• Top News
  • Washington Post/AP: IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
  • AP/Washington Examiner/New York Times/Politico: [TX] Pentagon let CBP use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say
  • New York Times: Questions Surround Trump Administration’s Explanation for El Paso Airspace Closure
  • New York Times: U.S. Officials Have Warned About Cartel Drones at the Border
  • FOX News: Western Hemisphere defense chiefs convene after border drone scare prompts airspace closure
  • AP: How Mexican cartels employ drones as tools to smuggle drugs and fight enemies
  • Daily Signal: DHS Slams Democrats for ‘Vile Attacks’ on Law Enforcement
  • FOX News: Minnesota police say vehicle believed to be pursued by federal agents crashed downtown, protests ensue
  • USA Today: Walz says federal immigration operation in MN could end within days
  • Washington Examiner: Immigration fraud faces congressional scrutiny following massive Somali scams
  • Washington Post: National Guard troops were quietly withdrawn from some U.S. cities
  • Breitbart: Disinformation Agent: Rep. Bennie Thompson Shows AI-Generated Image of Alex Pretti Shooting on House Floor
  • The Hill: DeLauro introduces bill to fund every agency under DHS except ICE, CBP
  • NPR: Top immigration officials to testify before Senate as a potential DHS shutdown looms
  • AP: Homeland Security officials voice concerns about looming shutdown
  • Federal News Network: DHS officials warn about shutdown impacts
  • Roll Call Online: Time for ‘Plan B’ as DHS talks drag ahead of funding deadline
  • FOX News: ICE shutdown fight might restrict FEMA, Coast Guard to ‘life-threatening’ emergencies
  • Washington Times: DHS shutdown to affect unpaid workers more than public; most operations deemed essential
  • Breitbart: House Dem Caucus Chair: ICE Has Money, Can Probably Keep Going if DHS Shuts Down
  • NPR: Can Republicans and Democrats find common ground on DHS funding?
  • Telemundo20: Demands for transparency and limits on ICE: the keys to the possible closure of DHS
  • CNN: Republicans urge Trump to hold firm against Democrats’ DHS demands as clock ticks toward shutdown
  • NewsMax: Rep. Tony Gonzales to Newsmax: Dems Holding US Hostage in DHS Funding Fight
  • Washington Examiner: Preventing another shutdown over DHS funding is ‘priority’ for Trump: Christian Datoc
  • Roll Call/New York Post/NBC News: House passes Trump-backed bill requiring voters to show photo ID before casting ballot
  • FOX News: Only one House Dem voted in favor of voter ID, proof of citizenship in US elections
  • AP: Iowa, naturalized citizens settle lawsuit over voter eligibility challenges ahead of 2024 election
  • NewsMax: Rep. Sheri Biggs to Newsmax: Don’t Let Illegals ‘Cancel’ Our Vote
  • Breitbart: Media Mute as Murder Drops Amid Trump’s Deportation Drive
  • AP: Montana city under investigation for potential violation of sanctuary city ban
  • New York Times: ICE Hired Thousands While the Rest of the Immigration System Shrank
  • New York Times: Homeland Security Hires Labor Dept. Aide Whose Posts Raised Alarms
  • Chicago Tribune: Immigration judge denies bond denied for Chicago man acquitted in Bovino murder-for-hire plot
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • FOX News: Border on the brink as cartel drones force US to act after years of paralysis
  • The Hill: Oversight isn’t enough — Congress should cut ICE’s funding once and for all
  • FOX News: Yes, even White, Irish illegal immigrants must be deported
  • New York Times: We Have to Look Right in the Face of What We Have Become
  • Bloomberg: The GOP’s Voter ID Bill Is Back and as Cynical as Ever
  • USA Today: Before Trump’s craven cruelty came Obama, ‘deporter in chief’
  • USA Today: How Obama’s immigration gamble paid off – for Trump
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Bloomberg Law/Washington Examiner: Bondi and Noem sued for ‘strong-arming’ tech companies to target ICE monitoring
  • Telemundo Amarillo: The ICE Protection Act could increase penalties for attacks on federal agents
  • FOX News: ICE director refuses to resign under pressure from Eric Swalwell not to ‘side with killers’
  • NewsMax: Dems’ Call for Arrest Warrants Could Cripple ICE
  • Daily Caller: Army Veteran With 2006 Assault Charge Deported After 50 Years In US
  • Daily Caller: Rand Paul Turns Tables On Katie Couric For Downplaying ICE’s Arrests Of Violent Criminals
  • Daily Caller: What Democrats Aren’t Saying About Their Judicial Warrant Demands For ICE
  • CNN: ‘These agents aren’t bad guys’ GOP Congressman defends immigration tactics as DHS shutdown looms
  • FedScoop: ICE director denies existence of database tracking US citizens
  • Daily Caller: How Trump’s ICE Built Nationwide Police Alliance Right Under Democrats’ Noses
  • The Hill: As schools go remote in the face of ICE, pandemic-era concerns reemerge
  • USA Today: Judges keep berating ICE. Here are their harshest comments.
  • Washington Post: For these clergy, Trump’s immigration blitz became a call to action
  • Blaze: [MA] Sanctuary city official cries ‘abduction’ when ICE arrests alleged drug trafficker — DHS fires back
  • New York Times: [NJ] Woman in ICE Custody for Nearly a Year Suffers Seizure After Falling
  • Univision: [NJ] New Jersey challenges ICE with executive order to limit operations
  • USA Today: [DC] Jewish leaders protest in DC, say ICE’s actions are ‘affront to God’
  • Breitbart: [NC] North Carolina: ICE Agents Seek Custody of Illegal Alien Accused of Raping Three Children
  • CBS News: [GA] Another Georgia city denies receiving notice of proposed ICE detention center
  • Washington Times: [AL] Illegal immigrant charged with kidnapping woman, two children from Alabama home
  • Washington Post: [MO] She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
  • FOX News: [LA] Federal Judge releases four illegal immigrants convicted of murder, sex crimes from ICE Custody
  • New York Post: [LA] DHS slams ‘activist judge’ for releasing four illegal migrants with attempted murder and child sex crime convictions
  • Chicago Tribune: [IN] House amends immigration bill extending to local, state police
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Another ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ protest case evaporates in federal court
  • Blaze: [IL] Not true’: Chicago Mayor Johnson’s ICE order has his own prosecutors up in arms
  • Bloomberg: [MN] ICE Facility Has No Beds or Legal Access, Minnesota Lawyers Find
  • Univision: [MN] Protesters pressure Target to oppose immigration raids in Minnesota
  • Univision: [TX] "ICE used me to arrest my mother": Mother and daughter return to Colombia after months detained in Texas
  • New York Post: [TX] Irishman stuck in ICE custody 2K miles from his Boston home for overstaying visa 16 years ago: ‘It’s just torture’
  • Univision Austin: [TX] Federal agents caught knocking door-to-door in North Austin neighborhood
  • Daily Caller: [MN] Police Claim To Nab ICE Background Checker In Prostitution Sting, DHS Says Not So Fast
  • NBC News: [ID] Idaho families file lawsuit over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens
  • CBS Mornings: [ID] Raid Raises Concerns Over Immigration Tactics
  • New York Times: [OR] For Months, Tear Gas Has Entered Their Homes. Now They’re Suing ICE.
  • FOX News: [OR] DHS unloads on anti-ICE Dems after man arrested with manifesto, ‘disturbing’ alleged plot to kill agents
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] DHS must provide ‘constitutionally adequate healthcare’ at ICE detention center, judge rules
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Federal judge orders monitor to oversee California’s largest ICE detention center
  • FOX News: [CA] Illegal alien youth coach could face death penalty after allegedly murdering, raping teen player
  • New York Post: [CA] Illegal immigrant soccer coach accused of raping, killing player could face death penalty
  • New York Post: [CA] Los Angeles ICE grabs illegal migrant, 30, who sodomized child under the age of 10
  • Daily Wire: [CA] Illegal Immigrant Truckers Hauling Amazon Trailers Tied To Major Crashes
  • USA Today: [CA] Los Angeles immigration raids cost over $1B, county report finds
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NBC News: Trump administration working to expand effort to strip citizenship from foreign-born Americans
  • Breitbart: Immigration policies closing doors for undocumented students
  • Breitbart: Trump Administration Has Uncovered Immigration Fraud in 65% of Cases Investigated by USCIS Thus Far
  • NPR: [MN] Group of refugees in Minnesota say Trump Administration is illegally detaining them
• Customs and Border Protection
  • New York Post: [NY] Feds bust human smuggling ring leader bringing kids, other migrants to NYC
  • USA Today: [GA] Man arrested in Atlanta airport carrying 42 pounds of marijuana in bag
  • ABC News: [IL] Evidence released in shooting of Chicago woman by CBP officer
  • CBS News: [IL] Bodycam video shows scene of Border Patrol agent’s shooting of Marimar Martinez
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Border Patrol agent who shot Chicago woman Marimar Martinez placed on leave
  • Bloomberg: [IL] Chicago Woman to File Suit After Border Patrol Shooting
  • AP: [IL] Lawyers of Chicago woman shot by federal agents say documents show how DHS lies about investigations
  • CNN: [IL] Border Patrol official praised agent’s ‘excellent service’ hours after he shot Chicago woman, new evidence shows
  • ABC News: [IL] ‘You are a legend’: Messages to CBP agent after shooting motorist revealed
  • Washington Examiner: [WI] Trump administration took ‘enforcement action’ against Chinese-owned company based in Wisconsin
  • FOX News: [TX] Texas border officers arrest 3 fugitives wanted for child sex crimes
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • The Hill: Key FEMA official says it’s too easy to get major disaster funding
• Secret Service
  • New York Post: [PA] Sen. Dave McCormick tells Pod Force One he’s ‘not satisfied’ with Trump Butler assassination attempt probes
  • Reuters: [DC] US government counter-drone testing disrupted DC flights in 2025
  • Daily Signal: [OH] Ohio Man Indicted for Threatening to Kill JD Vance
• Coast Guard
  • Washington Examiner: Trump awards final contracts under US-Finnish icebreaker partnership to Canadian defense company
  • FOX News: [FL] Coast Guard veteran, wife and two children found dead inside Florida home
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • AP: [NV] Nevada unveils new statewide data classification policy months after cyberattack
• National Security News
  • Washington Examiner: Pentagon relocates Havana Syndrome team, raising victim concerns
  • Reuters: Pentagon pushing AI companies to expand on classified networks, sources say
  • FOX News: Trump says coal ‘critical to our national security,’ orders military to buy more
  • Los Angeles Times: [RI] Trump administration to appeal offshore wind farm rulings
  • New York Times: [DC] U.S. Brings Dozens of Foreign Military Chiefs to Washington
  • Reuters: [Mexico] China, Mexico held talks amid trade tensions over tariffs
  • NewsMax: [Iran] 2nd Carrier Group Readies as Trump Warns Iran Talks ‘Must Succeed’
  • Washington Examiner: [China] China is already waging war on American soil

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