• Top News
  • AP/Chicago Tribune/CNN/NBC News: Court: National Guard troops sent to Illinois by Trump can stay but can’t be deployed for now
  • Chicago Tribune/Univision Chicago WGBO: Feds target rideshare driver parking lot during O’Hare immigration sweep, labor advocates say
  • Chicago Tribune: Hundreds gather in East Chicago to protest immigration arrests
  • Chicago Tribune: Hundreds participate in procession to Broadview ICE facility, condemn detentions and deportations
  • Politico: Circuit Court walks back judge’s block on Trump’s National Guard call-up in Chicago
  • Chicago Tribune: Gov. JB Pritzker’s win on National Guard could be short-lived as Trump keeps pulling levers of power
  • Univision: Volunteers in Illinois bring food to immigrants who fear being detained in ICE raids
  • FOX News: Portland mayor orders removal of police tape despite federal demand for perimeter at ICE facility, report says
  • FOX News: Emergency flights diverted from Portland hospital amid ‘laser party’ threats at ICE facility: report
  • Washington Post: Inside the online battles streaming from a single block in Portland
  • Blaze: The fraud crippling American trucking: ‘Ghost’ carriers and ‘NO NAME GIVEN’ driver’s licenses issued to foreigners
  • New York Post: ICE director erupts over illegal migrant’s NY-issued ‘No Name Given’ driver’s license: ‘Really scary’
  • CNN: 3 African countries say they won’t accept Kilmar Abrego Garcia as battle plays out in two courts over his fate
  • Washington Examiner: Trump overseeing ‘golden age’ of war on drugs
  • Washington Post: Trump escalates his use of federal power to target Democratic states
  • NewsMax: Trump Admin’s Immigration Raids Blamed for Potential Food Supply Crisis
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Solitary confinement in ICE facilities –a destructive practice that must end
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart: Exclusive: ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Fugitive Wanted for Murders in California, Texas
  • NPR: ICE Under Trump
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Protesters hold 14 hour demonstration outside Burlington, Massachusetts ICE facility
  • Breitbart: [IL] Snatched: How ICE raids are shattering Chicago’s immigrant world
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] New Elgin group forms to help immigrants as ICE arrests keep climbing
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Family of Chicago-area man killed by ICE seeks to reunite with his children who are now in foster care in Idaho
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] ICE fears ripple across Chicago Public Schools, suburban districts
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston police calls to ICE have surged 1,000% since Trump took office, despite John Whitmire’s pledge
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Missing 15-year-old with autism was found and moved to refugee facility by HPD with help of ICE
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Wall Street Journal: Meet the Border Patrol Chief Leading Trump’s Chicago Crackdown
  • USA Today: [IL] Border Patrol detains Chicago news producer. See video of incident.
  • FOX News: [CA] ‘Family Matters’ star Darius McCrary arrested at US-Mexico border on felony fugitive charges
• Transportation Security Administration
  • NewsNation: DHS blames Democrats for shutdown in video to be shown at TSA checkpoints
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CNN: A strong nor’easter is unleashing damaging winds as it moves up the East Coast. Its most severe conditions are on the way
  • Univision: [NJ] New Jersey will enter a state of emergency Saturday night due to the approaching nor’easter storm.
  • The Hill: [TX] Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas
  • Houston Chronicle: [ND] First EF5 tornado in 12 years confirmed in North Dakota — a possible warning for Texas
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Officials sign disaster declaration due to flooding in southwest Colorado
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CBS News: [NY] Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO assassination
  • New York Times/AP: [MS] At Least 8 Dead and Others Wounded in Multiple Mississippi Shootings
  • ABC News: [MS] Search for suspects in shooting that left 4 dead, 12 wounded amid rash of gunfire across Mississippi
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Amid ‘domestic terrorist’ designation, San Diego antifa case has new significance
  • Breitbart: [Maldives] U.S. Advises Travelers to Use Caution in Islamic Maldives ‘Due to Terrorism’
• National Security News
  • Wall Street Journal: Inside the West’s Race to Defend the Arctic
  • CNN: [DC] Trump says administration has ‘identified funds’ to pay troops next week
  • Reuters: [Cuba] Havana slams US over charges Cuban troops are fighting in Ukraine
  • Washington Post: [Israel] Gaza ceasefire holds; sides await release of hostages, prisoners
  • Los Angeles Times: [Israel] Israel rejects freeing prisoner Marwan Barghouti, potentially the most unifying Palestinian leader
  • Wall Street Journal: [Israel] Witkoff and Kushner Visit Gaza as Hamas Moves to Reassert Control
  • Washington Examiner: [Ukraine] Zelensky hopes Gaza peace deal means peace is coming for Ukraine
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] US intelligence helps Ukraine target Russian energy infrastructure, FT reports
  • Reuters: [Russia] UK jets flew 12-hour mission with US, NATO near Russian border
  • Washington Examiner: [China] Espionage-linked Chinese company embedded in top US research labs
  • CNN: [China] China warns US of countermeasures if Trump doesn’t walk back 100% tariff threat
  • CNN: [China] Trump’s new 100% tariffs on China triggered an $18 billion crypto sell-off
  • AP: [Philippines] Chinese coast guard rams and damages a Philippine vessel off an island in the South China Sea
  • Reuters: [Philippines] Philippines, China trade accusations over South China Sea vessel clash

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