• Top News
  • Reuters/NewsMax: US Senate edges toward advancing ICE, border funding plan
  • New York Times: Senate Adopts G.O.P. Budget, Defeating Democrats’ Affordability Proposals
  • Politico: Senate Republicans clear go-it-alone path for ICE funding
  • The Hill: Two GOP senators break ranks on final Senate budget vote
  • CNN: DHS warns it will run out of money to pay airport security workers in coming weeks
  • CBS News: "A breaking point": Inside the 68-day DHS shutdown
  • NewsMax: Trump Calls on GOP to Unite, Fund DHS Via Reconciliation
  • FOX News: Republicans eye ending government shutdowns forever over fears Dems will do it again
  • Daily Caller: Man Who Allegedly Shot, Stabbed DHS Employee Found Dead In Jail
  • FOX News: High-ranking DHS official sidelined over allegations of ‘sugar daddy’ relationship, luxe gifts and drug use
  • FOX News: Mexican national convicted of illegally voting in US after false citizenship claims faces removal: DHS
  • New York Post: DHS touts ‘critical tool’ after Mexican national is caught voting illegally in US election
  • New York Times/Breitbart: Man Who Stole Kristi Noem’s Purse Gets 3 Years in Prison
  • AP/FOX News/Daily Caller: Federal appeals court blocks California law requiring federal agents to wear identification
  • Breitbart: Report: Gov. Newsom Spent $1 Billion to Import 400,000 Extra Illegal Migrants
  • FOX News: ‘Stop this insanity’: Angel mom rips Newsom, Dems for bill to use taxpayer dollars for illegals’ defense
  • FOX News: Chaos erupts as leftists interrupt conservative group’s UCLA event featuring DHS lawyer
  • Wall Street Journal: What Everyone Got Wrong About Jobs and the Immigration Crackdown
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Federal government on the hook to return billions in collected tariffs
  • The Hill: America cannot just deport its way out of its immigration mess
  • Blaze: Uncle Sam wants YOU — to obey immigration laws
  • New York Post: [CA] How Gavin Newsom subsidized migrant invasion with California taxpayers’ cash
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NewsMax: ICE’s Lyons to Newsmax: Agents ‘Busting Humps’ to Find, Deport Illegals
  • CBS News: Family "is heartbroken" after learning wife of Army soldier won’t be released by ICE after all
  • NBC News: They fled Iran in search of freedom. Then ICE detained them.
  • Breitbart: Nolte: ICE Hater Arrested for Death Threats Is Also Convicted Murderer
  • NBC News: ICE tells officers to curtail court arrests, stop entering homes without warrants
  • FOX News: [VA] Soros-backed DA’s lax illegal immigration policies led to ‘preventable’ bus stop stabbing murder: complaint
  • Breitbart: [SC] ICE Slaps Detainer On Illegal Alien Charged with Incest After Victim Gives Birth in Hospital Parking Lot
  • CBS News: [GA] Despite pause, Oakwood city officials still preparing for proposed ICE detention facility
  • FOX News: [LA] Man who pleaded guilty to raping 12-year-old relative is illegal immigrant from Honduras, DHS says
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] Judges ruled their detainments ‘illegal’ but many still can’t get free
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Marimar Martinez, other Chicagoans testify at Congressional hearing on immigration enforcement
  • Breitbart: [IL] Angel Parents of Sheridan Gorman: This Was a ‘Preventable Murder,’ Never Should Have Happened
  • FOX News: [TX] Sanctuary city backs off after GOP gov put it in ‘crisis’ mode with $110 million threat
  • CBS News: [TX] Dallas police chief says city will comply with Gov. Abbott’s ICE‑related directives as funding threat looms
  • AP: [TX] Houston changes ordinance limiting cooperation with ICE after pressure from governor
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Mayor John Whitmire, Houston council pass amendments to ICE policy as Greg Abbott threatens $114M
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [TX] Undocumented Venezuelan man accused of killing a coworker with a hammer in Texas
  • AP: [TX] ICE detains the wife of an Army sergeant in Texas as military family leniency wanes
  • Univision: [TX] ICE will release Deisy Rivera, the Salvadoran wife of an Army sergeant who was detained last week at an immigration appointment, according to reports.
  • ABC News: [TX] US Army sergeant’s wife told she’d be released, instead faces deportation to Mexico, attorney says
  • Telemundo: [TX] ICE arrests Bertha Olga Gómez Fong, wife of César Duarte
  • Axios: [TX] Austin weighs ICE policy ahead of state funding deadline
  • New York Times: [TX] Texas Governor Uses Trump-Style Tactics in Fight With Cities Over ICE
  • NewsMax: [CO] Family of Suspect in Boulder Pro-Israel Attack Ordered Released
  • AP: [CO] Assault charge for immigration officer in Colorado could test immunity provisions for federal agents
  • NewsMax: [CA] ICE Arrests Man Over Threat to Acting Director
  • AP: [CA] California Lawmakers Seek Protections for Patients in ICE Custody
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] ICE raids and migrant pay cuts are devastating California economies
  • Reuters: [Brazil] Brazil revokes credentials of US immigration officer, claims reciprocity
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Examiner: Supreme Court grapples with if criminal legal immigrants may be denied entry in the US
  • FOX News: ‘Illegals first’: Senate Republicans blast Schumer’s gambit to force vote on protecting Haitian migrants
  • Wall Street Journal: [LA] Five Things to Know About the Visa Fraud Case Shaking Small-Town Lousiana
  • AP: [Canada] Citizenship change has more Americans ‘waking up’ Canadian
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Breitbart: U.N. Admits: Tough MAGA Border Policy Has Saved 1,000+ Migrant Lives
  • NewsNation: Gotaways create border vulnerabilities, leave DHS with work to do
  • Bloomberg: Supreme Court Weighs DHS Power Over Green Card Entries at Border
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Customs and Border Protection seize monkey carcass, 125 pounds of Ruminant meat at O’Hare Airport
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] ‘Like I was disposable to him: ‘ Marimar Martínez testifies at Congressional committee hearing about Border Patrol shooting
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Customs and Border Protection agent charged with assault in connection with Durango, Colorado, protest
  • FOX News: [AZ] Border agents uncover RPG launcher, cache of rifles hidden in vehicle heading to Mexico
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: New study finds ‘alarming’ high flood risk for 17 million Americans on Atlantic and Gulf coasts
  • AP: Wildfires across Georgia and Florida have destroyed nearly 50 homes and are forcing evacuations
  • Axios: [GA] Kemp declares state of emergency over South Georgia wildfires
  • CBS News: [GA] Georgia streets reduced to ashes amid massive wildfires
  • Axios: [IL] Illinois tops U.S. in tornadoes as FEMA aid lags
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Illinois surpasses 100 tornadoes for fourth year in a row
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] New FEMA flood maps could force thousands of Houston homeowners into ‘survival mode.’ This is how.
  • FOX News: [CA] Karen Bass meets with Trump at White House to push for LA wildfire relief after months of clashes
• Coast Guard
  • AP: Searchers find the body of 1 of 6 missing crew from a ship that overturned during a typhoon
  • DefenseScoop: ‘Best of times, worst of times’ for the Coast Guard, commandant says, amid historic funding and legislative woes
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Federal News Network/Cyberscoop: Plankey withdraws as CISA nominee
  • New York Times: Trump’s Nominee to Lead Cyber Agency Withdraws After Languishing in Senate
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Post: [DC] D.C. pipe bomb suspect emotionless as he faces new terrorism charges
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] DC pipe bomb suspect pleads not guilty to terrorism and WMD charges
  • ABC News: [LA] Man charged with supplying gun to Louisiana father who allegedly killed 8 children
• National Security News
  • Bloomberg Government: House Panel Releases $47.3 Billion National Security Bill
  • Los Angeles Times: [Mexico] Cartel war takes surprising turn as CIA involvement in Mexico surfaces
  • CBS News: [Mexico] Mexico’s military unaware of presence of CIA agents who died in crash following drug lab raid, president says
  • FOX News: [Iran] Iran reportedly fires on three ships in Strait of Hormuz
  • Los Angeles Times: [Iran] Trump maintains blockade as Iran’s factions struggle to unite
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Trump: ‘It’s Possible’ Iran Talks Could Resume by Friday

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