• Top News
  • Washington Examiner/CBS News/ABC News: Trump administration quietly purges ICE leaders in five cities: Sources
  • FOX News: ICE leadership shakeup exposes growing DHS friction over deportation tactics, priorities
  • AP/Chicago Tribune/New York Post/CNN/New York Times: British political commentator Sami Hamdi detained by federal authorities at California airport
  • CNN: Why has ICE detained British commentator Sami Hamdi on his US speaking tour?
  • USA Today: Group vows to fight deportation of Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi
  • ABC News: 1.6 million people in the US illegally have self-deported, 500K deported: DHS
  • Breitbart: ‘Historic’ half-million unregistered migrants leave U.S.
  • AP/CBS Chicago/USA Today: Border Patrol official Bovino due in court to answer questions about Chicago immigration crackdown
  • Chicago Tribune: Immigration agents accused of more tear gas violations as Cmdr. Greg Bovino faces federal court hearing
  • ABC News: Border Patrol agents under fire for allegedly disrupting children’s Halloween parade in Chicago
  • Chicago Tribune: Gig workers and street vendors and day laborers hit by feds in Chicago immigration crackdown
  • CBS News: 2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won’t turn against my neighbors"
  • Washington Examiner: Democrats decry Trump ‘invasion;’ GOP candidate calls out Pritzker
  • Washington Examiner: Senator criticizes non-citizen police law after Hanover Park officer arrest
  • Washington Examiner: Courts battle one another over National Guard as Trump’s Portland deployment faces trial
  • Politico: A judge slammed Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem over ‘troubling’ remarks about Kilmar Abrego Garcia
  • AP: Judge seeks assurances that Abrego Garcia won’t be deported to Liberia in violation of court order
  • FOX News: DOJ signals it would rather deport Abrego Garcia than prosecute him
  • Politico: Trump administration is racing to deport Abrego Garcia ahead of criminal proceedings
  • AP: Immigration crackdown stokes fear and solidarity at a Catholic church in DC
  • FOX News: 12-year-old Honduran girl allegedly tortured by sponsors after entering U.S. as unaccompanied minor
  • NewsNation: Pentagon moves into Venezuela as Trump fights cartels
  • Daily Caller: Venezuela Says It Nabbed CIA Agents As US Warships Mass In Caribbean
  • Breitbart: Venezuela claims CIA ‘false flag’ attack foiled, as US deploys bombers
  • The Hill: Trump seeks to ‘scare the pants off’ Maduro with military buildup
  • FOX News: Lindsey Graham rebukes Dem colleague for claiming drug boat strikes are ‘sanctioned murder’
  • Blaze: DHS: Nancy Pelosi is ‘putting a target on the backs’ of federal agents with arrest threats
  • New York Times: U.S. Gives Mexico More Time to Meet Demands to Avoid Tariffs
  • AP: Texas’ congressional delegation wants Texas-Mexico water treaty to be part of trade negotiations
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Trump’s new citizenship test could let MAGA in and keep others out
  • Washington Post: [Venezuela] Trump is circling Maduro. This points to a dark history.
  • Washington Post: [China] China’s trade bullying calls for an Article 5
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Examiner: Trump administration pledges to ‘surge’ ICE operations after recruitment spike
  • Politico: Another shutdown consequence: Democrats can’t visit ICE detention facilities
  • NPR: Trump administration relying on unmarked vehicles in immigration enforcement
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] DOJ draws red line over interference with ICE as state Democrats escalate threats
  • FOX News: [VA] ICE nabs 3-time deported illegal alien charged with assaulting a police officer: ‘GOOD RIDDANCE’
  • FOX News: [VA] 13-year-old in the US illegally denied release after alleged gang ties come to light following school threat
  • CNN: [GA] Hyundai hoped to return skilled South Korean workers to the US after the ICE raid. Trump just opened the door
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] U.S.-born Houston teen says ICE agents beat him and his father during early-morning stop
  • Univision: [TX] ICE operation in Pasadena, Texas, leaves 3 detainees and neighborhood protests
  • CNN: [TX] A DACA recipient objected to ICE’s detention of a community member. He’s now facing deportation
  • Washington Post: [NE] Nebraska’s ‘Cornhusker Clink’ for migrant detainees upends rural community
  • Axios: [OR] ICE activity rocks Portland’s immigrant communities
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] San Diego congressional members again denied access to inspect immigrant detention facility
  • Breitbart: [CA] Sanctuary California: ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Gang Member with 25 Convictions
  • Univision: [CA] ICE makes at least 25 arrests over the weekend in the Bay Area
  • FOX News: [CA] UC Berkeley class focuses on how ‘racial superiority’ shapes immigration law, anti-ICE rhetoric
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Breitbart: Trump’s USCIS Strengthens Citizenship Test to ‘Ensure Proper Assimilation of Legal Immigrants’
  • Blaze: Islamic group throws fit after Trump admin detains, revokes visa of alleged terrorist sympathizer
  • FOX News: 3 headed monster’: Expert reveals how H1B visa program is crushing American college graduates
  • NewsMax: 2 GOP Reps Urge DOJ to Probe Mamdani’s Citizenship
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: CBP reports a 93% drop in illegal crossings into the U.S.
  • NewsNation: CBP to start taking photos, fingerprints of non-citizens entering and leaving US
  • Axios: Immigrant advocates cast doubt on border law
  • NBC News: Trump plans to install Border Patrol officials to lead a more aggressive migrant crackdown
  • Washington Examiner: Trump’s secure border has saved ‘hundreds of thousands’ of child sex trafficking victims: Tim Ballard
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Laugh Factory manager charged with assaulting Border Patrol agent outside Chicago comedy club last week
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Immigration agents threatened to arrest Skokie woman for filming them, she told Board
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Kane County panel recommends measure showing support for immigrant rights amid federal immigration crackdown
  • Daily Caller: [IL] Manager Of Laugh Factory Chicago Gets Detained By Border Patrol Agents As Bystanders Screech Hysterically
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Reuters: Delta Air Lines seeing ‘small’ impact from US government shutdown, CEO says
  • AP: Flight disruptions continue as air traffic controllers brace for their first full missing paychecks
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP/Reuters/NBC News: Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as possibly the island’s strongest recorded storm
  • NPR: Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as a dangerous Category 5 storm
  • NPR: Hurricane Melissa set to pummel Jamaica as the strongest storm in recorded history
  • AP: Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as a Category 5 storm on its way to Cuba.
  • AP: Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in the Caribbean
  • New York Times: What to Expect From Hurricane Melissa as It Makes Landfall
  • New York Times: What Happens When a Hurricane Like Melissa Doesn’t Move
  • New York Times: [Cuba] 1,000 Nonessential Workers and Military Relatives Evacuated from Guantánamo Bay
• Secret Service
  • NBC News: [MN] Minnesota man arrested after allegedly offering $45,000 for the killing of Pam Bondi
• Coast Guard
  • DefenseScoop: Trump nominates cyber expert for Coast Guard commandant
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Video shows what happened after wounded U-Haul driver left Bay Area Coast Guard base
  • CBS News: [Canary Islands] 6.5 tons of cocaine seized from boat off the Canary Islands after tip from U.S., Spanish police say
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Roll Call: Democrats keep focus on cybersecurity during shutdown
  • CyberScoop: Attackers bypass patch in deprecated Windows Server update tool
  • CyberScoop: Hacking Team successor linked to malware campaign, new ‘Dante’ commercial spyware
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NPR: What happens if Antifa is labeled a foreign terrorist organization
  • NPR: As Trump talks of designating antifa a foreign terrorist group, experts see danger
  • FOX News: [IN] Indiana trans student admits to plotting Valentine’s Day school shooting, kept ‘shrine’ to mass killers
• National Security News
  • FOX News: US Navy identifies possible cause of two separate crashes in South China Sea, Trump says
  • AP: Navy loses two aircraft from USS Nimitz aircraft carrier within 30 minutes
  • CNN: How the shutdown threatens to halt Trump’s aggressive nuclear security goals
  • Washington Examiner: Trump administration signing $1 billion supercomputer deal to advance nuclear power and cancer research
  • New York Times: [Israel] In Shift in Relationship With Netanyahu, Trump Says ‘I Will Decide’ What Is Right for Israel
  • Reuters: [Yemen] UN staff member detained after Houthis raided offices in Sanaa, UN spokesperson says
  • Washington Examiner: [Russia] Trump says Putin should be ending war, not ‘testing missiles,’ ahead of Japan trip
  • New York Post: [Russia] Trump issues chilling warning to Putin after Russia tests new ‘invincible’ nuclear missile
  • AP: [Russia] Kremlin says its test of a nuclear-powered missile reflects security concerns
  • NewsMax: [Russia] Trump Responds to Putin’s Nuclear Tests: ‘We’re Not Playing Games’
  • New York Post: [China] Trump predicts ‘successful transaction’ with China ahead of Xi summit
  • Breitbart: [North Korea] Trump Says He Would ‘Love to Meet’ Kim Jong-un While in Asia
  • Politico: [South Korea] ‘Make American Shipbuilding Great Again’: Korea leans into shipbuilding as it woos Trump
  • Reuters: [Japan] Trump meets Japan’s new leader Takaichi for trade, security talks
  • Bloomberg: [Japan] Trump, Takaichi Vow to Deepen Security Ties on US Carrier

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