• Top News
  • Reuters/Bloomberg: Trump’s use of wartime law for Venezuela deportations is unlawful, judge rules
  • FOX News: Trump claps back at courts for ‘interfering’ with job, asks ‘how you can give due process’ to illegal migrants
  • New York Times/Wall Street Journal/Politico: Trump Asks Supreme Court to Lift Deportation Protections for Venezuelans
  • NPR: Expect more immigration enforcement in next 100 days, says DHS spokesperson
  • Breitbart: NPR’s Martin to DHS Official: ‘I Don’t Know Who You’re Calling Activist Judges’ and I Won’t Let You Say Who
  • NBC News: Trump’s deportation campaign is capitalizing on a key hallmark: Speed
  • Latin Times: Kristi Noem Claims Mexican President ‘Turned Around Over Half a Million’ Migrants Because Trump ‘Forced Her To’
  • Bloomberg: Trump to Propose Record $1.01 Trillion National Security Budget
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump to Propose Slashing $163 Billion in Government Programs in Budget Blueprint
  • Washington Post: Lawyers demand release of Palestinian protester arrested by ICE
  • FOX News: Columbia student activist interviewed by FBI for allegedly saying ‘I like to kill Jews’: court docs
  • NPR: Freedom of speech ‘at stake’ in Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi’s case, lawyer says
  • The Hill: Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi’s release offers hope amid Trump crackdown
  • New York Times: Orders to Investigate Columbia Protesters Raised Alarms in Justice Dept.
  • Newsweek/USA Today: Trump Administration Shares Second Abuse Claim by Abrego Garcia’s Wife
  • Newsweek: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Wife Responds to Second Abuse Report
  • DailySignal.com: The Case for Deported ‘Maryland Dad’ Continues to Backfire on Democrats
  • CBS News: The document tying Abrego Garcia to MS-13
  • Latin Times: White House Strengthens Resolve To Not Bring Back Abrego Garcia With New Allegations That He Threatened To Kill His Wife
  • FOX News/Washington Post: Tennessee highway patrol releases video of Kilmar Abrego García traffic stop
  • Axios: Newly revealed abuse allegations fuel White House’s resistance to return Abrego Garcia
  • CNN: Tattoos on Abrego Garcia’s fingers are not proof he’s a member of MS-13, experts say
  • CNN: Trump administration considering labeling some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as ‘enemy combatants’
  • FOX News: White House deputy chief of staff rails against reporters over MS-13, TdA coverage
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Deporting international students risks making the US a less attractive destination, putting its economic engine at risk
  • Breitbart: Dem Rep. Goldman: Trump Reportedly Talking About Deporting Criminals to Libya, Rwanda Is ‘Demonization of Immigrants’
  • AP: Trump’s agenda faces courtroom setbacks as Justice Department lawyers struggle to win over judges
  • Washington Examiner: How the Big Law firms Trump is targeting support the immigration lobby
  • Washington Examiner: May Day: Thousands to protest Trump agenda nationwide Thursday
  • Washington Examiner: 100-day report card: Trump makes good on pledge to restore ‘common sense’ and kill DEI
  • FOX News: White House vows to implement ‘system of merit’ in US, dismantle DEI ‘strangulation’
  • FOX News: ‘Woke’ hospital could be in crosshairs of Trump admin after scathing complaint alleges DEI discrimination
  • ABC News: Musk says DOGE has made progress but ‘not as effective as I’d like’ after first 100 days
  • University Herald: [VT] Judge orders immediate release of Columbia activist Mohsen Mahdawi from Vermont ICE detention
  • NBC News Daily: [MA] Harvard Shares Information With DHS After Request for International Students’ Records
  • CNN: [MA] Harvard’s antisemitism task force agrees with White House on the need for reform. But not entirely on how or who’s in charge
  • FOX News: [VA] Accused MS-13 ringleader one step closer to deportation after judge dismisses charges
  • AP: [VA] US wants to move Georgetown scholar’s deportation lawsuit to Texas. Judge appears skeptical
  • Axios: [OH] Some immigrants legally in the U.S. and living in Columbus ordered to leave
  • Federalist: [WI] Wisconsin Supreme Court Removes Federally Charged Judge From The Bench
  • FOX News: [TX] Father wins decade-long fight for justice after daughter killed in Texas by illegal migrant
  • New York Times: [TX] Family Seeks $15 Million in Death of Migrant Girl in U.S. Custody
  • FOX News: [TX] Trump DHS slams more ‘sob story’ reporting after Tren de Aragua gang members send SOS signal
  • NewsMax: [SD] DOJ Drops Biden-era Charges Against S.D. Ranchers
  • Federalist: [SD] Biden’s Lawfare Nearly Ripped This South Dakota Ranching Family Apart
  • AP: [OK] Homeland Security pushes back against criticism of immigration raid at Oklahoma home
  • FOX News: [OK] DHS fires back at claims ICE raided ‘wrong home’ in Oklahoma smuggling investigation
  • USA Today: [OK] Right house, wrong people, DHS admits, after raiding home of US citizens
  • CBS News: [OK] Oklahoma governor, schools chief at odds on collecting immigration data
  • FOX News: [ID] Federal judge blocks Idaho immigration law with preliminary injunction
  • San Francisco Chronicle.com: [CA] ‘Hands off our courts’: S.F. lawyers protest Trump attacks on judges, attorneys
  • NewsMax/Blaze: [Mexico] Trump Admin Sanctions Cartel Over Fentanyl, Fuel Theft
  • Breitbart: [Mexico] Trump’s Treasury Department Targets Mexican Cartels Trafficking Fentanyl, Stolen Fuel
  • CBS News: [Mexico] U.S. releases image of jaguar seized from leader of powerful cartel while announcing new sanctions
  • NBC News: [Cuba] Deported to Cuba, mom says she never had an ‘option’ to take her 17-month-old daughter with her
  • Reuters: [El Salvador] Democrats push for US human rights review in El Salvador
  • Breitbart: [Nicaragua] Nicaraguan Dictator Daniel Ortega Accuses Trump Of ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ Over Deportations
  • The Hill: [Uzbekistan] US deports 131 undocumented Central Asian migrants to Uzbekistan
  • Breitbart: [Uzbekistan] Trump’s DHS Gets Uzbekistan to Fund Deportation Flight of Its Own Nationals
• Opinion – Editorials
  • New York Times: There Is a Way Forward: How to Defeat Trump’s Power Grab
  • Wall Street Journal: Behind the Mike Waltz Ouster
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Gun violence is down — can Trump take credit?
  • NewsMax: Trump Proves Biden Blew It on Border
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: Acting ICE director says agency will ‘ramp up’ raids if sanctuary jurisdictions don’t cooperate
  • NewsMax: GOP Rejects Amendment Blocking ICE From Deporting US Citizens
  • USA Today: Sophisticated new ICE tracking system raises privacy concerns for public
  • Axios: ICE pays Palantir $30M to build new tool to track and deport immigrants
  • Univision: ICE wants to deport a mother with her sick American daughter: doctors warn the girl will die if she isn’t treated in the US.
  • Good Morning America: [NH] NH State Police Sign On to Help Federal Officers with Immigration Enforcement
  • NPR: [FL] Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center
  • Washington Post/FOX News: [FL] More than 1,100 arrested in 6-day Florida immigration sweep, officials say
  • AP: [FL] ICE joins DeSantis in touting one-week record of arresting 1,120 people in the US illegally
  • CBS Miami: [FL] DeSantis touts state’s success in immigration enforcement in support of Trump deportations
  • NewsMax: [FL] DeSantis Touts 378 Criminals Arrested by ICE in Florida
  • Breitbart: [FL] Exclusive Footage–First Look Inside Trump’s Historic Deportation Operation Targeting Gang Members, Criminals
  • FOX News: [TX] ICE files detainers against 2 illegal aliens, including 1 facing attempted murder charges for shooting spree
  • New York Times: [TX] For One Texas County, Arresting Migrants Made Big Money
  • Breitbart: [TX] Illegal Migrant Charged with Murdering Texas Man in Front of His Family
  • Univision: [TX] "If they’re going to catch me, let them fight": New video shows the immigrant up in the tree challenging ICE
  • FOX News: [CO] Army soldier arrested in massive Colorado underground nightclub raid, charged with cocaine distribution
  • FOX Business: [CO] Denver businesses fined over $8M total for knowingly hiring unauthorized workers: ICE
  • Daily Caller: [CO] ‘Sanctuary State’: Colorado Dems Move To Shut Out ICE
  • New York Times: [CO] When Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Came to an Immigrant Mayor’s City
  • AP: [CO] Soldier at a Colorado nightclub during an immigration raid charged with distributing cocaine
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] DEA sheds light on Colorado Springs bust, says they believe cartels are stockpiling fentanyl
  • FOX News: [NM] Ex-New Mexico judge, wife who allegedly harbored illegal Tren de Aragua member released on bond
  • FOX News: [CA] California home of suspect accused of doxxing ICE agents raided and searched
  • Telemundo52: [CA] Federal agents conduct search warrant in Irvine for privacy violation investigation
  • CyberScoop: [Greece] Leaders of 764, global child sextortion group, arrested and charged
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times: What Green Card Holders Should Know in Preparing to Travel Outside the U.S.
  • Telemundo52: New regulation would make it more difficult for immigrants to own a home
  • Washington Post: As Trump attacks higher education, some students avoid U.S. colleges
  • New York Times: U.S. Deported Bhutanese Who Were Here Legally. They Are Now Stateless.
  • Iowa Capital Dispatch: [IA] Judge blocks deportation of UI students; feds want students publicly identified
• Customs and Border Protection
  • CBS News: Migrant crossings at U.S.-Mexico border stay at historically low levels
  • AP/New York Times: [TX] Defense Department designates a second military zone on US border, extending into Texas
  • AP: SPA Awarded DHS Customs and Border Protection Technical Acquisition Support
  • CBS News: Chris Krebs, ex-head of cybersecurity agency targeted by Trump, has Global Entry membership revoked
  • UPI: [IL] Chicago CBP agents intercept counterfeit watches, fake driver’s licenses worth millions of dollars - full text Chicago agents make timely bust on costly crime: counterfeit watches, fake driver’s licenses
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [NM] U.S. Attorney announces 82 charges of illegal entry into military base
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Human rights body finds border agents’ actions in San Ysidro death ‘constituted acts of torture’
  • Telemundo: [CA] Case for the death of Anastasio Hernandez at the hands of the Border Patrol reopened
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Man arrested on suspicion of smuggling exotic parakeets inside cowboy boots across border
  • Univision: [Mexico] The "wall" that Mexico does pay for: the "brutal immigration containment apparatus" at the service of the U.S.
• Transportation Security Administration
  • ABC News: What TSA wants you to know about new Real ID requirements
  • CBS News: [TX] Southwest flight returns to gate after passenger’s phone ignites before takeoff
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Politico: Trumps freezes efforts to blunt future disasters
  • HSToday: President Trump Appoints New Members to Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council
  • Washington Post: More heavy rain and flooding possible as storms in the Plains begin to shift east
  • New York Times: Fatal Storm Rips Through Oklahoma and Texas, Flooding Roads
  • Univision: At least two dead in heavy storms and flooding in Texas and Oklahoma
  • Federal News Network: Federal firefighters face significant workforce shortage
  • Los Angeles Times: [NY] Funding cuts threaten to deepen hunger crisis in U.S. as rising costs send more families to food banks
  • USA Today: [VA] The US government is upgrading a secretive FEMA bunker. Why? That’s classified.
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Why didn’t FEMA lease apartments for survivors of the L.A. fires?
• Secret Service
  • FOX News: [ME] Maine high school teacher calls for deaths of Trump and his supporters in Facebook posts
  • NewsMax: [ME] Maine Teacher Calls for Secret Service to Assassinate Trump, Administration
• Coast Guard
  • Breaking Defense: GOP reconciliation bill includes over $9B for new icebreaker ships
  • Maritime Executive: Coast Guard Greenlights Full Production of First Polar Security Cutter
  • NBC 6 Wilmington: [DE] Coast Guard searching for hoax caller in Wilmington area
  • Maritime Executive: [MS] Coast Guard Takes Over Response as Oil Well Continues to Spray
  • USA Today: [FL] Driver of boat in deadly Florida ferry crash denies fleeing the scene: Reports
  • Yahoo News: [FL] Coast Guard offloads more than $12M in cocaine, marijuana from Caribbean Sea
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] U.S. Coast Guard and Escambia County first responders conduct mass rescue operation exercise
  • DVIDS: [FL] U.S. Coast Guard Station Pensacola, Escambia County First Responders Conduct Exercise on NAS Pensacola
  • Maritime Executive: [LA] Coast Guard Takes Over Response as Oil Well Continues to Spray
  • FOX News: [CA] Coast Guard catches 15 alleged illegal immigrants off the coast of San Diego
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • FOX News: Bipartisan lawmakers introduce bill to bolster water system protections against hackers
  • CyberScoop: National Security Council cyber lead wants to ‘normalize’ offensive operations
  • Federal News Network: Cyber roundup: Another cybersecurity False Claims Act settlement
  • NewsMax: AirPlay Malware Threatens Billions of IPhone Users
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] DuPage County shares little info on ransomware attack as investigation continues
  • CyberScoop: [Ukraine] Ukrainian extradited to US for alleged Nefilim ransomware attack spree
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Washington Post: Trump administration cuts school mental health grants created after shootings
  • Axios/NewsMax: [NY] Luigi Mangione’s attorneys seek dismissal of N.Y. state charges
  • FOX News: [FL] Attorneys for family of FSU shooting victim call for transparency
  • The Hill: [AZ] Man indicted in Arizona Tesla dealership fire
• National Security News
  • CBS News: Mike Waltz out as national security adviser, but Trump says he’ll be ambassador to U.N.
  • Washington Post: Trump replaces Waltz with Rubio, for now, after series of missteps
  • FOX News: Dems say Trump ‘firing the wrong guy’ after Waltz ousted as national security advisor
  • New York Post: Vance argues he ‘wasn’t overruled’ in Houthi attack Signal chat: ‘I thought it reflected well on me’
  • Wall Street Journal: U.S., Ukraine Minerals Deal Seeks to Smooth Relations and Aid
  • Wall Street Journal: [Ukraine] U.S., Ukraine Minerals Deal Seeks to Smooth Relations and Aid
  • The Hill: [India] Rubio calls officials in India, Pakistan in push to defuse crisis
  • Breitbart: [India] India Tells Marco Rubio Kashmir Terrorists ‘Must Be Brought to Justice’
  • CNN: [India] US urges restraint as Kashmir massacre tensions put India and Pakistan on edge
  • New York Times: [India] U.S. and U.N. Urge De-escalation Between India and Pakistan
  • FOX News: [Israel] Parents of Hamas hostages urge Trump to be ‘tough with enemies and friends’ amid Israeli siege in Gaza
  • FOX News: [China] CIA videos aim to turn Chinese officials and ‘steal secrets’
  • NPR: [China] China mulls U.S. overtures on trade talks, but demands tariffs be canceled
  • Reuters: [China] China ‘evaluating’ US offer to talk tariffs; warns against ‘extortion’
  • Reuters: [China] China low-value package tariff exemption ends but questions remain over US collections

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