• Top News
  • New York Times/Politico/NewsMax/Washington Times: Judge Places Hold on I.R.S. Data Sharing With ICE
  • Politico: Trump admin moves to resume sharing Medicaid data with ICE
  • Bloomberg: HHS Details Intent to Share Medicaid Data With ICE Officials
  • NewsMax/Bloomberg Law: Trump’s DOJ Seeks ‘Deportation’ Judges
  • Breitbart/AP/CBS News: Trump Terminates ‘Temporary’ Amnesty for Somali Migrants in Minnesota: ‘Billions of Dollars’ Missing
  • NewsMax: Trump Receives Freed Israeli Hostages, Families in WH
  • Reuters/NewsMax: [LA] New Orleans is the next target of Trump immigration crackdown, sources say
  • New York Times/The Hill: [LA] New Orleans, a City of Service Workers, Braces for an Immigration Crackdown
  • CNN: Trump officials prepare for potential cabinet shakeup after one-year mark
  • Daily Caller: White House Accuses CNN Of Writing ‘Fake News’ After Outlet Hinted At Cabinet Shakeup
  • Washington Examiner: DHS skirts Noem accountability vow by awarding contracts $1 under threshold
  • FOX Business: If Mamdani is a man of his word, he will do this, Trump official says
  • FOX News: House Republicans demand Trump admin deny Mamdani federal security clearance
  • The Hill: DHS: Charlotte immigration operation ‘not ending anytime soon’
  • Los Angeles Times: Federal immigration agents hit Charlotte, N.C., this week. Residents fought back
  • Reuters: Charlotte immigration raids by Trump administration ignite political tensions
  • New York Times: In North Carolina, the Border Patrol’s Presence Divides a Swing State
  • WBTV 3 Charlotte: North Carolina governor sends letter to Homeland Security demanding answers about “Operation Charlotte’s Web”
  • CNN: With honking horns and locked doors, here’s how one Charlotte community faced the immigration enforcement crackdown
  • Axios: Video from ICE agents shows chase amid Border Patrol operation in Charlotte
  • News 13 This Morning: Confusion Over CBP’s Operations in Charlotte
  • CNN: Days ahead of terrorism designation for Maduro, US military performs large ‘attack demo’ near Venezuela
  • New York Times: Satellite Data Reveals How the U.S. Navy Is Deployed Near Venezuela; visual investigations
  • Breitbart: Report: Russian Tanker Idles Near Venezuela After U.S. Warship Enters Path
  • Washington Post: White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
  • Univision: Millions in fines for immigrants: Florida case reaches federal courts
  • AP: Judge’s blistering opinion details use of force in Chicago-area immigration crackdown
  • CBS Chicago: Judge’s ruling on feds’ use of force in Operation Midway Blitz accuses Border Patrol’s Bovino of "outright lying"
  • Reuters: Chicago rejects DOJ grants tied to Trump’s immigration policies
  • CBS Chicago: Detainees likely to remain at Broadview ICE facility for weeks after court ruling
  • Univision: Evidence analyzed by a federal court contradicts the government’s version of repression at demonstrations in Chicago
  • Chicago Tribune: Illinois National Guard housed at state site as questions about Trump deployment costs grow
  • AP: A federal judge blocked Trump’s National Guard deployment to DC but troops aren’t leaving just yet
  • Breitbart: First‑Ever Antifa Terrorism Convictions: Five Plead Guilty in Texas ICE Facility Ambush
  • Blaze: Antifa cell BUSTED: 5 members admit plotting terrorist attack on Texas ICE facility
  • SFGate: Hayward: Homeland Security Agents Visit Elementary School Campus Friday Looking For Student Information
  • San Francisco Chronicle: DHS officers enter East Bay elementary school, serve subpoena seeking info about a former student
  • CNN: Fire erupts on cargo ship at the Port of Los Angeles, triggering major emergency
  • New York Times: Cargo Ship Fire in L.A. Threatens City With Hazardous Smoke
  • Washington Post: Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S.
  • CBS News: CAIR sues Gov. Abbott over Texas proclamation banning Muslim groups from owning land
  • FOX News: JB Pritzker huddles with Chicago-born Pope at Vatican to rip ICE ops
  • Breitbart: Jury Awards $112 Million to Migrants ‘Illegally Held’ by New York County in 2017
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Police don’t want to be ICE. Leaked proposal is a good first step.
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • NewsMax: [NC] America First’ Meets Charlotte’s Left Head On
  • Bloomberg: [NC] ICE Is Testing Charlotte’s Biggest Employers. They’re Failing.Opens in new window
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Ald. William Hall: City contractors should not be doing business with ICE
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart: Exclusive: ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Pedophiles, Violent Convicts, Cocaine Dealers
  • CyberScoop: Privacy group sues feds over talks with tech companies on ICE raid trackers
  • Univision: Paying a smuggler to bring a child to the US can have serious consequences
  • NPR: Fearing deportation, undocumented parents are preparing to leave their kids behind
  • Spectrum News: Pair of Democratic senators press for information on hiring, training standards for ICE agents
  • Boston 25 News: [MA] ‘The American dream is over’: Allston workers detained in ICE raid speak out
  • CNN: [RI] ICE agents target Rhode Island high school intern at courthouse, drawing criticism from state officials
  • Daily Caller: [MD] A Years-Old Court Mistake Could Spell Good News For Infamous ‘Maryland Man’
  • Washington Examiner: [MD] Watchdogs seek unredacted Maryland records for ex-Des Moines superintendent arrested by ICE
  • CBS News: [MD] Judge slams senior ICE official for "worst of all" answers on Kilmar Abrego Garcia case
  • Blaze: [VA] Virginia high-school principal allegedly suggests anti-ICE ‘hunting’ plot; brother brags about ‘assault rifle,’ cop claims
  • Daily Wire: [NC] Mom Speaks Out After Charlotte Authorities Release Illegal Immigrant Who Preyed Upon Her Daughter
  • Breitbart: [NC] ICE Operation in Charlotte Exposes Huge Scale of Illegal Migration Across Construction Industry
  • Daily Caller: [NC] Liberal Women Role Play As Illegal Immigrants And Teach Volunteers How To Resist ICE
  • CNN: [NC] Charlotte’s sheriff, a former homicide detective and TV personality, has a history of taking on ICE
  • CBS News: [GA] Georgia congressman calls for more ICE officers in Atlanta
  • FOX News: [MS] As ICE readies ‘Swamp Sweep,’ Mississippi pledges to aid — not block — federal crackdown
  • Univision: [FL] Cuban parents request humanitarian visa for their 2-year-old daughter, who has cancer
  • CBS Miami: [FL] After 30 years in South Florida, a Haitian man is deported to a country he barely knows
  • USA Today: [WI] Milwaukee volunteer dismissed for telling federal agents to leave nonprofit’s property
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Her dad was taken by immigration agents. Now a 12-year-old girl fears she’s lost her only living parent.
  • FOX 4 Dallas: [TX] White powder in envelope at Dallas ICE facility was not dangerous, officials say
  • Breitbart: [TX] 31 Mostly California-Licensed Illegal Alien Truck Drivers Busted on Texas Panhandle Interstate
  • Washington Examiner: [TX] Texas authorities arrest men for violent crimes after illegally entering as minors
  • USA Today: [TX] Police turned him over to ICE. He died in a hail of bullets.
  • Telemundo: [TX] Young man with autism released from immigration custody; returns to his mother in Texas
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] ICE courthouse arrests meet resistance from Democratic states
  • Newsweek: [CA] ICE Detains Diabetic Norwegian Woman at Green Card Interview—Husband
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] An L.A. man was detained in an immigration raid. No one knows where he is
  • Daily Caller: [CA] Major Democrat Donor Has Sizeable Stake In Pot Company Raided By ICE
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] The college dreams of 80,000 undocumented California students threatened by Trump suit
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Once a patient’s in custody, ICE can be at hospital bedsides — but detainees have rights
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Bloomberg: White House Approves Fast-Tracked Gold Card Immigrant Petition
  • Washington Post: Shortage of manufacturing talent threatens Trump’s reshoring push
  • AP: Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts
  • NewsMax: Dershowitz to Newsmax: Birthright Citizenship Is a ‘Stupid Provision’
  • Washington Examiner: [ME] Border apprehensions up in Maine, overall drop from record highs of Biden era
  • New York Times: [NY] Citizenship Ceremonies Are Back On in Upstate New York After Abrupt Halt
  • New York Times: [NC] In Charlotte, Border Patrol Arrests Send Families Into Hiding
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Chicago activists share blueprint for resisting Border Patrol: ‘Chicago clearly is front and center’
  • FOX Business: [TX] DHS: Over 3.5k illegal immigrants arrested in Houston
  • New York Post: [New Zealand] New Zealand sees ‘golden’ visa boom, rolls out brand-new offering
  • Free Beacon: [South Africa] Trump Admin Revokes Visa From South African Official Who Spearheaded ‘Genocide’ Case Against Israel
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NPR: Why Border Patrol is taking the lead in mass deportations
  • NewsNation: Border Patrol quietly tracking drivers using hidden plate readers: AP
  • News 13 This Morning: [NC] Confusion Over CBP’s Operations in Charlotte
  • CNN: [IL] Hear from woman who survived being shot five times by Border Patrol agent in Chicago
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Federal gun charges unsealed against man arrested after alleged shots at immigration agents in Little Village
  • New York Times: [TX] Trump’s All-but-Forgotten Border Wall Reaches an Angry Laredo, Texas
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Washington Post: TSA to charge $18 fee for travelers without proper ID
• Secret Service
  • FOX News: [PA] FBI concludes Trump shooter Thomas Crooks acted alone after unprecedented global investigation
• Coast Guard
  • CBS News/Breitbart/Washington Examiner: Coast Guard scrambles to clarify its guidance on nooses, swastikas, hate symbols
  • News 4 Today: Coast Guard Reverses Noose, Swastika Policy
  • NPR: Coast Guard changes course, reclassifies swastikas and nooses as hate symbols
  • Breitbart: Trump Admin Calls Out Washington Post for Fake Coast Guard Swastika Report: ‘Complete and Total Lie’
  • AP: Senators want answers from Coast Guard on how it probes displays of swastikas or other hate symbols
  • CNN: Why Coast Guard hate symbols are trending
  • Reuters: [China] US, China held maritime security talks in Hawaii, Chinese navy says
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Legacy web forms are the weakest link in government data security
• Terrorism Investigations
  • AP: [IL] Federal judge orders man held on federal terrorism charge in Chicago train attack
  • Free Beacon: [TX] Greg Abbott Orders Investigations of CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood: ‘Identify, Disrupt, and Eradicate Terrorist Organizations’
  • Breitbart: [TX] CAIR Sues Texas Texas Governor After Terrorist Designation, Calls Move ‘Unconstitutional and Defamatory’
  • FOX News: [TX] FBI restricted agents from working with CAIR years before Texas branded group a terrorist organization
• National Security News
  • Washington Examiner: Trump floats Hegseth using military courts to look into Democrats’ ‘seditious’ video message
  • Reuters: Delays, Setbacks Loom Over Trump’s Golden Dome Missile Shield
  • CNN: More charges are possible against John Bolton, Justice Department says
  • Washington Post: Classified data likely to delay John Bolton’s trial until 2027
  • AP: [Venezuela] FAA warns all pilots of risks of flying over Venezuela over ‘worsening security situation’’
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Zelenskiy, after Vance call, says Ukraine will work on peace plan at advisor level
  • Bloomberg: [Ukraine] Cutoff of US Intelligence Could Harm Ukraine More Than Arms Halt

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