• Top News
  • AP/Daily Wire/Washington Examiner: US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela in Trump’s effort to control its oil
  • Wall Street Journal/Washington Post/New York Post/FOX News: [OH] A top ICE official steps down to run for Congress in Ohio
  • Washington Examiner/The Hill/Daily Caller: Noem announces new ICE deputy director
  • Washington Post/NBC News/Washington Examiner: Trump threatens Insurrection Act deployment to quell Minnesota ICE protests
  • AP/CBS News: Noem says Trump has authority to invoke Insurrection Act and send military to Minneapolis
  • Washington Times: Dems urge demonstrators to peacefully protest ICE as Trump threatens Insurrection Act over violence
  • Daily Wire: Trump Praises Minnesota Judge For Declining To Block ‘Highly Successful’ ICE Operations
  • Wall Street Journal/Daily Signal/ABC News: Federal Agent Shoots Venezuelan Immigrant in Leg in Minneapolis, DHS Says
  • FOX News: Three Venezuelan illegals arrested after ICE officer ‘ambushed and attacked’ during traffic stop: Noem
  • CBS News: Dueling accounts of ICE shooting of Venezuelan migrant in Minneapolis
  • Washington Times: Homeland Security Secretary Noem calls latest Minnesota attack on ICE ‘an attempted murder’
  • New York Post: Mayor Frey accuses ICE of ‘causing chaos’ in Minneapolis after illegal migrant who ambushed fed agent is shot
  • Daily Caller: Jacob Frey Criticizes Rioters — But Not For Reason You May Think
  • NewsMax: Minneapolis Mayor to Protesters: Be Peaceful or ‘Go Home’
  • CNN: The Minneapolis mayor ‘grabbed the megaphone’ and told ICE to leave his city. Trump doubled down instead
  • Daily Caller: Socialist Minnesota City Council Member Complains About Jacob Frey, Police Chief Wanting To Calm Things Down
  • New York Post: Minnesota Dems rally behind anti-ICE agitator who bragged about ‘stalking’ agents — then complained about getting arrested
  • Free Beacon: As Tim Walz Encourages Resistance, Minnesota ‘ICE Watch’ Declares ‘Time Is Ripe To Embrace Militancy’
  • FOX News: Noem says Walz dismissed federal help: ‘You let your city burn’
  • FOX News: Secretary Noem says Gov Walz rejected DHS’ help as protests grip Minneapolis
  • Hill: Noem: Walz, Frey have to get Minneapolis ‘under control’
  • Daily Wire: Walz Claims Minnesota Under Federal ‘Occupation,’ Urges Filming ICE For ‘Future Prosecutions’
  • Daily Caller: Tim Walz’s Stream Was Such A Dumpster Fire It Was Deleted From YouTube
  • FOX News: Top House GOP leader demands Tim Walz resign as Minneapolis erupts over ICE shooting
  • FOX News: Border Patrol chief slams Walz’s narrative: Minnesota mission has ‘always’ been about immigration
  • FOX News: DHS slams Dems for complaining about immigration law: ‘It is quite literally their job to change it’
  • FOX News: Law enforcement are being spit on and vehicles are being rammed, DHS official reports
  • Breitbart: Rioters Smash into ICE Vehicles — Minneapolis Police Stand Down
  • FOX News: Latin Kings gang member accused of vandalizing FBI vehicle, stealing government property in Minneapolis
  • New York Post: FBI offering $100K reward after ICE vehicles vandalized by destructive Minneapolis mob
  • Newsweek: Kristi Noem Responds to Reports of FBI Documents Stolen in Anti-ICE Protest
  • Washington Examiner: Tom Homan offers to pull ICE from Minneapolis ‘real quick’ upon access to jails
  • New York Times: Emergency Call Transcripts Record a Crisis Unfolding in Real Time
  • FOX News: Anti-ICE threat spray-painted on vehicle believed to be used by federal officers during Minneapolis unrest
  • FOX News: DHS arrests armed man with extra ammunition for assaulting federal officer at late-night Minneapolis riot
  • Washington Times: Minnesota anti-ICE group calls for attacking federal agents: ‘Be willing to get kicked in the teeth’
  • Breitbart: Minneapolis Police Chief: Rioters ‘Are Engaging in Unlawful Acts’
  • NBC News: ‘It feels like an invasion’: Minnesotans stunned as federal agents flood their state
  • Axios: Trump’s military threat comes as Minneapolis reels under ICE
  • NewsMax: ACLU Sues to Halt Trump ICE Crackdown in Minnesota
  • New York Post: Minneapolis fire department report reveals Renee Nicole Good was shot 4 times by ICE agent
  • NewsMax: Renee Good’s Family Launching Independent Probe
  • New York Times: Trump Threatened to Send the Military to Minneapolis
  • Daily Caller: John Cornyn Unveils Legislation To Slap Penalties On Anti-ICE Agitators Following Renee Good Protests
  • Politico/NewsMax/AP: Appeals court sides with Trump in Khalil deportation case
  • Washington Examiner: Appeals court says district judge overstepped authority by ruling in favor of Mahmoud Khalil
  • Washington Post: Trump cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, judge says
  • Politico: ‘Unconstitutional conspiracy’: Judge slams Trump administration over targeted deportations
  • Bloomberg Law: Noem, Rubio Slammed for ‘Breathtaking’ Free Speech Plot
  • New York Times: Judge Proposes Restricting Deportation of Scores of Noncitizen Academics
  • FOX News: Illinois father says Pritzker shows ‘indifference’ to his daughter being killed by illegal immigrant
  • Chicago Tribune: Judge who blasted Operation Midway Blitz use-of-force tactics will hear new lawsuit by city, state
  • Breitbart: Illegal Alien Repeatedly Rams ICE SUVs in San Antonio Parking Lot, Officer Injured
  • FOX News: ICE takes down illegal alien who allegedly rammed law enforcement vehicles, nearly running over officer
  • Reuters: [Mexico] US pressing Mexico to allow US forces to fight cartels, NYT reports
  • Houston Chronicle: U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro seeks to block Trump from attacking Mexico
  • Washington Post: The historic D.C. buildings Homeland Security wants to raze were deemed stable
  • FOX News: $174B spending package to avert shutdown clears key hurdle in Senate
  • AP: Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit seeking detailed voter information from California
  • New York Post: Gavin Newsom backtracks on outrageous ICE claims made by his own team
  • New York Post: Grinning anti-ICE agitator arrested after allegedly punching Florida trooper as DeSantis warns: ‘This is not Minneapolis’
  • NPR: Trump’s threat to sanctuary cities highlights struggle over federal and local powers
  • Telemundo: Department of Homeland Security strengthens aviation security for 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • AP: Senate passes more spending bills, but Homeland Security dispute looms
  • FOX News: Dems relent, Senate sends $174B spending package to Trump’s desk as shutdown looms over DHS funding
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Examiner: Pritzker’s insults of DHS’s Tricia McLaughlin are typical, baseless left-wing propaganda
  • USA Today: ICE’s violent escalation has been Trump’s plan all along
  • Bloomberg: How to Prevent ICE Shootings
  • USA Today: Joe Rogan equates ICE to the Gestapo. Is there a ‘good’ kind?
  • Daily Wire: [TN] How ICE Makes It Safer In Tennessee
  • CNN: [MN] Trump using Insurrection Act in Minneapolis would be a huge risk – even by his standards
  • New York Post: [MN] How Minneapolis rioters are forcing Trump’s hand with the Insurrection Act
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • The Hill: Homan says Trump administration needs better ‘messaging’ about immigration enforcement
  • The Hill: Republicans divided on Trump immigration crackdown: Survey
  • NewsMax: Vitiello to Newsmax: Rhetoric, Interference, Escalate Dangers to ICE Agents
  • Bloomberg: The Rapid Evolution of ICE Under Trump
  • HS Today: Leak Exposes Identities of Thousands of ICE and Border Patrol Agents
  • Breitbart: Raskin: ‘Looks Like’ ICE Is Recruiting White Supremacists
  • FOX News: Democrats push anti-ICE bills nationwide after deadly Minneapolis shooting
  • New York Times: Abolish ICE? It’s a Slogan Some Democratic Critics of ICE Would Abolish.
  • New York Times: Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE
  • CNN: ProPublica report uncovers banned chokehold use by ICE agents
  • Washington Examiner: Guerrilla-like ‘ICE Watch’ groups backed by top, left-wing grantmakers
  • FOX News: Democrats’ dilemma: Progressive push to ‘Abolish ICE’ sparks fresh divide in party
  • Federalist: Anti-ICE Activists’ Goal Isn’t Stopping Violence — It’s Ending All Immigration Enforcement
  • AP: Oglala Sioux president walks back claims of DHS pressure, member arrests
  • The Hill: [ME] Maine officials expecting ICE operations soon
  • New York Times: [MA] U.S. Says It Erred in Deporting Student Traveling for Thanksgiving
  • FOX News: [MA] Massachusetts town faces lawsuit for allowing criminal immigrant, sex offender to renew business license
  • Washington Examiner/Washington Times: [DC] Schumer presses Trump over ICE raids at White House meeting
  • Reuters: [DC] US Senate Democratic leader Schumer urges Trump to pull ICE agents out of cities
  • CBS News: [GA] Mexico seeks answers after, it says, a Mexican citizen died in ICE custody in Georgia
  • Univision: [FL] Honduran deported claims to have been beaten and electrocuted in Alcatraz de los Caimanes
  • Axios: [LA] ICE raid on Meta shows tension between Trump’s immigration and AI agendas
  • AP: [MN] Judge orders release of Liberian man arrested in Minneapolis by agents with a battering ram
  • AP: [MN] Aggressive tactics used on Minneapolis protesters raise concerns about federal officer training
  • FOX News: [MN] Minnesota’s major newspaper demands ICE end ‘occupation’ of state
  • AP: [MN] Federal immigration agents filmed dragging a woman from her car in Minneapolis
  • New York Times: [MN] Couple Says ICE Agents Gassed Them as They Drove With 6 Children
  • Washington Examiner: [MN] Minnesota judge considers lawsuit that could hamstring ICE tactics amid enforcement surge
  • Breitbart: [MN] Nolte: Confederate State of Minnesota Orders Cops to Ignore Attacks on ICE
  • CNN: [MN] Federal officers in tense face off with anti-ICE protesters outside Minneapolis federal building
  • CNN: [MN] ‘Heartbreaking’: Man alleges his mother was racially profiled by ICE in Minnesota
  • Wall Street Journal: [MN] Native Americans Are Caught Up in ICE Crackdown in Minneapolis
  • Washington Post: [MN] Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say
  • New York Times: [MN] Minneapolis Schools Allow Students to Learn Online Amid ICE Fears
  • Axios: [MN] Some Minnesota students are missing school because they fear ICE
  • FOX News: [MN] Second-largest Minnesota school district to offer temporary virtual learning amid ICE operations
  • Federalist: [MN] DHS: ICE Agent Ambushed, Assaulted While Arresting Illegal Alien In Minneapolis
  • Daily Caller: [MN] CNN Host Lets Biden Official Claim Anti-ICE Riot Is ‘Peaceful’ While Showing Riot On Screen
  • Daily Caller: [MN] Left-Wing Media Outlet Doxes FBI And ICE Agents On Livestream
  • New York Times: [MN] Was Renee Good Obligated to Comply With an ICE Agent’s Orders?
  • Breitbart: [TX] Illegal Alien Arrested After Nearly Running Over ICE Agent with His Car
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston mayor details strategy to avoid federal ICE crackdown as presence in Minneapolis escalates
  • AP: [SD] Oglala Sioux President Walks Back Claims of DHS Pressure, Member Arrests
  • Axios: [KS] ICE eyes KC warehouse as leaders decry possible detention facility
  • Axios: [UT] Utah lawmaker seeks to ban ICE from wearing masks
  • Newsweek: [Mariana] ICE Arrests Chinese Billionaire Owner of Failed Casino on US Island
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • FOX News: State Department lists major sporting events in addition to World Cup, Olympics exempt from Trump’s visa ban
  • NPR: State Department memo pauses immigrant visas for 75 countries
  • Bloomberg: Trump Visa Crackdown Hits Leftist-Run Latin American Nations
  • Daily Wire: [Afghanistan] State Department Shuts Down Biden-Era Afghan Refugee Program
• Customs and Border Protection
  • The Hill: [OR] Man shot during Portland immigration stop pleads not guilty to assaulting agent
• Transportation Security Administration
  • AP: $45 Fee Option for Air Travelers Without a REAL ID Begins February 1
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NPR: FEMA is getting rid of thousands of workers in areas recovering from disasters
• Secret Service
  • AP: [OH] Grand jury indicts suspect in vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s Ohio home
• Coast Guard
  • CBS News: 2 tons of cocaine seized after speedboat chased down in Pacific Ocean off Colombia, video shows
  • Military.com: New US Coast Guard Commandant Kevin Lunday Sworn In: ‘Nation Will Prevail’
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: CISA’s secure-software buying tool had a simple XSS vulnerability of its own
  • DefenseScoop: Trump’s cyber chief pick tells lawmakers he’ll assess efficacy of Cybercom-NSA dual-hat role, if confirmed
• Terrorism Investigations
  • ABC News: [TX] Uvalde sergeant recounts entering Robb Elementary with Gonzales
  • Breitbart: [AZ] Arizona Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Arson Attack on Tesla Dealership
• National Security News
  • FOX News: Pam Bondi defends seizing reporter’s devices over alleged classified leaks involving foreign adversary
  • Blaze: We’re hot on their trail’: Trump zeros in on leakers after IT contractor allegedly spills Venezuela secrets to reporter
  • Reuters: White House says 25% semiconductor tariffs a ‘phase one’ action
  • Washington Examiner: House Homeland Security GOP leadership demands ‘Havana syndrome’ answers
  • CNN: [VA] ‘Tip of the iceberg’: The FBI search of a reporter’s home has newsrooms bracing for more
  • Reuters: [NY] US judge grants Equinor bid to restart New York offshore wind project
  • Breitbart: [Venezuela] Venezuela Calls Trump a Liar: Top Henchman Says Country Has No Political Prisoners
  • New York Times: [Venezuela] Maduro’s Enforcer Faces an Uneasy Transition, and a Bounty on His Head
  • ABC News: [Venezuela] Trump to meet Venezuelan opposition leader, who vowed to share Nobel Prize
  • Reuters: [Greenland] Trump’s Greenland push prompts NATO scramble for Arctic security ideas - and survival
  • Breitbart: [Greenland] Macron: France to Deploy Troops to Greenland ‘at the Request of Denmark’
  • ABC News: [Israel] Gaza peace plan moving into next phase, Middle East special enjoy Steve Witkoff says
  • Washington Examiner: [Iran] Trump orders new sanctions on Iranian officials coordinating deadly crackdown on protesters
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Iran vows to defend itself as Trump says will ‘watch it and see’
  • New York Times: [Iran] Battles Over Truth Rage Online Amid Iran’s Internet Blackout
  • Washington Times: [China] Sen. Tom Cotton: China threatens U.S. AI development

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