• Top News
  • Daily Caller/Roll Call: House Approves Stiffer Penalties For Illegals Who Re-Enter US, Commit Felonies
  • AP/Daily Caller: Judge temporarily blocks US efforts to remove some immigrant Guatemalan and Honduran children
  • NBC News/AP/CNN: South Koreans detained in U.S. immigration raid arrive back home to applause and protests
  • Reuters: South Korea asks US Congress to support a new visa, workers heading home
  • Washington Examiner: South Korea says Trump offered to let detained Hyundai workers stay and train Americans
  • Reuters: Hyundai battery plant faces at least 2-3 month startup delay following US raid, CEO says
  • New York Times: Georgia ICE Raid Netted Workers With Short-Term Business Visas
  • Reuters: South Korea says to provide clear visa guidelines for its companies operating in US
  • AP: With Hyundai raid, Trump’s immigration crackdown runs into his push for foreign investment
  • NPR: Images of handcuffed workers after ICE raid at Hyundai plant sparked outrage in Seoul
  • Reuters: Why South Korea wants the US to change its visa policies
  • Axios: Hyundai should have called me for visas, Lutnick says
  • Latin Times: DHS Slams ‘Media Hoaxes’, Says Alligator Alcatraz Remains Open ‘Housing Worst of Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens’
  • Chicago Tribune: Hundreds of hotline calls but no clear arrest numbers days into federal immigration ‘blitz’
  • Chicago Sun Times: Officials demand answers from Noem, Hegseth on Naval Station Great Lakes’ use for immigration arrests
  • FOX News: Chicago ICE arrests ‘pedophiles, rapists, abusers’ in Chicago sanctuary city crackdown operation
  • FOX News: Pritzker critic in House introduces bill to crack down on sanctuary states ‘gambling’ with lives
  • FOX News: Fox News Flash Pete Hegseth makes homeland security top mission in first interview as secretary of War
  • Reuters: People killed in US boat strike were not Tren de Aragua, Venezuela minister says
  • CBS News: Alleged drug boat from Venezuela turning back when hit, sources say
  • Daily Caller: Trump Admin Gets Mexico To Make Good On Agreement It Ignored Under Biden
  • Reuters: Eswatini says US never asked them to take Kilmar Abrego as deportee
  • ABC News: DC to move forward ‘on its own terms’ as federal surge winds down
  • Bloomberg: Prosecutors Work Overnight in Trump-Directed DC Anti-Crime Surge
  • New York Times: How Trump’s Crime Crackdown Muted Other Parts of D.C. Life
  • Wall Street Journal: Angry and in Mourning, Trump’s Team Tightens Security After Kirk Shooting
  • Reuters: U.S. authorities find rifle, release photos in hunt for killer of Charlie Kirk
  • Washington Post: Searching for Charlie Kirk shooter, officials still lack suspect name or location
  • AP: Charlie Kirk’s Shooting Death Exposes Security Gaps at Political Events
  • FOX News/Bloomberg: Charlie Kirk assassination rocks Capitol Hill, heightens lawmakers’ security fears
  • Breitbart: Tulsi Gabbard: Assassin Killed Charlie Kirk to ‘Terrorize Those Who Think Like Charlie into Silence’
  • Politico: Trump says ‘we have to beat the hell’ out of ‘radical left lunatics’ after Kirk killing
  • NewsMax: Trump Urges Peaceful Response to Charlie Kirk Killing
  • ABC News: Trump condemns political violence, but doesn’t mention attacks on Democrats
  • Reuters: After Trump’s tough words, little sign of policy response to Kirk’s killing
  • Breitbart: Hegseth to Address Service Members’ Charlie Kirk Hate Posts ‘Immediately’
  • Federalist: Docs Indicate Charlie Kirk Assassin Was Motivated By Transgender, Antifa Ideology
  • The Hill: State Department warns immigrants against praising Kirk’s death
  • New York Times: Security at Kirk Event Seemed Light to Those Who Attended
  • Washington Post: America enters a new age of political violence
  • Washington Post: Colleges are unprepared for threats like Charlie Kirk’s killing, experts say
  • Daily Caller: Nancy Mace Introduces Bill To Create Anti-Trafficking Program For Unaccompanied Alien Children
  • Washington Post: Federal judge curbs DHS, LAPD actions against journalists in L.A.
  • Los Angeles Times: Judge keeps limits on ‘less-lethal’ police weapons at L.A. protests
  • AP: Appeals court upholds Florida law barring noncitizens from gathering voter petitions
  • Reuters: Trump policy barring migrants from Head Start blocked nationwide
  • SFGate: ‘Systemic attack’: Trump firing spree hits San Francisco immigration court
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Trump’s idea to ban guns for transgender people would backfire
  • The Hill: [GA] Trump’s Hyundai ICE raid undercuts his own trade goals
  • Bloomberg: [GA] The Hyundai Plant ICE Raid Proves Immigration Laws Need Fixing
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • The Hill: Bad Bunny not touring in mainland US over concert ICE raid fears
  • NBC News: [NY] Protesters arrived to defend roofers sought by immigration agents
  • New York Post: [NY] Man busted by ICE on first day of school on Long Island was ‘MS-13 fugitive’: feds
  • Washington Post: [VA] A traffic stop, two car chases, then a lockdown at the CIA
  • AP: [TN] Immigrant detainees begin arriving at former prison in rural Tennessee town
  • The Hill: [GA] Hyundai plant completion in Georgia delayed months by ICE raid
  • Univision: [GA] He requested his deportation more than 2 months ago and remains in custody by ICE in Georgia
  • FOX News: [IL] Architect of LA ICE raids reportedly arrives in Chicago as focus shifts to Windy City, agent’s history
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Elgin council to adopt resolution demanding ICE agents be unmasked
  • FOX News: [IL] Chicago-area mayor, congressional candidate brags about lengths he’s gone to flummox ICE
  • CBS News: [TX] New West Texas immigration detention facility is a "giant tent city," congresswoman says
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] ICE touts 800 immigration arrests in Houston area, but withholds details about most cases
  • Breitbart.com: [TX] GRAPHIC: Biden-Released Illegal Alien Seen Carrying Severed Head Across Texas Motel Parking Lot
  • Univision: [TX] José Aguilar joins the list of most wanted undocumented criminals in Texas after the deadly shooting in Alas Locas.
  • Univision: [CA] Hispanic man detained by ICE outside his home and later released: How did he do it?
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] California lawmakers pass ban on ICE officers wearing masks
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] ‘I am not the same person.’ Pasadena man recounts 13 days in ICE’s ‘basement’
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Bloomberg Law: Venezuelans’ Protected Status Registration Ordered to Reopen
  • FOX News: State Department warns it will revoke visas of foreigners who ‘glorify violence’ after Kirk shooting
  • Breitbart: Several 9/11 Hijackers Used ‘Visa Overstay’ Loophole to Stay in U.S.
  • New York Times: [CA] Lawyers for Venezuelans Ask Court to Press D.H.S. on Temporary Protections
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Axios: Without immigration, U.S. population could start to decline as soon as 2031
  • Breitbart: [TX] 69 Pounds of Cocaine Seized from Cartel Drug Mules Crossing Border into Texas
  • NewsNation: [AZ] Border Patrol aims gun at dog, resident points gun at agent
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • The Hill: Trump announces millions in storm recovery funds for North Carolina, Wisconsin, Kansas
  • Washington Examiner: [WI] Trump grants funding request for Wisconsin floods, citing electoral victories in state
  • Axios: [CA] California faces intensifying wildfire season as blazes spread statewide
• Secret Service
  • FedScoop: Chris Kraft is now acting Secret Service chief information officer
  • FOX News: Kirk’s killing underscores heightened danger for Trump, as Secret Service moves to adapt
  • New York Post: Secret Service employee who called Charlie Kirk racist, blamed karma for assassination put on leave
  • AP: [NY] Trump marking 9/11 by attending a New York Yankees game
  • Breitbart: [FL] Secret Service reviewing gun missed in search at Trump golf club
  • NPR: [FL] Jury trial of Ryan Routh, man accused of trying to kill Trump, begins in Florida
  • New York Times: [FL] Defendant in Trial Over Trump Assassination Attempt Is Off to a Shaky Start
  • Washington Post: [FL] Alleged Trump golf course gunman invokes Putin, Wright brothers at trial
  • ABC News: [FL] Secret Service agent testifies he came within 5 feet of alleged would-be Trump assassin
• Coast Guard
  • Washington Examiner: Coast Guard and Marines investigate anti-Charlie Kirk social media posts
  • Yahoo! News: [WI] Coast guard, rescue teams respond to small plane down in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: CISA work not ‘degraded’ by Trump administration cuts, top agency official says
  • Federal News Network: CISA ‘fired up’ to chart new vision for CVE program
• Terrorism Investigations
  • ABC News: Multiple HBCUs under lockdown after receiving threats amid campus security concerns
  • New York Post: House Intelligence Committee announces bipartisan review of 9/11 commission report
  • FOX News: On 9/11 anniversary, lawmakers warn domestic terrorism now greatest threat
  • FOX News: Al Qaeda remains most dangerous terrorist group 24 years after 9/11, expert warns
  • NPR: What counterterrorism looks like in the U.S. 24 years after 9/11
  • FOX News: [NY] Lawmakers to mark 9/11 at Ground Zero as New York remains a bullseye for terror threats
  • Washington Post: [MD] U.S. Naval Academy locked down after reports of a threat that wasn’t credible
  • New York Times: [MD] A False Report of a Shooter Prompts a Shooting at the U.S. Naval Academy
  • ABC News: [MD] Midshipman at US Naval Academy was shot by security forces during lockdown
  • New York Times: [CO] Student Who Shot 2 Others at Colorado School Was ‘Radicalized,’ Officials Say
  • New York Post: [CO] 18-year-old student injured in Colorado high school shooting identified
• National Security News
  • Reuters: Trump withdraws nomination of China hawk for key post in US-Sino tech battle
  • CNN: Trump admin escalates space race with China, banning visa-holding scientists from working at NASA
  • Federal News Network: House passes its version of 2026 defense policy bill
  • Washington Post: [Russia] NATO allies accuse Russia of deliberate drone incursion to test readiness
  • Axios: [Russia] Senate mounts new Russia pressure campaign
  • New York Post: [Russia] Senate bill would designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over kidnapping of 20K Ukrainian children
  • Reuters: [Qatar] UN Security Council, with US support, condemns strikes on Qatar
  • CNN: [Qatar] Inside Israel’s operation to kill Hamas leaders in Qatar

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