• Top News
  • Washington Post/Los Angeles Times/Washington Examiner/San Diego Union Tribune: Trump’s CBP nominee questioned on immigrant’s death at confirmation hearing
  • CBS News: Kristi Noem defends Trump administration’s handling of 2-year-old sent to Honduras with deported mother
  • CBS News: Extended interview: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on deportations involving children and more
  • CBS Mornings: DHS Secy Kristi Noem on Border & Deportation Policies
  • FOX Business: We didn’t ‘lie’ about our border numbers like the Biden-Harris admin did, says Tricia McLaughlin
  • FOX News: Violent MS-13 gangbangers getting ‘desperate’; DHS official credits early Trump action
  • NewsMax: DHS Assistant to Newsmax: Drug Cartels Are ‘Increasingly Desperate’
  • NBC News: Congress considers ending legal help for migrant children after judge orders restart
  • FOX News: Biden-appointed federal judge keeps blocking Trump admin from nixing funding for lawyers for migrant children
  • Breitbart.com: ICE Chief Todd Lyons: Trump’s Mass Deportation Goals Require Advanced Technology Akin to Amazon, FedEx
  • NewsNation: US Postal agents to assist DHS with immigration enforcement
  • NPR: The FBI and other agencies are using polygraphs to find leakers. But do they work?
  • New York Times/NPR: Columbia Student Who Was Arrested at Citizenship Interview Is Freed
  • USA Today: ‘I am not afraid’: Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi freed from federal custody
  • New York Post: Kilmar Abrego Garcia bragged he could kill his wife and get away with it, she claimed in newly unearthed protective order request
  • Washington Times: Another domestic abuse case surfaces for MS-13 suspect who Democrats want to un-deport
  • Breitbart: Uncovered: ‘Maryland Man’ Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Wife Made Second Complaint of Spousal Abuse in 2020
  • The Guardian: Kristi Noem says Kilmar Ábrego García would be deported immediately if sent back to US
  • Washington Post: Judge sets schedule for depositions in Kilmar Abrego García case
  • Reuters: Trump says he has not spoken to El Salvador about man’s return
  • NewsMax: Trump: ‘I Could’ Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia Back to US
  • Washington Post: Trump’s big admission about the Kilmar Abrego García deportation case
  • NBC News Daily: Updates on High-Profile Cases
  • Washington Examiner: Judge resumes Abrego Garcia deportation case after weeklong hiatus
  • ABC News: Administration ‘talking out of both sides of its mouth,’ Abrego Garcia’s lawyer says after Trump interview
  • NBC News: Trump claims he ‘could’ have Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the U.S. His administration has said otherwise.
  • AP: In their words: What judges and Trump’s government say about Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Insists Wrongly Deported Man Has ‘MS-13’ Tattooed on His Knuckles
  • FOX News: WH says ‘no dispute’ deported suspected gang member had MS-13 tattoos despite photos to the contrary
  • New York Post: DEA nominee tells senators Kilmar Abrego Garcia tattoos ‘consistent’ with MS-13 membership
  • Washington Post: Kilmar Abrego García’s tattoos alone do not prove MS-13 membership, experts say
  • New York Times: Trump Would Not Concede ‘MS-13’ Letters Were Digitally Added
  • CBS News: Maryland judge, Sen. Van Hollen push back against Trump administration over Kilmar Abrego Garcia case
  • ABC News: Rubio has been in touch with El Salvador’s Bukele about Abrego Garcia: Sources
  • Blaze: Secretary Rubio drops hammer on reporter asking about El Salvador and Abrego Garcia
  • USA Today: ‘Not just El Salvador’: Marco Rubio says U.S. looking for more countries to send migrants
  • FOX News: Rubio passionately defends immigration actions to weed out ‘perverts and pedophiles and child rapists’
  • FOX News: Ranching family fights off Biden-era charges with Trump admin’s help in land battle
  • American Agenda: Rollins, Noem Announce Dropping of Charges Against Maude Family
  • The Hill: House panel advances sweeping bill of Trump immigration priorities
  • Bloomberg Government: Trump Border Pick Pressed on Budget as GOP Eyes $70 Billion Bill
  • ABC News: Trump immigration policies, deportation tactics draw legal challenges
  • CNN: Undocumented immigrants contribute more to Social Security than they receive in benefits
  • Breitbart: Exclusive: House Republicans Applaud Trump’s Border, Tariff Accomplishments in First 100 Days
  • Reuters: US Appeals Court Will Not Allow DOGE to Access Social Security Data
  • NewsMax: [MA] Sec. Noem: Harvard Not Getting Any More Grants From DHS
  • CNN: [MA] White House views Harvard’s recent changes as ‘positive’ but says more needs to be done, signals additional funding cuts
  • Washington Times: [VA] Suspected MS-13 East Coast leader faces deportation after judge allows criminal case to be dropped
  • FOX News: [DC] Republican lawmakers seek to strip District of Columbia of its sanctuary city policies
  • USA Today: [NC] US national charged with operating global child exploitation enterprise
  • Daily Caller: [FL] Ukrainians Charged With Illegally Voting In US Presidential Election
  • Breitbart: [FL] Florida: Federal Judge Orders Police to Stop Enforcing State Immigration Law
  • Washington Examiner: [FL] Judge ‘shocked’ after Florida attorney general tells police not to follow order pausing immigration law
  • USA Today: [FL] Shock and anger: Florida immigrant communities react to ‘Operation Tidal Wave’
  • US News & World Report: [WI] Judge’s Arrest Sends a Chilling Message
  • Blaze: [WI] Wisconsin judge accused of helping illegal alien evade ICE relieved of duties
  • Univision: [TX] MS-13 leader sentenced for two Beaumont prison murders does not include deportation
  • Reuters: [TX] SOS: Migrants held in Texas fear notorious El Salvador prison
  • NewsNation: [OR] Churches sue Trump administration over ‘chilling’ ICE practice
  • Breitbart: [CA] Biden-Appointed Judge Stops Trump from Ending Taxpayer-Funded Lawyers for Migrants
  • Reuters: [Cuba] US Judge Limits Trump’s Ability to Swiftly Deport Migrants Held at Guantanamo Bay
  • New York Times: [El Salvador] El Salvador Is Said to Have Spurned U.S. Request for Return of Deported Migrant
  • Washington Examiner: [El Salvador] Hakeem Jeffries denies telling Democrats to abandon El Salvador trips
  • CNN: [Venezuela] Venezuela accuses US of ‘kidnapping’ toddler who was separated from deported parents
  • Reuters: [Chile] FBI and Chilean police take down international gang of thieves
  • FOX News: [Uzbekistan] Uzbekistan agrees to pay for and accept its deported nationals in landmark agreement
  • CNN: [Rwanda] Trump administration weighs sending migrants to Libya and Rwanda, sources say
  • Washington Post: [Rwanda] Rwanda responds warmly to Trump request to take noncitizen deportees
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • FOX News: SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM: Trump’s first 100 days Make America Safe Again
  • Washington Examiner: Don’t blame Trump for Real ID — blame Congress
  • The Hill: Democrats have fallen into a narrative trap with Kilmar Abrego Garcia
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NPR: Budget airline Avelo faces backlash for signing up to fly deportation flights for ICE
  • Los Angeles Times: Trump promised vast deportations to Mexico. Why are the numbers so low?
  • FOX News: [GA] Dem lawmaker demands Congress act on securing US border after ‘transparent’ ICE facility visit
  • NewsMax.com: [FL] Haitian Woman Dies While in ICE Custody in Florida
  • CBS Mornings: [IN] ICE Conducting Enforcement Operations in the Area
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston immigrant groups to protest at city hall over local policies on collaborating with ICE
  • NBC News: [OK] U.S.-citizen family ‘traumatized’ after ICE raided their Oklahoma home in search of someone else
  • The Oklahoman: [OK] Oklahoma City ICE raid: Homeland Security says right house, wrong target
  • Breitbart: [CO] ICE Fines Companies $8 Million for Hiring Illegal Migrants
  • Blaze: [CA] Trump admin saves migrant sisters from sex slavery in crackdown on Biden’s lost kids crisis: Report
  • Blaze.com: [CA] Trump admin saves migrant sisters from sex slavery in crackdown on Biden’s lost kids crisis: Report
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] California warns ICE: Immigration detention centers across state need ‘significant improvements’
  • FOX News: [CA] Illegal immigrant with weapons conviction arrested in California as ICE targets criminals
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NBC News: Trump administration reveals how it targeted thousands of international students on visas
  • USA Today: $1,000 to seek asylum? House Republicans propose new immigration fees
  • Washington Examiner: Trump ‘gold card’ proposal faced pushback during House Judiciary budget talks
  • Breitbart.com: [FL] Senior Cuban Regime Official and Castro Confidant Discovered in Florida Seeking U.S. Residency
  • Axios: [OH] Scoop: Revoked Ohio State student visas restored
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] University of Chicago students’ visas reactivated
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Federalist: Shutting Down The Border Was Trump’s Most Important Campaign Promise. In 100 Days, He Did It
  • Breitbart: Trump Effect: First 100 Days Yields Mass Deportations, Record-Low Border Crossings
  • Spectrum News 1: Gov. Greg Abbott, Nim Kidd appointed to FEMA Review Council
  • FOX News: CBP senior advisor details ways illegal migrants can be sent home
  • NBC News: Democrats question Customs and Border Protection tactics at points of entry
  • Breitbart.com: AG Pam Bondi: Trump Administration ‘Seized over 22 Million Fentanyl Laced Pills’ in First 100 Days
  • Washington Examiner: Pam Bondi celebrates arrests that ‘make America safe again’
  • New York Post: Illegal border crossings remained near historic lows in April after President Trump’s crackdown
  • CNN: Chris Krebs says he was kicked off CBP’s Global Entry
  • CBS Austin: [NM] Migrants detained at New Mexico border can be charged with entering military zone
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] More than 17 pounds of liquid methamphetamine concealed in dog shampoo intercepted at LAX
  • Breitbart: [CA] Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Border Patrol from Arresting Suspected Illegal Aliens Without Warrants
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] California judge’s ruling on warrantless migrant arrests sows confusion
  • Blaze: [CA] District judge throws up major roadblocks for Border Patrol agents in California
  • Telemundo: [CA] San Diego and Imperial are excluded from protecting migrants from Border Patrol raids
• Transportation Security Administration
  • CNN: The REAL ID deadline is one week away. Here’s what TSA wants you to know
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: Funding cuts threaten to deepen hunger crisis as rising costs send more families to food banks
  • USA Today: Amidst FEMA staff cuts, worries grow about summer hurricane, tornado seasons
  • USA Today: From floods to fires: See FEMA respond to disasters across the US
  • Washington Post: Severe weather brings deadly storms and flash flooding across swath of U.S.
  • NBC News: [PA] At least 4 people killed in Pennsylvania following severe storms
  • NPR: [MD] Local governments scramble to replace federal disaster funding
  • USA Today: [VA] The US government is upgrading a secretive FEMA bunker. Why? That’s classified.
  • CBS News: [TX] North Texas faces severe weather, flooding threats Wednesday
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston storm prep threatened after Trump pulls resources from major climate report
• Secret Service
  • Blaze.com: [ME] HS teacher wants Secret Service to ‘take out’ all those who support ‘Trump’s illegal, immoral, unconstitutional acts’: Report
• Coast Guard
  • Newsweek: Republicans Want to Change When Thousands Could Be Forced Into Active Duty
  • Maritime Executive: Coast Guard Finds Undeclared Hazmat and Stolen Cars at Port of NY & NJ
  • FOX News: A Drastically Different U.S. Southern Border
  • Reuters: US Supreme Court says federal workers on military leave owed full salary
  • Axios: [FL] Boater in Clearwater ferry crash steps down from Jannus Live
  • LiveNowfromFox: [FL] USCG Tampa offloads $12.3 million in seized drugs after Caribbean bust
  • Police Magazine: [FL] Florida Officers Chase Down Unmanned Boat, Board, and Stop It
  • FOX Weather: [LA] Crews race to cleanup oil spill along Louisiana coastline
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Authorities searching for person after finding unmanned boat near Oakley
  • BigIslandNow: [HI] Search for second missing Kona fisherman continues after kayak found Sunday
  • Yahoo News: [HI] Three days later: Search suspended for missing Kona fisherman
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Congressional officials wonder how CISA can carry out core mission in face of workforce cuts
  • HSToday: Noem Calls for Reauthorization of Cyberthreat Information Sharing Law During RSA Keynote
  • Cybersecurity Dive: DHS secretary vows to refocus CISA, saying it strayed from mission
  • Bloomberg: [China] How China Is Building an Army of Hackers
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Daily Wire: Biden Gave Asylum To Nearly 600 Migrants With Terrorism Ties, Trump Says
  • Axios: [AZ] Tesla-Trump backlash grows with Arizona Cybertruck fire
  • FOX News: [Haiti] Trump to name Haitian gangs foreign terrorist organizations: report
• National Security News
  • FOX News: CIA being restructured to eliminate ‘well-documented politicization’: Ratcliffe
  • Wall Street Journal: Senate Effort to Repeal Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Fails
  • NewsMax: Speaker Johnson: Trump Tariffs ‘Will Achieve Desired Outcome’
  • Wall Street Journal: Lawmakers Echo Trump’s Aims With Bill to Revive U.S. Shipbuilding
  • Roll Call: Lawmakers decry Hegseth’s elimination of Women, Peace & Security program
  • FOX News: Pentagon warns US military installations are vulnerable to threat of drones
  • AP: Rubio calls India and Pakistan in effort to defuse crisis over Kashmir attack
  • Wall Street Journal: [Ukraine] Ukraine, U.S. Sign Economic Deal for Minerals
  • Politico: [Ukraine] US and Ukraine sign agreement creating investment fund after months of negotiations
  • Reuters: [China] China’s top diplomat backs Iran’s nuclear diplomacy ahead of US talks
  • FOX Business: [China] Trump says tariffs are incentivizing US investment, hurting China
  • Reuters: [China] US has reached out to China to talk tariffs, state media says
  • CNN: [China] The last boats without crippling tariffs from China are arriving. The countdown to shortages and higher prices has begun
  • CyberScoop: [Noth Korea] North Korean operatives have infiltrated hundreds of Fortune 500 companies

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