• Top News
  • Chicago Tribune: Kristi Noem, Gov. Mike Braun to visit Gary for ICE-related news conference
  • ABC News/CNN/NBC News: Appeals court blocks order requiring CBP’s Greg Bovino to meet with judge daily on Chicago immigration crackdown
  • CNN: Top Border Patrol official to be deposed Thursday over agency’s tactics in the Chicago area
  • FOX News: Border Patrol chief fires back after Chicago mayor calls him ‘barbaric’ over tear gas clash
  • Daily Caller: Border Patrol Commander Pushes Back On Obama Judge, Vows To Show Her Videos Of ‘Extreme Violence’ Against ICE
  • FOX News: Judge orders Border Patrol commander to wear bodycam
  • FOX News: DHS shares ‘video evidence’ to justify Border Patrol’s tear gas use during chaotic Chicago immigration raid
  • Breitbart: Homan: IL Gov. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Johnson Should Put on a Border Patrol Uniform for One Shift
  • Daily Caller: DOJ Announces New Batch Of Arrests In Crackdown On Left-Wing Terror
  • Los Angeles Times: Feds charge 12 in alleged violence, attacks on police during immigration protests
  • Daily Caller: DOJ Charges Anti-ICE Group Over ‘Roadblock’ Protest During Chaotic Weed Farm Raid
  • Washington Post: Supreme Court asks for more briefs on Trump push to send troops to Chicago
  • Reuters: US Supreme Court demands more information in National Guard case
  • Bloomberg/FOX News: Federal court to review case relating to Trump’s authority to send National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon
  • The Hill: Portland says ‘manufactured crisis’ spurred Trump’s National Guard bid as trial begins
  • New York Times: Guard Troops Were Sent to Portland, Ore., Despite a Court-Ordered Halt
  • Reuters: Portland police say Trump’s troop deployment inflamed protests
  • CBS News: 2 Illinois National Guard members say they won’t obey Trump’s orders to deploy in Chicago
  • Wall Street Journal: [TN] In Crime-Weary Memphis, Many Welcome the National Guard
  • Wall Street Journal: Pentagon Orders National Guard to Establish Quick-Reaction Forces for Civil Unrest, Riots
  • AP/New York Times/FOX News: US strikes another alleged drug-carrying boat in the Pacific and kills all 4 aboard, Hegseth says
  • The Hill: Mexico’s president slams US boat strikes as some Republicans waver on legality
  • Reuters/FOX News: Democrat running for Congress, 5 others indicted over Chicago immigration protest
  • Washington Post: We checked DHS’s videos of chaos and protests. Here’s what they leave out.
  • The Hill: DHS attacks Washington Post over report on misleading footage of immigration operations
  • FOX News: DHS calls out NBC affiliate for hiding illegal immigrant crime history in arrest story
  • CBS News: Trump says he could send "Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines" into U.S. cities "if it was necessary"
  • Washington Examiner: Dual court orders suggest Abrego Garcia will remain in US at least until late November
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • USA Today: Why is Congress letting Trump blow up suspected drug boats without proof?
  • USA Today: [IL] Judge tells faux-tough-guy Border Patrol chief not to tear-gas trick-or-treaters
  • Bloomberg: [TX] Even Texans Think Some of These Immigration Policies Go Too Far
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [Venezuela] Trump’s anti-Venezuela actions lack strategy, justifiable targets and legal authorization
  • Wall Street Journal: [China] America Needs a Bipartisan China Strategy
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Blaze: Exclusive: ICE busts pedophile, abuser, and fentanyl trafficker despite ongoing shutdown
  • AP: Judge’s order blocking removal of man from US wasn’t received until after he was deported, DHS says
  • FOX News: DHS warns of ‘unprecedented violence’ as death threats against ICE officers soar 8,000%
  • NewsMax: ICE Shake-Up Sparks Talk of Tougher Deportation Push
  • NPR: "Defend American culture": DHS pledge leaves some Latinos rattled
  • FOX News: [NY] New York leader pledges more cops, tougher ICE partnership if NYC elects socialist mayor
  • AP: [PA] A man who spent 43 years in prison before his conviction was overturned now faces deportation
  • CBS New York: [NJ] Dozens of Woodbridge Township warehouse workers taken into custody by CBP, DHS
  • Breitbart: [IN] ICE Buses 100 Illegal Aliens from Indiana to Texas for Deportation Processing
  • Chicago Tribune: [IN] Dad, mom, and U.S. citizen son, 14, still held in custody after Gary immigration raid
  • FOX News: [IL] Illegal immigrant allegedly kills county board member and wife in fatal DUI crash: DHS
  • FOX 32 Chicago: [IL] Undocumented immigrants charged after DUI crash that killed Illinois couple: DHS
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Immigration enforcement officers arrest at least 7 people in Crete, Chicago Heights
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Another trucker arrested in theft scam as ICE now involved
  • Daily Caller: [IL] Democrat Candidate Indicted After Clashing With ICE During Raucous Demonstrations
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Little Village leaders urge Mayor Brandon Johnson to do more to stop ICE agents from using city property
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Amid community push, Aurora to consider ordinance spurred by federal immigration crackdown
  • New York Times: [TX] How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico
  • NewsMax: [AZ] ICE: Officer, Honduran Illegal Wounded in Phoenix Shooting
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Immigration agents are raiding California hospitals and clinics. Can a new state law prevent that?
  • AP: [CA] Lawyers for British Political Commentator Sami Hamdi Are Challenging His U.S. Detention in Court
  • Blaze: [CA] Sob story about ‘undocumented father’ being arrested falls apart once rap sheet is revealed
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Bloomberg Law: DHS to End Automatic Extension of Immigrants’ Work Permits
  • CBS News: Hospitals hope for exemption from Trump administration’s new $100,000 H-1B visa fee: "We cannot afford that"
  • Breitbart: JD Vance: ‘We Have Got to Get Our Overall [Migrant] Numbers Way, Way Down’
  • New York Times: Nigerian Nobel Laureate Says the U.S. Revoked His Visa
  • Federalist: After Abusing Foreign Visa Program, Universities Claim Rules Shouldn’t Apply To Them
  • FedScoop: GOP senator: Legal immigration is ‘critical’ to US success in AI race
  • The Hill/FOX News/CBS Miami/New York Times: [FL] DeSantis announces crackdown on H-1B visas being used at state universities
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Examiner: Tensions rise as Border Patrol moves in on ICE’s turf
  • New York Post: [NY] Federal CBP agent dies by suicide in front of girlfriend inside NYC apartment: sources
  • CBS News: [IL] Border Patrol takes lead role in Trump administration’s Chicago crackdown, carrying out more arrests than ICE
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] Federal agents arrest Mexican worker in Chicago; his siblings ask for support
  • NewsNation: [TX] CBP seizes 163 exotic pets at border in smuggling attempt
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] ICE officials replaced with Border Patrol, cementing hard tactics that originated in California
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Daily Caller: [NJ] Democrats’ Shutdown Stops Traffic At Critical American Airport
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CNN: An investigation into FEMA didn’t fit Trump’s narrative. His DHS ordered a new probe that did
  • AP: US Is Sending Dozens of Relief Workers to Help With Fallout From Hurricane Melissa
  • FOX News: US rescue teams to descend on hard-hit Caribbean after catastrophic Hurricane Melissa’s impact
  • Washington Post: The dangerous combination that made Melissa a monster hurricane
  • New York Times: Hurricane Melissa Maxed Out What Scientists Thought Was Possible
  • New York Times: The Warnings Before the Hurricane
  • New York Times: Jamaica and Haiti Tally Hurricane Victims as Melissa Slams Cuba
  • AP: [Haiti] Hurricane Melissa floods homes in Haiti
  • New York Times: [Jamaica] Hurricane Melissa Brought ‘Unprecedented Devastation’ to Jamaica, U.N. Official says
• Secret Service
  • Washington Post/NewsMax: [VA] Jury acquits Virginia man who called for Trump’s assassination
  • Blaze: [DC] FBI’s Jan. 6 pipe bomb update omits key evidence, withholds video
  • New York Times: [IL] Illinois Man Charged With Threatening Trump on Social Media
• Coast Guard
  • USNI News: [DC] White House Nominates Lunday to Lead Coast Guard, Other Senior Leaders Tapped for New Roles
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Reuters: US company with access to biggest telecom firms uncovers breach by nation-state hackers
  • CyberScoop: [Russia] Ex-L3Harris exec pleads guilty to selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CBS News: [GA] Federal judge denies bond for man accused of planning mass shooting at the Atlanta airport
  • Blaze: [IN] Trans-identifying teen agrees to plead guilty to plotting Valentine’s Day massacre at high school
• National Security News
  • FOX News: Pentagon scales back troops from NATO eastern flank, denies American withdrawal from Europe
  • Reuters: US to withdraw some troops from NATO’s eastern flank, Romania says
  • Reuters: Trump tells Pentagon to immediately resume testing US nuclear weapons
  • ABC News: [PA] Trump says South Korea can build nuclear-powered submarine, trade agreement reached
  • The Hill: [PA] Trump says South Korea will build its nuclear power submarine in Philadelphia Shipyards
  • FOX News: [Russia] Putin hails successful test of nuclear-powered underwater torpedo
  • NBC News/Washington Examiner: [Israel] Israel says ceasefire back on after strikes kill more than 100 in Gaza
  • ABC News: [China] Trump says China tariffs being reduced after ‘amazing’ Xi meeting
  • Telemundo: [China] Trump reduces tariffs on fentanyl from China to 10% after meeting with Xi
  • Reuters: [China] Despite high expectations, Trump didn’t discuss Nvidia’s Blackwell chip with Xi
  • AP: [China] China says it will work with US to resolve issues related to TikTok
  • Bloomberg: [China] Why Trump Put Fentanyl at the Core of US-China Trade Spat
  • NBC News: [China] Inside a high-security Chinese factory pumping out fentanyl
  • Free Beacon: [China] A Potent Replacement for Fentanyl Is Emerging in the U.S. Experts Say China Is Behind It.
  • AP: [China] US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds
  • Reuters: [China] Senate Democrats urge Trump not to ease national security restrictions on China for trade deal
  • AP: [Japan] Hegseth welcomes Japan’s arms spending increase, says US-Japan alliance key to deter China

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