• Top News
  • AP/CBS News/FOX News: Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on an alleged drug boat
  • NewsMax: Judge Blocks Trump WH Bid to Tie Transit Funds to Immigration
  • Breitbart: Exclusive: Sen. Jim Banks Asks Trump to End OPT Program Favoring Foreigners for U.S. Jobs Over American Graduates
  • FOX Business: Trump delivered biggest deportation operation in US history: Tom Homan
  • AP: Border Patrol official behind Chicago immigration crackdown defends tactics as Trump cheers
  • AP: Excessive force allegations will be the focus of a Chicago court hearing
  • Chicago Tribune: Testimony from Bovino, body-cam footage among evidence expected in hearing over use of force by immigration agents
  • FOX News: Federal charges filed against California man who allegedly drove U-Haul toward Coast Guard officers
  • New York Post: Illegal immigrant trucker accused of causing fatal California crash pleads not guilty
  • Washington Post: D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ goes on trial, says prosecution is half-baked
  • The Hill/Wall Street Journal/Washington Post: D.C. Sandwich Thrower Goes on Trial as Jurors Hear of Mustard and Onions
  • The Hill/Bloomberg Law: Federal Agent Says Sandwich ‘Exploded’ in Viral DC Incident
  • FOX News: Illegal immigrant truck drivers endanger Americans as foreign companies ‘exploit’ industry, exec says
  • AP/FOX Business: At least 3 dead, 11 injured in UPS plane crash in Kentucky and governor says numbers likely to grow
  • FOXBusiness: Palantir CEO claims company is first to be ‘completely anti-woke,’ backs Trump admin’s bombing of drug boats
  • Los Angeles Times: After World Series celebration, ICE and Border Patrol gather at Dodger Stadium once again
  • Breitbart: Trump Immigration Enforcement Drive Pressuring Chicago’s Migrant Economy
  • New York Times: Trump Weighs Options, and Risks, for Attacks on Venezuela
  • CNN: Who is Sara Ellis, the Obama-appointed judge who ordered federal agents to avoid violent encounters with Chicago protesters?
  • Washington Post: The first-term Democrat facing a Trump prosecution
  • New York Times: Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Daily Wire: The College Lie: How Washington’s Visa Loopholes Hand Good Jobs To Foreign Workers
  • The Hill: Trump is breaking all the rules, but America is pushing back
  • DailySignal: The Dishonorable Conduct Award: Judges Who Threw Out the Statute With the Bathwater
  • USA Today: [CA] My husband was in America legally. ICE abducted him to silence free speech.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • MeriTalk: Senators Demand Answers as ICE Expands Facial Recognition Use
  • Washington Examiner: Migrant children ‘lost’ by Biden equal population of Salt Lake City
  • NewsMax: Sen. Blackburn Presses AI Company on ICE Agent Doxing
  • Washington Examiner: DHS and ICE arrest ‘worst of worst’ violent illegal immigrants as Democrats continue attacks
  • FOX News/Breitbart: [VA] Sexual predators, drug traffickers among ICE’s ‘worst of the worst’ roundup in Virginia
  • CBS News: [GA] Over 500 pounds of marijuana seized, suspects linked to Mexican drug cartel arrested in Georgia
  • AP/CBS Chicago: [IL] Judge hears testimony about crowded cells and overflowing toilets at Chicago-area immigration site
  • New York Times: [IL] ‘Unnecessarily Cruel’: Judge Expresses Alarm About ICE Detention Conditions
  • CBS Mornings Plus: [IL] Federal Hearing on Conditions Inside Broadview ICE Facility
  • USA Today: [IL] ‘Disturbing’, ‘disgusting’, ‘unconstitutional’: Judge says of Chicago ICE facility
  • Axios: [IL] Judge considers imposing reforms at ICE facility in Chicago suburb
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] They slept on the floor, crowded together and cold: testimonies at hearing against conditions at ICE detention center in Broadview
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Armed ICE agents sped down Northbrook street, grabbed man as schoolkids watched
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Detention officer admits to assaulting migrant at Houston-area ICE facility
  • Axios: [TX] Dallas council members to discuss police joining ICE program
  • CBS News: [TX] Texas attorney general claims dozens of illegal immigration arrests but refuses to release details
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Blaze: How H-1B hires broke USAA’s bond with veterans
  • Univision: “Let’s Talk About Immigration”: USCIS eliminates automatic extension of work permits
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Times: Cartels put up $10K bounty for shooters targeting Border Patrol agents
  • Chicago Tribune: [ME] Feds: Border Patrol vehicle tied to woman’s shooting in Brighton Park was buffed with a rag, not repaired
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Hearing set on feds’ handling of Border Patrol agent’s SUV after he shot woman in Chicago
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] More than $8.5 million in counterfeit designer watches and bracelets seized by border agents in Chicago
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Immigration agents detain LA man and hold his daughter for hours, family says
  • Reuters: [Mexico] US not ready to lift Mexican cattle ban over screwworm, Agriculture Secretary Rollins says
• Transportation Security Administration
  • CBS News/Washington Examiner: [DC] U.S. may be forced to close some airspace next week if government shutdown continues, Duffy says
  • Reuters: US airport security TSA workers ride out shutdown with better pay, benefits than in 2019
  • Houston Chronicle: Airports could see ‘mass chaos’ if shutdown persists, transportation secretary says
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] 2 TSA checkpoints at Philadelphia International Airport to temporarily close amid government shutdown
  • AP: [DC] Reported threat halts flights at Washington’s Reagan airport for a time
  • FOX News: [DC] ‘All clear’ at Reagan National Airport following unfounded bomb threat, Duffy says
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston travelers see shorter TSA lines at IAH on Tuesday. Officials still urge early arrivals.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Federal News Network: ‘FEMA Act’ lead sponsor bullish on Senate, White House support
  • Bloomberg: Top Republican Expects Disaster Agency Overhaul Vote Next Year
  • Reuters: US to provide $24 million for Caribbean countries hit by Hurricane Melissa
  • FOX 5 Las Vegas: [NV] Nevada attorney general sues Trump administration for FEMA grant terms
  • AP: [Haiti] Hurricane death toll rises to 43 in Haiti as aid pours in across the northern Caribbean
• Secret Service
  • Daily Caller: [VA] Court Docs Show Virginia Woman Distributed Stephen Miller’s Home Address, Promised To ‘Make His Life Hell’
  • New York Post: [IL] Deranged Instagram user Trent Schneider arrested in SWAT raid for repeated threats to ‘execute’ President Trump
• Coast Guard
  • FOX News: [FL] Florida boater rescues two people from vessel engulfed in flames off coast
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Bloomberg: Hackers Target Freight Firms, Adding Costs and Disruptions
  • CyberScoop: Apple addresses more than 100 vulnerabilities in security updates for iPhones, Macs and iPads
  • FOX News: [Iran] Iran hackers taunted ‘Mr. Mustache’ John Bolton about stolen files that were allegedly classified
  • CyberScoop: [North Korea] North Korean companies, people sanctioned for money laundering from cybercrime, IT worker schemes
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Washington Examiner: [MA] Two arrested in connection with Harvard Medical School explosion
  • CBS News: [PA] N.J. poll sites increasing Election Day security after early morning bomb threats, authorities say
  • FOX News: [MI] Orlando’s Pulse nightclub shooting inspired ISIS-linked Halloween terror plot: court docs
  • Daily Caller: [Mexico] Mexican President Won’t Crack Down On Cartels Despite Assassination, Possible US Intervention
• National Security News
  • Reuters: Republican lawmakers lash out at Pentagon for keeping them in the dark
  • NBC News/USA Today/Reuters: Trump tariffs showdown reaches the Supreme Court
  • NewsMax: Trump: Tariff Cases Before Supreme Court ‘Life or Death’
  • CNN: [Colombia] US is yet to follow through on Trump promise to halt ‘all payments’ to Colombia as Rubio stresses importance of relationship
  • NewsMax: [Venezuela] Russia’s Hypersonic Move in Venezuela Heightens Tensions in Fraught Caribbean
  • NewsMax: [Nigeria] Nigeria Rejects Trump’s Claim of Christian Persecution
  • Breitbart: [Nigeria] China Defends Nigeria, Claims Trump Using Slaughter of Christians as ‘Excuse to Interfere’
  • AP: [Israel] US suggests UN Security Council authorize Gaza stabilization force for 2 years
  • Bloomberg: [China] Trump Formalizes Fentanyl, Reciprocal Tariff Cuts in Xi Deal
  • Bloomberg: [China] China Ends Levies on US Farm Goods After Fentanyl Duties Cut

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