• Top News
  • New York Times/CNN/NBC News: Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia
  • AP: GOP pushes ahead with citizenship voting bill. Some state election officials say it’s problematic
  • FOX News: Dems claim Trump killed immigration bill but his success on the border proves he had the right idea: Expert
  • Bloomberg: Trump heads toward tariff barrage on Canada, Mexico and China
  • The Hill: Hegseth calls for DOD civilian employees to comply with OPM email directive
  • Yahoo! News: Noem’s actions motivate state senator’s attempt to limit executive power
  • FOX News: [MD] Transgender cult leader linked to border agent killing maintains innocence, asks for vegan food in jail
  • Washington Examiner: [FL] Jets scramble to confront civilian planes in Mar-a-Lago’s restricted airspace
  • FOX News: [FL] Florida interstate ride-along offers rare inside look at illegal immigrant captures
  • Yahoo! News: [OH] Franklin County court restricts immigration enforcement to protect due process
  • New York Times: [Mexico] Trump Threats and Mexico’s Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel
  • AP: [Mexico] Cartel-plagued Mexican city pins hopes on Trump’s anti-drug trafficking pressure
  • Newsweek: [Cuba] Trump Administration Sued Over Guantánamo Bay Migrant Plan
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Trump’s return rekindles hope for freedom in Venezuela and Cuba
• Top News (Sunday Talk Shows)
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Marco Rubio Says We’ll Be Ready To Re-Engage When They’re Ready To Make Peace
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Marco Rubio Says We Don’t Even Know If The Peace Is Possible
  • NBC’s Meet the Press: Mike Johnson Says No Putin Didn’t Win
  • NBC’s Meet the Press: Mike Johnson Ponders The Idea Of President Zelensky Resigning
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Mike Johnson says America Comes First
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Mike Johnson its time for peace
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Mike Waltz Reacts To What Ukrainian President Said After That Oval Office Meeting
  • FOX News Sunday: Zelenskyy’s ‘surprise’ escalation in Oval Office created ‘huge rift’ in US-Ukraine relationship: DNI Gabbard
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Yahoo! News: These states have seen the biggest crackdown on immigration since Trump returned to office
  • New York Times: [NY] An Immigrant Neighborhood Where Trump Made Inroads Now Fears ICE Raids
  • Miami Herald: [FL] ‘Didn’t sign up to be ICE’: Broward, Palm Beach sheriffs say immigration law won’t alter what they’re already doing
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Fear of ICE arrests keeping customers at home, immigrant-owned businesses in Aurora say: ‘The streets were so lonely’
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] ICE Dallas removes Pakistani national identified as a national security priority
  • Newsweek: [CA] Activists Protest Reopening of Notorious Women’s Prison as ICE Facility
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Examiner: February southwest border illegal entries plummet to lowest in documented history
  • Yahoo! News: Why Trump wants ‘gold card’ to replace EB-5 visa
  • CNN: Why Trump’s ‘gold card’ proposal is more complicated than it sounds
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: Border Patrol chief says he has ‘no doubt’ the Biden administration created a border crisis ‘intentionally’
  • Yahoo! News: [AZ] Fort Huachuca in Arizona could house thousands of migrant detainees
• Transportation Security Administration
  • CBS Austin: [AL] Alabama sees 23% rise in firearms intercepted at airports, defying national decline
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Washington Post: Cross-country storm to bring tornado risk from Oklahoma to Maryland
  • Washington Examiner: Hundreds of blazes break out along Atlantic Coast
  • Washington Post: Wildfires in the Carolinas prompt a state of emergency, evacuations
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] Active NC wildfires burning 600 acres in four US National Forests, officials say
  • UPI/NBC News: [SC] South Carolina wildfires scorch thousands of acres, prompt state of emergency
  • Newsweek: [SC] Evacuation Orders in Place Amid Massive South Carolina Wildfires
  • Yahoo! News: [SC] Firefighters working to contain wildfires in North, South Carolina
  • New York Times: [CA] Mild Shaking Felt in Los Angeles After 3.9-Magnitude Earthquake
• Secret Service
  • Yahoo! News: [KY] Two accused of using fake $100 bills at “too many places to remember”
• Coast Guard
  • FOX News: Coast Guard sees influx in migrant boat interdictions as land border security strengthens
  • FOX News: [CA] California Coast Guard captain sounds alarm as migrants from adversary countries inundate Pacific waters
  • FOX News: [HI] Coast Guard airlifts cruise ship passenger who had strokes 300 miles off Hawaii coast
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CNN: [LA] They’ll be watching Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras (and every other day)
  • AP: [IL] Illinois man accused of deadly mass shooting at July 4th parade faces trial 3 years after attack
  • Yahoo! News: [MN] Minneapolis man charged after trying to provide support to ISIS
• National Security News
  • Yahoo! News: Russia, China seek to recruit fired US federal employees, CNN reports
  • NBC News: Bipartisan congressional duo encourages governors to ban DeepSeek on government devices
  • New York Times: Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests
  • New York Times: [Finland] Finland Lets Ship Leave, Two Months After Suspected Sabotage
  • Washington Times: [Ukraine] National Security Adviser Mike Waltz says Ukrainian President Zelenskyy ‘missed an opportunity’
  • Wall Street Journal: [Ukraine] Europe Aims to Forge a Peace Plan for Ukraine
  • New York Times: [Israel] Rubio Bypasses Congress to Send Israel $4 Billion in Arms
  • Wall Street Journal: [Israel] Israel Halts Entry of Goods Into Gaza as Cease-Fire Talks Falter
  • FOX News: [Israel] White House backs Israel’s decision to halt Gaza aid shipments until Hamas accepts ceasefire extension
  • AP: [Israel] Outrage as Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas to accept new ceasefire proposal
  • NPR: [Israel] Trump wants Palestinians out of Gaza. Here are Egypt’s plans to keep them there
  • Wall Street Journal: [Israel] Why Arab Leaders Are Struggling to Agree on Hamas’s Future Role in Gaza
  • FOX News: [China] DeepSeek AI bot is part of China’s ‘Unrestricted Warfare’ doctrine
  • AP: [Philippines] Philippines confident Trump will continue military patrols to keep China in check in disputed sea

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