• Top News
  • Washington Post/AP/NewsMax: Trump approves D.C. emergency declaration in response to Potomac sewage spill
  • The Hill: Noem swipes at Democrats over DHS shutdown after DC emergency declaration for Potomac spill
  • FOX News: Homan says ‘immigration surge’ in Minneapolis is ‘over,’ footprint will shrink to 150 agents ‘within a week’
  • New York Times: New Jersey Democrats Send Coarse but Clear Message to ICE With New Bill
  • Reuters/CBS News: DHS agent killed US citizen in March 2025, records show
  • Breitbart: Fetterman: DHS Shutdown ‘Nothing More Than People That Are Afraid of the Base’
  • NewsMax: Rep. Sessions to Newsmax: DHS Funding Standoff Leaves US ‘Nowhere’
  • NBC News: Bill of Rights put to the test over Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota
  • Business Times: DHS Weapons Spending Tops $144 Million in 2025, ICE Contracts Jump 360% Amid Immigration Crackdown
  • FOX News: Stolen ambulance crashes into Idaho DHS office
  • New York Post: Private investigator claims cartel behind Nancy Guthrie abduction
  • FOX News: Security measures make cross-border abduction of Nancy Guthrie ‘low’ probability, expert says
  • CNN: Pro-Trump lawmaker in Colombia faces questions after son’s detention by ICE
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Bloomberg: This Trump-Voting Town Doesn’t Want an ICE Prison Camp
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Rights are just ‘words on a page’ if federal agents can ignore them
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • The Hill: DHS tech buildout sparks backlash from Democrats
  • AP: ICE begins to purchase warehouses, but some owners are backing out of deals
  • AP: ICE’s purchases for big detention centers are marked by secrecy, frustrating towns
  • FOX News: German soccer team Werder Bremen cancels Minnesota trip over Trump immigration enforcement: report
  • Daily Wire: Asked Who He’d Deport, Dem Candidate Performs Verbal Tightrope Act
  • Daily Caller: Americans Want Illegals Out, Say ICE Goes Too Far
  • FOX News: [MD] Sheriffs plot ICE cooperation ‘workarounds’ after new Maryland law bans cooperation with immigration officers
  • Washington Post: [VA] A school suspended 323 students after ICE protest. They protested again.
  • Univision: [TX] Expansion of ICE detention centers sparks outrage and community protests
  • Univision: [TX] Pregnant woman at Dilley detention center is about to give birth and fears her baby will be born behind walls
  • Univision: [TX] 911 calls reveal the deaths of two immigrants at an ICE detention center in Texas
  • FOX News: [AZ] Propane tank hurled into Arizona ICE facility in suspected arson attack, FBI investigating
  • Washington Times: [CA] Newsom’s latest pardon shields attempted murder convict from ICE deportation
  • AP: [Morocco] The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: JD Vance: We’re not going to ‘give up’ on the American border
  • Breitbart: [TX] Texas DPS Drone Detects Illegal Border Crossing, Migrants Tagged with Cartel ‘Cargo Tags’
• Transportation Security Administration
  • ABC News/Washington Post: DHS says it’s suspending TSA PreCheck and Global Entry due to shutdown
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times: A Post-Katrina Law Guards FEMA Resources. Why Hasn’t It Stopped Noem?
  • New York Times/Bloomberg/Breitbart: Blizzard Warnings Issued for Swath of East Coast, Including N.Y.C.
  • CBS Philadelphia: [NJ] State of emergency declared in New Jersey for snowstorm as officials around Philadelphia region urge caution
• Federal Protective Service
  • Politico: [DC] DC police searched Labor Secretary’s office in sexual assault investigation
• Secret Service
  • The Hill: DHS looks to outfit Secret Service protective detail in tailored suits
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • New York Times: [DC] Shutdown at D.H.S. Extends to Cyber Agency, Adding to Setbacks
  • Politico: Top NATO allies believe cyberattacks on hospitals are an act of war. They’re still struggling to fight back.
  • NPR: [MS] Mississippi health system shuts down clinics statewide after ransomware attack
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Daily Caller: [NV] Armed New York Man Rammed Car Into Power Station In Possible Terrorist Attack, Police Say
• National Security News
  • CBS News: Trump says he will raise global tariffs to 15% after Supreme Court decision
  • CNN: Trump announces global tariffs will increase again
  • Reuters: [Cuba] Supreme Court wades into US-Cuba business disputes, with billions at stake
  • Univision: [Venezuela] The United States makes a second delivery of more than 65,000 kilos of medical supplies to Venezuela
  • Reuters: [Greenland] Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command evacuates US submarine crew member in Greenlandic waters
  • Reuters: [Syria] Islamic State claims two attacks on Syrian army, announces ‘new phase’ of operations
  • New York Post: [Iran] Iran president says Tehran won’t ‘bow’ as war tensions mount — and US continues largest military buildup since Iraq invasion

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