• Top News
  • Washington Examiner: Mullin calls Schumer a ‘lying scumbag’ for ripping ICE and CBP
  • Washington Times: Trump calls on Schumer to apologize for ripping Border Patrol, ICE
  • AP/Washington Post/Roll Call/Breitbart: Senate passes budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security Department
  • Blaze: 2 GOP senators side with Democrats to block ICE, CBP funding
  • The Hill: House Republican grumbling about ‘skinny’ ICE funding package complicates its path
  • NewsMax: Rep. McDowell to Newsmax: GOP Must Fund DHS Without Dems
  • NewsMax: Rep. Norman to Newsmax: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ on DHS Funding Deal
  • The Hill: Johnson faces pressure from all sides as funding to pay DHS workers dwindles
  • NewsNation: DHS earmarks millions for smart glasses for immigration agents
  • FOX News: GOP infighting erupts over immigration bill that would shield millions from deportation
  • FOX News: Republicans fail to attach SAVE America Act to party-line funding package
  • New York Times: Trump Reposts Tirade Against Chinese and Indian Immigrants
  • NPR: The new homeland security secretary has a history of pushing election misinformation
  • Wall Street Journal: Kristi Noem Has Continued Using a Waterfront Coast Guard House Since Ouster
  • New York Post: Glam DHS official’s ex, who claims she used him as a $40,000 ‘sugar daddy,’ is IT exec with $67M in government contracts
  • Breitbart: ‘F**k You, Loser’: Leftist Protesters, Students Disrupt DHS Lawyer’s Speech at UCLA
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • FOX News: America needs workers, but Trump’s policies are sharply cutting legal immigration
  • FOX News: America’s power grid, food supply and more are under threat from drones
  • The Hill: A well-meaning law has opened a child smuggling loophole at our border
  • Washington Post: A repeat of the pandemic-era fraud crisis is looming
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Bloomberg: Immigration Agents Told to Use Judicial Warrants for Home Entry
  • DailySignal: Double Court Victories for Trump on ICE and ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
  • Washington Examiner: ICE barred from entering homes without judicial warrants and court arrests drop: Report
  • FOX News: Trump border czar Tom Homan wants Pope Leo XIV to ride along with ICE agents: ‘They don’t understand’
  • USA Today: World Cup fans warned of US immigration risks
  • FOX News: Parents of Sheridan Gorman demand accountability after illegal immigrant murder
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] "ICE Out" legislation passed by Philadelphia City Council
  • FOX News: [VA] ICE nabs accused MS-13 killer hiding in Northern Virginia suburb
  • Washington Post: [VA] Girl says case of student who groped her, others not about immigration status
  • FOX News: [VA] Guatemalan man charged with child porn possession released by Fairfax County despite ICE detainer, DHS says
  • Daily Wire: [VA] Suburban Mom? Try Wanted Murderer Tied To One Of The Deadliest Gangs
  • Axios: [TX] Dallas police eye immigration policy changes amid Abbott threats
  • CBS News: [TX] Dallas police revise ICE-related policies after Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to pull funding
  • Univision: [NM] Abbott will not release the $114 million until the Houston Police Department accepts new terms of cooperation with DHS.
  • NPR: [TX] Texas governor threatens to revoke grants from cities that don’t cooperate with ICE
  • Univision: [TX] Abbott gives Austin more time after threatening to withdraw funding over ICE-related policies
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] HPD returns to prior ICE policy after Gov. Greg Abbott threat, concerning legal experts
  • CBS News: [TX] Federal judge in Texas orders ICE to immediately release family of Boulder, Colorado, firebombing suspect
  • Reuters: [TX] Woman, her 5 children released from longest ICE detention of a family under Trump
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [TX] Woman confronts ICE agents following her husband’s arrest.
  • AP: [CO] Immigration officer is charged with assault after protest outside Colorado ICE facility, DA says
  • Univision: [CO] The indictment of an immigration officer in Colorado tests the immunity of federal agents regarding their actions.
  • FOX News: [CA] ICE nabs illegal aliens convicted of child sex crimes and meth trafficking in nationwide enforcement sweep
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] San Diego man pleads guilty in federal immigration agent impersonation scam
  • The Texas Insider: [CA] Convicted Murderer Arrested for Sending Death Threats to ICE Director
  • Blaze: [CA] Appeals court unanimously SHUTS DOWN Gavin Newsom’s decree against ICE
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Federal judge orders release of Pasadena man who is plaintiff in lawsuit against immigration raids
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • HS Today: Andrew Vanjani Sworn in as USCIS Chief Information Officer
  • New York Times: Justice Dept. Targets Hundreds of Citizens in New Push for Denaturalization
  • AP: Trump’s ‘gold card’ visa starting at $1 million granted to just 1 person so far, White House says
  • The Hill: Justice Department targets citizens in new denaturalization push
  • CBS News: Only one Trump "gold card" visa has been approved so far, Commerce’s Lutnick says
  • Bloomberg: Trump’s Wage Cut for Foreign Labor Is a Gift to American Farmers
  • Washington Examiner: Todd Blanche targets record denaturalizations in citizenship fraud crackdown
  • Daily Caller: Republican Lawmaker Moves To End TPS After 10 GOP Defections
  • Federalist: [DC] SCOTUS Weighs Whether US Has To Readmit Green Card Holders Who ‘Committed’ Crimes
  • CNN: Deported from the only home she knew, a DACA recipient fights her way back to the US
  • FOX News: [KS] Noncitizen ex-Kansas mayor pleads guilty to illegally voting multiple times
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [DC] Marimar Martínez exposes to Congress the marks left by a border agent
  • USA Today: [IL] A busy day at O’Hare. Agents seize monkey carcass, 125 pounds of beef
  • Axios: [TX] Angry Texas landowners confront feds over sloppy border wall plans
  • HS Today: [TX] CBP Officers Seize $1M in Cocaine in Bus at Hidalgo International Bridge
  • CBS News: [TX] New data shows illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border drop to a historic 55-year low
  • FOX News: [CO] Colorado DA pursues assault charge against federal immigration officer, DHS condemns ‘political stunt’
  • Breitbart: [AZ] RPG Launcher Tube, Rifles Hidden in Lexus Headed to Mexico Seized at Arizona Border
  • DailySignal: [CA] CBP Makes Massive Meth Seizure at California Border Crossing
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Expedited lanes for college students now open at San Diego-Tijuana pedestrian border crossings
• Transportation Security Administration
  • CBS News: Trump to nominate David Cummins as TSA administrator
  • Reuters: Trump to tap government contracting expert to head TSA
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NBC News: Wildfires rage across Georgia and northern Florida amid severe drought
  • The Hill: [NC] Tillis thanks Mullin for FEMA approval for North Carolina hurricane recovery
  • NPR: [GA] Wildfires continue to burn in south Georgia
  • Reuters: [GA] South Georgia wildfires destroy homes, force evacuations
  • ABC News: [GA] Wildfires in southern Georgia destroy dozens of homes
  • CBS News: [GA] Gov. Kemp to survey Georgia wildfire response as flames continue to spread. See where they’re all burning on our interactive map.
  • AP: [GA] Debris from Hurricane Helene is helping fuel Georgia’s wildfires
  • Washington Post: [OK] Strong tornado hits northern Oklahoma, as more storms expected in days ahead
  • ABC News: [OK] Tornado rips through northwest Oklahoma amid line of severe storms across Plains
• Coast Guard
  • Federal News Network: Coast Guard partially reopening National Maritime Center amid shutdown
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • The Hill: Trump pick to lead CISA withdraws nomination
  • CyberScoop: Surveillance campaigns use commercial surveillance tools to exploit long-known telecom vulnerabilities
  • CyberScoop: US, UK agencies warn hackers were hiding on Cisco firewalls long after patches were applied
  • CyberScoop: Dragos: Despite AI use, new malware targeting water plants is ‘hype’
  • AP: US charges 2 Chinese nationals with managing cyberscam compound in Myanmar
  • CyberScoop: [China] A dozen allied agencies say China is building covert hacker networks out of everyday routers
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Post: [NY] Student, 15, who scrawled swastika at Long Island school had explosives at home — paid for by dad: cops
  • ABC News: [FL] Former police officer arrested over alleged mass shooting plot at Louisiana festival
  • FOX News/NBC News: [LA] 1 dead, 5 injured and several in custody in Mall of Louisiana shooting
  • The Hill/AP: [LA] Man planning mass shooting in New Orleans arrested, authorities say
  • CBS Chicago: [IA] Police seek 17-year-old suspect in connection with mass shooting near University of Iowa
  • AP: [TX] 2 young people arrested in alleged plot to attack Houston synagogue
  • FOX News: [NC] North Carolina woman charged in alleged Houston synagogue attack plot as investigators search for 2 others
  • AP: [CA] Federal authorities arrest 2 dozen Mexican Mafia members and associates in California
  • New York Post: [CA] Sinister web of Mexican Mafia leader unravels after massive FBI bust — with kingpin ‘Gangster’ at the helm
  • Univision: [CA] Operation ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’: FBI arrests 30 members of ‘La Eme’, a Mexican mafia in California
• National Security News
  • NPR: After 2 failed votes, Mike Johnson unveils new plan to extend key U.S. spy powers
  • CBS News: Sen. Tom Cotton pushes bill to allow drones to be stopped by critical infrastructure operators
  • New York Times: [Lebanon] Trump Says Israel and Lebanon Agree to Extend Cease-Fire by Three Weeks
  • New York Times: [Iran] U.S. Seizes Second Tanker Carrying Iranian Oil
  • Los Angeles Times: [Iran] Trump orders U.S. military to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz
  • FOX News: [Iran] Lindsey Graham says blockade against Iran ‘could become global soon’

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