• Top News
  • Daily Caller: ‘Will Be Brought To Their Knees’: Kristi Noem Responds To Bounties Targeting ICE Agents
  • New York Times/Washington Post/AP: Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
  • Politico: Trump says land strikes may be next for Venezuela
  • CNN: US military strike on boat in Caribbean targeted Colombians signaling broader campaign against drug groups
  • Breitbart: Exclusive: DHS Calls on Pritzker, Johnson to Condemn Bounties on Law Enforcement Agents
  • Breitbart: DHS Vows Deportation Numbers Will Increase, Lays Out Detailed Plan
  • FOX Business: We’ll keep arresting ‘the worst of the worst’ in Los Angeles: Tricia McLaughlin
  • CNN: Six killed in US strike off coast of Venezuela
  • ABC News: Cartels issuing bounties up to $50,000 for hits on immigration officials, DHS says
  • FOX News: Cartels enlist gangs, extremists for bounties on top ICE officials
  • NewsNation: Senator wants US to train Mexicans to fight cartels
  • FOX News: Los Angeles County pushes plan to use taxpayer funds for illegal migrants
  • Daily Caller: DHS Calls Out Media ‘Smears’ After Illegal Aliens Allegedly Ram Border Patrol Car
  • NBC News: Tear gas released on Chicago crowd as Border Patrol describes chase, crash and arrests
  • FOX News: Democrats leave out key detail in clash between DHS and illegal migrant
  • Chicago Tribune: East Side neighborhood leaders decry tear gas response by immigration agents
  • NewsNation: WGN employee ‘violently assaulted’ by Border Patrol agents, attorneys say
  • Blaze: Liberal local TV producer claims she didn’t attack ICE. DHS, video footage suggest otherwise.
  • Chicago Tribune: Chicago man indicted for allegedly soliciting killing of Gregory Bovino, but without contention of gang involvement
  • Daily Caller: ‘Chicago More Dangerous Than Baghdad’: Stephen Miller Explains Why Pritzker Fights Trump ‘To Keep Murderers Murdering’
  • Washington Examiner: Portland City Council proposes measure to obstruct federal immigration enforcement
  • Daily Signal: Trump’s War on Antifa Is Heating up as Congress Considers Next Steps
  • Telemundo: Trump says he could deploy federal forces in San Francisco
  • Breitbart: Scott Bessent: Slowed Job Growth Is Due to 2 Million Deportations; Americans Are ‘Doing Quite Well’ Getting Jobs
  • FOX News: Trump next eyes ‘land’ in drug war, warns cartel boats are ‘not faster than missiles’
  • Washington Post: Trump is opting some of the government out of the shutdown
  • Chicago Tribune: Homan lobbies for Indiana bill that allows local law enforcement to act on immigration detainers
  • FOX News: Gov. Jeff Landry warns criminal migrants in bold ad: ‘We’ve got a place for you’ at Louisiana Lockup
  • NewsMax: Duffy: Calif. Defies Truckers’ English Rule, Out $40M
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • USA Today: ICE shot a praying pastor with pepper balls. Top Republican says it’s fine. | Opinion
  • The Hill: Trump offers kids $2,500 to leave the US — what could go wrong?
  • The Hill: Reliance on dangerous foreign generic drugs is killing Americans
  • Bloomberg: [IL] Chicago’s ICE Raids Aren’t Just About Crime or Even Immigration
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart: 175,000 Americans Apply for Jobs at ICE
  • Daily Signal: ICE Agents Still ‘Risking Their Lives’ Despite ‘Working Without Pay’ Amid Shutdown 
  • FOXBusiness: Meta removes Facebook group accused of harassing ICE agents after DOJ pressure
  • NewsNation: [DC] Tom Homan defends ICE officers wearing masks despite dislike
  • Washington Examiner: Homeland Security Democrats eye measures to condition DHS funding to ICE reforms
  • NewsMax: Dems Have Plan to Rein in ICE if They Win Midterms
  • Daily Caller: Chris Hansen Shares What He Saw After ICE Ride-Along Targeting Illegals Who Threaten Children
  • ABC News: [MA] Massachusetts teen detained by ICE out of state, community demands his release
  • CNN: [MA] Her 13-year-old son was arrested, then taken by ICE to a detention facility. The police chief calls it a first for his city
  • FOX News: [MA] Dem governor in hot seat after whistleblower rips disturbing sentencing pattern for illegal child rapists
  • Washington Examiner: [PA] Pennsylvania judge upholds county sheriff’s ICE cooperation agreement
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Maryland mother freed after ICE detained her for months over decades-old theft conviction
  • NewsNation: [NY] ICE arrests trucker with New York license issued to ‘No Name Given’
  • DailySignal: [OH] Federal Government Looking to Bring More Law Enforcement to Columbus
  • AP: [IL] County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court
  • Breitbart: [IL] Illinois’ Biggest County Slams Ban on ICE arrests in Courthouses
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] Court orders remove fence surrounding ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] ‘They didn’t focus on anybody who didn’t look Mexican’: Feds target ride-share driver parking lot in immigration raid at O’Hare
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Videos of ‘targeted’ immigration raids in Carpentersville circulate online, including activity near village hall
  • Breitbart: [OK] Highways Safer as Oklahoma Troopers, ICE Arrest 91 Illegal Alien Commercial Truckers
  • Daily Wire: [CO] Illegal Immigrant Wanted In Brutal Colorado Kidnapping Caught Hiding In Chicago
  • Portland Tribune: [WA] Musician performing outside Portland ICE facility arrested, charged with assault
  • The Hill: [CA] Los Angeles County approves emergency declaration over immigration raids
  • NPR: [CA] L.A. County Board of Supervisors declares ICE raids a local emergency
  • Telemundo52: [CA] California erects a wall of laws to protect its immigrants from ICE raids
  • Daily Signal: [CA] LA County Declares Emergency Over ICE Raids
  • FOX News: [CA] ‘Slap in the face’: Dems hammered for declaring state of emergency over ICE enforcement
  • AP: [CA] This family visit to a military base ended with ICE deporting a Marine’s dad
  • AP: [CA] What to know about deporting family members of US troops
  • Univision: [CA] New California law seeks to protect children when their parents are deported.
  • Los Angeles Times: [El Salvador] Mario Guevara discusses post-deportation life in El Salvador
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Blaze: Supreme Court rejects case that would reconsider H-1B-related visas
  • FOX News: Trump admin cracks down on foreigners who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s killing: ‘Dangerous practice’
  • Washington Post: U.S. revoked at least six visas over Kirk comments, State Department says
  • Telemundo Washington DC: USCIS increases the processing fee for special permission or "parole"
  • CBS News: Top immigration official on increased scrutiny of visa applicants
  • New York Times: Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
  • CBS News: U.S. immigration official on the fate of DACA under Trump
  • Univision: USCIS activates annual fee for those with pending asylum cases: here’s what you need to know
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Daily Wire: Trump Admin Paves The Way For Miles Of ‘Smart Wall’ Along The Southern Border
  • Washington Examiner: Border Patrol agents ‘lined up’ to re-arrest illegal immigrants, who Biden forced release of
  • Axios: Border Patrol posts reel featuring Michael Jackson lyrics with antisemitic slur
  • Breitbart: [PR] U.S. border agents intercept 13 migrants via Russian states
  • Telemundo47: [Mexico] US announces $5,000 fine for illegal border crossings with Mexico
• Transportation Security Administration
  • ABC News: Democratic senators want investigation into Noem’s TSA video that blamed Democrats for the shutdown
  • NPR: Legal experts say Kristi Noem’s airport video breaks the law. Penalties are unlikely
  • NewsMax: Sen. Cantwell: Secretary Noem Violated Hatch Act
  • Axios: Noem’s shutdown video won’t air at Pittsburgh airport
  • Detroit Free Press: Michigan airports split on playing controversial Kristi Noem video. What they’re saying
  • Los Angeles Times: Kristi Noem video blames Dems for shutdown. These California airports won’t show it
  • The Hill: Flight delays may get worse soon, experts warn
  • Axios: [MN] MSP Airport running smoothly ahead of MEA rush
  • FOXBusiness: [CA] American Airlines jet returns to LAX after passengers report sickening fumes
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • USA Today: Judge blasts Trump administration for linking disaster aid to immigration enforcement
  • NBC News: [AL] Homes swept away, 1 person killed after remnants of typhoon cause severe flooding in Alaska
  • Telemundo52: [CA] Federal Grand Jury Formally Accuses Florida Man of Starting Deadly Palisades Fire
• Secret Service
  • Blaze: Chinese SIM farms are radicalizing Americans and destabilizing society, intel experts say
• Coast Guard
  • CBS News/NewsMax: Coast Guard reels in bales of cocaine from Pacific Ocean after suspected drug boat capsizes
  • ABC News: NTSB blames OceanGate’s ‘inadequate engineering process’ for Titan implosion in final report
  • SFGate: [CA] U.S. Coast Guard operation run in Calif. seizes 100,000 pounds of cocaine
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CBS News/Federal News Network: Cybersecurity order warns of "imminent risk" to federal agencies following possible breach
  • CyberScoop: [MA] PowerSchool hacker sentenced to 4 years in prison
  • FOX News: [PA] Hacker hijacks airport speakers, blasts anti-Trump and other political messages
  • Bloomberg: [China] Potentially ‘Catastrophic’ Breach of Cyber Firm Blamed on China
• Terrorism Investigations
  • AP: [SC] A crowd of 700, but no witnesses? South Carolina investigation into mass shooting at bar stalls
• National Security News
  • Breitbart: Trump Signs Memo Directing Hegseth to Ensure U.S. Troops Receive Paychecks Despite Schumer Shutdown
  • FOX News: White House may ‘run out’ of funds to pay military if shutdown continues, Johnson warns
  • New York Post: Grand jury expected to indict ex-national security adviser John Bolton for transmitting classified documents: sources
  • Washington Times: Saudi-Pakistan defense pact signals shift as Gulf states hedge bets on U.S. security guarantees
  • Washington Examiner: [Ukraine] Hegseth pledges ‘more firepower’ for Ukraine, but holds off Tomahawk commitments

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