• Top News
  • New York Post/CNN: Minnesota National Guard on ‘standby’ and reveal planned uniform if called into action to quell anti-ICE unrest
  • Washington Post: Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
  • USA Toda/Breitbart: Judge bars Trump DHS from retaliating against peaceful Minn. protesters
  • FOX News: Border Patrol commander vows continued tear gas use after Minnesota federal judge’s order
  • Bloomberg: FBI Asks Agents to Travel to Minneapolis for Temporary Duty
  • Washington Times: Judge rules in favor of anti-ICE protesters; says they can legally shadow DHS vehicles
  • Politico: Pro- and anti-ICE demonstrators face off during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
  • Bloomberg/Reuters: Anti-ICE Demonstrators Outnumber Backers in Minneapolis Protest
  • Washington Post/NBC News/NewsMax: March led by pardoned Jan. 6 rioter in Minneapolis ends in scuffle
  • AP: Pro- and anti-ICE demonstrators face off during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
  • FOX News: Tom Homan responds to Democrats’ ‘accountability’ push: ‘Come get some’
  • NewsMax: Bovino to Newsmax: Claims ICE Is Arresting Innocent Citizens a ‘Flat-Out Lie’
  • CBS News: DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
  • FOX News: Minnesota Dept of Corrections dismisses DHS narrative about them not complying with ICE
  • FOX News: What would Trump’s use of the Insurrection Act look like in Minnesota?
  • CNN: Minneapolis family, six children tear gassed after they were caught in clash between ICE and protesters
  • NBC News: Federal officials investigating Renee Good’s partner, sources say
  • CNN: Video appears to show DHS agent knee detainee
  • Wall Street Journal: The Standoff That Has Turned Minnesota Into a Tinderbox
  • AP: Somali businesses struggle during the Minneapolis ICE crackdown
  • The Hill: Trump’s year on immigration reflects massive change in American life
  • Chicago Tribune: Hundreds return to Broadview to denounce federal agents’ killings in Minneapolis, Chicago area
  • FOX News: Illegal immigrants rack up $1B-plus in Texas hospital costs in fiscal year 2025; total likely higher
  • FOX News: National Guard troops will likely remain in DC through 2026, official says
  • Los Angeles Times: Deported to danger: Returning migrants discover a Mexico transformed by cartels
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Los Angeles Times: ICE is leading a ‘campaign of organized brutality’ against American cities
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • New York Post: TikTokkers urge users on dating apps like Grindr, Tinder to expose, dox ICE agents: ‘Get those d–k pics!’
  • Newsweek: ICE To Be Abolished Under New Proposed Bill, DHS Responds
  • Univision: [MA] “I accept their apology,” says Any López Belloza after being deported by mistake: “It was traumatic.”
  • New York Post: [NY] NYC socialists mustering army of 4,000 anti-ICE activists to bring Minnesota tactics to Big Apple
  • The Hill: [NY] NY council member on church leader detained by ICE: ‘We have to stand up against this nonsense’
  • FOX News: [PA] Philadelphia’s threat to prosecute ICE could trigger landmark court fight over authority, experts warn
  • CBS News: [NY] Brooklyn deacon detained by ICE after leaving apartment, community says
  • Breitbart: [VA] On First Day in Office Virginia Gov. Spanberger Guts Rule Requiring Cops to Cooperate with ICE
  • NewsMax: [VA] Spanberger Repeals Youngkin ICE Partnership Mandate
  • FOX News: [MN] ‘Scourge’ of sexual predators, violent criminals being removed from Minneapolis streets despite backlash
  • NBC News: [MN] ICE surge prompts street patrols surrounding Minneapolis schools
  • Reuters: [MN] Whistles and walkie-talkies: Minneapolis keeps guard over schools amid ICE arrests
  • FOX News: [MN] Anti-ICE agitators clash with agents outside Minneapolis federal building
  • Daily Caller: [MN] ICE Agents Chowed Down At Local Mexican Restaurant Then Detained Its Illegal Workers
  • AP: [MN] Trump administration social posts amid Minnesota immigration tensions seen as appealing to far right
  • Washington Post: [MN] Voters oppose ICE amid shootings in Minneapolis
  • AP: [TX] ICE says Cuban immigrant died while attempting suicide. A witness says guards pinned and choked him
  • Blaze: [TX] Liberal media spins ‘homicide’ narrative after ICE detainee death — but DHS sets the record straight
  • Washington Post: [TX] DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
  • Univision Austin: [TX] Driver injured during ICE arrest in Kyle
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Honduran father died in ICE custody in California. His family wants an investigation
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] ICE ‘wrongfully detained’ L.A. County D.A.’s office employee, Hochman says
  • Telemundo52: [CA] Gardener self-deports after being arrested while working in West Hollywood
  • New York Post: [CA] Eric Swalwell vows to revoke ICE officers’ driver’s licenses— despite California giving them to illegal immigrants
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Examiner: Trump’s border security measures go far beyond just a wall. Here’s what to know
  • Daily Caller: Permanent Border Security Means Keeping Adiós Air One-Way
  • Tampa Free Press: Border Numbers Bottom Out: CBP Reports Historic Lows and 8 Months of ‘Zero Releases’
  • Breitbart: [TX] DHS Adopts Abbott’s Strategy, Deploying 500+ Miles of Federal Buoy Barriers Along Texas-Mexico Border
  • FOX News: [CA] Illegal migrant workers caught on camera leaping across rooftops to escape Border Patrol in California raid
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Houston Chronicle: 2025 produced 23 weather-related billion-dollar disasters in the U.S. — without any hurricanes
  • FOX News: [LA] Construction crews find remnants of devastating 18th-century fires beneath iconic American city
• Secret Service
  • USA Today: [DC] Man charged with pointing laser at Trump’s Marine One found not guilty
  • New York Post: [NE] Feds do security check on activist who posted message threatening Karoline Leavitt
  • Daily Caller: [CA] Man Charged With Threatening To Bomb JD Vance At Theme Park
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Washington Examiner: Government provision of synagogue security proves complex
• National Security News
  • New York Times/Bloomberg: [Greenland] Trump Announces New European Tariffs in Greenland Standoff; Allies Outraged
  • NBC News: [Greenland] EU to hold emergency meeting on Trump’s tariffs over Greenland
  • Reuters: [Greenland] US official says EU should consider separating Greenland tariff issue from US trade deal
  • FOX News: [Greenland] US congressional delegation visits Denmark amid backlash over Trump’s push to acquire Greenland
  • Breitbart: [Greenland] Thousands Protest in Greenland and Denmark over Trump Plans to Acquire Island
  • FOX News: [Greenland] Protests explode in Greenland amid Trump takeover push: ‘We are not interested in being Americans’
  • Washington Post: [Greenland] How a melting Arctic makes Greenland more appealing to Trump
  • New York Post: [Venezuela] Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodriguez was a ‘priority’ drug target for the DEA: report
  • FOX News/Bloomberg: [Syria] US strike eliminates al Qaeda operative connected to ISIS ambush that killed 3 Americans in Syria
  • Washington Post: [Israel] Trump names Kushner, Rubio, Blair to Gaza board; Israel objects to lineup
  • CBS News: [Israel] Israel objects to U.S. announcement on Gaza reconstruction committee
  • Washington Post: [Iran] In Iran crisis, Trump confronted limits of U.S. military power

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