• Top News
  • New York Post: ICE received more than 200K job applications since Trump admin launched new crackdown: feds
  • Washington Times: Homeland Security says Border Patrol agents targeted in Chicago shooting
  • FOX News: Manhunt underway after federal agents take gunfire as rioters ram vehicles, hurl debris in Chicago
  • FOX News: Chaos erupts in Chicago’s Little Village after shots allegedly fired at federal agents
  • Chicago Tribune: Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
  • ABC 7 Chicago: Federal agents pepper spray 1-year-old girl in Cicero after Little Village clashes, dad says
  • FOX News: Final hurdles cleared to deport Abrego Garcia to Liberia, Trump admin says
  • USA Today: Why is the US flying deportees to Mexico’s southern tip?
  • Univision: Kavanaugh stops: How a Supreme Court decision gave the racial profile a green light in ICE operatives
  • FOX News: College campuses fear outsiders ‘hell-bent on creating havoc’ in surge of violence targeting students: expert
  • San Diego Union Tribune: The U.S. was a leader in cultural heritage investigations. Now those agents are working immigration enforcement.
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Michael Smolens: Trump’s domestic militia is growing
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Examiner: DC’s jury nullification problem
• Top News (Sunday Talk Shows)
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Sean Duffy Discusses What He Expects In The Coming Week And What Travelers Are In For, Should The Government Remain Closed
  • FOX News Sunday: Sean Duffy warns of ‘massive disruptions’ as shutdown threatens air travel
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: U.S. Economy Is Starting To See Permanent Impact Due To The Government Shutdown Bessent Says Five Dems Need To Cross The Aisle
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Bessent Says The Real Goal Of The Tariffs Is To Re-Balance Trade And Make It More Fair
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Univision: [GA] School employee in Georgia dresses up as a "Mexican woman" and her husband as an ICE agent
  • Breitbart: [OH] 34 Illegal Alien Truckers Arrested on Oklahoma Highways—Sanctuary States Fuel Safety Crisis
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] Versions contrasted after arrest of teacher in Chicago’s "Rayito de Sol" nursery by DHS
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Mayor John Whitmire acknowledges Houston is cooperating with ICE
  • Breitbart: [OK] 34 Illegal Alien Truckers Arrested on Oklahoma Highways—Sanctuary States Fuel Safety Crisis
  • FOX News: [CA] Illegal immigrant dodges deportation for decade before allegedly killing man in DUI hit-and-run
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Amid Bad Bunny uproar, anti-ICE banner flies over Levi’s Stadium before 49ers game
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • CBS News: [TX] Amid visa backlog, foreign-born North Texas pastor self-deports
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Breitbart: [WA] Local Police, Border Patrol, DEA Nab Sinaloa Cartel Operative in Seattle Raid—100K Fentanyl Pills, 34 Guns Seized
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Breitbart: Leidos, TSA Developing ‘Airport of the Future’ with Simpler Passenger Screening
  • Washington Examiner: Duffy says shutdown air travel headaches to ‘live on’ after government reopens
  • Chicago Tribune: Government shutdown cancels 400 O’Hare flights, delays 1,000 ahead of snowstorm and more disruptions
  • NBC News: [NY] New York City-area travelers suffer some of the longest delays
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] TSA waits are less than an hour at IAH, Hobby Sunday morning
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Passengers deal with widespread delays at San Diego airport
• Secret Service
  • FOX News: [MD] Trump arrives at Commanders’ stadium for NFL ‘Salute to Service’ festivities
  • Washington Examiner: [MD] Air Force One conducts flyover of Commanders-Lions game as Trump makes history
• Coast Guard
  • Yahoo News: [NY] One man dead, another injured when boat capsizes entering Fire Island Inlet
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NewsMax: Mark Lamb to Newsmax: Drug Cartels Must Be Treated as Terrorists
  • NewsMax: [MI] 6 Now Arrested in FBI-Foiled, ISIS-Inspired Terror Plot
• National Security News
  • CNN: [DC] Syria’s jihadist-turned-president caps extraordinary transformation with White House visit
  • FOX News: [Iran] Iran smuggled $1B to Hezbollah this year despite US sanctions, Treasury official says
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Report: Israel-Iran War Caused Limited Nuclear Damage
  • UPI: [China] China suspends export ban on some rare earth metals to U.S.

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