• Top News
  • Reuters/CNN/FedScoop: US invests in counter-drone tech to protect FIFA World Cup venues
  • New York Times/Washington Examiner/Politico: Minnesota and Illinois Sue Trump Administration Over ICE Deployments
  • Wall Street Journal/The Hill/Bloomberg/Washington Post: Minnesota Sues Trump Administration Over Aggressive Immigration Tactics
  • Chicago Tribune/Bloomberg Law: Illinois and Chicago sue DHS over ‘militarized’ immigration-enforcement tactics
  • NewsNation: DHS defends federal agent surge in Minnesota amid sanctuary city clash
  • NewsMax: Tricia McLaughlin to Newsmax: Minnesota Lawsuit ‘Legally Illiterate’
  • Daily Signal/New York Times: Trump Officials Are Sending 1,000 More Immigration Officers to Minnesota
  • Wall Street Journal: Target’s Stores Become an ICE Battleground in Hometown Minneapolis
  • New York Post: ICE nabs child abusers, drug traffickers in Minneapolis as 1,000 more immigration agents set to deploy
  • USA Today: Kristi Noem defends ICE surge in Minneapolis
  • NPR: Minnesota steps up its resistance to the Trump Administration’s surge of ICE officers
  • CBS News: Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino defends federal actions as immigration raids intensify in Minnesota
  • NewsMax/Breitbart: ICE Arrests More ‘Worst of the Worst’ Aliens
  • Breitbart: Somali Murderers Among 5,000 Criminal Illegals Added to DHS ‘Worst of the Worst’ Public Database
  • The National News Desk: ICE makes dozens of arrests of illegal migrants convicted of rape, murder in Minnesota
  • FOX News: DHS funding threatened as Congress rolls out $80B spending bill amid shutdown fears
  • FOX News: Trump pledges to uncover leftist groups countering ICE
  • Breitbart: Trump Wins ‘Affordability’: Rents Drop for Americans Because of ICE Deportations
  • Politico: Homeland Security wants to know who’s anonymously posting about ICE
  • Breitbart: Billionaire Bill Ackman Donates $10K to ICE Officer Who Fatally Shot Woman in Minneapolis
  • NewsMax: Report: ICE Agent Tied to Minneapolis Shooting in Hiding
  • Daily Caller: Gregg Jarrett Flags Potential Crime By Renee Good’s Wife In Minnesota ICE Incident
  • FOX News: Noem doubles down on ‘domestic terrorism’ as Minnesota ICE shooting video emerges
  • FOX News: ICE chief Todd Lyons fires back after AOC alleges Renee Nicole Good was ‘assassinated in the street’
  • FOX News: President Trump says he thinks the woman shot by ICE in Minneapolis was professional agitator
  • New York Times: F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups
  • AP: New video shows the minutes before immigration officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis
  • New York Times: Trump Has Another Justification for the Shooting of Renee Good: Disrespect
  • Daily Caller: Minneapolis Anti-ICE Mob Attacks Journalists Nick Sortor, Cam Higby In Vehicle As They Flee Chaotic Scene
  • FOX News: Rep Ro Khanna demands prosecution of ICE agent in Minneapolis fatal shooting
  • FOX News: Illinois governor calls for ouster of Noem, McLaughlin from DHS
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: Governor Pritzker accuses Kristi Noem of lying and calls for her impeachment over ICE actions
  • FOX News: Jeffries says DHS Secretary Noem ‘should be run out of town’ amid ICE shooting backlash
  • NewsMax: Minn. State Rep. Wiener to Newsmax: Walz ‘Needs to Be Impeached’
  • Washington Post: Trump officials fire high-ranking prosecutor in Virginia amid turmoil
  • Washington Post: Lawmaker questions about immigrant arrests go unanswered by D.C. police
  • AP: What to know about the warrants most immigration agents use to make arrests
  • CNN: Border Patrol agents tackle anti-ICE protester
  • Axios: DHS blasts City Council plan targeting ICE face coverings
  • The Hill: Tapper confronts Noem with Jan. 6 clip after she defends ICE agent
  • FOX News: Dems who praised cop for killing J6 protester now condemn ICE for shooting MN agitator
  • Daily Caller: ‘Not Gonna Take That Bait’: CNBC’s Joe Kernen Spars With Dem Senator Over Party’s Outrage Over Deportations
  • Breitbart: Gallego: ICE Shooting Was ‘Absolute Murder,’ Officer Should Be in Jail
  • FOX News: Senate advances $174B package as Minnesota ICE shooting fuels DHS funding fight
  • AP: Man accused of recklessly driving U-Haul into Iran protest in Los Angeles, police say
  • Breitbart: LAPD arrests man accused of driving box truck into anti-Iran regime protest
  • Yahoo! News: Hollywood stars protest ICE, ‘worst human being’ Trump at Golden Globes
  • Breitbart: Country Singer Zach Bryan Releases Full Anti-ICE Song About ‘The Fading of the Red, White, and Blue’
  • The Hill: Dave Matthews rips ‘revolting’ Trump, Noem, ICE: ‘I don’t like these monsters’
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: As a veteran of the ‘War on Terror,’ I have no idea what a terrorist is anymore
  • The Hill: ICE violence epitomizes Trumpism’s terrible transformations
  • New York Post: Soccer moms are taking up a dangerous new hobby — becoming ICE saboteurs
  • The Hill: [MN] The Minnesota tragedy: No one knows and no one wants to learn
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [MN] In a reasonable world, Renee Good would still be alive
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [Venezuela] Opinion: Maduro’s capture tests international law and U.S. power
  • The Hill: [Venezuela] What’s next for US national security after Venezuela? 
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NewsMax/Washington Examiner: DHS Sets 7-Day Notice for ICE Oversight Visits
  • The Hill: Lawmakers challenge latest Noem order limiting visits to ICE facilities
  • Reuters: Four migrants die in US ICE custody over first 10 days of 2026
  • Federal Newswire: ICE reports surge in officer threats as it arrests convicted criminals nationwide
  • NewsMax: Rep. Sessions to Newsmax: Reckless Protests Targeting ICE ‘Should Not Be Tolerated’
  • FOX News: ‘Squad’ member brands ICE ‘racist’ and ‘rogue’ in call to abolish agency
  • Washington Post: [NY] ICE arrests New York City Council employee at immigration appointment
  • Breitbart: [NY] Sanctuary New York: ICE Arrests Afghan Migrant Who Tried to Murder His ‘Bad Muslim’ Sister
  • New York Post: [NY] NYC Council employee detained by ICE as DHS says he had ‘no legal right’ to be in US
  • Blaze: [PA] ‘You don’t want this smoke’: Philly DA and sheriff threaten ICE officers — DHS just laughs
  • Daily Caller: [PA] ‘She Can Bring The Smoke, We’ll Bring The Fire’: Tom Homan Claps Back At Sheriff Who Threatened ICE
  • Axios: [PA] How Philly’s sheriff put the city in Trump’s immigration crosshairs
  • CNN: [MD] Department of Homeland Security changes story of Maryland ICE shooting after local police release contradicting details
  • Axios: [OH] ICE detainees report mistreatment at Butler County Jail
  • Breitbart: [MN] Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar Thrown Out of Minneapolis ICE Facility
  • Daily Caller: [MN] Ilhan Omar Barely Brings Herself To Tepidly Condemn Violence Against ICE Agents
  • The Hill: [MN] Omar: ICE a ‘lawless’ ‘occupying force’
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [TX] Hartley County collaborates with ICE through a special task force
  • Breitbart: [TX] Texas Woman Fired for Posting TikTok Warning Illegal Aliens About ICE Staying at Hilton Hotel
  • Telemundo52: [CA] Man detained after immigration raid at Burbank Home Depot released
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Reuters: Trump administration has revoked over 100,000 visas, State Department says
  • Blaze: Obama judge disrupts Trump administration’s plans again: Talwani pauses efforts to end mass parole for 10,000+ migrants
  • Bloomberg Law News: US Axes Biden-Era Guidance on Credit Borrower Immigration Status
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Chinese-born U.S. sailor convicted of espionage in San Diego sentenced to more than 16 years
  • CBS Miami: [Haiti] 16 years after Haiti’s deadly earthquake, Little Haiti vigil spotlights looming end of TPS
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Daily Wire: Trump: ‘We’re Screwed’ If SCOTUS Rules Against Wide-Ranging Tariffs
  • Washington Post/Wall Street Journal/USA Today: [OR] Man shot by Border Patrol in Portland charged with assaulting officer
  • Daily Wire: [OR] Teary-Eyed Police Chief Says DHS Shot Tren De Aragua–Linked Suspects
  • AP: [OR] FBI says it has found no video of Border Patrol agent shooting 2 people in Oregon
  • Daily Wire: [OR] Shocking Details Emerge After Suspected Tren De Aragua Gangbanger Rammed Border Patrol In Portland
  • Daily Caller: [OR] Feds Accuse Illegal Migrant Gangster Of Ramming Border Patrol With Prostitute’s Car Before Shooting
• Transportation Security Administration
  • AP: [CA] Ontario International Airport welcomes TSA acceptance of Digital IDs - a smarter, easier way to fly
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] FEMA to pay for lead testing at 100 homes destroyed in Eaton fire, after months of saying it was unnecessary
• Secret Service
  • FOX News: [MA] Secret Service aware of UMass Lowell-funded radio DJ’s directive to ‘kill JD Vance’
  • The Hill: [FL] Trump motorcade rerouted due to ‘suspicious object’ in Florida
  • NewsMax: [MN] Report: ICE Agent Tied to Minneapolis Shooting in Hiding
• Coast Guard
  • NewsMax: Denmark Provided Support in US Seizure of Oil Tanker
  • CBS News: [PR] Surfer missing for over 30 hours rescued alive, dramatic Coast Guard video shows
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Federal News Network: CISA director void leaves cyber agency embroiled in uncertainty
  • Homeland Preparedness News: CISA retires 10 emergency directives
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Washington Times: Fed audit says local police don’t report all terror watchlist encounters to FBI
  • CBS News: [KY] Her daughter died after falling in with online extremists who idolize school shooters. Now, she’s warning other parents.
  • USA Today: [MS] Mayor calls fire at Mississippi synagogue ‘religious hatred’
  • Washington Examiner: [MS] Who radicalized the Mississippi synagogue arsonist?
  • AP: [TX] What to know about the Uvalde school shooting trial as it heads into its second week
• National Security News
  • Washington Post: U.S. plane used in boat strike was made to look like civilian aircraft
  • CNN: Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome
  • CBS News: [CA] Former U.S. Navy sailor gets more than 16 years for selling secrets to China
  • AP: [Canada] As Canada tries to reduce its dependence on the US, its leader will visit China to rebuild ties
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Mexico’s Sheinbaum: ‘Good Conversation’ With Trump on Security, Drugs
  • Wall Street Journal: [Mexico] Mexico Rejects Trump’s Plea for U.S. Forces to Take On Cartels
  • Telemundo51: [Mexico] Sheinbaum says Mexico could be "communication vehicle" between U.S. and Cub
  • NewsMax: [Cuba] Cuban President: ‘No One Dictates What We Do’
  • Daily Caller: [Venezuela] State Department Warns Americans Not To Travel To Venezuela Over Roving, Revenge-Seeking Militants
  • CNN: [Venezuela] Venezuelan opposition leader Machado to visit White House on Thursday
  • Breitbart: [Venezuela] Venezuela Stalls on Freeing Political Prisoners, a Key Promise to Trump
  • Breitbart: [Greenland] House Republican introduces bill to authorize Trump to take Greenland
  • Bloomberg/New York Post: [Greenland] Greenland calls on NATO for protection from possible US invasion
  • Wall Street Journal: [Greenland] Military Experts Reject Trump’s Logic That U.S. Must Own Greenland to Defend It
  • Los Angeles Times: [Greenland] ‘I don’t want to live in an American Empire’: Greenlanders bristle at U.S. threats
  • Reuters: [Greenland] Senior Russian official says Greenland could vote to join Russia if Trump does not hurry
  • CBS News: [Spain] Spain makes its largest-ever cocaine seizure at sea in U.S.-aided operation dubbed "White Tide"
  • Washington Examiner: [Iran] Iran ‘prepared for war’ but hoping for negotiations with US
  • CBS News: [Iran] Trump briefed on military, cyber, psychological options for Iran, sources say
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] Iran Is Hunting Down Starlink Users to Stop Protest Videos From Going Global
  • Washington Post: [Iran] Trump seeks help from Musk’s Starlink to break Iran internet blackout
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] White House Weighs Iran’s Nuclear-Talks Offer as Trump Leans Toward Strikes
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] U.S. to Impose 25% Tariff on Countries Doing Business With Iran, Trump Says
  • Reuters: [Iran] Iranian MP warns of greater unrest, urging government to address grievances
  • The Hill: [Iran] 4 ways Trump could help Iranian protesters as clashes intensify
  • FOX Business: [China] America’s artificial intelligence advantage faces growing challenge from China’s accelerated tech push

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