• Top News
  • New York Times/Bloomberg/CBS News: House Adopts Budget to Unlock $70 Billion for Immigration Enforcement
  • Reuters/Washington Examiner/FOX News: Speaker Johnson one step closer to renewing controversial spy program after conservatives fall in line
  • The Hill: White House: Funds to pay TSA, other DHS workers running out ‘soon’
  • New York Times/NBC News: U.S. Indicts Mexican Governor and 9 Others in Scheme to Aid Sinaloa Drug Cartel
  • Reuters: Mexico’s Sinaloa governor denies US charges of drug cartel involvement
  • FOX News: Johnson scrambles as Trump, Senate Republicans pressure House to fund DHS
  • Bloomberg Industry Group Bloomberg Law: GOP Lacks Oversight Plan for DHS Funding Despite Concerns
  • Washington Examiner: GOP rebels threaten to sink spy powers, farm bill, DHS funding bill
  • New York Post: LAPD chief drops terrifying truth bomb about LA Olympics security
  • FOX News: Senator demands probe after truck driver who allegedly fraudulently obtained license, citizenship kills family
  • Breitbart: Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Admin Efforts to Verify Arizona Voter Data
  • Washington Examiner: SAVE Act quietly punted to Senate graveyard as some supporters concede defeat
  • Washington Examiner: California to hand over driver’s license data after DHS threats
  • Daily Wire: ‘We Are Coming After Them’: Democrat Pritzker Threatens Patel, Homan
  • AP: 3 family members assaulted Turning Point USA journalist at Minnesota protest, indictment says
  • FOX News: Federal grand jury indicts 3 in alleged assault of TPUSA reporter
  • The Hill: Walz: ICE officers engaged in ‘campaign of organized brutality’
  • San Diego Union Tribune: El Cajon sues California, alleges state ‘sanctuary’ laws illegally entice undocumented immigrants
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Post: DACA recipients face fresh onslaught
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] We’re county judges at the Texas border. Homeland Security needs to know what it’s like here.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Newsweek: ICE Denies Receiving 10,000 Equal Opportunity Complaints
  • New York Times: [NJ] Trump Administration Sues New Jersey Governor Over ICE Mask Ban
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] Downingtown, Pennsylvania, man released from ICE custody after months in detention center
  • New York Times: [MS] They Left for the School Bus. ICE Picked Them Up Instead.
  • AP: [LA] Louisiana Supreme Court to weigh legality of ‘sanctuary’ policy at Orleans jail
  • FOX News: [IL] Hundreds of jailed illegal aliens released back onto blue-state streets despite ICE detainers, records show
  • Blaze: [IL] Woman admits paying for monkey torture videos for ‘deranged’ sex fetish groups
  • FOX News: [IL] Father of slain student Sheridan Gorman calls death a ‘failure’ after illegal immigrant’s not guilty plea
  • Breitbart: [WI] ‘Green Bay Man’ Accused of Trying to Murder Ex-Girlfriend with a Machete Is an Illegal Alien
  • USA Today: [TX] Texas Mariachi brothers detained by ICE to open for Kacey Musgraves
  • Univision: [TX] Family of ICE detainee in San Marcos reports health problems and lack of medication
  • Blaze: [TX] Former PTA member arrested by feds for possession of child pornography
  • CBS Mornings: [WA] State Suing for Access to ICE Facility
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] ‘Double jeopardy’: He served time for a crime and turned his life around. Yet he’s fighting deportation
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times/CBS News: Supreme Court Grapples With Trump’s Plan to Revoke Deportation Protections
  • Politico: Immigrants with temporary legal status could score slim win at Supreme Court
  • NPR: As Supreme Court weighs Trump’s immigration policy, senior citizens join the fight
  • USA Today: Trump is targeting Haitian immigrants. They’ve been here before.
  • New York Times: T.P.S. Clampdown Is Part of Trump’s Broader Immigration Agenda
  • New York Times: How Temporary is T.P.S.?
  • New York Times: Officials Distorted Facts to Justify Deporting Haitians, Internal Emails Show
  • Newsweek: Trump Admin Asylum Fee Move Could Affect 1.4 Million Migrant Work Permits
  • Bloomberg Law: Senate Blocks Bid to Revive Automatic Work Permit Extensions
  • Washington Post: Trump’s $1 million ‘gold card’ visa has not been as popular as advertised
  • Univision: [NM] 12 Million USCIS Applications Are Being Reverified: What Is Known About Delays in USCIS Processing
  • Newsweek: [TX] Trump Administration Backtracks on Deported Dreamer
  • Blaze: [TX] Texas AG Paxton sues Chinese ‘birth tourism’ center for allegedly orchestrating abuse of birthright citizenship
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Reuters: US says first refunds from Trump tariffs expected around May 11
  • HS Today: DHS Marks Fentanyl Awareness Day, Highlights CBP Seizures of Over 12,000 Pounds of the Drug Since Last Year
  • Univision: [FL] 25 people arrested on suspected smuggling vessel off the coast of Miami
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] Suspected drug traffickers arrested and safe house with minors discovered in El Paso
  • FOX News: [TX] Woman exposed running visa fraud scheme spanning years, posing as immigration officer
  • Washington Times: [CA] Officers seize nearly $3 million worth of fentanyl, meth at California border
  • USA Today: [CA] Mexican man pleads guilty to impersonating Border Patrol agent
  • Washington Times: [CA] Illegal immigrant admits to impersonating Border Patrol agent to try to stop ICE deportations
• Transportation Security Administration
  • USA Today: Back to long lines? TSA resignations top 1,000 amid DHS shutdown
  • Axios: [CA] You can now go through security at SFO without flying
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CBS News: FEMA’s disaster relief fund hits red zone ahead of hurricane season
  • Bloomberg Law: FEMA Starts Triaging Disaster Relief as Shutdown Drains Funds
  • CBS News: [TX] Gov. Abbott issues disaster declaration for three North Texas counties in wake of severe storms
  • CBS News: [TX] North Texas storms spawn multiple tornadoes, injure several and cause widespread damage
  • AP: [TX] Texas tornado leaves 5 injured, buildings collapsed and homes without roofs
  • USA Today: [TX] North Texas tornado upgraded to EF-3 — see the damage
  • NBC News: [TX] Destructive tornado tears through Texas neighborhood
  • USA Today: [TX] Tornadoes tear through Mineral Wells as storms persist in North Texas
• Secret Service
  • Wisconsin News Now at 11 AM: Charles Speaks to Congress in Historic Visit
  • FOX News: After third assassination attempt, debate grows over whether Trump attack warrants another investigation
  • Reuters: [DC] Legal filing raises questions about who shot Secret Service officer at press dinner
  • NBC News: [DC] Secret Service agent was hit by gunfire from suspect at W.H. correspondents’ dinner, sources say
  • NewsMax: [DC] Secret Service Chief: Agents Did Good Job at WHCA Dinner
  • Daily Signal: [DC] ‘Could Have Been a Lot Worse’: Vance Thanks Secret Service After WHCD Attempted Shooting
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Prosecutors drop reference to injured Secret Service agent in latest filing amid confusion over Trump assassination case
  • CBS News: [DC] Concerns on Secret Service security protocol at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
  • NewsMax: [DC] New Footage Raises Questions About D.C. Hotel Shooting
  • CNN: [DC] What is the ‘perimeter’ for presidential security?
  • Los Angeles Times: [DC] Cole Allen case reveals Secret Service failures that could have led to tragedy at D.C. gala
  • New York Times: [DC] Prosecutors Say Suspect Planned Attack Weeks Before Press Gala
  • Wall Street Journal: [DC] White House Correspondents’ Shooting Suspect Took Selfie With Weapons Before Dinner
  • ABC News: [DC] Correspondents’ dinner shooting prompts alarm about threat posed by attackers crossing state lines
  • Wall Street Journal: [DC] White House Ballroom Fight Lifts Lid on Plans to Protect President From Attack
  • Breitbart: [VA] Ex-FBI director Comey appears in court over Trump threat charge
  • CNN: [VA] Former FBI Director James Comey surrenders to law enforcement at Virginia courthouse
  • Federalist: [WI] Leftist Brewery Owner With Death Wish For Trump Grabs Secret Service, FBI Attention
• Coast Guard
  • CBS Chicago: Coast Guard commandant says bills going unpaid, urges Congress to fund DHS to end partial shutdown
  • FOX News: Coast Guard wreck found after century, confirms World War I tragedy that killed all 131 aboard
  • CBS News: [Northern Mariana Islands] Search suspended for missing crew members of U.S.-flagged ship that overturned during typhoon
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Federal News Network: CISA cyber partnerships face ‘standstill’ amid cuts
  • CNN: OpenAI wants to put its most powerful model at all levels of government to fight hackers
  • HS Today: [Iran] U.S. Troops in Bahrain Targeted by Iran-Linked Hacker Group
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Bloomberg Government: Top Democrats Cite Iran in Push for Homeland Terrorism Hearing
  • AP: Romanian man sentenced to 4 years in prison for swatting spree targeting dozens of US officials
  • Reuters: [NH] Brown University shooting suspect driven by ‘accumulation of grievances,’ FBI says
  • FOX News: [MA] FBI reveals Brown University mass shooter began plotting massacre as early as 2022, blamed victims
  • Blaze: [DC] Pipe-bomb suspect Brian Cole’s defense hits prosecutors with unexpected demands after feds pile on more charges
  • New York Times: [Afghanistan] Jury Delivers Mixed Verdict in Case of Afghan Charged in 2021 Kabul Attack
  • Washington Post: [Afghanistan] Afghan man convicted of terrorism; jury doesn’t link him to deadly Kabul airport attack
• National Security News
  • New York Times: Takeaways From Hegseth’s Testimony on Iran War and His Tenure
  • AP: [Venezuela] The first direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in 7 years is to land in Caracas
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] As Hormuz Traffic Stalls, U.S. Pitches New Coalition to Get Ships Moving Again

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