• Top News
  • AP/Breitbart/Blaze: Immigration enforcement surge begins in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials confirm
  • New York Times/AP: Border Patrol Fans Out Across Charlotte, N.C., Arresting 81 People on First Day
  • CBS News: Nearly 100 arrested in Charlotte by Border Patrol and ICE amid latest immigration crackdown
  • FOX News/Washington Examiner: Officer injured after suspect rams law enforcement vehicles during Charlotte immigration raids
  • NPR: North Carolina official talks about federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte
  • CNN: Charlotte is the latest stop on DHS’ immigration blitz. Locals say it’s political
  • NBC Charlotte: DHS says man suffered panic attack during Charlotte arrest, attempted to escape from hospital
  • CNN: Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation
  • Reuters: Some National Guard troops being withdrawn from Chicago and Portland, officials say
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: Mayor confirms National Guard troops sent to Chicago return to state
  • Houston Chronicle: Texas National Guard to be sent home from Chicago
  • New York Times: Pentagon to Withdraw Some National Guard Troops From Chicago and Portland
  • New York Times: Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
  • New York Times: In Pulpits and Pews, Catholic Churches Urge Compassion for Immigrants
  • Breitbart: US military says aircraft carrier now in Caribbean
  • NBC News/FOX News: U.S. military announces latest strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific
  • CBS News/CNN/Breitbart: U.S. to designate Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization as USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean
  • Breitbart/NewsMax: USS Ford arrives in Caribbean, Trump hints at action in Venezuela
  • Washington Post: Trump ups the ante in Venezuela standoff
  • AP: US may have discussions with Maduro as aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean, Trump says
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Bloomberg: [Saudi Arabia] The US Is Treating the Saudis As It Should Treat NATO
• Top News (Sunday Talk Shows)
  • FOX News Sunday: Rep. Moore reveals efforts to end persecution against Christians in Nigeria
  • CBS’ Face The Nation: Dan Driscoll Talks Venezuela Plans And The Effects The Shutdown Had On The Military
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Axios: The cities Trump is targeting with ICE crackdowns next
  • Washington Examiner: Majority of country disapproves of ICE operations, poll shows
  • New York Post: [NY] Canal Street knock-off vendors back with vengeance just weeks after dramatic ICE raid: ‘They’re not afraid’
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Video shows confrontation between East Baltimore residents and apparent ICE agents
  • Univision: [NC] A citizen with Real ID was detained by ICE in Charlotte: this responded DHS to the incident
  • Wall Street Journal: [OH] A Taco Shop Raid Splits an Ohio Town in Red America
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Woman fighting to get fiancé out of ICE detention center loses $10K to scammer posing as lawyer
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Texas A&M doctoral student, green card holder released after months in immigration detention
  • CNN: [CA] He came to the US as a child refugee from the former Soviet Union. Now he’s a father facing deportation to Ukraine
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Temecula family says off-duty ICE agent detained and held their teenage son at gunpoint
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NBC News: New international student enrollment fell sharply this year amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown
  • AP: Immigrant student enrollment is dwindling at schools across the US
  • Bloomberg: International Student Enrollment Drops After Trump’s Visa Overhaul
  • AP: Foreign enrollment at US colleges holds steady, for now, despite Trump’s visa crackdown
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: DHS is going after the ‘worst of the worst,’ CBP senior advisor says
  • NBC News: [NC] N.C. residents react to ‘surge’ of Border Patrol agents
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Greg Abbott to serve pre-Thanksgiving meals to Texas border troops with border czar, governors
  • New York Post: [CA] Smuggler carried sedated endangered parakeets in underwear while crossing into US from Mexico: feds
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Wall Street Journal: FAA to Lift Government Shutdown-Related Flight Restrictions
  • NBC 10 Boston/7 News Boston: [MA] Boston Logan TSA officers who didn’t call out during shutdown receive $10K bonus checks
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NPR: [MO] Tornado survivors in St. Louis say recovery is a mess, due to FEMA changes
  • AP: [CA] Lingering thunderstorms bring flooding risk after atmospheric river drenches much of California
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Washington Times: [DC] Teenager charged in October mass shooting on Howard University campus
  • NBC 3 Las Vegas: [NV] Arrest made in Las Vegas restaurant explosion, suspect held on numerous charges
• National Security News
  • Wall Street Journal: New Nuclear Arms Race Pits U.S. Against Both Russia and China
  • Washington Post: The Trump prosecutor probing former top Obama administration officials
  • NewsMax: [Venezuela] Sen. Shaheen: Trump Venezuela Push Risks US Readiness
  • AP: [Ecuador] Ecuadorians vote on whether to allow foreign military bases amid rising crime
  • CNN: [Iran] Iran nuclear sites left ruined in US and Israeli strikes, but program ‘intact,’ deputy foreign minister tells CNN
  • Daily Caller: Kash Patel Details China Trip Pressuring ‘Number One Adversary,’ New Actions To Ensure Fentanyl Crisis Is ‘Turned Off’
  • DailySignal: [China] Trump Will Save Hundreds of Thousands From Fentanyl Crisis Through ‘Brilliant Leadership,’ Kash Patel Says
  • FOX News: [China] Chinese coast guard conducts patrol through disputed Senkaku Islands waters following Taiwan spat

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