Top News
Axios/NewsMax/CNN/Daily Signal: Trump says he’s designating antifa as "a major terrorist organization"
NBC News: White House plans to take action targeting left-wing groups as early as this month
NewsMax: ICE, DHS Announce 641% Surge in Immigration Partnerships
Breitbart: DHS, ICE Secures 1,000 Partnerships with State, Local Law Enforcement
Washington Examiner: Kristi Noem touts 150,000 new ICE applications after recruitment push
CBS Mornings: Noem Oversees Stepped-Up ICE Enforcement
Daily Wire: Trump Speeds Up Mass Deportation Campaign with 389,000 Illegal Immigrant Removals
Chicago Tribune: Local immigration advocates outraged after video of a U.S. citizen briefly detained during an Elgin raid is posted online by DHS Secretary Noem
Washington Examiner: DHS calls for ‘sanctuary politicians’ and ‘leftist groups’ to stop ‘demonizing’ DHS officers
FOX News: Operation Midway Blitz commander rebuts Pritzker’s ‘crazy rhetoric,’ warns it could lead to violence
Daily Wire: Judge Orders Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Deported To Syria Or Algeria
AP: Without insurance, immigrant patients may face unregulated ‘medical deportation’
The Hill: Senate Democrats call for hearing on Trump use of military in US cities
Washington Times: Democrat praises FBI Director Patel for law enforcement surge in Memphis
Reuters/Bloomberg: US Treasury official to visit Mexico City to discuss cartels
AP: Some US deportees to Ghana say they are still held there, contradicting Ghanaian authorities
Wall Street Journal: Pentagon Lawyers Raise Concerns Over Trump’s Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats
Washington Examiner: US strikes on Venezuela drug smugglers raise legal questions about lethal force
Telemundo51: Venezuela questions US veracity regarding attacks on drug ships
Breitbart: With eye on US threat, Venezuela holds Caribbean military exercises
Washington Post: House votes for D.C. police chases, against city’s input on judges
New York Post/NewsMax: Kristi Noem tears into predecessor Alejandro Mayorkas on ‘Pod Force One’ for opening southern border: ‘Don’t know how he slept at night’
New York Post: On patrol with Kristi Noem: Busting illegal aliens, FEMA porn pervs and why she shot her dog
FOX News: DHS Secretary Noem says Kirk’s last text to her warned about threat of illegal immigration in big cities
Breitbart: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: Charlie Kirk Was ‘Such a Great Champion for ICE’
FOX News: DHS blames political rhetoric for surge in assaults on ICE agents after Charlie Kirk murder
Reuters: Unresolved questions hang over case against Charlie Kirk’s accused killer
New York Times: Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division
USA Today: Liberal groups condemn ‘political violence’ after Charlie Kirk’s death
Politico: How Charlie Kirk’s Killer Poisoned Everyone With Meme-Slop
Daily Signal: SCOOP: Trump Official Reveals Criteria for Investigating Left-Wing NGOs After Kirk Assassination
Washington Post: Trump, allies seek to punish speech they dislike following Kirk killing
FOX News: After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, colleges address concerns over campus event safety
Opinion – Op-Eds
New York Post: Miranda Devine: Go inside an ICE raid as tough-minded DHS boss Kristi Noem succeeds in ousting criminal immigrants
Washington Examiner: Trump must crack down on illegal foreign truck drivers
The Hill: Democrats need a new, pragmatic message on immigration
The Hill: TSA got smart with a PreCheck discount — but it could be even smarter
Daily Wire: We Aren’t Getting The Full Story About Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
Wall Street Journal: [DC] How to Secure D.C.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Breitbart: ICE Announces Arrests of ‘the Worst of the Worst’ Criminal Illegals
Washington Post: Trump’s mass deportations bring a new wave of family separations
Chicago Tribune: Trump, ICE target police in Chicago, other cities for recruitment in TV ad
Latin Times: DHS Warns Anti-ICE Rhetoric Driving ‘1,000% Increase’ in Attacks on Officers
AP: ‘It hurts all of us’: Mass deportations ensnare immigrant service members, veterans and families
AP: ‘Inhumane’: Trump’s mass deportations ensnare noncriminal immigrants from all walks of life
Yahoo News: [MA] Parents of teen detained by ICE in Milford put in ankle monitors
NBC News Daily: [CT] Local Concern Over Immigration Enforcement Operations
New York Times: [NY] ICE Must Improve Conditions in N.Y.C. Migrant Holding Cells, Judge Rules
New York Post: [NY] Maniac NYC driver who mowed down teen girl for rejecting lewd advances had been deported, arrested: report
Telemundo: [NY] Judge orders Trump administration to improve conditions for immigrants detained at New York federal building
AP: [DC] A law enforcement surge has taken a toll on children of immigrants in Washington schools
Washington Post: [DC] A D.C. neighborhood long home to immigrants pushes back against ICE arrests
Chicago Tribune: [IL] Lake County residents urged to document ICE actions
Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] "It looked like a war zone": ICE and Border Patrol operation in Elgin results in several arrests
Univision: [IL] The story behind the viral video of a senator confronting ICE in West Chicago
Chicago Tribune: [IL] Immigration agents make arrests outside Naperville Menards
New York Post: Dem. lawmaker crying over masked ICE agents in Chicago ‘needs help’: border official
NBC News Daily: [ID] Plan to Expand ICE in Boise
AP: [OR] Portland to issue land use violation notice to ICE building for allegedly breaching detention limits
Los Angeles Times: [CA] L.A. County moves to keep ICE away from data that show where people drive
NBC News: [CA] 73-year-old Bay Area woman is detained by ICE after more than a decade of check-ins
AP: [CA] A law enforcement surge has taken a toll on children of immigrants in Washington schools
Bloomberg: [South Korea] South Korea Reels From Shocking ICE Expulsions of Battery Engineers
Citizenship and Immigration Services
CBS News/Daily Signal/The Hill: U.S. adding more questions to citizenship test in latest step to overhaul legal immigration process
FOX News: [DC] White House unveils letter President Donald Trump will send to new US citizens
Bloomberg: Why Korean EV workers now carry passports everywhere amid immigration fears
Customs and Border Protection
Washington Examiner: Trump DHS locates 22,000 missing migrant children who crossed border under Biden
NewsMax: RFK Jr., FDA’s Makary Target Illegal Chinese Vapes
USA Today: [MD] 4 Carnival crew members removed from cruise ship, allegedly possessed child pornography
Telemundo: [FL] Cuban father sports herself to the island in hopes of returning to the United States to care for her sick daughter
Los Angeles Times: [CA] Trump’s chief Border Patrol agent testifies in protester assault trial
Secret Service
NBC News: [NY] Spirit Airlines flight repeatedly warned to turn away from Air Force One
Coast Guard
CBS News: Wreck of ship that sank nearly a century ago found 200 feet underwater
Daily Caller: Shipbuilder With Shady Past Could Rake In $3.5 Billion For Icebreaker Contract
CISA/Cybersecurity
Federal News Network: House CR includes short-term CISA 2015 extension
CyberScoop: Attack on SonicWall’s cloud portal exposes customers’ firewall configurations
Terrorism Investigations
Blaze: Homeland Security expert details step-by-step plan to label Antifa a terrorist group
USA Today: Study showing ‘far-right extremists’ have committed more violence removed from DOJ website
Wall Street Journal: Trump Invokes Post-9/11 Playbook in Attacks on Drug Cartels
Denver Post: [CO] Evergreen High School shooting victim warned students during attack, uncle says
CBS News: [UT] Suspect arrested for allegedly making threat against Utah college where Charlie Kirk was killed
Daily Caller: [Mexico] American Cocaine Cheap And Pure As Ever Thanks To New Mexican Drug Lord
Reuters: [Iran] US designates four Iran-aligned militias as terrorist organizations
NewsMax: [Iran] Trump Admin Puts More Pressure on Iran to Curb Terrorist Activities
National Security News
Politico: Pentagon’s crackdown on Kirk comments stirs fears among troops
Reuters/USA Today: [DC] House panel questions FBI’s Patel over Epstein investigation files
Reuters: [Cuba] Cuba calls on United Nations to stop US militarization of region
Reuters: [Greenland] Denmark leads large military exercise in Greenland, without US
Blaze: [China] GOP lawmaker leads push to counter CCP influence in global telecommunications
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