• Top News
  • AP/Washington Post/The Hill: US launches strikes on 4 alleged drug-running boats in the eastern Pacific, killing 14
  • Washington Examiner: US prepares for possible expansion from anti-smuggling boat strikes to targets in Venezuela
  • FOX News: State-of-the-art warship steaming for Venezuela to turn the tide in Trump’s war on drugs
  • New York Times: A Timeline of Trump’s Strikes on Vessels He Says Are Smuggling Drugs
  • FOX Business: DHS official gives an update on efforts to halt driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants
  • AP/Washington Examiner/Axios: Judge orders daily meetings with Border Patrol official Bovino on Chicago immigration crackdown
  • CNN: Top Border Patrol official must appear daily before a Chicago judge amid use of force concerns. Here’s what you need to know
  • New York Times: Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago
  • Reuters: Judge intensifies oversight of agents in Trump’s Chicago immigration crackdown
  • CNN News Central: Top Border Patrol Official in Chicago Appears in Federal Court
  • Washington Post: Judge warns Border Patrol leader that tear gas use appears to violate court order
  • USA Today: Chicago judge tells Trump Midway Blitz leaders she’s ‘not afraid’ to enforce her orders
  • New York Post: US citizen, 67, suffers broken ribs after Border Patrol agents drag him out of car in shocking video: report
  • Chicago Tribune: Feds arrest at least 12 over weekend in Lake County: ‘The pattern is to… kidnap someone before anyone comes outside’
  • FOX News: Homan: Pritzker should put on a border patrol uniform and see how it feels
  • NewsMax: Tom Homan to Newsmax: Administration ‘Lockstep’ in Deportation Goals
  • AP: Federal trial to start over Trump’s efforts to deploy the National Guard in Portland, Oregon
  • CNN: The Trump administration says it overstated the number of federal agents in Portland, Oregon. Here’s why that matters
  • FOX News: Trump says he could deploy US military in American cities, claims ‘courts wouldn’t get involved’
  • Reuters: Trump National Guard case at Supreme Court is a fight over basic facts
  • Bloomberg: Trump Enlists an Army of Local Cops to Deport Millions
  • NewsNation: Border Patrol, ICE optics due to ‘agitators’ protesting: Paul Perez
  • FOX News: Senate Dem Dick Durbin accuses Trump admin of ‘terrorizing people in their homes’
  • AP: Man deported to Laos despite court ordering blocking his removal, attorneys say
  • AP/Daily Caller/FOX News: A federal judge in Tennessee warns Trump officials over statements about Kilmar Abrego Garcia
  • Daily Caller: Lawyer For Abrego Garcia Brazenly Demands US Deport Him To Country Of Choice
  • FOX News: Abrego Garcia to remain in US for high-stakes ‘vindictive’ prosecution hearing
  • WHTM: Gov. Shapiro joins lawsuit seeking millions in revoked Homeland Security funds
  • Daily Caller: Sean Duffy Announces He Just Yanked $160 Million From Blue State Over CDLs For Illegal Immigrants
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Trump’s chief immigration enforcer honed his controversial tactics in California
  • NPR: America’s immigration crackdown is disrupting the global remittance market
  • Breitbart: Venezuela’s Maduro Alleges Multiple CIA Plots, But Refuses to Reveal ‘Any Evidence’
  • CNN: CIA cyberattacks targeting the Maduro regime didn’t satisfy Trump in his first term. Now the US is flexing its military might
  • AP: US sought to lure Nicolás Maduro’s pilot into betraying the Venezuelan leader
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Kristi Noem needs to halt the ICE terrorizing of Chicago neighborhoods
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] DHS delivers much-needed illegal immigration reckoning
  • Daily Caller: Democrats Take Aim At Republicans, Shoot Themselves In The Foot With Gov’t Shutdown
  • Bloomberg: [Venezuela] The US Armada in the Caribbean Is After Maduro — Not Drugs
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Daily Caller/NewsNation/Breitbart: Trump Admin Cleans House At ICE, Replaces Field Bosses With Border Patrol Veterans
  • NewsMax: ICE Leadership Swap Aims to Boost Deportation Push
  • Daily Wire: ICE Faces Leadership Shakeup, Exposing Divide Among Trump Officials Over Deportation Goals
  • Daily Wire: Trump Administration Hits Deportation Milestone
  • Breitbart: ‘‘Record-Breaking Statistics:’ Over Half a Million Illegal Aliens Deported Since Trump Took Office
  • Washington Examiner: Over 2 million illegal immigrants have left US under Trump 2.0: DHS
  • Breitbart: Homan Predicts 600,000 Deportations by January
  • The Hill/NewsMax: ICE invokes Halo remake, seeks recruits to ‘destroy the flood’
  • Daily Signal: DHS Disputes MSNBC Writer’s Claim ICE Lowered Hiring Standards
  • NPR: Are ICE agents covering their license plates as well as their faces?
  • NPR: Camouflaging cars and swapping license plates: How agents make immigration arrests
  • Axios: Hiring 10,000 ICE agents is easier said than done
  • FOX News: [MA] Biblical studies student illegally in U.S. allegedly stabs two teens with metal fork, slaps woman on flight
  • FOX News: [NY] NYC suburb official reveals how ICE partnership has flipped script on crime as Mamdani victory looms
  • Univision: [NY] Ecuadorian teenager detained by ICE after attending immigration appointment in Manhattan
  • Breitbart: [VA] Virginia: ICE Arrests Three-Time Deported Illegal Alien Accused of Assault on Police Officer
  • AP: [DC] Police report omits a federal agent’s shooting at a DC driver. The man’s lawyers suspect a cover-up
  • Breitbart: [IL] Judge Moves to Micromanage ICE Defenses Against Chicago Rioters
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] Cook County bans use of its properties for immigration enforcement as ICE conducts raids
  • Daily Wire: [IL] Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Killing Illinois County Official, Wife In Drunk Driving Crash
  • AP: [IL] Chicago’s children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Students walk out of Little Village schools, hold march in protest of recent ICE activity
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Fifth grade teacher in Colorado detained by ICE along with family, says school
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Mother of Houston autistic teen in immigration custody still unable to see son
  • Axios: [TX] Texas’ detained immigrants held in solitary confinement
  • Breitbart: [TX] ICE Floods Houston Hotspots in Nighttime Operation, Arrests 25 Criminal Aliens Amid Torrential Rain
  • FOX News: [WA] Washington state man investigated for threatening ICE agents online, vowing to ‘make life harder’ for officers
  • Univision: [CA] Two versions of the ICE operation in Pasadena: relatives of those arrested report irregularities
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Bloomberg: HR Groups Say Proposed H-1B Overhaul Would Hurt Smaller Members
  • FOX News: [NY] House Republican demands Zohran Mamdani be stripped of citizenship, deported over ‘anti-Israel’ stance
  • FOX News: [OH] Ohio uncovers over 1,000 noncitizens ‘appearing’ registered to vote, sends cases to DOJ for prosecution
• Transportation Security Administration
  • NBC News: Federal employees manning the skies miss first paycheck amid government shutdown
  • FOX News: Air traffic controllers miss full paycheck due to government shutdown, Transportation Secretary says
  • ABC News: ‘Morale is strong,’ TSA head claims amid government shutdown
  • CBS News: Airlines feeding air traffic controllers as they miss first paychecks
  • New York Post: Airport delays are piling up as air traffic controllers miss their first full paycheck due to shutdown: ‘Something has to give’
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Elgin soup kitchen delivers meals to O’Hare TSA workers as government shutdown leaves them without pay
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • StateScoop: County leaders push for FEMA Act to streamline disaster recovery
  • CBS News: FEMA announces $875 million for FIFA World Cup game security
  • The Hill: Hurricane Melissa makes landfall as Category 5 storm: Will it impact the US?
  • New York Times: Hurricane Melissa’s Direct Hit Knocks Most of Jamaica Offline
  • New York Times: Hurricane Melissa Is Rewriting the Record Books
  • New York Times: MacKenzie Scott Backs Disaster Recovery in Marginalized Communities
  • NPR: Hurricane Melissa strikes Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever
  • Washington Post: Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after leaving trail of destruction in Jamaica
  • NBC News Daily: [MI] Federal Assistance Denied
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Chicago, Cook County and state appeal Trump’s denial of disaster declaration for severe summer flooding
• Secret Service
  • New York Post: Bondi target of murder plot, trans teen’s school shooting plan, Kirk’s alleged assassin in court
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Axios: White House wants key cyber intel-sharing law renewed for a decade
  • Axios: CISA helped small utilities stay secure. That safety net is now in jeopardy.
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Post: [AL] Man arrested with guns, suitcase of ammo for alleged threats to attack Alabama synagogues
• National Security News
  • NBC News: House Oversight Republicans urge DOJ to probe Biden’s ‘illegitimate’ autopen use
  • Washington Post: Inside Trump’s Golden Dome: A shield critics call a risky fantasy
  • CNN: [Brazil] Five Senate Republicans join Democrats to rebuke Trump’s Brazil tariffs
  • AP: [Mali] US embassy urges Americans to leave Mali due to a fuel crisis linked to a militant group
  • NBC News: [Russia] U.S. intelligence agencies see no sign Russia is ready to compromise on Ukraine
  • AP: [Israel] Gaza ceasefire tested as Israel and Hamas exchange fire and blame
  • Reuters: [Israel] Trump says ceasefire holds as Israel pounds Gaza in retaliatory strikes
  • FOX News: [China] Trump says China will work with him to stop fentanyl trafficking
  • FOX Business: [China] Report: Trump, Xi to discuss fentanyl crackdown as a tie-in with tariff cuts
  • CNN: [China] Effort to free Americans detained in China gains steam ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
  • Reuters: [China] US agency votes to tighten restrictions on Chinese tech companies deemed threats
  • FOX News: [North Korea] Trump dangles ‘big as you get’ carrot in bid to tempt Kim and jump-start new North Korea talks
  • AP: [North Korea] North Korea touts missile tests as Trump visits South Korea
  • Reuters: [South Korea] Trump heads to South Korea to face trade talks and North Korean missiles
  • Politico: [South Korea] Trump’s cash demands continue to bedevil deal with South Korea

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