• Top News
  • CBS News/Washington Examiner: All DHS workers to be paid by end of week for past 6 weeks of shutdown
  • AP: Mullin pledges progress on disaster relief during his first official trip as DHS secretary
  • NewsNation: DHS Sec. Mullin visits North Carolina to highlight FEMA efforts
  • CBS News: New DHS chief Markwayne Mullin visits town devastated by Hurricane Helene, promises reforms to FEMA
  • ABC 11 Eyewitness News at Noon: New Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin Visiting WNC
  • Reuters/NewsNation: DHS says US could stop processing international travelers at some airports in ‘sanctuary cities’
  • Wall Street Journal/FOX News/New York Times/AP: ICE agents shoot and wound a man during an immigration arrest in California
  • CNN: Dashcam footage captures ICE shooting in California
  • New York Post: Flight chaos if DHS makes good on promise to pull officers, ending international travel out of California
  • AP: Environmental groups urge appeals court panel to lift halt on closing Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
  • AP: Wife of U.S. soldier released from federal immigration detention
  • The Hill: Freedom Caucus calls for full DHS funding in GOP-only bill, rejecting leadership plan
  • FOX News: Reporter’s Notebook: Why Trump may not be able to force Congress back over the DHS shutdown
  • Washington Examiner: Johnson won’t reopen DHS until Thune makes good on megabill promise
  • DailySignal: Trump’s Election Integrity Order Faces Wave of Lawsuits Before Dem-Appointed Judges
  • Washington Examiner: Trump’s mail-in ballot executive order reveals why DOJ is pushing for state voter data
  • Breitbart: Trump’s election order, SAVE Act, rely on ‘flawed’ system
  • USA Today: Federal court stops effort to strip rights from immigrant children
  • Bloomberg: Sotomayor Faults Kavanaugh Over Immigration Stops Concurrence
  • New York Post: California would fund lawyers for all illegal immigrants under new bill
  • FOX News: Tennessee Senate passes bill criminalizing migrants who defy deportation orders
  • Los Angeles Times: Teen who attended L.A. ‘No Kings’ rally shot, blinded by DHS agent, attorney says
  • FOX News: Indianapolis official’s home attacked after vote in favor of controversial data center
  • Washington Post: What spending probes at DHS reveal about Kristi Noem’s time in office
  • Wall Street Journal/Newsweek: The White House Is Keeping Kristi Noem’s $70 Million Jet
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Los Angeles Times: Simply holding ICE agents accountable isn’t enough
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: ICE nabs 5 illegal immigrants wanted for murder abroad in New England crackdown
  • DailySignal: ICE Announces Arrests of Several Violent Criminals and Sex Offenders
  • Reuters: ICE arrested more than 800 people after tips from US airport security agency
  • AP: US still wants to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, despite new agreement with Costa Rica
  • ABC News: Judge questions DOJ’s push to deport Abrego Garcia while his criminal case is pending
  • AP: From deportation to court, key events in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s fight with the Trump administration
  • NPR: ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware
  • Breitbart: [NY] Sanctuary New York Freed from Jail Thrice-Deported Illegal Alien Accused of Kidnapping 4-Yr-Old Girl
  • FOX News: [NY] ICE arrests illegal immigrant accused of kidnapping 4-year-old girl from laundromat
  • Daily Caller: [NY] ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Who Allegedly Kidnapped 4-Year-Old, Was Released By Judge On GPS Monitor
  • USA Today: [NY] Is ICE still in NYC airports? Here’s what we know
  • CBS Pittsburgh: [PA] Data shows dramatic increase in arrests by ICE in Pittsburgh area
  • FOX News: [PA] Eyewitness account of Pennsylvania DMV subject to ICE raid
  • Axios: [PA] Advocates trek 130 miles to ICE facility
  • Washington Post: [DC] Body camera shows moments after federal agent shot into man’s car in D.C.
  • FOX News: [VA] Spanberger dodges questions on whether she would reverse sanctuary policy as DHS turns up heat
  • Breitbart: [FL] Illegal Haitian Alien Charged with Brutal Murder of Florida Woman
  • FOX News: [FL] Daylight hammer attack suspect is illegal alien released under Biden policies: DHS
  • Washington Post: [FL] We teach at a university that cooperates with ICE and worry our students feel less safe
  • Breitbart: [AR] Illegal Alien Sex Offender Accused of Killing Arkansas Couple in Drunk Driving Crash
  • ABC News: [IN] Death of Vietnamese immigrant in Indiana facility is latest ICE detainee fatality
  • Breitbart: [OH] Air Force Lt. Colonel, Pastor, School Guard Nabbed in ICE-Backed Ohio Sex-Sting Operation
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Clergy members decry use of shackles at Broadview ICE facility seen during Holy Week ministry
  • ABC News: [MN] New video of ICE confrontation raises questions
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Pass the ICE-HPD proposal. Houston police should focus on crime.
  • Axios: [OR] Appeals court weighs tear gas limits in Portland
  • USA Today: [CA] California bill would limit ICE at courthouses, prohibit masked agents
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] What new data reveals about immigration arrests in San Diego so far this year
  • Univision: [CA] Women detained at ICE center in Adelanto ask Guatemalan woman for help in letter
  • Newsweek: [CA] Thousands of Stadium Workers Demand FIFA Bar ICE From World Cup
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • CNN: Trump’s immigration crackdown may put doctors out of jobs
  • FOX News: [CA] Major national security vulnerability exposed as DHS reveals how relatives of terror architect allowed into US
  • FOX News: [Iran] Soleimani’s relatives arrested, facing deportation as US revokes green cards
  • Newsweek: [Iran] Glamorous Iranian Stripped of Green Card Faces Potential Flogging Back Home
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Telemundo20: Illegal migrant crossings by sea to the US from Tijuana are increasing
  • New York Times: [TX] Doctor in South Texas Community Detained by Border Patrol
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Federal News Network: TSA budget cuts jobs in privatization push
  • USA Today: [PA] TSA wait times PHL; Is ICE still at Philadelphia International?
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times: [HI] Hawaii, Still Reeling From Floods, Is Facing Another Powerful Storm
• Coast Guard
  • CBS News: Family missing for 7 days found alive by U.S. Coast Guard in Pacific Ocean
  • CNN: [Bahamas] What we know about the recovery mission for American woman who reportedly fell overboard in the Bahamas
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • NBC News/New York Post/Los Angeles Times: [Iran] Iranian hackers are breaking into U.S. industrial systems, agencies warn
  • New York Times/Cyberscoop/CNN: [Iran] U.S. Warns of Cyberattacks Tied to Iran on Water and Energy Systems
  • Bloomberg: Pro-Iran Group Takes Credit for Cyberattacks on Chime, Pinterest
  • Washington Examiner: Anthropic unveils new cybersecurity effort amid Iranian digital threat
  • CyberScoop: Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025
  • Security Week: White House Seeks to Slash CISA Funding by $707 Million
• Terrorism Investigations
  • AP: Man who co-founded Mexican drug cartel with ‘El Mencho’ pleads guilty in US to conspiracy charge
  • FOX News: [NY] Terror suspects indicted after allegedly throwing bombs at NYC protest outside mayor’s mansion
  • New York Post: [NY] ISIS-loving NYC bombing suspects mused about blowing right-wing agitator ‘in half’ and desire to kill up to 60 civilians: court docs
  • FOX News: [FL] DeSantis targets ‘jihad’ with hardline Florida terror crackdown
  • AP: [CA] Man who co-founded Mexican drug cartel with ‘El Mencho’ pleads guilty in US to conspiracy charge
  • Bloomberg: [Ecuador] Ecuador President Says US Troops Could Help Confront Drug Gangs
• National Security News
  • Reuters: US remarks on NATO are pushing Europe to seek alternative security options, Spain says
  • NBC News: [Iran] Trump says ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of deadline for Iran
  • FOX News: [Iran] Vance says Iran has ‘2 pathways’ as 12-hour deadline looms, prays US on ‘God’s side’ in nixing nuclear threat
  • AP/Breitbart: [Iran] US and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire as Trump seizes diplomatic offramp
  • Reuters: [Iran] Intelligence report warned of Iran’s ‘persistent threat’ to US as White House downplayed the risk
  • AP: [Iraq] American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released, an Iraqi official tells the AP
  • FOX News: [Iran] Probe to snare Iran rescue leaker ‘underway’ as Trump threatens jail for imperiling arduous operation
  • Washington Examiner: [Iran] Trump says it’s ‘totally illegal’ for Iran to use human shields around power plants
  • The Hill: [Iran] Cuellar says he will support a war powers resolution to curb Trump’s attacks on Iran
  • AP: [Iran] Russia and China veto watered-down UN resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz
  • Washington Examiner: [China] Trade chief says economic relationship with China is ‘stable’ ahead of Trump visit
  • CNN: [China] A hacker has allegedly breached one of China’s supercomputers and is attempting to sell a trove of stolen data

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