• Top News
  • The Hill: Noem testifies before House on DHS budget
  • ABC News: House Democrats, Kristi Noem spar over immigration
  • Reuters/Washington Times/The Hill: US homeland chief says illegal immigration levels could warrant suspending habeas corpus
  • Washington Examiner: Noem suggests habeas corpus could be suspended as she’s called out for ‘costume changes’
  • Politico: Democrats grill Noem on Abrego Garcia and 2 deported US children
  • NewsMax: Noem Hearing: Democrats Focus on Abrego Garcia
  • USA Today/Washington Times: DHS secretary says Democrats advocating ‘for a terrorist’ in Abrego Garcia case
  • Daily Caller: ‘This Is Unbelievable’: Kristi Noem Turns Tables On Eric Swalwell As He Jumps To Abrego Garcia’s Defense
  • Daily Mail: Explosive moment MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene unloads on Democrat over MS-13 during ICE Barbie hearing
  • FOX Business: Democrats are trying to ‘distract’ from Trump admin ‘executing’ on promises to Americans, says Homeland Security Committee member
  • Washington Examiner: Noem refuses to answer whether picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was doctored
  • NewsNation: Rep. Julie Johnson: Noem was ‘disingenuous’ during committee
  • Roll Call: Reconciliation text includes big boosts to immigration fees
  • Washington Post/NPR/NBC News/FOX 5 Washington, DC/The Hill: Georgetown researcher released from ICE custody after judge’s order
  • CBS Mornings: 19-Year-Old Speaks from ICE Custody
  • ABC News: Georgia college student detained by ICE after mistaken traffic stop should self-deport, DHS says
  • CBS News: Georgia teen arrested by ICE faces deportation, despite dismissed traffic charges: "My life is here"
  • Axios: 20 states sue Trump admin over immigration enforcement funding threats
  • Washington Examiner: Twenty states sue Trump over funding threats related to immigration enforcement
  • NBC News: FBI field offices ordered to shift agents to immigration crackdown
  • Breitbart: Report: FBI to Prioritize Immigration Enforcement, Scale Back White-Collar Crime Investigations
  • Breitbart: Trump Asks SCOTUS to Permit ‘Alien Enemies Act’ Deportations After Gang Members Threaten to Take Hostages Inside Detention Center
  • DailySignal: White House Praises House Panel for Booting Illegals Off Medicaid
  • New York Times: The Trump Administration Is Lining Up More Countries to Take Its Deportees
  • ABC News: Supreme Court to weigh blocks on Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
  • New York Times: At Supreme Court, a Once-Fringe Birthright Citizenship Theory Takes the Spotlight
  • Bloomberg: Trump Pushes Supreme Court to Undercut the Judges Who Thwart Him
  • Daily Wire: Trump DOJ Asks Supreme Court To Restrain Activist Judges
  • Washington Examiner: Trump’s birthright citizenship ban could spur Supreme Court to curb nationwide injunctions
  • Bloomberg Law News: DOJ Backs Birthright Citizenship Curbs with ‘Fringe’ Scholarship
  • USA Today: Supreme Court takes up birthright citizenship: What’s at stake in major Trump case?
  • New York Post: Why Trump’s Supreme Court challenge against birthright citizenship may not really be about birthright citizenship
  • Washington Examiner: Trump’s deal for illegal immigrants will increase deportations and decrease spending
  • FOX News: Vance sears US leaders turning police into ‘enemies’
  • NBC News/New York Times/USA Today: [VT] Harvard scientist facing deportation is charged with smuggling
  • ABC News: [VT] Trump administration says it plans to deport Harvard researcher back to Russia
  • NewsMax: [NY] NYC Councilwomen to Newsmax: City Must ‘Peel Back’ Sanctuary Laws
  • AP: [NJ] ICE head recognizes Congress’ role in visiting detention facilities, even unannounced
  • The Hill/Breitbart/Axios: [NJ] Noem: Democratic lawmakers committed ‘felonies’ at ICE facility, calls for censuring
  • FOX Business: Noem denounces protests at New Jersey ICE facility amid potential arrests
  • Axios: [NJ] NJ Democrats who confronted ICE should be censured, Noem says
  • Washington Times: [NJ] House Republicans consider punishing New Jersey Democrats over ICE center ‘storming’
  • FOX News: [NJ] Noem dismisses Jeffries’ warnings as DHS considers arrests of Democratic lawmakers after ICE facility clash
  • Washington Examiner: [NJ] Acting ICE director finds Newark detention center incident ‘disheartening’
  • Breitbart: [NJ] Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver Attends Committee Hearing Featuring Kristi Noem After Storming ICE Detention Facility
  • The Hill: [NJ] Temperatures rise over House Democrats’ scuffle with ICE agents
  • Blaze: [NJ] Tom Homan tells Blaze reporter that Democrat who allegedly assaulted ICE agent should be arrested
  • Washington Examiner: [NJ] Britt tells Jeffries that Democrats are not ‘above the law’ over ICE protest
  • FOX News: [NJ] GOP plans investigation into ICE threats after Dems’ ‘storming’ of facility
  • The Hill: [NJ] Republicans weigh repercussions for Democrats who got in scuffle with ICE agents
  • NewsNation: [NJ] Newark mayor denies arrest had anything to do with DHS
  • Post Millennial: [NJ] Mike Johnson considers censure for 3 Dems who breached Newark ICE facility
  • FOX News: [NJ] Trump border czar fires back at AOC over DOJ probe remarks: ‘Why doesn’t she pass some legislation?’
  • Bloomberg: [NJ] ICE Chief Pledges to Admit Lawmakers After Newark Skirmish
  • FOX News: [NJ] SCOOP: GOP plans investigation into ICE threats after Dems’ ‘storming’ of facility
  • AP: [DC] Democratic congressman pushes Trump impeachment, but backs down from vote
  • AP: [WI] A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade immigration agents is set to enter a plea
  • FOX News: [WI] Milwaukee judge indicted for helping immigrant evade ICE faces up to 6 years in prison
  • Blaze: [WI] Despite Democrat hysteria, Wisconsin judge accused of thwarting ICE faces 6 years in prison after grand jury indictment
  • ABC News: [WI] Judge accused of helping undocumented immigrant evade arrest seeks to dismiss charges
  • Daily Wire: [WI] Wisconsin Judge Accused Of Helping Illegal Evade Feds Claims ‘Judicial Immunity’
  • Washington Examiner: [WI] Indicted Wisconsin judge is ‘clear message’ to obstructing justice: Josh Hawley
  • Washington Examiner: [TX] Senate passes Cornyn bill renaming wildlife refuge after Jocelyn Nungaray
  • CBS News: [CA] California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes pausing immigrant health care coverage expansion
  • Daily Wire: [CA] News Newsom Wants To Cut Back On Free Health Care Program That He Expanded To Illegal Immigrants
  • AP: [CA] California governor outlines $12 billion deficit and freeze on immigrant health program access
  • CBS News/USA Today/Breitbart: [Mexico] 17 family members of notorious cartel leader enter U.S. in deal with Trump administration, Mexico says
  • Washington Examiner: [Cuba] State Department lists Cuba as noncooperating country over harboring terrorists
  • The Hill: [Honduras] Deported 2-year-old’s family dropping lawsuit against Trump administration
  • CNN/Reuters/Breitbart: [Venezuela] Toddler held in US after parents’ deportation has been returned to Venezuela
  • CNN: [Venezuela] ‘It pains our souls’: Venezuelans react to first video of relatives in Salvadoran prison after Matt Gaetz TV report
  • AP: [Argentina] Argentina orders immigration crackdown with new decree to ‘make Argentina great again’
  • AP: [South Africa] South African leader and Trump will meet next week after US took in white South Africans as refugees
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: Birthright Citizenship Reaches the Supreme Court
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Bloomberg: Afghan Refugees Should Be Treated as Well as South African Ones
  • New York Times: They Were Waiting for Trump All Along
  • Staten Island Live: [NJ] The bullies at ICE are making up stories again
• Top News (Sunday Talk Shows)
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Telemundo/USA Today: Trump official acknowledges 9 detainee deaths in ICE custody, disputes overspending
  • UPI: Acting head of ICE clashes with Democrats, says agency funding assured through fiscal 2026
  • Bloomberg: IRS Can Only Give Tax Data to ICE in Deportation, Criminal Cases
  • Breitbart: US judge orders release of Indian researcher detained over alleged Hamas ties
  • Axios: These detained foreign nationals have been released from ICE custody
  • Reuters: Avelo Airlines faces backlash over Trump deportation flight contract
  • Boston Herald: [MA] Massachusetts US Attorney: Anyone who attempts to interfere with ICE will be investigated
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Maryland judge suspends deportation of women held in "inhumane" conditions at Baltimore ICE facility
  • Washington Post: [DC] After ICE visits, D.C. restaurants fear labor shortage
  • Washington Examiner: [VA] Arlington County board is actively working to prevent police from cooperating with ICE
  • Tennessee Conservative: [TN] Nashville Democrats Retaliate As Nearly 200 Illegal Aliens Arrested During Continued ICE Activities
  • The Tennessean: [TN] U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles calls for probe, says Nashville mayor ‘obstructing ICE officials’
  • USA Today: [GA] ICE detains dad, teen daughter in same detention center following Georgia traffic stops
  • CBS Mornings: [FL] 12 Arrested in Sting Operation
  • FOX News: [FL] Dozens of illegal immigrants arrested at Florida construction sites
  • NBC News Daily: [FL] ICE Arrests Dozens of Undocumented Migrants at Construction Site in Wildwood
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] IRS criminal investigators in Chicago being ‘deputized’ as immigration enforcers under Trump administration plan
  • New York Post: [TX] Tren de Aragua gangbangers at ICE facility barricade themselves, threaten to take hostages after spelling out SOS in prison yard
  • Good Morning America: [WI] Senate Hearing on ICE Cooperation
  • NewsNation: [OK] Human smuggling suspect did not own Oklahoma home at time of controversial raid
  • Breitbart.com: [CO] Colorado Murder Rate Dives After ICE Deports Tren de Aragua Gangbangers
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Santa Monica College student arrested by ICE, according to the school
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] South L.A. residents who allegedly tried to chase and block immigration officers face federal charges
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] South LA couple arrested for allegedly blocking immigration agents with cars
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Univision: Republicans seek a remittance tax: What it will mean for millions of immigrant workers
  • Reuters: [KY] Pregnant immigrants warily eye US Supreme Court birthright citizenship case
  • NPR: [Afghanistan] What the end of Temporary Protected Status means for Afghans in the U.S.
  • Washington Examiner: [Afghanistan] Taliban opens ‘dialogue’ as Congress worries about Afghans sent back after their TPS expires
• Customs and Border Protection
  • AP: New militarized border zone spurs national security charges against hundreds of immigrants
  • Reuters: US military zones on Mexico border sow legal confusion
  • Federal News Network: $6.2B CBP hiring plan features ‘considerable uncertainty’
  • USA Today: [IL] Twitch star Hasan Piker says questioning over political views at airport ‘was deliberate’
  • NBC News/Los Angeles Times: [TX] Drummer for Lord Buffalo ‘forcibly’ removed from flight by immigration agents, band says
  • CBS Mornings: [TX] Uvalde County DA Files Lawsuit Against CBP
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Rep. Levin asks for surveillance towers along San Diego coast to prevent maritime smuggling
  • FOX News: [CA] CBP seizes massive haul of 150,000 illegal cigarettes from cruise passengers in California
  • CNN: [Mexico] US halts live cattle imports from Mexico to quell screwworm spread
  • Today: [Mexico] Mexican Cattle Import Halts
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NewsMax: Noem: No Formalized Plan for Restructuring FEMA
  • ABC 15 Phoenix: DHS Secretary Noem faces criticism over proposed FEMA cuts during congressional hearing
  • Los Angeles Times: As climate hazards worsen, Trump moves to weaken FEMA and shift disaster response onto states
  • Washington Post: Severe weather will hit the Plains and East Coast with hail, tornado risk
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Maryland governor calls flooding, children rescued from schools by boat "heartbreaking"
  • New York Post: [VA] 200 trapped students, teachers stranded as flash floods engulf Appalachians
  • CBS News: [MN] Northern Minnesota wildfires burn more than 37K acres; investigations ongoing
  • USA Today: [MN] Minnesota wildfires fueled by ‘near critical’ heat destroy buildings, force evacuations
  • ABC News: [AZ] Eastern Arizona wildfire explodes 6,400 acres amid high winds, red flag conditions
  • Univision: [PR] Puerto Rico declares a state of emergency in 13 municipalities due to severe flooding.
• Secret Service
  • FOX News: Homeland Security reveals staggering increase in Secret Service agent applications
  • NPR: [FL] Ryan Routh, charged with trying to assassinate Trump, asks to have charges dropped
• Coast Guard
  • Washington Post: Trump wants a new plane. Now, so does Homeland Security Secretary Noem.
  • Stars and Stripes: Coast Guard needs more money, new ships and aircraft to keep up with southern border mission, commandant says
  • NewsMax: [DC] Coast Guard Head: Resources Shifted to Help Border Efforts
  • USNI News: Coast Guard Shifted Indo-Pacific Resources to Southern Border Mission, Says Admiral
  • NewsNation: [FL] Coast Guard searching for boater who disappeared on trip to Florida Keys
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Officials identify UC Santa Cruz student found after jumping into ocean
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Reuters: Steelmaker Nucor halts some production after cyber security incident
  • NBC News: Cybercrime spree that hobbled British retailers now aimed at U.S., Google says
  • Federal News Network: Agencies explore post-quantum cryptography in acquisitions
  • CyberScoop: DHS won’t tell Congress how many people it’s cut from CISA
  • Daily Caller: Rogue Devices Capable Of Triggering Blackouts Reportedly Found In Chinese Solar Panels
  • CBS News: [TX] Millions of dollars in Texas’ cybersecurity funding for schools left unspent, report says
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NPR: Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists
  • New York Times/Washington Examiner/The Hill/CNN: [MI] Ex-National Guardsman Planned to Attack U.S. Army Base for ISIS, U.S. Says
  • ABC News: [TX] Mother allegedly buys ammunition, tactical gear for son’s planned ‘mass targeted violence’ at middle school: Officials
  • CBS News: [TX] Teen indicted on five felony counts in Wilmer-Hutchins High School mass shooting, records show
• National Security News
  • FOX News: State Department breaks down plan to deal with Columbia, Hamas, Rubio taking on NSA
  • CNN: National Security Council expected to be overhauled under Rubio
  • Daily Caller: Trump 2.0 Takes Chainsaw To The Deep State With Historic Cuts Of Staff, Budgets
  • CNN: Key prosecutor in Trump’s classified documents case takes the Fifth in House Judiciary deposition
  • NBC News: Marco Rubio working on major changes to National Security Council
  • AP: Trump can’t strip Foreign Service workers of their collective bargaining rights, judge says
  • Breitbart: Trump Effect: NATO Rushes Deal to Commit on Higher Defence Spending
  • FOX News: [Ukraine] Trump considers joining Russia-Ukraine negotiations in Turkey, unclear if Putin will show
  • Washington Post: [Russia] Russia-Ukraine talks upend European push for U.S. sanctions on Moscow
  • Axios: [Syria] Trump meets Syrian president al-Sharaa, ex-jihadist who toppled Assad
  • Daily Wire: [Syria] Trump Lauds Syrian President As ‘Attractive’ And ‘Tough’ After Vowing To Remove Sanctions
  • Reuters: [Syria] Trump Urging Syria to Sign on With Abraham Accords
  • AP: [Syria] What would lifting US sanctions on Syria mean to the war-torn country?
  • Washington Post: [Syria] Syrians rejoice after Trump pledge to lift crippling sanctions
  • Washington Examiner: [Saudi Arabia] In Saudi Arabia, Trump offers new vision of US Middle East policy: No ‘permanent enemies’
  • Newsweek: [Saudi Arabia] Trump’s $600 Billion Saudi Investment Deal: What We Know So Far
  • UPI/Breitbart: [Qatar] White House makes trillion-dollar pact with Qatar, including $96B Boeing deal
  • The Hill: [Qatar] Qatar Airways signs deal to purchase 160 Boeing jets during Trump visit
  • The Hill: [Qatar] Trump touts record Qatar-Boeing deal
  • Daily Wire: [Qatar] Trump Signs Major Defense Deal With Qatar Despite Past Accusations Of Terror Financing
  • NPR: [Qatar] Trump accepting a plane from Qatar could be a national security risk. Here’s how
  • CNN: [Qatar] Qatari prime minister dismisses controversy surrounding Trump plan to accept gifted jet
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Trump Imposes More Sanctions on Iran After 4th Round of Nuclear Talks
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Trump to GCC: Iran ‘Must Stop Sponsoring Terror’, ‘Bloody Proxy Wars’ as Part of Nuclear Deal
  • AP: [Iran] Trump appeals for Qatar’s help in persuading Iran to give up its nuclear program
  • NBC News: [Iran] Top Iranian official says Tehran would forego highly enriched uranium in nuclear deal with Trump
  • Reuters: [China] China to US ocean cargo bookings surge after tariff pause, Vizion says
  • FOX Business: [China] Chinese imports to US plummet to lowest levels since pandemic amid Trump tariffs

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