• Top News
  • Wall Street Journal/NBC News/AP: Illinois Sues to Block Trump’s National Guard Deployment
  • The Hill/FOX News: Chicago mayor signs ‘ICE free zone’ executive order
  • NewsMax: Kristi Noem to Newsmax: ‘ICE-Free Zones’ Undermine Law
  • FOX News: FIRST ON FOX: DHS chief slams ‘violent anarchists,’ pledges full support for federal agents
  • FOX News: Tricia McLaughlin: Left’s anti-police rhetoric has ‘real-life consequences’ after deadly attacks
  • FOX News: This happens EVERY DAY in Chicago: CBP chief patrol agent
  • FOX News: ICE director warns activists placed ‘bounties’ on agents in Chicago
  • Daily Caller: ‘In The Crosshairs Of Terrorists’: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons Confirms Cartels Placing Bounties On Agents
  • NewsMax: Todd Lyons to Newsmax: Pritzker’s Shooting Remarks ‘Disgusting’
  • FOX News: Federal agent says Chicago’s ‘ICE-free zones’ endanger operations, embolden protesters
  • New York Post: White House blasts ‘SICK!’ Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for banning ICE from city property: ‘Aiding and abetting criminal illegal immigrant killers, rapists’
  • Chicago Tribune: Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for ‘dramatic’ response ahead of imminent National Guard deployment
  • NewsNation: Chicago police deny allegations of not responding to assist feds
  • Washington Examiner: Pritzker vows to boot Noem’s ICE ‘thugs’ from Chicago
  • CBS Chicago/The Hill: Broadview mayor signs order limiting protest times outside ICE facility
  • FOX News: White House mocks ‘slob’ Pritzker after he rejects Trump’s National Guard plan
  • Breitbart: ICE Under Siege: Second Chicago Vehicle Attack in One Day
  • FOX News/New York Times/Washington Times: Alleged Chicago gang leader offered bounty to kill Border Patrol commander, federal officials say
  • Daily Wire: FBI Arrests Two After Attack On Border Patrol In Chicago
  • New York Post: Wild video shows unhinged driver slam into ICE vehicle in Chicago amid string of attacks
  • Univision: Hearing contradicts federal agents’ version of events surrounding shooting of woman in Chicago
  • CBS 2 News This Morning: Illinois Governor Rejects DHS Account of Shooting
  • National Review: Democrats Simply Refuse to Reckon with Leftist Political Violence
  • FOX News: Blue city records 22 shootings and four murders over the weekend amid feud with feds
  • Blaze: Texas National Guard deployed to Chicago amid increasing left-wing violence
  • CBS News: Pritzker says Trump is ordering Texas National Guard members to Illinois
  • Breitbart: Abbott Defies Pritzker, Greenlights Trump’s Texas National Guard Deployment to Sanctuary States
  • Politico: Courts confront militarized cities as Trump tests the waters with National Guard deployments
  • Politico: Oregon and Illinois clash with Trump administration over National Guard deployments
  • Chicago Tribune: Chicago news media groups file suit against ICE and DHS, alleging excessive force against reporters
  • Chicago Tribune: Attorney: Woman shot ‘multiple times’ by immigration agent should be released immediately
  • Chicago Tribune: Illinois Democratic lawmakers take on activist role amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown
  • Daily Signal: Foreign Communists Are Funding and Training Violent Leftist Radicals in US
  • Daily Caller: Antifa Forcing Homeless Elderly Into Helping Anti-ICE Protesters, Police Say
  • DailySignal: Judge Blocks Deployment of National Guard to Portland
  • FOX News: White House rebukes ‘egregious’ court order blocking troop deployments amid Portland unrest
  • CNN: Who is Karin Immergut, the Trump-appointed judge who ruled against his push to deploy troops in Oregon?
  • FOX News: Federal agents in Portland deploy tear gas, make arrests minutes after judge blocks National Guard
  • The Hill: Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Portland
  • New York Post: Judge rejects Trump admin’s bid to delay Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation case over government shutdown
  • Washington Post: Trump’s use of Guard may have lasting impact on cities and troops
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases
  • Washington Post: Three people found fatally shot in D.C. in three days
  • AP: 10 more deportees from the US arrive in the African nation of Eswatini
  • CNN: Inside the Trump administration’s unprecedented purge of immigration judges
  • AP: DOJ contradicts DeSantis: Some detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ likely never in removal proceedings
  • NewsMax: DHS Sec Noem to Newsmax: Note to Bad Bunny, We’ll Be Everywhere at SB
  • Daily Caller: GOP Mayor Not Backing Down From California Lawsuit Demanding Sanctuary City Compliance
  • AP: US Treasury sanctions Mexican companies accused of aiding Sinaloa cartel’s fentanyl production
  • AP: Social Security commissioner named CEO of IRS in unprecedented dual leadership role
  • Reuters: Exclusive: US civil rights agency opens sweeping antisemitism probe
  • CNN: Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say
  • NewsMax: Trump Ends Venezuela Talks, Signaling Possible Military Escalation
  • Washington Examiner: Venezuela warns of possible ‘false flag’ attack on US Embassy in Caracas
  • New York Times: Trump, Drug Cartels, Venezuela and War: What We Know
  • New York Times: Trump Calls Off Diplomatic Outreach to Venezuela
  • Breitbart: Sen. Alex Padilla: Forced Removal from Noem’s Press Conference Should Be a ‘Wake-Up Call’
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Los Angeles Times: Do we really want armed 18-year-olds on ICE raids?
  • NewsMax: If We Don’t Turn Down the Noise, Someone Will Get Killed . . . Again
  • Wall Street Journal: Discrimination Persists at the Coast Guard
  • Blaze: While the lights are off, let’s rewire the government
  • The Hill: [NC] Western North Carolina deserves better: Pass the FEMA Act now
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Trump’s immigration policy wages war on Houston’s economic success
  • Bloomberg: [South Korea] South Korea Should Turn the US ICE Raid Into Trade Leverage
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Post: Trump presses sanctuary cities to work with ICE, but few are budging
  • AP: ICE ad blitz aims to lure local law enforcement officers to join Trump mass deportation efforts
  • Daily Caller: CNN Spreads Anti-ICE Lie After Being Duped By TikTok Skit
  • CBS Philadelphia: [NJ] Immigrant students in New Jersey school district might soon receive letters from ICE about leaving U.S.
  • CBS News: [GA] Journalist Mario Guevara speaks on deportation and time in ICE custody: "They destroyed my family"
  • AP: [LA] ACLU Says ICE Is Unlawfully Punishing Immigrants at a Notorious Louisiana Detention Center
  • FOX News: [IL] DHS arrests Chicago’s ‘worst of the worst’ amid surge in domestic terror attacks
  • New York Times: [IL] Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago
  • Breitbart: [IL] White House Highlights ‘Predators’ Taken off Chicago Streets Thanks to ICE
  • Breitbart: [IL] Sanctuary City Chicago Reportedly Orders Police to Ignore Attacks on ICE
  • FOX News: [IA] Des Moines school district sues firm behind hiring of illegal alien superintendent
  • Federalist: [IA] Illegal Alien Who Ran Des Moines School District Had Long History Of Criminal Charges
  • Univision: [TX] She had an episode of schizophrenia, her family asked the police for help, but they handed her over to ICE and deported her.
  • Daily Caller: [OK] ICE Nabs Nearly 100 Illegal Migrant Truckers As Admin Cracks Down On Industry
  • FOX News: [CA] Previously deported blue state driver charged with murdering six people in crash: report
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] FBI San Diego arrests 76 during ‘Summer Heat’ operation focused on nationwide violent crime
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • The Hill: More than 200 international students ‘trapped’ in US are suing Trump administration
  • FOX News: Luxury ‘golden’ visa program targets rich Americans as ordinary folks are left behind
  • AP: UN refugee agency chief suggests that US deportation practices violate the law
  • AP: [WI] Wisconsin DOJ asks judge to pause voter citizenship verification order
  • Bloomberg: Press Groups Decry Trump Proposal Limiting Stay of Foreign Media
  • AP: [South Africa] Trump Considers Cutting US Refugee Intake to 7,500, Focusing on White South Africans, Officials Say
  • AP: [South Africa] What to know about the white South Africans Trump may prioritize in new refugee quota for the US
• Customs and Border Protection
  • CBS News: Illegal crossings along U.S.-Mexico border plummet to lowest annual level since 1970
  • Politico: [VT] These Red Vermont Towns Wanted ‘America First.’ They’re Getting More Than They Bargained For.
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Feds: Chicago gang member solicited murder of border Cmdr. Gregory Bovino
• Transportation Security Administration
  • USA Today: TSA and FAA still working as shutdown continues (for now)
  • Reuters/Federal News Network: Slight rise in US air traffic controllers calling in sick seen since shutdown began
  • CNN: Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country
  • USA Today: Transportation Secretary says government shutdown puts strain on air traffic controllers
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Axios: [MA] Massachusetts sues Trump admin. over $6.9M homeland security funding cuts
  • CNN: [ND] First EF5 tornado to strike the US in over a decade just confirmed by experts
• Coast Guard
  • Professional Mariner: Newest Coast Guard icebreaker completes first patrol
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Search suspended for missing Santa Rosa woman last seen hiking at Bodega Head
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: House Dems seek info about ICE spyware contract, wary of potential abuses
  • CyberScoop: Oracle zero-day defect amplifies panic over Clop’s data theft attack spree
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NPR: Trump calls cartels terrorists. Is that enough to go to war?
  • Federalist: [DC] Man Arrested For Explosives At Judiciary Mass Days After Kavanaugh Attacker Got Light Sentence
  • FOX News: [SC] Stephen Miller trashes Dem who blamed ‘extreme right’ for fire at South Carolina judge’s home: ‘You are vile’
  • NewsMax: [Russia] Supreme Court Rejects Russian Bank Appeal Over Malaysia Airlines Crash
• National Security News
  • Blaze: Phones and drones expose the cracks in America’s defenses
  • Axios: Trump says 25% tariff on foreign-made trucks coming Nov. 1
  • Houston Chronicle: Harris Health says ex-employee improperly accessed, leaked 5,000 patients’ medical records
  • Free Beacon: [Israel] Israel and Hamas Begin Peace Plan Talks As Trump Warns Terror Group to ‘Move Fast’ or Face ‘Massive Bloodshed’
  • Washington Examiner: [Afghanistan] Negotiating Taliban prisoner swap, US demands include unacknowledged detainee
  • AP: [Russia] Kremlin Welcomes Trump’s Comments on Putin’s Offer to Extend the New START Nuclear Arms Pact
  • Daily Caller: [China] Chinese Gov’t-Tied Network Training Illegal Immigrants To Drive Big Rigs In US

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