• Top News
  • Wall Street Journal/New York Times/Politico/Washington Post/CNN: Kristi Noem Installs New FEMA Chief After Ousting Cameron Hamilton
  • Roll Call: Republican senators question Trump’s plans to change FEMA
  • Politico: Congress counters Trump with massive FEMA restructuring plan
  • Roll Call: Republican senators question Trump’s plans to change FEMA
  • Washington Examiner/HSToday: Kristi Noem testifies at Senate Appropriations Committee
  • UPI/Breitbart: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Tells Democrats: ‘No Scenario’ Where Kilmar Abrego Garcia Returns to U.S.
  • Washington Examiner/ABC News: Democrats berate Noem for not facilitating return of deported Abrego Garcia
  • CBS News: In fiery exchange, Sen. Van Hollen demands to know why Trump administration is not facilitating Abrego Garcia’s return
  • NewsMax: Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Request Additional Depositions
  • ABC News: Abrego Garcia’s lawyers say they’re ‘still in the dark’ about government’s efforts to facilitate his return
  • AP: Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case
  • NBC News/CBS News/Reuters/New York Times: Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow revocation of migrants’ legal status
  • Reuters: U.S. Democratic lawmaker asks Pentagon watchdog to probe if deportation flight broke law
  • Washington Post: U.N. migration agency will help with Trump’s plan for immigrants to ‘self-deport’
  • New York Times: Federal Judge Casts Doubt on Trump Arguments in Venezuelan Migrants Case
  • AP: Suit challenges new rules on children in federal custody who crossed into US
  • FOX News: Illegal immigrant murderers could face death penalty under new GOP bill
  • Breitbart: Marco Rubio Vows Visa Crackdown After Columbia Library Takeover: ‘Pro-Hamas Thugs No Longer Welcome’ in U.S.
  • Politico: Trump’s America First approach collides with the 2026 World Cup: ‘Tensions are a good thing’
  • Axios: Where Pro-Palestinian campus protests are emerging again
  • AP: [VT] Released Palestinian student helps launch immigrant legal aid initiative in Vermont
  • Breitbart: [NY] MS-13 Gang Banger Called ‘Anticristo’ Sentenced for Machete Killings of Four Men at New York Park
  • FOX News: [NY] Columbia’s acting president slams storming of campus library by anti-Israel agitators: ‘Utterly unacceptable’
  • New York Times: [NY] A Year Ago, Columbia Security Was Hands-Off at a Protest. Not This Time.
  • Wall Street Journal: [NY] With Trump Pressing for Oversight, Columbia Takes a Harder Line Against Protesters
  • NewsMax: [DC] Trump Taps Fox’s Jeanine Pirro as Interim US Attorney in D.C.
  • FOX News: [FL] Fox News rides along as Florida Highway Patrol begins enforcing federal immigration laws on state roads
  • AP: [FL] Ex-Colombian Official Sentenced to 12 Years in Money Laundering Case Tied to DEA Misconduct
  • FOX News: [IL] Noem, Angel families demand Illinois Gov. Pritzker end sanctuary policies protecting illegal immigrants
  • FOX News: [IL] Illinois Gov. Pritzker accused of ‘insulting’ ICE with sanctuary policies as Noem, Angel families protest
  • Politico: [IL] A Springfield ‘publicity stunt’
  • FOX News: [CO] ‘Obey the law’: Conservative firebrand torches blue state immigration policies amid major lawsuit
  • Blaze: [WA] University of Washington announces punishments for students accused in building takeover
  • FOX News: [Mexico] Mexico Rejects U.S. Help with Fighting Cartels
  • Breitbart: [Cuba] Congress: Chinese Spying in Cuba Puts U.S. ‘in the Crosshairs of a Hostile Foreign Power’
  • NewsMax: [Cuba] China Planning Cuba Gambit to Squeeze US, Play for Taiwan
  • FOX News: [Libya] Deportation flights to Libya would violate court order without prior notice, federal judge says
  • AP: [Libya] Reports of Trump Deportation Plans Highlight Abuse of Migrants in Libya
  • NBC News: [Libya] Why Asian and Mexican immigrants, moments away from being deported to Libya, never left the U.S.
  • CNN: [Libya] Migrants, believed to be destined for Libya, sat on a bus for hours then abruptly returned to detention facility
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • New York Times: Migrants Are Skipping Medical Care, Fearing ICE, Doctors Say
  • Yahoo News: [ME] Former Portsmouth track coach charged with attempting to pay for sex with minor
  • Washington Post: [NY] How a Georgetown scholar went from ‘quiet’ researcher to detainee
  • New Jersey Online: [NJ] Feds say Newark mayor’s ‘political antics’ endanger ICE facility
  • AP: [DC] Washington’s Hispanic community fighting fear and rallying help as rumors of an ICE crackdown bubble
  • Telemundo Washington DC: [VA] Man accused of kidnapping girl released from jail, then arrested by ICE
  • NewsNation: [TN] Nashville releases timeline of ICE activity across city
  • New York Post: [GA] Georgia college student faces deportation after running red light — police discover her entire family is living illegally in US for years
  • Breitbart: [GA] Migrant Family Drives Selves into ICE Deportation
  • FOX News/Yahoo News: [GA] DHS defends ICE detainment of Georgia college student who violated traffic laws: ‘Not ignoring rule of law’
  • AP: [AL] Iranian student in Alabama to self-deport despite withdrawal of initial charge behind his arrest
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Man faces trafficking charges in Miami after 30 kilos of cocaine found in vehicle, DOJ says
  • Blaze: [TX] Illegal alien hides in tree for 8 hours in failed attempt to escape ICE arrest
  • Telemundo: [TX] A Hispanic mother from Austin is deported to Mexico along with her three children, two of whom are Americans.
  • 90.5 FM Austin/Newsweek: [TX] ICE deported an Austin woman and her three children. Two of them are U.S. citizens.
  • NewsNation: [TX] SOURCES: ICE deports family of five, including US born kids, after DPS detainment near Austin school
  • New York Times: [CO] He Faced a Possible Prison Term for Assault. Instead, He Was Deported
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] 18 people arrested at underground Colorado nightclub to be deported
  • Newsweek: [WA] Green Card Holder in US for Decades Was Held by ICE for Over 2 Weeks
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Grandmother in U.S. without documentation faces deportation after wrong turn in San Diego
  • Univision: [CA] Mexican grandmother was arrested by ICE in San Diego after a driving error and now faces deportation
  • SFGate: [CA] Santa Cruz woman ‘traumatized’ after being freed from weekslong ICE detention
  • Spectrum News 1: [CA] Orange County couple deported to Colombia after routine check-in with ICECAOrange County couple deported to Colombia after routine check-in with ICE
  • Bloomberg: [PR] Immigration Raid on Paulson Puerto Rico Hotel Ensnares 53 People
  • Telemundo: [Cuba] ICE releases 8 Cuban women with I-220A who had been arrested
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Examiner: Foreign student visas need limits
  • Washington Examiner: Courts are overstepping their authority on the TPS program
  • Washington Examiner: Chain migration fuels a bloated and obsolete immigration system
  • NPR: [South Africa] First Afrikaners granted refugee status due to arrive in U.S.
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Times: DHS says 600,000 migrants turned around in Mexico after Trump took over
  • Federalist: This Bad Legal Interpretation Allows Democrats To Skew Congress With Illegal Immigration
  • FOX News: [ME] US northern border agents capture Chinese alien, surge of illegal immigrants as arrests soar in one state
  • USA Today: [VT] Feds signal new charges may be coming in ‘Zizian’ case that killed Border Patrol agent
  • FOX News: [TX] Suspected Tren de Aragua member among 5 arrested in human smuggling bust: Texas sheriff
  • Breitbart: [TX] Suspected Tren de Aragua Gang Member Arrested in in Texas Alien Smuggling Sting
  • CBS Austin: [TX] Abbott meets with Chihuahua governor to discuss border security and economic ties
• Transportation Security Administration
  • FOX News: Travelers weigh in on REAL ID rollout after 2005 law finally takes effect: ‘I think it’s important’
  • FOX News: REAL ID deadline comes and goes – airports report business as usual
  • Breitbart: Illegal Aliens No Longer Able to Fly Without ‘REAL ID’ — Except to Self-Deport
  • The Hill: ‘Some wiggle room,’ travel expert says of REAL ID deadline
  • FOX News: Trump touts ‘rebuilding and modernization’ of US air traffic control, blasts Buttigieg for having ‘no clue’
  • Daily Caller: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Announces Plan To Address Air Traffic Control ‘Neglect’
  • Washington Post: More airports are scanning faces. A new bill would limit the practice.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change
  • Daily Wire: Lawmakers Renew Efforts To Protect Disaster Victims From Political Discrimination
  • FOX Weather: [NC] Damaging hail threatens Helene-ravaged North Carolina ahead of heavy rain, flash flood risk in Southeast
  • Fox 40 Morning News: [MS] Push for Federal Disaster Relief
• Secret Service
  • Detroit Free Press: [MD] Secret Service agents will learn stick-shift driving on new GM training fleet
• Coast Guard
  • NBC Connecticut: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to give Coast Guard Academy commencement keynote address
  • NewsNation: US Coast Guard underfunded by $21 billion, DHS Secretary Noem says
  • Federal News Network: Lawmakers want more funding for Coast Guard recruitment
  • FOX News/Roll Call: House votes to make Trump Gulf of America name change permanent
  • Reuters: US considering new ship registry in US Virgin Islands, sources say
  • AP: [TN] Texas man convicted of threatening to lynch Nashville DA
  • Miami Herald: [FL] The day a Florida bridge fell into the bay, taking down a bus and killing 35
  • SFGate: [CA] Boy dead, 10-year-old sister missing in ‘heartbreaking’ Calif. migrant boat tragedy
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Sen. Murphy: Trump administration has ‘illegally gutted funding for cybersecurity’
  • Newsbusters: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Defends Massive Change for Exposed Anti-Free Speech Agency
  • Bank Info Security: CISA’s Acting Director Defends Cuts Amid Growing Turmoil
  • DefenseScoop: Post-Signalgate, Pentagon CIO prioritizes secure platforms for sensitive instant messaging
  • FOX News: 1.7 billion passwords leaked on dark web and why yours is at risk
• Terrorism Investigations
  • AP: [WI] Father of 15-year-old who killed 2 at Wisconsin religious school faces felony charges
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Katy man who caused Walmart active shooter scare pleads guilty to deadly conduct
  • USA Today: [TX] Woman wanted for fake Houston airport bomb threat allegedly tried to frame ex-lover
  • Reuters: [Haiti] Haiti gangs’ US terrorism designation risks harming most vulnerable, NGOs warn
• National Security News
  • FOX News/Reuters: FBI chief reverses course after saying White House budget proposal too low
  • Blaze: ‘Genocidal language’: JD Vance, Democrat strategist James Carville blast Ilhan Omar over anti-white comments
  • FOX News: Trump targets Iranian oil with sanctions, increasing pressure on Islamic Republic to make deal on nukes
  • NewsMax: Dems Tout Bill Requiring Retailers to Disclose Tariff Costs
  • New York Times: E.U. Unveils a Plan to Hit Back at the U.S. if Trade Negotiations Fail
  • AP: [Panama] Panama president says he will not renegotiate security deal with US, despite protests
  • Breitbart: [Venezuela] Venezuela Denies U.S. Military Rescue of Dissidents: We Let Them Go
  • New York Times: [Greenland] Denmark Outraged by Report of Increased Spying in Greenland
  • NewsMax: [Israel] Arab Nations Push Hamas Ceasefire as US, Israel Plan Gaza Postwar
  • Breitbart: [Israel] Report: Trump ‘Disappointed’ in Netanyahu, Will Go It Alone in Middle East
  • NewsMax: [Israel] Biden Team Sought to ‘Get Rid’ of Netanyahu for Opposing Its Gaza Plans
  • Washington Examiner: [Yemen] Trump praises Houthi ‘bravery’ while details of ceasefire on shipping remain vague
  • Axios: [Iran] Treasury sanctions Chinese refiner, port operators over Iranian oil
  • FOX News: [Iran] Trump halts military strikes on Houthis but expert warns Iran-backed terrorist group remains major threat
  • Reuters: [India] Rubio urges India and Pakistan to de-escalate, backs direct dialogue
  • Washington Examiner: [India] Vance urges nonintervention with India and Pakistan as conflict escalates with mass drone attacks
  • Reuters: [China] China exempts some US imports from tariffs
  • CBS Austin: [China] House passes bill to block DHS funds to universities with Confucius Institutes
  • FOX News: [North Korea] North Korea launches short-range ballistic missiles into sea, South Korea says

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