• Top News
  • New York Post/CBS News/CNN/FOX News: US strikes another alleged drug-trafficking boat in eastern Pacific, killing 2
  • CBS News: Trump says he’s "deploying all resources" to get Savannah Guthrie’s mom Nancy home
  • USA Today: Beyond the politics and protests, Super Bowl LX security gears up
  • NBC News Daily: Closer Look at Boosted Super Bowl Security
  • The Hill: Trump tries ‘softer’ tact on immigration
  • The Hill: White House holds briefing after Trump signals ‘softer’ immigration moves
  • Daily Wire: ‘We Want to Be Invited’: Trump Says He Won’t Send ICE To Cities That Don’t Want Immigration Raids
  • FOX News: Feds shift to targeted immigration enforcement in Minneapolis under Homan
  • FOX News: Federal judge rules against DHS on warrantless immigration arrests in Oregon
  • Reuters: Trump administration names 33 new immigration judges, most with military backgrounds
  • Washington Post: Minnesota courts buckle as immigration surge swamps judges, prosecutors
  • CBS News: Frustrations from judge, prosecutor in Minnesota boil over amid Trump’s ICE surge: "Not above the law"
  • CBS News: "Tsunami" of immigration detention cases strains U.S. Attorney’s offices across America
  • Washington Examiner: Minnesota prosecutor seeks ‘immediate’ relief amid influx of 427 immigration lawsuits
  • NewsMax: DOJ Rule Could Cut Immigration Appeals Board Caseload
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Administration to Curtail Immigrant Appeals of Deportation Decisions
  • Wall Street Journal: Justice Department Struggles Under Weight of Immigration Crackdown
  • FOX News: Minneapolis mayor avoids question on opposing Obama-era immigration policy now pushed by Trump
  • FOX News: DHS says anti-ICE agitators helped child rapists, gang members evade deportation
  • Los Angeles Times/AP: Senate not ‘anywhere close’ to a funding deal as ICE fight intensifies
  • Roll Call: Another funding extension eyed as partisan immigration standoff deepens
  • Washington Post: What Democrats are demanding in exchange for funding ICE
  • FOX News: Dem leaders share list of 10 demands for ICE reforms with GOP
  • Washington Examiner: Jeffries risks fresh fracture with Schumer over ICE funding red line
  • CBS News: Republicans pan Democrats’ demands for ICE reform as DHS funding cliff nears
  • NewsMax/Bloomberg Government: House Dems Eye Funding DHS Without ICE, CBP Money
  • Daily Caller: Schumer Unwilling To Discuss DHS Reforms Despite Demanding Negotiations, Republicans Say
  • Bloomberg Law: DHS Fight Threatens Senate Recess and Overseas Trips, Thune Says
  • FOX Business: GOP pushes ‘Safe America Act’ as Democrats face backlash over voter ID, ICE enforcement
  • NewsMax: Thune: DHS Deal Must Include GOP Changes
  • NewsMax: Sen. Graham Takes Center Stage in Immigration Debate
  • FOX News/NewsMax: Sweeping bill to crush sanctuary cities, protect ICE agents unveiled in Senate
  • Wall Street Journal: ‘Sanctuary City’ Fight Will Be at Center of New Immigration Battle
  • Breitbart: Operation Metro Surge: ICE Agents Arrest More than 4,000 Illegal Aliens Across Minnesota
  • New York Times: Inside One Minneapolis Church, a Different Type of Protest
  • Politico: DHS’ problems go farther than Minneapolis. Republicans are noticing.
  • Politico: DHS watchdog details extensive probes into Trump’s immigration crackdown
  • Daily Signal: This Left-Wing Group Wants UN Probe of Trump Over Minnesota Enforcement
  • Politico: Trump’s deportation push is scrambling New York’s suburban politics
  • NPR: Measles continues to spread in the US, but with some letup
  • Univision: Migrant denounces lack of measles protocols at ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas
  • Breitbart: FBI: Ohio Man Accused of Threatening to Kill ‘Random’ ICE Agents and President Trump
  • Reuters: Trump defends Noem, Gabbard and Bondi at National Prayer Breakfast
  • FOX News: Trump DOUBLES DOWN on defense of Noem
  • Washington Examiner: ‘Anti-ICE Antifa TERRORIST’ arrested in Minneapolis for threatening federal agents: DOJ
  • FOX News: From protest to felony: the lines Minnesota anti-ICE agitators may be crossing
  • New York Times: 2 Dead After Police Helicopter Crashes in Arizona
  • Reuters: ICE not part of Team USA delegation, USOPC security chief says
  • US News & World Report: Olympics-US Vice President Vance Checks in to Milan on Eve of Games Opening
  • FOX News: DHS issues warning about trend of domestic partners poisoning loved ones
  • Washington Examiner: Trump renews push to nationalize elections and floats possibility of fraud in midterm elections
  • NBC News: Senate Republicans clash over the filibuster and Trump-backed voter ID bill
  • Breitbart: Chuck Schumer: SAVE Act Requiring ID to Vote ‘Is Jim Crow 2.0’
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Post: Giving immigration courts the judges they need is a win-win
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Congress struggles for ICE breaker compromise
  • FOX News: The border gets the attention while fraudulent government benefits bleed taxpayers dry
  • Daily Caller: SEN JOHN CORNYN: Illegal Aliens Are Driving Drunk. It’s Time Congress Stops Them
  • Washington Post: Calls to ‘defund ICE’ are horrifying
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NBC News: ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
  • Reuters: Trump has no ‘formal plans’ to deploy ICE at polling sites, White House says
  • CNN: With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients
  • NPR: Medical staff say immigration enforcement near medical facilities affects care
  • NBC News: How ICE agents are using facial recognition technology to bring surveillance to the streets
  • NPR: Public Health Service officers deployed in detention centers suffer ‘moral distress’
  • FOX News: Anti-ICE ‘digital Minutemen’ use military-grade surveillance tactics against feds
  • Daily Caller: Anti-Trump Activists Launch Website, ‘Toolkit’ To Identify Potential ICE Hotels
  • New York Post: Pro-ICE billboards calling out ‘liberal hypocrisy’ go up in swing states: ‘Let them do their jobs’
  • Daily Caller: Scott Jennings Triggers CNN Panel After Pointing Out How Many Illegals Have Criminal Records
  • FOX News: House GOP rips ‘insane’ Democrat demand to ‘unmask’ ICE agents as DHS shutdown looms
  • NewsMax: Rep. Randy Fine to Newsmax: Unmask Protesters, Not ICE
  • Washington Post: Want to sue ICE for a bloody nose or broken fence? It’s an uphill battle.
  • Washington Examiner: Appeals court questions church’s bid to revive ICE’s ‘sensitive’ places policy
  • NewsMax: Marist: 65% of Americans Say ICE Has Gone Too Far
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Boston Mayor Wu’s executive order forbids ICE from using city property for immigration enforcement
  • FOX News: [MA] Boston Mayor Michelle Wu moves to expose ICE actions, threatens court fight
  • FOX News: [MA] Boston’s Wu orders release of ICE surveillance and bodycam footage, says fed government ‘hides behind masks’
  • Bloomberg: [NY] New York Pension Funds Scrutinize Palantir Over ICE Contract
  • New York Times: [NY] 12 Columbia Professors and Students Are Arrested at Anti-ICE Protest
  • New York Post: [NY] Long Island high school teacher allegedly threatened to call ICE while overseeing ‘classroom with a lot of Hispanic kids’
  • New York Post: [NY] AOC touts money for her NYC district in funding bill she voted against, announces plans to train ICE ‘legal observers’
  • FOX News: [NJ] White House slams Democrat governor for urging public to track ICE agents with new video portal
  • FOX News: [MD] Anti-ICE legislation heads to desk of rising star Democrat governor, testing his presidential ambitions
  • Blaze: [VA] Fake Moderate’ Democratic governor demands local police cut ties with ICE
  • CBS News: [GA] Social Circle ICE detention center could be operational by April, despite city leaders’ opposition
  • USA Today: [GA] Could ICE be at World Cup matches in Atlanta? What Mayor Dickens says
  • NBC News Daily: [MS] Sen. Wicker Opposes North MS ICE Facility
  • Univision: [FL] Orange County will limit ICE detainees in its jail due to overcrowding.
  • Breitbart/Daily Wire/The National News Desk: [IN] Four dead as illegal immigrant semi-truck driver plows into Amish van in Indiana
  • FOX News: Semi-truck driver held on ICE detainer after 4 killed in head-on crash
  • CBS News: [MN] Minnesota activist Kyle Wagner arrested and charged with threatening ICE agents
  • AP: [MN] Government lawyer yanked from immigration detail in Minnesota after telling judge ‘this job sucks’
  • NBC News: [MN] Minnesota Rep. describes ‘disturbing’ DHS facility
  • NBC News: [MN] Father says 5-year-old son has nightmares and wakes up crying since immigration detention
  • FOX News: [MN] DHS lashes out at NY Times after report claiming pregnant women in Minneapolis ‘hiding from ICE’
  • Washington Post: [TX] School officials say missing Minneapolis girl seen in ICE detention in Texas
  • Univision: [TX] Hispanic family reports violent raid by alleged ICE agents on their home in San Antonio
  • Univision: [NM] IPE banned in New Mexico? Law passed canceling detention centers in state
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] After court ruling, Democratic lawmakers carry out congressional oversight at ICE facility in Los Angeles
  • Daily Wire: [CA] Illegal Alien Indicted In Major ICE Assault Case Released Into Country Under Biden Admin
  • SFGate: [CA] San Jose Spotlight: Santa Clara Bans Ice From Using City Property
  • FOX News: [CA] Single tip triggers massive California human trafficking bust with more than 600 arrests
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] S.F. prosecutors charge two men in separate human trafficking cases
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Federalist: Purdue Hiring 1,000 Foreigners In 5 Years Illustrates Higher Ed’s H-1B Problem
  • NPR: Trump officials propose testing a citizenship question amid a push to alter the census
  • The Hill: [OH] Ohio’s GOP governor: Ending TPS for Haitians would be ‘blow to the economy’
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: Noem deploys to both borders, says ICE won’t be deterred by sanctuary officials who ‘want to create conflict’
  • NewsNation: Officials target counterfeit Super Bowl gear in 2025 crackdown
  • Washington Times: [VA] Customs agents nab $119,178 in unreported currency from international travelers at Dulles
  • CBS News: [AZ] Noem claims Trump administration delivered "most secure border in American history"
  • NewsNation: [AZ] Trump officials uncensored: Raw comments from Homan and Noem | Bradley on the Border
  • Daily Wire: [CA] Minneapolis Liberals Invent Their Own Border Patrol
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Univision: The TSA successfully implements ConfirmID, the new identity verification system for travelers
  • CBS Pittsburgh: [PA] Judge hears arguments on lawsuit over $82,000 confiscated by TSA at Pittsburgh International Airport
• Coast Guard
  • GMA3: [CA] Oil Spill Cleanup Following Pipe Rupture
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: CISA tells agencies to stop using unsupported edge devices
  • Bloomberg: Hackers Hit Sensitive Targets in 37 Nations in Vast Spying Plot
  • FOX News: Millions of AI chat messages exposed in app data leak
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NewsMax: [DC] Capital Jewish Museum Shooter Faces Terrorism Charges
  • Breitbart: [FL] Satanist Named ‘Pagan’ Arrested Over Plans to Shoot Up Florida Church
  • CBS News: [FL] Investigators working to identify who made call about armed person at Christopher Columbus High School
• National Security News
  • Reuters: Marco Rubio steps down as acting head of the US National Archives
  • Reuters: Pentagon asked to probe SpaceX for potential Chinese ownership
  • Federal News Network: Trump administration could pour trillions into Golden Dome that is unlikely to work
  • FOX News: Trump signals willingness to defend Diego Garcia military base if future deal threatens US access
  • AP: [Argentina] Argentina and US sign a major trade deal to slash tariffs and boost a political alliance
  • Breitbart: [Russia] Trump wants a nuclear arms treaty with Russia and China
  • US News & World Report: [Russia] Kremlin Says Russia Will Stay a Responsible Nuclear Power Despite New START’s Expiry
  • CBS News: [Syria] U.S. moving 7,000 ISIS suspects from Syria to Iraq amid concerns over security and due legal process
  • New York Post: [Iran] Iran seizes oil tankers, threatens ‘massacre’ in Strait of Hormuz, hours before US talks

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