• Top News
  • AP: US homeland security chief and Belgian prime minister pledge joint efforts to tackle drug smuggling
  • FOX Business: DHS blames Dems’ rhetoric as assaults on ICE agents up 1,000%
  • Bloomberg/Politico/AP: CBO Slashes Immigration Estimates as a Result of Trump Policies
  • Politico: Conservative organizer Charlie Kirk killed in Utah campus shooting
  • New York Times/Reuters: Hopes for a Fast Capture of Kirk’s Shooter Fade After Patel Backtracks
  • Axios: Trump vows to target "political violence" after Charlie Kirk’s killing
  • Daily Wire: Trump Remembers Charlie Kirk In Oval Office Address: ‘Dark Moment For America’
  • AP: Assassination of Charlie Kirk adds to America’s roll call of public violence
  • New York Times: Trump Says ‘Radical Left’ Rhetoric Contributed to Charlie Kirk’s Death
  • Reuters: Lawyer says many immigrants detained at Hyundai US facility appeared be to working legally
  • AP/NBC News: Detained South Korean nationals’ return home has been delayed
  • Reuters/CBS News: South Koreans head home from more LGES US battery sites after raid, sources say
  • Reuters: South Korea, US to Discuss New Visa Category as Detained Workers Set to Head Home, Yonhap Says
  • CNN: South Korea’s president says Georgia ICE raid could have ‘considerable impact’ on direct US investment from his country
  • Daily Caller: ‘Literally Blown To Bits’: JD Vance Issues Warning To Drug Cartels ‘Trying To Kill Our Citizens’
  • Washington Post: Democrats pressure Trump to show proof deadly boat strike was legal
  • New York Times: Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It
  • Telemundo51: Puerto Ricans mobilize again against the U.S. Navy.
  • ABC News: DOJ lawyer says there are ‘no immediate plans’ to deport additional unaccompanied minors
  • Politico: DOJ backs off claims about Guatemalan children it sought to deport
  • New York Times: Justice Dept. Reverses Course on Claims Guatemalan Children’s Parents Sought Their Return
  • CBS Chicago: Deployment of National Guard to Chicago in question as ICE operation ramps up
  • NewsNation: Chicago activists rally against ICE and Trump’s so-called ‘Operation Midway Blitz’
  • Chicago Tribune: ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ blasted release of jail inmates, but holding them in Illinois takes a court order
  • Washington Examiner: Bondi says federal troops will go to ‘a city who wants us there’ rather than Chicago
  • CNN: DHS launched an immigration operation in Chicago in honor of 20-year-old Katie Abraham. Here’s what we know about her death
  • The Hill: Duffy investigating Charlotte transit system security after Ukrainian woman’s death
  • NewsNation/New York Times: Trump’s 30-day DC police takeover will soon expire
  • Washington Post: Trump’s D.C. emergency is ending. ICE and the National Guard can stay.
  • New York Times: One of Trump’s Powers Over D.C. Reaches a Time Limit. Many Remain.
  • Washington Examiner: House Oversight takes up DC crime bills on day Trump’s federal takeover expires
  • AP: Over 40% of arrests in Trump’s DC law enforcement surge relate to immigration, AP analysis finds
  • AP: Man who hurled sandwich at federal agent pleads not guilty to assault charge
  • Reuters: US Judge Blocks Trump From Cutting Migrants off From Head Start, Other Programs
  • AP: Teachers sue over Trump’s immigration crackdown, saying students are staying home
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Trump fires another judge in S.F.’s Immigration Court, impacting people’s ability to seek asylum
  • Reuters: Ghana Agrees to Accept West Africans Deported From US, President Says
  • Axios: Scoop: Records request on Corey Lewandowski draws lawsuit from watchdog group
  • FOX News: Democrats splinter on Trump’s immigration crackdown as GOP unites
  • CNN: Suspect in Charlotte train stabbing that killed a Ukrainian refugee is charged with a federal crime. Here’s what we know
  • Reuters: Inside the CIA’s secret fight against Mexico’s drug cartels
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: The Feds Can’t ‘Seize’ U.S. Citizens
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Examiner: Violence against campus conservatives has reached new heights
  • USA Today: [UT] Charlie Kirk’s death is abhorrent – and a reflection of our violent country
  • Bloomberg: [CA] ICE Can Now Racially Profile Almost Half of LA
  • The Hill: [Venezuela] US military action in Venezuela may be best option
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: Americans flood ICE with 141,000 job applications in Trump admin recruitment push
  • New York Times: Local Sheriffs Are Turning Their Jails Into Trump’s ICE Detention Centers
  • FOX News: ICE arrests suspected MS-13 gang member who was living ‘just steps’ away from middle school
  • NewsNation: Trump weighs which city to target next in ‘crime crackdown’
  • Bloomberg: How Communities Are Pushing Back Against ICE
  • Univision: [NY] Rochester protest prevents ICE raid and arrest of workers
  • Daily Caller: [MD] Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Murdering Maryland Teen Had ICE Detainer Ignored
  • New York Times: [VA] Workers Fleeing Immigration Raid Scale a Fence at the C.I.A.
  • Daily Wire: [FL] DHS Reveals The ‘Worst Of The Worst’ Illegals In Alligator Alcatraz
  • FOX News: [IL] Grieving Illinois father blames sanctuary policies as ICE issues crackdown in daughter’s honor
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] ‘Legalized racism’: Lake County Board’s first Latino blasts Supreme Court decision
  • Blaze: [MN] DHS gives stern warning after foreign-born sex felon who recently worked for Walz’s Minnesota nabbed by ICE
  • Breitbart: [TX] ICE Houston Arrests 822 Criminal Aliens in Weeklong Sweep—Gang Members, Child Predators Among Those Nabbed
  • NewsNation/Univision Austin: [TX] Law enforcement: More federal agents in Austin for ICE operations
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Sadness, unease prevail, as Supreme Court eases path for immigration raids
  • AP: [Brazil] She was adopted into an abusive home in the US. Decades later, ICE deported her back to Brazil
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Bloomberg Law News: Trump DHS Blocks Venezuelans from Renewing Temporary Protections
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] New voter registration rules could affect thousands of naturalized citizens in Houston
  • NBC News: [CA] California woman can’t return to family as U.S. consulates delay more immigration cases, attorneys allege
  • Washington Examiner: [China] New warning about Chinese student ‘espionage,’ which costs US $600 billion
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsNation: Ports of entry to briefly shut down for 9/11 commemoration ceremonies
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] Chinese citizen accused in roundworms smuggling case sentenced
  • Reuters: [IL] US FDA, border agency seize $86.5 million worth of unauthorized e-cigarettes
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] CBP investigates death of pet shot by agent
  • New York Times: [PR] Cruise Ship Passenger With $16,000 Gambling Debt Jumps Overboard
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • The Hill: [NC] Budd casts procedural vote against DHS nominee to protest slow Helene relief
• Secret Service
  • Washington Examiner: Secret Service in ‘fact-finding mode’ after close calls reignite questions about Trump’s protection
  • Breitbart: [DC] Protesters Disrupt Trump and Cabinet During Dinner Near White House
  • New York Post: [VA] Secret Service missed Glock in guest’s bag at Trump’s Virginia golf course
  • FOX News: [FL] Jury seated in trial of man accused of Trump assassination attempt
  • AP: [FL] Trial starts for a man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump
• Coast Guard
  • Federal News Network: Coast Guard’s new directorate will serve as hub for strategy, innovation
  • Daily Wire: Drug Boat Obliterated In Fiery Blaze As Trump Expands War On Narco-Terror
  • FOX News: Coast Guard sinks suspected drug boat as Trump’s cartel fight escalates
  • USA Today: [CA] Dozens of cargo containers fall off ship near Southern California port
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Investigation into cause of Port of Long Beach cargo container spill continues
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] An oil spill, a sprained ankle and a damaged boat: What we know about the Long Beach cargo ship mishap
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: China’s ‘Typhoons’ changing the way FBI hunts sophisticated threats
  • CyberScoop: Wyden calls on FTC to investigate Microsoft for ‘gross cybersecurity negligence’ in protecting critical infrastructure
  • HS Today: CISA, NSA and Partners Release Shared Vision of Software Bill of Materials for Cybersecurity Guide
  • New York Times: Senators Demand Answers From Mark Zuckerberg on WhatsApp Security
  • StateScoop: [MO] Cyberattack in St. Joseph, Mo., may have exposed resident data
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NPR: The 9/11 terrorism case is in limbo. So are the victim families. - full text
  • FOX News: [CO] Three teenagers remain in critical condition after Colorado high school shooting incident
  • NewsMax: [CO] Boy Dies, Shot 2 Teens Then Himself at Colo. High School
  • Daily Caller: [WA] Seattle 13-Year-Old Arrested On Firearms Charges Was Seemingly Obsessed With School Shooters
• National Security News
  • NPR: Fired FBI agents allege retribution, incompetence at top security agency
  • The Hill: Senate confirmation delays endanger national security
  • Reuters: US warns hidden radios may be embedded in solar-powered highway infrastructure
  • CBS News: Newly released video at House UFO hearing appears to show U.S. missile striking and bouncing off orb
  • Breitbart: [Qatar] China, Taliban Back Qatar After Israel Strike on Hamas Targets
  • AP: [Russia] NATO scrambles jets to shoot down Russian drones in Poland, raising fears of war spillover
  • FOX News: [Russia] NATO warns Russia after Poland shoots down ‘huge number’ of drones that violated its airspace
  • The Hill: [Russia] Zelensky: Deployment of NATO aircraft to intercept Russian drones in Poland ‘highly significant’ precedent
  • NewsMax: [China] Trump Weighs Restrictions on Chinese Medicines

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