illegal immigrant: police
  • FOX News: [MA] Sanctuary city’ raid rounds up over 200 migrant criminals: ICE - full text
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Boston ICE arrests included "collaterals," Tom Homan says
  • Yahoo! News: [NY] ICE arrests Harlem activist amid deportation battle
  • Roll Call: [DC] In latest effort to curb DC, House panel advances ICE bill
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] ‘Missed opportunity’: ICE’s Charlotte operation sparks tension with sheriff over alleged lack of communication
  • Greenville News: [SC] Greenville woman sentenced to 25 years in prison after sex trafficking teen
  • Univision: [FL] "I haven’t showered in five days": Deplorable conditions reported at Krome migrant prison
  • Yahoo! News: [WA] She’s been in US for 50 years. Now Pierce County woman with green card detained by ICE
  • Yahoo! News: [WA] Protest emerges at Ferndale facility after ICE reportedly detains Whatcom County activist
  • Univision: [El Salvador] Venezuelan nationals deported by the U.S. seek release from jail in El Salvador
  • CBS News: [El Salvador] Partner of deported Venezuelan found out he had been sent to notorious El Salvador prison when she saw him in video arriving there
  • AP: [El Salvador] Venezuelan migrants deported by the US ended up in a Salvadoran prison. This is their legal status
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Newsweek/NBC News: Trump Administration Pauses Some Green Card Applications
  • Miami Herald: Countdown starts for Biden parole beneficiaries from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, Venezuela
  • Washington Post: Countries update U.S. travel advisories in response to Trump policies
  • Newsweek: Map Shows US Embassies Posting Warnings to People Applying for Visas
  • The Hill: US embassies warn European visa seekers: ‘You are a guest’
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Politico: Troops to start surveillance at border
  • Border Report: Cartel drones ‘pose threat’ to US service members on border duty
  • Washington Examiner: Biden left Border Patrol in a shambles: Union
  • Border Report: [TX] Mexican cartel member stockpiled ammo on border
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Strykers deploy to border, may be seen in El Paso, Big Bend
  • Border Report: [TX] Mexican national sentenced for transporting migrants in El Paso
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] U.S. Border Patrol seizes 115 pounds of meth at California checkpoint
• Transportation Security Administration
  • AP: [NY] JFK Millennium Partners Selects K2 to Deliver State-of-the-Art Security Screening Checkpoint at new JFK Terminal 6
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • The Hill: Noem says she plans to ‘eliminate FEMA’
  • The Hill: 2024 one of worst years for natural disasters, researchers say, with FEMA’s future uncertain
  • Newsweek: [NC] Homeowners’ Huge Cost to Clear Hurricane Debris Is Making Wildfires Worse
  • WSB: [GA] Fires burning across Floyd County may have been set on purpose
  • Yahoo! News: [KY] Kentucky flood survivors have a month to apply for FEMA assistance
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] City of Brownwood receives grant from FEMA to replace 12 storm sirens
  • CBS San Francisco: [CA] California lawmakers ask for nearly $2 billion to fund LA’s fire recovery
• Federal Protective Service
  • Roll Call: [DC] Capitol Police chief addresses ‘human failure’ that led to security lapses
• Secret Service
  • CBS Detroit: [MI] Police warn businesses of fake $100 bills used in Saline, Michigan
• Coast Guard
  • 1080 AM Dallas: The Pentagon Has Sent A Navy Destroyer To Help The Fight Illegal Immigration and Drug Dealers In The Gulf
  • Defense Post: Fifth US Coast Guard Famous-Class Cutter Completes Life Extension Refurbishment
  • Stars and Stirpes: Coast Guard’s icebreaker program faces major delays, cost overruns
  • CBS 11 Savannah: [GA] Daily duties at U.S. Coast Guard Station Tybee
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] More than $6M worth of cocaine seized near Port Everglades: USCG
  • CBS 12 West Palm Beach/SeaPower Magazine: [FL] 70-day Coast Guard mission nets 4 tons of cocaine, 6 drug smugglers
  • SeaPower Magazine: [FL] Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale Interdicts Vessel With Over $6 Million In Illicit Narcotics
  • ABC 3 Corpus Christi: [TX] Port of Corpus Christi and the U.S. Coast Guard team up for a Maritime Emergency Response Workshop
  • ABC 9 Sioux City: [IA] U.S. Coast Guard will not remove 36 Aids to Navigation from the Missouri River
  • KIRO: [WA] $10,000 reward to find woman who fell into Carbon River, deputies urge caution
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Hiker plummets 100 feet off California coast, desperately clings to life above ocean rocks
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Fisherman dies at Rodeo Beach in Marin County; surfer pulled victim from water
  • FOX 2 San Francisco: [CA] Search And Rescue Called Off
  • Palm Springs Desert Sun: [CA] Officials urge Golden Gate Bridge, other California bridges, be assessed for collapse risk
  • FOX News: [AK] Man, 2 juveniles rescued from plane wreckage hours after crashing in Alaska
  • DVIDS: [Guam] U.S. Coast Guard, partners ensure maritime security in Marianas through increased operations
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Yahoo! News: Report finds 720 health care data breaches in 2024
  • CyberScoop: Privacy-boosting tech could prevent breaches, data misuse with government aid, report says
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Washington Post: Trump administration cuts national database tracking domestic terrorism
  • ABC News: ‘Lone offenders’ carrying out Tesla attacks, catching them ‘difficult,’ FBI, DHS say
  • CBS News: Top officials warn of "coordinated" attacks on Teslas as intelligence suggests lone actors are to blame
  • Newsweek: FBI Launches Task Force To Tackle Tesla Violence
  • AP: [TX] Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart is offered plea deal to avoid death penalty
• National Security News
  • NPR: In new assessment, Trump team ranks fentanyl as a top threat to U.S.
  • CNN: Trump administration highlights drug cartels as major national security threat but omits climate change
  • FOX News: Foreign nationals flying drones over US military sites raises ‘espionage’ concern: expert
  • New York Times: Democrats Call for Hegseth and Waltz to Resign
  • The Hill: Trump officials face records lawsuit over Signal chat
  • Axios: "No classified material": Trump officials all but dare The Atlantic to release text
  • Axios: Waltz takes "full responsibility" for Signal group chat scandal
  • CNN: Top intel officials shift responsibility on to Hegseth for sending potentially classified info to Yemen strike group chat
  • New York Times: With the Signal Snafu, Michael Waltz Is Thrust Into the Spotlight
  • The Hill: Top House Democrat calls for Hegseth to resign: ‘Endangered lives of American troops’
  • AP: US intelligence officials to appear at House hearing after Senate grilling over leaked military plan
  • New York Times: White House Claims Signal Chat Did Not Include War Plans
  • New York Times: Trump Downplayed the Leak of Military Plans
  • Yahoo! News: Atlantic Editor Threatens to Release More Texts From Trump Officials’ War Plan Group Chat
  • New York Times: Signal Chat Disclosure Poses Early Test for F.B.I. and Justice Dept.
  • The Hill: War plans group chat raises questions about Signal, cybersecurity
  • New York Times: Leaked War Plans, and the Trouble With Off-Channel Messaging
  • AP: [Greenland] US Vice President JD Vance to join his wife in Greenland on Friday
  • AP: [Greenland] Greenland’s leader laments ‘mess’ as US vice president’s wife to visit island coveted by Trump
  • New York Times: [Ukraine] Russia and Ukraine Agree to Stop Fighting in Black Sea, White House Says
  • Newsweek: [Russia] Russia ‘Managed to Influence’ People in White House—Zelensky
  • NBC News: [Russia] As Trump negotiates with Putin, NATO fights Russian sabotage of undersea cables
  • Reuters: [Syria] US gave Syria list of conditions for partial sanctions relief, sources say
  • New York Times: [Israel] She Was Released. Now She’s Campaigning for Her Partner Still in Gaza.
  • Miami Herald: [Iran] U.S. sanctions 3 Iranians for 2007 disappearance of former FBI agent
  • Newsweek: [China] How the US Is Arming Allies With Missiles To Sink China’s Warships
  • New York Times: [China] U.S. Adds Export Restrictions to More Chinese Tech Firms Over Security Concerns
  • Newsweek: [China] US Issues Update on Military Footprint Near China Amid Trump’s Treaty Doubt
  • CBS Austin: [China] Democratic senators urge Trump to ‘work with Congress’ to prevent TikTok ban
  • Newsweek: [North Korea] Nuclear-Armed North Korea Threatens US With ‘Overwhelming’ Response

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