• Top News
  • Axios/CNN/Reuters/Federalist/CBS News/Breitbart: First ever antifa-related charges filed in attack on Texas ICE facility
  • Washington Examiner: FBI investigating antifa’s apparatus, sources say
  • Washington Post: ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa
  • Wall Street Journal/New York Times/CNN: Federal Agents Should Wear Body Cameras in Chicago Immigration Actions, Judge Says
  • AP: Illinois governor applauds judge’s ruling requiring immigration agents wear body cameras
  • NewsMax: ICE’s Lyons to Newsmax: Chicago Body-Cam Mandate Is Unconstitutional
  • ABC News: ‘Profoundly concerned’: Judge orders ICE official to testify after Chicago tear-gassing incident
  • CNN: Federal judge demands answers from Trump admin on following order to avoid violent encounters with Chicago protesters
  • ABC News/New York Post/Washington Examiner: ICE arrests suburban Chicago police officer accused of being in the US illegally: DHS
  • Breitbart: Exclusive–DHS Spox Tricia McLaughlin: J.B. Pritzker ‘Dehumanizing’ ICE While Cartels Place Bounties on Agents
  • FOX News: Federal jury indicts suspect in cartel-linked hit plot on Border Patrol chief
  • New York Times/Chicago Tribune/USA Today: Appeals Court Maintains Block on Trump’s Troop Deployment to Illinois
  • CNN: A federal vehicle involved in Chicago ramming case was moved about 1,000 miles from the city. It could be important evidence
  • Los Angeles Times: ‘They smashed into me’: Activist says video shows ICE rammed his truck. Agents claim the opposite
  • AP: Homeland Security says Marine’s father who was deported had faced domestic violence, assault charges
  • Breitbart: U.S. Transportation Secretary Withholds $40 Million from CA for Ignoring English Proficiency Rules for Truckers
  • NPR: Trump ties crime with immigration, blurring the lines with Guard deployment
  • Daily Caller: Blue City Swarming With Anti-ICE Rioters Responds By Targeting Trump’s ‘Fascist’ Law Enforcement
  • Daily Wire: Florida Sues California Over Sanctuary Policies, Trucker Licenses For Illegal Immigrants
  • Bloomberg: Immigration Raids Prompt LA County to Declare State of Emergency
  • Reuters: Some federal law enforcement to receive pay during government shutdown
  • New York Times: Trump Administration to Pay Some ICE and T.S.A. Agents During Shutdown
  • Washington Examiner: White House confident Supreme Court will overturn lower ruling on shutdown RIFs
  • AP: Mahmoud Khalil can freely travel around US as he fights his deportation case, judge rules
  • Daily Caller: Tom Homan Says His Family Is In Hiding Over Reporters Trying To Identify Them
  • New York Times: Trump Was Not the Only President Who Tried to Force Migrants to Leave
  • CBS News: Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna pushes resolution calling for ICE, CBP reforms amid immigration crackdown
  • Wall Street Journal: Top U.S. Admiral Overseeing Caribbean Deployments to Step Down
  • Daily Wire: Trump Administration Authorizes Covert CIA Action In Venezuela
  • AP: Venezuela floated a plan for Maduro to slowly give up power, but was rejected by US, AP source says
  • CNN: The Trump administration focuses its attention on Venezuela and Maduro
  • NPR: Trump says he’s moving his Venezuelan cartel fight from sea to land. What does that mean?
  • AP: A war on drugs or a war on terror? Trump’s military pressure on Venezuela blurs the lines
  • Washington Examiner: Survivors reported after latest U.S. military strike on suspected Venezuelan drug cartel boat
  • Washington Examiner: Waltz defends CIA operations in Venezuela to thwart ‘designated terrorist gangs’
  • Reuters: Venezuela asks UN Security Council to say US strikes illegal
  • NewsMax: Maduro Mobilizes Troops, Says Venezuela Ready for War
  • Reuters: As Trump raises pressure on Venezuela, senators hope to lower heat
  • New York Times: Trinidadian Family Says U.S. Military Killed Relative in Boat Attack
  • New York Post: Fugitive Tren de Aragua gang leader plunges off balcony to his death while trying to flee cops
  • The Hill: Homan outright denies taking $50,000 bribe ‘from anybody’
  • Axios: Trump immigration plan may wipe out 15M jobs by 2035, study claims
  • The Hill: Hillary Clinton encourages followers to join ‘No Kings’ protests
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: The John Bolton Indictment
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: How to reduce the immigration court backlog without hiring more judges
  • New York Post: Good on Trump for targeting Venezuelan drug cartels allied with dictator Nicolás Maduro
  • Daily Wire: How Biden’s Census Favored Illegal Immigrants, And Why It’s Time To Fix It
  • USA Today: Can Trump legally send troops into our cities? The answer is ‘wishy-washy.’
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: Trump border czar warns more ‘bloodshed’ could come as Dems continue anti-ICE rhetoric
  • New York Times: Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force
  • CNN: As aggressive ICE tactics are caught on camera, the government says agents are being smeared
  • New York Times: She Self-Deported. Now She and Other Crime Survivors Are Suing ICE.
  • The Hill: Swalwell: When we’re in majority, ICE masks coming off
  • Reuters: [MA] Woman invoked Charlie Kirk’s killing while threatening immigration agents, US charges
  • FOX News: [MA] DHS flips script on media narrative with new details about illegal teen arrested by ICE: ‘Safety threat’
  • NBC 10 Boston: [MA] ICE says over 1,400 arrests made in second Mass. immigration enforcement surge
  • Blaze: [VA] Exclusive: ICE arrests alleged MS-13 gang leader on El Salvador’s ‘most wanted’ list
  • Chicago Tribune: [IN] Hammond council prohibits ICE from “uncoordinated use” of city properties
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Cook County moves to prohibit ICE operations on county-owned property
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Video of teen arrested in Hoffman Estates prompts call for federal investigation
  • NPR: [IL] Volunteers patrol Chicago streets to warn neighbors when ICE agents are near
  • New York Times: [IL] Chicagoans Resist I.C.E. Agents
  • New York Times: [WI] Wisconsin Man Used TikTok to Call for the Killing of ICE Agents, U.S. Says
  • CBS News: [TX] Dallas police rejected $25 million federal offer to help ICE with immigration enforcement, Chief Comeaux says
  • FOX News: [OR] Pop star unleashes expletive-filled rant against ICE, Trump during Portland concert
  • Breitbart: [CA] Criminal Alien TikTok Influencer Who Posted ICE Raid Alerts Deported to Colombia
  • FOX News: [Mexico] ICE reveals ‘disturbing details’ after agency rescued 3-year-old abducted to Mexico
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Post/AP/FOX Business: Chamber of Commerce sues Trump to block $100,000 fee for H-1B visas
  • Breitbart/The Hill: DHS Announces $1,000 Parole Fee for Migrants Seeking Entry into U.S.
  • San Francisco Chronicle: These companies will stop sponsoring H-1B visas for some tech jobs in wake of Trump’s $100K fee
  • Washington Times: Biden’s DHS let migrants into country to claim asylum on bogus documents: Audit
  • NPR: The Trump administration is rolling out changes to the U.S. citizenship test
  • FOX News: Labor unions sue Trump administration over social media monitoring of visa holders
  • CBS News: U.S. probing immigration applicants’ social media to identify "anti-American" activity that’s "beyond the pale," official says
  • AP: [Panama] Panama president says US Embassy threatened to cancel visas over ties to China
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Daily Wire: Border Patrol To Be Paid Despite Democrat Shutdown In ‘Unprecedented’ Move
  • NewsMax: Ron Vitiello to Newsmax: Trump’s Crime Plan Brings ‘Common Sense’ to Failing Cities
  • NewsNation: Michigan National Guard company deploying to Southwest border
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Axios: [CA] Noem’s government shutdown video not airing at SAN
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Bay Area TSA workers warn of worsening shutdown impacts as first missed paycheck hits
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Reuters: Trump diverts anti-terror funds from Democratic strongholds to Republican states
  • New York Times: How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves
  • New York Post: [NY] Cross-country storm brings significant weekend severe weather threat to central US, soaking rain to Northeast
  • AP: [TX] Judge blocks Trump cuts, restores $34 million in anti-terror funds for New York City transit system
  • AP: [TX] Victims of July flooding in Texas struggling to get financial help from FEMA
• Coast Guard
  • NewsNation: DHS: US Coast Guard to get paid despite government shutdown
  • USA Today: Titan submersible imploded because of poor design, insufficient testing, NTSB report finds
  • CBS News: Titan submersible was damaged in previous dives before fatal implosion, NTSB finds
  • AP: [AK] Alaska works to rescue storm victims by helicopter and plane in historic airlift
  • USA Today: [AK] Hundreds airlifted out of Alaskan villages ravaged by ex-typhoon
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • AP: Microsoft: Russia, China increasingly using AI to escalate cyberattacks on the US
  • Reuters: Hackers use some Canada and US airport PA systems to praise Hamas, criticize Trump  
  • Reuters: Major U.S. business group sues over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee
  • Daily Caller: [PA] Pennsylvania Airport Speakers Blast ‘F**k Netanyahu And Trump,’ Authorities Search Plane
  • The Hill: [PA] PA system takeover at Pennsylvania airport is ‘wake-up call,’ security expert says
  • CyberScoop: [North Korea] North Korean operatives spotted using evasive techniques to steal data and cryptocurrency
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Daily Caller: Officials Shed Light On How Trump Admin Is Targeting Left-Wing Terrorism
  • USA Today: [AL] Police arrest third suspect in deadly downtown Montgomery, Alabama, shooting
  • AP: [MS] 9 people have now been arrested in connection with Mississippi mass shooting, FBI says
  • NewsNation: [Mexico] Cartel uses drones to drop explosives on state police in Tijuana; warning issued for Americans
• National Security News
  • Wall Street Journal/FOX News/AP: Justice Department Indicts Former Trump Adviser John Bolton
  • The Hill: [DC] Bolton on indictment says he has ‘become the latest target in weaponizing’ the DOJ
  • Reuters: ‘He’s a bad guy,’ Trump says on Bolton’s indictment
  • CBS News: [Russia] Trump says he wrapped call with Putin, calls it "very productive"

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