• Top News
  • AP/Washington Post/CBS News: Judge rules Trump administration’s policy for "third-country" deportations is unlawful
  • FOX News: Family pushes for ‘Dalilah Law’ after Trump honors girl critically injured by illegal immigrant truck driver
  • FOX News: Noem backs Trump’s ‘Dalilah Law’ after crash leaves young girl unable to walk, talk
  • CBS News: ICE arrested 261 DACA recipients over 10 months last year, document shows
  • NBC News: Amid DHS shutdown, Noem meets with Democrat who called for her impeachment
  • AP: Texas grand jury rejects indictments in fatal shooting by immigration agent
  • AP: Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns
  • Reuters/CNN/Breitbart: Cuba says it killed 4 exiles, wounded 6 others who attacked from Florida speedboat
  • Bloomberg: Cuba Says Those Killed in US Boat Encounter Planned Uprising
  • Telemundo: Florida investigates deadly incident between Cuban coastguard and a U.S. boat.
  • Telemundo: "We are going to independently verify what happened": says Secretary of State Marco Rubio
  • Telemundo: Rubio says U.S. will respond "according to what has happened" when talking about boating incident in Cuba
  • New York Times: Vessels Have Clashed With Cuban Border Forces Before
  • FOX News: Trump hands to-do list to Congress with 7 priorities during State of the Union address
  • Los Angeles Times: Trump defends immigration crackdown at State of Union as approval ratings plummet
  • Washington Times: Republicans unveil bill to block illegal immigrants from becoming armed police
  • CBS Boston: Milford teen escorted out of State of the Union after DHS threat
  • New York Post: Rep. Ilhan Omar claims State of the Union guest was ‘forcibly removed’ and arrested for standing during Trump’s address
  • NBC News: Minneapolis woman who Ilhan Omar took to State of the Union needed medical care after arrest
  • Washington Times: Trump team outlines plans for ‘durable’ tariffs without Congress
  • ABC News: Americans on alert in Mexico following violence after killing of cartel boss
  • FOX News: Americans recount chaos as Mexico unrest subsides after cartel boss death
  • Telemundo: New operation: Mexico arrests alleged regional head of Jalisco Cartel
  • FOX News: Democrats cool to Trump pushing SAVE Act election bill in voter dial
  • USA Today: Thousands of truckers, targeted by Trump, could be lose licenses
  • AP: Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks US judge in Tennessee to dismiss his criminal case, saying it’s vindictive
  • Washington Post: Prosecution of Kilmar Abrego García faces critical test in court hearing
  • Bloomberg: Democrats Want to Know How DHS is Spending Billions From Tax Law
  • Washington Post: One week into DHS shutdown, dogs in costume parade through the Senate
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: The DHS Shutdown Is About to Bite
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Threat to suspend Precheck, Global Entry smacks of desperation
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • ABC News: ICE not being deployed to polling places for midterms, state election officials told: Sources
  • AP: Trump’s return to office has seen sweeping changes to immigration enforcement
  • Bloomberg: Ban on ICE Use of ‘The Wrap’ Device Sought in House Bill
  • The Hill: Court rejects bid to block IRS from sharing immigrants data with DHS
  • Newsweek: ICE Detention Centers Face Crackdown Under New Congressional Proposal
  • NPR: Amid surge in ICE hiring, experts question training methods
  • FOX News: Squad member Ayanna Pressley compares ICE agents to KKK in ‘unhinged’ rant
  • Washington Examiner: [NH] Republican governor opposes ICE plans to detain illegal immigrants in New Hampshire
  • Breitbart: [MA] Judge Claims Deporting Migrants to Third Countries Is Illegal
  • AP: [NJ] Newark mayor says ICE operation caused multi-vehicle crash with injuries
  • Blaze: [NJ] ‘Sanctuary policies will not stand’: New Jersey tries to restrain ICE, but Trump DOJ pushes back
  • NewsNation: [PA] Harrisburg City Council passes immigration enforcement ban
  • Washington Post: [MD] He reported a stolen car. Then ICE arrested him at a police station, he says.
  • NewsNation: [VA] DHS incorrectly claims gov banned Virginia law enforcement from working with ICE
  • NewsNation: [NC] Long lines outside DHS office in Charlotte as people wait on immigration services
  • Daily Caller: [KY] ICE Urges Authorities Not To Free Cuban Illegal Charged With Sodomizing Mother
  • Tampa Free Press: [KY] ICE Issues Detainer For Kentucky Rideshare Driver Accused Of Brutally Assaulting Mom Of 4
  • FOX News: [OH] Ohio school counselor’s ‘You can’t love God and ICE’ sign stirs controversy
  • Federalist: [IN] Amid Anti-ICE Activism, Indiana Needs To Boost State-Level Immigration Enforcement
  • CNN: [MN] ‘‘This is misery for us:’ New home construction stalls after immigration crackdown in Minnesota
  • Daily Caller: [MN] Minnesota Churchgoer Sues Don Lemon For ‘Severe Emotional Distress’
  • Newsweek: [MN] Trump-Appointed Judge Orders DHS to Pay Migrant Detained by ICE
  • Washington Post: [TX] Texas grand jury declines to charge Homeland Security officer in fatal shooting
  • The Hill: [TX] Witness in disputed fatal ICE shooting in Texas dies in car crash
  • FOX News: [CO] Supreme Court intervenes in case where private ICE contractor forced detainees to clean common areas
  • FOX News: [CA] California sanctuary policies blamed after ICE arrests 9 sex offenders in Los Angeles
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Escondido keeps ICE contract despite community pleas
  • Houston Chronicle: [Iran] ICE has two people from my church. If they’re sent back to Iran, they’ll be killed.
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NewsNation: Trump admin weighs requiring banks to collect citizenship info: Reports
  • Univision: [CA] Sacramento demands the return of DACA recipient illegally deported after immigration appointment
  • Univision: [NM] Work permits at risk: Who could be affected by the new USCIS measure?
• Customs and Border Protection
  • ABC News: CBP agents are ‘coercing’ unaccompanied minors into ‘voluntary’ removal, lawyers say
  • Daily Caller: [NH] Feds Charge Suspect In Border Patrol Shooting With Attempted Murder
  • Reuters/CNN: [NY] Near-blind refugee found dead in Buffalo after release by US Border Patrol
  • Univision: [FL] Hispanic engineer hired by Border Patrol ends up detained in Alcatraz de los Caimanes
  • New York Post: [Mexico] SoCal Catholic bishop made several trips to Mexican brothel known for human trafficking: report
• Transportation Security Administration
  • New York Times: PreCheck Is Back, but Global Entry Is Paused. What’s Going On?
  • CNN: Noem threatens to again suspend TSA PreCheck amid DHS shutdown -
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • USA Today: Hurricane Melissa now tied for strongest winds in an Atlantic storm
  • AP: [FL] Crews in Florida battle a 25,000-acre wildfire near ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
• Secret Service
  • New York Times: Man Accused of Plotting to Kill Trump Goes on Trial
• Coast Guard
  • Stars and Stripes: [TX] Coast Guard swimmer who saved 165 in Texas floods receives Legion of Merit
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • MeriTalk: CISA Calls on Agencies to Secure Cisco SD-WAN Systems
  • Reuters: US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives
  • CyberScoop: Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble
  • Reuters: [China] Google disrupts Chinese-linked hackers that attacked 53 groups globally
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Washington Examiner: ‘Peaceful protest’ narrative at center of antifa terrorism trial
• National Security News
  • CNN: [IN] Former US F-35 instructor charged with conspiring to train Chinese military
  • AP: [MI] 3 scientists were charged in worm smuggling scheme. Lawyers say China helped get the case dismissed
  • Washington Examiner: [Venezuela] US blocking Venezuela from paying Maduro’s drug defense, ex-dictator’s lawyer says
  • CNN: [Syria] Syria reports ‘mass escape’ from detention camp holding ISIS-linked families amid reports thousands fled
  • AP: [Iran] US and Iran are holding a third round of nuclear talks as more American forces deploy to the Mideast
  • AP/Breitbart: [Iran] Trump administration hits Iran with new sanctions as nuclear talks near
  • NBC News: [Iran] Trump said Iran will ‘soon’ have missiles able to hit the U.S. A 2025 intel report said it will take 10 years.
  • FOX News: [Iran] Trump issues stern Iran warning as Tehran angrily reacts to speech amid muted world reaction
  • Washington Examiner: [Iran] Vance says he hopes Iranians take new round of negotiations with the US seriously
  • FOX News: [Iran] Trump says Iran pursues ‘sinister ambitions,’ hasn’t told US that Tehran ‘will never have a nuclear program’
  • New York Post: [Iran] Treasury sanctions Iran’s petroleum ‘shadow fleet,’ ballistic missile networks
  • Reuters: [China] China says it has met US trade obligations, warns against more tariffs

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