• Top News
  • ABC News/CNN: Southwest border mission has cost $330M so far -- with over $40M for Guantanamo Bay alone: Sources
  • New York Times: Trump Says He Won’t Fire Officials Involved in Leaked Signal Chat
  • Miami Herald: Federal judge halts Trump administration’s policy of deportation to third countries
  • Newsweek: Republicans Set Sights on Health Care for Illegal Immigrants
  • Axios: Trump’s deportation spectacle
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Hundreds protest outside Miami’s Krome Detention Center over ‘inhumane’ conditions
  • New York Times: [MN] At Least 1 Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into a House, Officials Say
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] State of Texas: ‘This is what our citizens want,’ Senate vote near for bill requiring sheriffs to partner with ICE
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Thousands expected at immigration reform ‘mega march’
  • Newsweek: [SD] Kristi Noem’s Expenses Raise Eyebrows Among Republicans in Her Home State
  • Honolulu Star-Advertiser: [HI] Mexican national indicted in reentry into U.S.
  • Univision: [Mexico] Noem acknowledges Mexico’s progress on drug trafficking and migration, but after her interview with Sheinbaum, she says there’s still "a long way to go."
  • Los Angeles Times: [Cuba] Misguided mission’: Senators blast detaining migrants at Guantanamo
  • CNN: [Panama] She was expelled from the United States, but still thought America would help. She was wrong
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Post: Trump’s immigrant purge is part of a larger agenda
  • Washington Examiner: FBI’s Tesla task force is justified
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • CBS Austin: [NY] FBI Albany collaborates with ICE in week-long operation to remove dangerous criminals
  • Washington Post: [MD] Maryland might ban formal ICE partnerships. Sheriffs strongly oppose it.
  • Chicago Tribune: [IN] Charges dropped against two Chicago men arrested during ICE protest at Gary airport
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Report about alleged mistreatment of female detainees at Krome Detention Center sparks protest
  • AP/Miami Herald: [MN] University of Minnesota leaders say ICE has detained a graduate student
  • Yahoo! News: [OR] Immigration officials say man who escaped Tacoma detention center captured in Oregon
  • Yahoo! News: [El Salvador] El Salvadoran mother reunites with son after ICE arrest despite legal status
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • AP: Immigration officials look to collect social media handles from those seeking benefits. Is this new?
  • Washington Post: ‘Can I travel?’: U.S. green card holders cancel trips, on edge after detentions
  • New York Times: [Afghanistan] ‘They Will Label Us as Spies’: The Afghan Students Abandoned by America
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Newsweek: [MI] Migrant Mother, Children Detained By CBP After Taking Wrong Turn
  • Yahoo! News: [NM] Albuquerque man caught smuggling clandestine meat across border for second time
  • FOX News: [AZ] Border community reveals what Trump admin still needs to accomplish as crisis calms down: ‘Undue burdens’
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] California-Mexico border, once overwhelmed, now nearly empty
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • USA Today: A dangerous storm is sweeping the nation with severe weather risk
  • Washington Post: Severe storms and tornadoes possible across central, eastern U.S.
  • ABC News: Tornado threat issued for Midwest as severe storms move through country
  • Newsweek: Millions Across 4 States Facing ‘Critical’ Fire Risk This Weekend
  • Yahoo! News: Hurricane Helene survivor endorses Trump admin’s plan to nix FEMA after storm devastated Southeast
  • Yahoo! News: Evacuations continue Saturday from rapidly spreading NC and SC mountain wildfires
  • WNCN: [NC] 8 NC wildfires still burning over 7,600+ acres; 2 of largest caused by downed powerlines
  • WBTW: [SC] Highway 501 blaze part of state’s busiest wildfire season in a decade, Forestry Commission says
  • Washington Post: [TX] At least 4 dead after flooding in Texas-Mexico border area
  • KTLA: [CA] FEMA extends debris cleanup program for Southern California wildfire victims
• Secret Service
  • AZCentral: [AZ] Pig butchering’ scams are ripping off millions from Arizonans. What you need to know
• Coast Guard
  • ABC 25 West Palm Beach: Coast Guard Lifts Stroke Patient To Safety.
  • CBS 6 Thomasville: [FL] FWC searching for missing boater Saturday in St. Marks
  • West Orlando News: [FL] Coast Guard Offloads Over $517.5 Million in Illicit Drugs in South Florida
  • CW 34 Fort Pierce: [FL] Fort Pierce Coast Guard boat crew rescues kitesurfer in distress
  • ABC 5 Minneapolis-St. Paul: [FL] USS Minneapolis-Saint Pual Sets Sail
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Body of LAFD firefighter Connor Lees found months after he went missing at sea
  • Marine Insight: [PR] US Coast Guard Finds Illegal Hazardous Cargo At Puerto Neuvo Port
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CBS New York: Protesters rally against Elon Musk at Tesla showrooms over the continued U.S. government purge
  • FOX News: [WA] Two teens killed in mass shooting at Washington state house party, several others wounded: police
• National Security News
  • Yahoo! News: [Panama] US, China raise the stakes in Panama Canal ports row
  • Miami Herald: [Greenland] JD Vance visits U.S. base in Greenland, describes importance of island
  • Newsweek: [Greenland] Trump Doesn’t Rule Out Military Force to Take Greenland
  • New York Times: [Ukraine] Key Takeaways From America’s Secret Military Partnership With Ukraine
  • CBS News: [Afghanistan] American woman detained in Afghanistan released by Taliban, source says
  • Reuters: [Japan] Pentagon’s Hegseth says US command in ‘warrior’ Japan being upgraded to deter China

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