• Top News
  • Chicago Tribune/Breitbart/ABC 7 Chicago/NBC 5 Chicago [5/7/2025 4:13 PM, Rose Schmidt]: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stops in Springfield to criticize state’s immigration policies
  • Washington Examiner: In Springfield, Noem implores Pritzker to abandon sanctuary policies
  • CBS News: DHS Secretary Noem and Illinois Gov. Pritzker spar over state’s immigration policies: "Performing for Fox News"
  • NewsMax: Sec. Noem: Ill. Gov. Pritzker Protects ‘Illegal Criminals’
  • FOX News: Blue state governor in hot seat after parents harmed by sanctuary policies lash out: ‘Gut punch’
  • FOX News: Blue state governor vows ‘resistance’ as Trump admin targets sanctuary policies
  • NBC News Daily: DHS Secretary Noem Speaks in Springfield
  • FOX 27 Springfield: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem criticized after referencing Emma Shafer’s death
  • Axios/NBC 5 Chicago: Parents of stabbed Springfield woman condemn Noem’s visit
  • FOX News: Protesters gather outside Pritzker mansion to disrupt Noem presser, only to find she was never actually there
  • Chicagoland Journal: IL Freedom Caucus Joins Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem On Failed Sanctuary State Policies and Immigration
  • Chicagoland Journal: Rep. Adam Niemerg joins Sec. Kristi Noem in calling for compliance with federal immigration
  • Roll Call: Appropriations panel chair asks Noem for more budget information
  • The Hill: Border Patrol chief says ‘we will not back down from the cartel’
  • NewsNation: Border lawmakers grill DHS Secretary Noem, suggest security spending options
  • Washington Examiner: Lankford pushes Congress to pass immigration bill to make border security permanent
  • Washington Times: Judge rules Trump can’t use Pentagon to get around deportation restrictions
  • FOX News: MS-13, Tren de Aragua targeted for death blow in new GOP bill aimed at migrant crime
  • FedScoop: DOGE enters Homeland Security’s biometrics operations; Trump administration kicks off acquisition overhaul
  • FOX News: Federal judge orders Trump admin to immediately resettle 12K migrants
  • Washington Post: Trump military border charges sow confusion in federal courts
  • FOX News: Boasberg grills DOJ over remarks from Trump, Noem, floats moving migrants to Gitmo in action-packed hearing
  • AP: Judge seeks more information from Trump administration about prison deal with El Salvador
  • ABC News: Judge hearing arguments over fate of CECOT detainees
  • NBC News: Trump’s words undermine DOJ’s argument regarding men deported to El Salvador’s CECOT
  • Reuters: ‘Is the president not telling the truth?’, judge asks about Trump’s Abrego Garcia comments
  • Politico: Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege amid judge’s Abrego Garcia inquiry
  • CNN: Federal judge probing whether Trump has the power to bring back migrants deported to El Salvador
  • Bloomberg: Judge Says He May Order US to Facilitate Return of Venezuelans
  • Breitbart: Kilmar Abrego Garcia Was Allegedly Hired by Felon to Smuggle Illegals into U.S.
  • Blaze: Dems’ favorite MS-13 associate ran human trafficking operations, says ex-boss
  • CNN: Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he fled gang violence in El Salvador. He became a political flashpoint in the US
  • Reuters: US Chief Justice Roberts underscores defense of judiciary amid Trump’s attacks
  • U.S. Department of State: Digital Press Briefing with Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Sean O’Neill, Senior Bureau Official for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
  • Washington Times: C-SPAN pushes Supreme Court to televise birthright citizenship arguments
  • Breitbart: Exclusive–Rep. Hageman Introduces ‘No Student Visas for Sanctuary Cities Act’
  • Washington Examiner: What ‘process’ are illegal immigrants due?
  • Breitbart: Migrant Nonprofits Seek Donations as Trump Cuts Federal Funds
  • Washington Post: DOGE aims to pool federal data, putting personal information at risk
  • New York Times: Trump Administration Welcomes World Cup Visitors to Enjoy a Nice, but Brief, Stay
  • USA Today: Busted fentanyl trafficking ring had presence in six states, feds say
  • NPR: [VT] Federal court rules Rümeysa Öztürk must be transferred to detention in Vermont
  • AP: [VT] Released Palestinian student to meet with Vermont governor and lawmakers
  • Wall Street Journal: [NY] Pro-Palestinian Protesters Take Over Columbia Library
  • AP: [NY] Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Clash With Security Guards at Columbia University
  • USA Today: [NY] NYPD arrests pro-Palestinian protesters after Columbia University library takeover
  • NBC News: [NY] Several pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University after taking over library room
  • Washington Examiner: [NJ] Trump DOJ must defend legal basis for deporting Mahmoud Khalil: Judge
  • Daily Mail: [MD] Another notoriously dangerous El Salvador gangster arrested in blue state that insists it doesn’t have a problem
  • AP: [VA] Federal judge rules Georgetown scholar’s wrongful arrest case will stay in Virginia
  • NBC 4 Nashville: [TN] Metro Nashville releases full timeline of ICE, THP joint operation
  • AP: [TX] Senate panel advances bill that would no longer allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition
  • CBS News: [OR] Sinaloa cartel leader among 16 arrested in historic U.S. fentanyl bust, Justice Department says
  • FOX News: [CA] Trump pushes to reopen Alcatraz, but Pelosi and Newsom dismiss it as a ‘distraction’
  • Telemundo: [Mexico] New anti-immigrant ad featuring Kristi Noem launched on Mexican TV
  • FOX News: [Cuba] China’s spying in Cuba sparks alarm on Capitol Hill after fresh satellite images show surveillance buildup
  • NewsMax: [Cuba] Cuba Upgrading Surveillance Facilities
  • NBC News: [El Salvador] Anguished families are losing hope as they can’t reach loved ones sent to El Salvador mega-prison
  • Washington Examiner: [Libya] Trump administration eyes expanding deportations to Ukraine and Libya
  • AP: [Libya] Some migrants were told they’d be sent to Libya, attorneys say as they try to block the deportations
  • Reuters/Wall Street Journal: [Libya] Libya’s Leaders Say They Haven’t Agreed to Accept Deported Migrants From the U.S.
  • Washington Post: [Libya] Lawyers scramble to prevent Trump from deporting migrants to Libya
  • Politico/ABC News: [Libya] A Trump admin effort to deport immigrants to Libya would ‘clearly violate’ court order, judge says
  • Axios: [Libya] Federal judge temporarily blocks deportations to Libya
  • The Hill: [Libya] Migrants ask for court intervention fearing ‘imminent removal to Libya’
  • Reuters: [Libya] Immigrant Rights Advocates Ask Judge to Block Deportations to Libya
  • NewsMax: [Ukraine] WashPost: US Asked Ukraine to Take Deportees
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] A Texas judge reminds Trump that the Constitution still prevails, even for migrants | Editorial
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Los Angeles Times: Trump is wrong. My dad was a trucker, and he didn’t need much English to do his job
  • San Diego Union Tribune: U.S. citizens banned from their own country? It has to end now.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NPR: Prisons closed due to serious problems set to reopen as migrant detention centers
  • Axios: Employers worry over immigration crackdown as labor shortage fears loom
  • Los Angeles Times: Goal of welfare checks: Protect children or launch deportations?
  • Breitbart: Trump’s DHS Arrests Illegals at Courthouses, Reversing Biden Policy
  • CNN: [NY] NYPD investigating release of Palestinian woman’s sealed records to ICE
  • Blaze: [NY] Teen Tren de Aragua-linked mob ambushes NYPD in another brazen Times Square assault: Report
  • AP: [NJ] What to know about the newly opened immigration detention center in New Jersey’s biggest city
  • BizPac Review: [MD] ICE arrests another MS-13 ‘terrorist’ in Maryland, will Dems flock to defend him too?
  • Breitbart: [NY] ‘Dream turned nightmare’ for Venezuelan migrant deported from US by Trump
  • New York Post: [DC] ICE raided DC restaurant owned by CBS News star Norah O’Donnell’s husband
  • Washington Post: [DC] Widespread ICE visits leave D.C. restaurant owners, workers rattled
  • Univision: [DC] ICE operations in Washington, DC: families locked inside, markets empty, and children afraid
  • FOX News: [TN] Alleged Tren de Aragua gang member nabbed by Tennessee Highway Patrol in coordinated ICE effort
  • NewsNation: [TN] ICE operations in Nashville bring more than 80 arrests, official says
  • Breitbart: [MS] Illegal Cockfighting Operation in Southern Mississippi Busted by ICE
  • AP: [FL] Cuban Mother Deported From US Pleads With Trump to Reunite With Her Family
  • Washington Examiner: [OH] ACLU of Ohio calls on schools to ‘resist’ ICE to protect students from deportation
  • CNN: [MN] Judge orders release of detained international student who says he was targeted for supporting Palestinian human rights
  • Breitbart: [TX] Dem Rep. Castro: We’re ‘Absolutely’ Trying to Avoid Issue of Broader Deportation and Focus on Methods
  • CBS Austin: [TX] Austin family is deported to Mexico, including two U.S. citizen children
  • CBS Austin: [NV] Aggressive action to arrest migrant criminals ramping up; arrests include TdA gang members
  • Univision: [CA] Families call for the release of farmworkers detained by ICE in Pomona; several have already been deported.
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NPR: Many Afghans living in the US fear being tortured or killed if they get deported
  • NBC News: A DACA recipient had permission to leave the country but was deported when he returned
  • Washington Examiner: End the H-1B visa program
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsNation: [IL] Over $6M worth of fake designer watches seized at O’Hare Airport: CBP
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] "Hugs Not Walls" event canceled between Juárez and El Paso
  • USA Today: [AZ] Lost in the Arizona desert, pregnant and alone: Guatemalan woman tells her story
• Transportation Security Administration
  • The Hill: TSA: 81 percent of flyers using REAL ID or acceptable identification
  • FOX News: Top TSA official explains what to do if you don’t have REAL ID
  • Wall Street Journal: On REAL ID Day, Fliers Braced for Armageddon. They Got Shorter Lines Instead.
  • 7News ON YOUR SIDE at Noon: Air Travel Chaos
  • CBS News: Real IDs are now required at airports across the U.S. for domestic travel
  • New York Times: Real ID Rolls Out With Worries and Warnings, but Few Delays.
  • Los Angeles Times: This is deadline day for the Real ID. Will travelers be met with airport delays?
  • FOX News: Flight passengers warn of ‘REAL ID apocalypse’ while others acknowledge Americans can still fly
  • FOX News: New travel rules, same confusion: ‘REAL ID’ raises questions, concerns among college-aged travelers
  • New York Post: DMVs chaotic with long lines as people scramble to get REAL IDs on deadline day
  • FOX News: REAL ID mishaps minimal, airports report; expert warns there’s potential chaos to come
  • Wall Street Journal: The REAL ID Deadline Is Really Here. Here’s What It Means for You.
  • ABC News: [NY] Accused Delta stowaway had prior airport security breaches, feds say
  • Axios: [PA] Most Pennsylvanians aren’t passport-ready as Real ID rules kick in
  • Axios: [PA] Philadelphia Airport travelers without Real IDs may face extra screening
  • Axios: [VA] Virginians might face TSA delays without Real ID or passport
  • Axios: [IA] Iowa’s Real ID holdouts face waits, extra screening
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • The Hill: Acting FEMA director testifies before House as Trump admin moves to shutter agency
  • The Hill/USA Today: Acting FEMA chief: Scrapping agency not ‘in the best interest of the American people’
  • Washington Examiner: Trump’s current FEMA leader says agency should not be eliminated
  • Axios: [FL] How Pinellas plans to spend $800 million in hurricane recovery aid
  • Univision: [PR] State of emergency in Puerto Rico: impact of flooding and damage to infrastructure
• Secret Service
  • Car Experts: US Secret Service gets Corvettes, Cadillacs to help train agents
  • ABC News: [DC] Army expects to spend up to $45M for its 250th birthday celebration in DC
  • Yahoo News: [DC] Kristi Noem’s bag with $3K in it stolen by masked thief from DC restaurant — despite Secret Service presence
  • ABC 13 Lynchburg: [VA] 13 Investigates: Locals report card skimmer thefts; Secret Service gives prevention tips
  • The Sun: [FL] SHOVE IT Moment Ivanka Trump’s Secret Service guards are forced to fend off man who rushed first daughter & husband at glam event
• Coast Guard
  • Border Report: US Coast Guard underfunded by $21 billion, DHS Secretary Noem says
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] Five Mexicans charged with human smuggling in San Diego after migrants die in capsized boat
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Dad in coma, son dead and 10-year-old daughter missing after migrant boat capsizes; 5 charged
  • NBC News Daily: [CA] Five Charges in Deadly Smuggling Boat Incident
  • The Hill: [CA] Noem calls for death penalty after human smuggling boat capsizes
  • Telemundo52: [CA] After migrant wreck, experts point out that Trump’s policies increase sea crossings
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • NBC News: School districts hit with extortion attempts months after education tech data breach
  • Axios: PowerSchool says it paid ransom in December cyberattack
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Federalist: ‘False Statements’ And ‘Manipulation’: House Report Shreds FBI For Downplaying Motives Of Congressional Baseball Shooter
  • NewsMax: DOJ, FBI Sound Alarm About Online Child Predator Group
  • USA Today: Over 200 alleged child sex offenders arrested nationwide after 5-day FBI crackdown
  • Washington Post: [VA] Virginia man who bankrolled ISIS erupts in court, gets 30-year prison term
  • Reuters: [Brazil] Brazil rejects US request to classify local gangs as terrorist organizations
• National Security News
  • Axios: Pharma shipments surge as Trump tariff threat looms
  • Washington Post: Trump expected to announce trade agreement with United Kingdom
  • Wall Street Journal: U.S. to Overhaul Curbs on AI Chip Exports After Industry Backlash
  • Breitbart: [Canada] Kudlow: ‘Canada’s Not the Enemy’ and ‘We Do Need Their Oil’ at the Moment
  • Washington Examiner: [Greenland] Congress must speak out as Trump shreds US interests on Greenland
  • AP: [Russia] Vance says Russia was ‘asking for too much’ in its initial Ukraine peace offer
  • Reuters: [Russia] Kremlin Calls Attempted Ukrainian Drone Strikes on Moscow Before World War Two Parade ‘Terrorism’
  • Reuters: [Russia] Kremlin says everything is being done to protect planned WW2 parade from Ukrainian drones
  • Reuters: [Yemen] Ceasefire deal between US and Yemen’s Houthis does not include Israel, Houthi spokesperson says
  • Wall Street Journal: [Israel] Trump Declares Truce With Houthis but Israel Still at Risk
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] Trump Says He Hasn’t Decided If Iran Can Enrich Uranium in a New Deal
  • NewsMax: [India] Trump Offers Help With ‘Terrible’ India-Pakistan Conflict
  • Wall Street Journal: [China] Fentanyl Crisis Provided Opening for U.S.-China Trade Talks
  • Bloomberg: [China] China and US to Hold Trade Talks as Tariffs Bite
  • Bloomberg: [China] China Reiterates US Should Cancel Tariffs Ahead of Trade Talks
  • The Hill: [China] Trump says he won’t soften China tariffs ahead of trade talks
  • Washington Examiner: [China] House targets China by passing sanctions on forced organ harvesting
  • Breitbart: [China] China Threatens ‘All Necessary Steps’ to Punish CIA for Defections

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