• Top News
  • CNN/Reuters/Bloomberg: Court orders DC judge to end criminal contempt inquiry into Trump officials involved in deportation flights
  • Washington Examiner/FOX News/CBS News: US says it killed four suspected drug traffickers in eastern Pacific boat strike
  • The Hill: Bessent says order requiring banks to collect citizenship information ‘in process’
  • NewsMax: Illegals Pull Back on Filing Taxes as IRS Data Sharing Sparks Fear
  • New York Times: Immigrants Are Scared to File Taxes. It Could Cost the U.S. Billions.
  • AP: Mexico’s Sheinbaum pushes back on Trump over migrant deaths and Cuba
  • Reuters/The Hill/Washington Times/Breitbart: GOP’s filibuster-proof bill to fund ICE expected in Senate early next week
  • Politico: GOP leaders struggle to keep $75B immigration plan narrow
  • Bloomberg: Thune to Press Fractious GOP to Back Narrow DHS Funding Plan
  • AP: Republicans are moving to fund Homeland Security ‘the hard way’ after end of talks
  • Bloomberg: Rep. Levin on DHS Funding, Defense Budget
  • USA Today: Homeland Security orders furloughed employees back to work amid shutdown
  • Reuters: Congo to receive first group of deportees from US this week, sources say
  • Washington Post: Appeals court again blocks contempt inquiry into deportation flights
  • Daily Caller: Video Shows Assault On Conservative Journalist Being Planned In Advance
  • FOX News: Mom from viral Ro Khanna debate says Dems can’t claim to support both secure borders and sanctuary policies
• Opinion – Editorials
  • New York Times: The View From Inside Trump’s D.H.S.
  • New York Post: Don’t let Congress stop US agents from spying on our enemies
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Don’t mess with Chicago O’Hare, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Start talking, instead.
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Gov. Abbott, don’t defund the police
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Daily Caller: Congress Should Decide Birthright Citizenship, Not SCOTUS
  • Washington Times: Unrestricted birthright citizenship devalues America
  • Daily Caller: Journalists Ask The Worst Questions: Are You A Criminal?
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Axios: ICE deported 442k people in fiscal year 2025
  • Blaze: Truly sick individuals’: ICE arrests convicted murderer and sexual predators
  • USA Today: ICE is detaining fewer people, new data shows. What it could mean
  • Bloomberg Law: In Overloaded Immigration Courts, Detainees Fight Long Odds
  • New York Post: [CT] DOJ sues two more local gov’ts for ‘open defiance’ over migrant sanctuary policies
  • CBS New York: [NY] ICE sightings on Long Island spark worries among farm, winery workers
  • Good Morning America: [PA] DHS Fighting Back on DEP’s Delay for ICE Facility
  • FOX News: [SC] Illegal immigrant driver charged with DUI after car veers off road, kills two children on bikes: police
  • Breitbart: [FL] Once-Deported Illegal Alien Gang Member Wanted for Murder Found Living in Florida
  • Breitbart: [MO] Biden-Released Illegal Alien Accused of Kidnapping, Raping Missouri Woman on Easter Sunday
  • CNN: [MO] A 15-year-old pleaded for his life as investigators say an elaborate plot lured him to his death
  • NBC News Daily: [LA] ICE: Man from Mexico Died in ICE Custody in Louisiana
  • Breitbart: Bombshell Documents: [IL] Joe Biden’s DHS Knew Sheridan Gorman’s Accused Killer Did Not Have Valid Asylum Claim, Freed Him into U.S. Anyway
  • Daily Caller: [IL] Biden Officials Knew Sheridan Gorman’s Alleged Murderer Was Flight Risk, Released Him Anyway
  • NPR: [TX] No peace’: Nearly a year after her son’s death, she learned that ICE was responsible
  • Breitbart: [TX] Texas Threatens to Pull $110 Million from Houston After ‘Sanctuary’ Immigration Policy Change
  • Axios: [TX] Houston considers repealing new ICE cooperation rules
  • Univision: [TX] Texas Attorney Investigates Austin Police for ICE Policy Changes
  • FOX News: [OK] ICE lodges detainer for illegal migrant charged with strangling wife and dumping body near Oklahoma highway
  • DailySignal: [CO] House Investigates Colorado Rule Coercing Lawyers to Block Immigration Enforcement
  • FOX News/AP: [CA] Illegal immigrant suspected of gang ties arrested after allegedly ramming ICE officer
  • New York Post: [CA] Family members of Sinaloa Cartel arrested as $10M reward offered to catch kingpin of ‘Chapitos’
  • Telemundo52: [CA] Four members of the Sinaloa Cartel have been arrested in Southern California, and authorities are searching for "Chapito"
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Breitbart: Trump Reforms Cut Legal Immigration by 50 percent
  • Washington Post: Immigrants who care for seniors under threat in Trump court fight, nursing homes say
  • FOX News: Dem-led push to extend protections for Haitians faces outrage after brutal hammer killing
  • FOX News: [GA] Suspect in string of random attacks in Georgia is naturalized citizen from UK, DHS says
  • Telemundo: [FL] Cuban exile manages humanitarian visa for former political prisoner released with terminal cancer
  • Breitbart: [IN] Chinese Student Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Biological Material into U.S.
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Reuters: US set to launch tariff refund system on April 20
  • CBS News: [GA] Over $372,000 in undeclared cash seized by customs officers at Atlanta airport this year
  • CBS Mornings: [FL] $1.8M in Counterfeit Luxury Goods Seized
  • FOX News: [IL] Docs show migrant accused of killing Loyola student was flagged as flight risk before release
  • New York Times: [CA] Captains of Boat That Capsized Near San Diego Plead Guilty to 4 Deaths
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Boat captains plead guilty in separate deadly migrant-smuggling incidents
• Transportation Security Administration
  • USA Today: [GA] GA commission offers utility relief for TSA agents as shutdown lingers
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times: Powerful Storms Prompt Tornado Watches Across the Central U.S.
  • New York Post: Midwest slammed with dangerous tornado, hail threats which could impact over 130M people
  • CNN: Tornadoes, huge hail tear through Wisconsin and Iowa as multi-day severe storm threat continues
  • ABC News: Tornadoes, hail slam the Heartland
  • NBC News: Massive tornadoes tear across Midwest
  • AP: Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote US islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds
  • The Hill: Trump responds to FEMA official’s teleportation claim: ‘A little strange’
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Massive wildfire burning in Southwest Florida sends smoke billowing into the sky
  • AP: [CO] Trump again rejects Colorado amid accusations of playing politics with disaster aid
  • AP: [HI] Hawaiian Electric’s $1 billion power project is in a flood zone
• Secret Service
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Secret Service warns court of ‘numerous security risks’ if White House ballroom project halted now
  • Daily Wire/New York Post/NewsMax: [GA] Erika Kirk Withdraws From TPUSA Event With Vance Amid Threats
  • CBS Mornings: [FL] Helipad Deal Back on the Table
  • CBS Texas: [TX] Secret Service busts card skimmers in North Texas, preventing millions in fraud
  • New York Post: [CA] Body-armored gunman with frightening messages scrawled on rifle arrested after firing shot near Trump National Golf Course Los Angeles
• Coast Guard
  • CNN: [Bahamas] Husband of missing American woman in the Bahamas says he’ll keep searching for her following his release
  • New York Post: [Bahamas] Lynette Hooker’s daughter heading to Bahamas to join search for missing mom after husband freed
  • NewsNation: [Bahamas] Coast Guard criminal investigation in Lynette Hooker case continues
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: CISA cancels summer internships for cyber scholarship students amid DHS funding lapse
  • FOX Business: Anthropic’s Mythos raising flags for cybersecurity
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Daily Wire: [FL] How Terror-Linked Figures Built A U.S. Community And Operated In Plain Sight
  • Washington Examiner: [TX] US sanctions cartel money laundering scheme after new alleged drug boat strike
  • Breitbart: [CA] Police: Man Who Attacked Sam Altman Wanted to Prevent ‘Impending Extinction’ of Humanity by AI
  • AP: [CA] US sanctions 2 casinos and 3 people over alleged links to Mexico’s Cartel del Noreste
• National Security News
  • Wall Street Journal: Europe Is Accelerating a NATO Fallback Plan in Case Trump Pulls Out
  • Roll Call: [DC] House starts uncertain push to reauthorize key surveillance authority
  • AP: [DC] Trump urges extending foreign surveillance program as some lawmakers push for US privacy protections
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Mike Johnson pushes clean spy law extension as privacy concerns divide Congress
  • Reuters: [Cuba] Russia pledges further oil supplies to Cuba after dispatching crude cargo
  • Washington Post: [Iran] U.S. sends thousands more troops to Mideast as Trump seeks to squeeze Iran
  • NBC News: [Iran] Trump signals new talks with Iran to start soon
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Trump: Iran Conflict ‘Very Close to Being Over’ — Tehran ‘Wants to Make a Deal Very Badly,’ Talks Could Resume Within Days
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] How the U.S. Navy Is Blockading the Strait of Hormuz to Choke Off Iran’s Ports
  • FOX News: [China] Trump meets US ambassador to China as tensions flare ahead of Xi showdown
  • Reuters: [China] China moves to block entrance to disputed South China Sea shoal, images show

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