• Top News
  • Breitbart/NewsNation/Los Angeles Times/FOX News: Eight dead in US strikes on alleged drug boats: US military
  • AP/Breitbart/FOX News: US military strikes three more alleged drug boats, killing 3 and possibly leaving survivors
  • CBS News/Washington Examiner: Alleged drug smugglers jumped overboard in recent boat strikes, U.S. military says
  • New York Times: Coast Guard Searches for Survivors After More Boat Strikes
  • New York Times: Search Is Suspended for Passenger Who Went Overboard From Cruise Ship
  • New York Times: Even as U.S. Targets Boats, Coast Guard Tries to Capture Drug Suspects at Sea
  • FOX News/AP/NewsNation: Maduro says Venezuela is ‘ready’ to make deal with US on drugs and oil after military strikes
  • AP: Maduro says Venezuela open to negotiation with US to combat drug trafficking
  • Washington Times: CIA behind U.S. drone strike on Venezuelan dock allegedly used for drug smuggling
  • Daily Wire: Congressman Explains What Actions Could Come Next Against Venezuela’s ‘Narcoterrorist Drug War’
  • New York Post: Venezuela-bound oil tanker paints Russian flag on its hull while on the run from the US
  • New York Times: Russia Asks United States to Stop Pursuit of Fleeing Oil Tanker
  • AP: US imposes sanctions on 4 Venezuelan oil firms and 4 more tankers in Maduro crackdown
  • Wall Street Journal: Venezuelan Exiles Root for U.S. Military Action. Those Left Behind Oppose It.
  • New York Times: Venezuela Frees Dozens of Political Prisoners
  • CNN: What we know about a Minneapolis day care center that was highlighted in video about alleged fraud
  • Daily Caller: Trump Wants To Revoke Citizenship Of Every Somali Convicted Of Fraud, Press Sec Says
  • USA Today/Breitbart/The Hill: Leavitt: Trump Will Revoke Citizenship of Somali Americans Convicted of Fraud
  • FOX News: Karoline Leavitt warns ‘people will be in handcuffs’ as feds zero in on Minnesota fraud scandal
  • FOX News: GOP lawmaker demands Minnesota fraud be treated as ‘organized crime’ scheme
  • Washington Examiner: Trump tests Tim Walz as Democratic boogeyman after Somali fraud scandal
  • NewsMax: Minn. State Lawmaker to Newsmax: Fraud Has Only 2 Explanations
  • NBC News Daily: GOP-Led House Oversight Committee Announces Hearing on Minnesota Amid Fraud Investigation
  • Washington Examiner: Walz received $10K from donors tied to Somali-run day care centers
  • Blaze: Tim Walz’s nightmare continues as HHS shuts off $185M to Minnesota amid allegedly ‘fake’ Somali day care centers
  • FOX News: Trump slams Walz and Newsom as ‘Crooked Governors,’ asserting their states are awash with fraud
  • Washington Post: Trump administration freezes child care payments to Minnesota
  • Washington Post: Day cares say they are unfairly punished over misleading Minnesota video
  • New York Times: Minnesota Families Are Rattled by Threat to Cut Federal Aid for Child Care
  • Breitbart: Elon Musk: Minnesota Election Law that Allows a Voter to ‘Vouch’ for 8 Others ‘Made for Fraud’
  • NBC News: Trump targets Rep. Ilhan Omar in post attacking Somali immigrants over Minnesota fraud claims
  • New York Times: An Intense White House Response From a Single Viral Video
  • ABC News: New Trump-ordered immigration restrictions go into effect Jan. 1
  • Breitbart: Trump announces National Guard withdrawals in Chicago, L.A., Portland
  • Today: Bovino: DHS Immigration Operation in Chicago Not Over
  • Washington Examiner: Border Patrol’s monthslong deployment to Chicago now expected to go on ‘for years’
  • CBS Chicago: Chicago Mayor Johnson, Border patrol Cmdr. Bovino spar on social media over "ABOLISH ICE" snowplow name
  • Bloomberg Law: National Guard Troops in LA to Return to Newsom’s Control
  • Los Angeles Times: Trump administration retreats in Newsom lawsuit over National Guard deployment
  • ABC News: Off-duty ICE officer allegedly shoots and kills man firing gun outside apartment complex: DHS
  • Washington Examiner: California postpones canceling licenses of illegal immigrant truck drivers
  • New York Post: Camila Mendoza Olmos’ family posts heartbreaking message — after Texas teen’s body was found 100 yards from home
  • New York Post: DHS chief Kristi Noem rocks out to ‘Ice Ice Baby’ at Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party
  • Daily Caller: Breaking Down Trump’s 2025 Immigration Enforcement Numbers
  • FOX News: 5 big immigration changes taking effect across the US
  • Daily Wire: Historic Drop In U.S. Homicides As 2025 Sees Largest One-Year Decline
  • ABC News: US poised to end 2025 with the largest one-year drop in homicides ever recorded: Experts
  • Washington Examiner: Fires, unrest, lawsuits, politics dominate Southwest in 2025
  • New York Times: The Trump Administration’s Lengthy and Tangled Pursuit of a Single Immigrant
  • Univision: Judge suggests Trump administration pushed case against Kilmar Abrego after his wrongful deportation
  • Los Angeles Times: Immigration raids linked to significant California job losses, analysis finds
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] We don’t have a border crisis. We have an ICE accountability crisis.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Daily Wire: Here Are Some Of The Worst Illegal Immigrants Trump Deported In 2025
  • NewsMax: ICE Details $100M Recruitment Blitz to Expand Deportation Force
  • FOX News: ICE says Politico reporter Josh Gerstein is ‘inciting violence against federal agents’ after X post
  • New York Post: [NY] ICE will no longer hold detainees at LI courthouse for more than 12 hours
  • Univision: [NY] Josué Pérez, the migrant detained by ICE present at the swearing in of the NYC Ombudsman
  • New York Times: [FL] He Is Being Sued in the U.S. for Human Rights Abuses. He Could be Deported First.
  • Chicago Tribune: [IN] Report: Merrillville on list for potential ICE facility
  • NewsMax: [WI] Oneida Nation in Wisconsin Split Over ICE Contracts
  • Breitbart: [TX] No More Sanctuary Texas Sheriffs: Mandatory ICE Partnership in Sweeping State Law Begins Today
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [TX] A new Texas law requires Texas sheriffs to cooperate with ICE
  • FOX News: [CA] Deported illegal immigrant caught by GPS tracker pleads guilty to robbing 7 convenience stores in California
  • New York Post: [CA] The ingenious way illegal migrant was caught after armed Calif. robbery spree
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • CBS News: Judge voids decision to end legal status of 60,000 immigrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua
  • Newsweek: New Order Makes It Harder for Americans To Adopt Children
  • AP: H-2B Cap Relief Essential to Sustaining America’s Seasonal Workforce and Local Economies
  • Univision: [CA] Guatemalan mother in the process of obtaining a U visa was deported: now she is asking to be allowed to return to Langley Park
  • New York Times: [Afghanistan] 3 Years After a Toddler’s Parents Fled Kabul, a Reunion Is Still on Hold
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Breitbart: Historic 2025 Border Turnaround — Southwest Apprehensions Collapse to 109K in Trump’s First Year Back
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Trump’s total control of the border is the success story of 2025
  • Daily Wire: How Trump Shut Down The Border In 2025
  • FOX News: Southern border is more secure than ‘ever,’ says former national Border Patrol Council VP
  • New York Times: Phone Searches at the Border Are Up. How to Protect Your Privacy.
  • FOX News: Karen Bass faces backlash for criticizing Hispanic border patrol agents
  • NewsMax: Trump: ‘Proud’ of Hispanic Border Patrol Officers
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Federal News Network: DHS agrees to push back plans to dissolve TSA union
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CNN: DHS begins slashing FEMA disaster response staff as 2026 begins
  • Telemundo: [CA] Evacuation warnings lifted as storm leaves the region
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Owners of mobile home park destroyed in the Palisades fire say they’re finally clearing the debris
  • New York Times: [CA] A Year of Fires and Floods in Southern California
  • New York Post: [AK] Heavy snow and extreme weather cause sunken vessels and avalanche risk in Alaska
• Secret Service
  • Washington Post: [DC] White House lays out nine-week timeline to win approval for Trump’s ballroom
  • CBS News: [TX] Fort Worth man admits role in nearly $5 million fraud scheme that left dozens of homes unfinished, DOJ says
• Coast Guard
  • Great Day on FOX26: Coast Guard Announces New Contracts
  • ABC News: Search suspended for 77-year-old cruise passenger who went overboard: USCG
  • CNN: Oil tanker pursued by US now has a Russian flag painted on its side
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Federal News Network: America can’t afford to hollow out its cyber defenses
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CBS News: Law enforcement ramps up New Year’s security measures across the country
  • FOX News: [RI] Dispatch records from Brown University shooting capture chaos of deadly campus attack
• National Security News
  • Breitbart: Mali and Burkina Faso Ban U.S. Citizens in Backlash to Trump Travel Restrictions
  • New York Times: Justice Dept. Is Now Said to Be Reviewing 5.2 Million Pages of Epstein Files
  • CBS News: Trump administration delays tariff increases on furniture and kitchen cabinets by a year
  • Reuters: [Somalia] Somalia says it killed 29 al-Shabaab militants with international support
  • New York Post: [Ukraine] Zelensky says peace deal is ‘90% ready’ in New Year’s speech: ‘Ukraine is truly doing everything’
  • ABC News: [Ukraine] Zelenskyy suggests Trump fly to Ukraine to help ‘end the war’
  • Bloomberg: [Ukraine] US Discusses Stronger Ukraine Security Guarantees With Allies
  • NBC News: [Russia] Russia rings in new year with mass drone strike on Ukraine, Putin says he’s confident of victory
  • AP: [Russia] Russia says Ukrainian drone strike kills 24 as tensions grow amid peace talks
  • FOX News: [Russia] Putin residence attack video slammed; US officials say Ukraine did not target leader
  • Reuters: [Russia] Russia hands to U.S. what it says is proof of attempted Ukrainian strike on Putin residence
  • FOX News: [Syria] ISIS exploiting Syria’s chaos as US strikes expose growing threat
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Iran Designates Canada’s Navy as ‘Terrorist Organization’
  • CNN: [Iran] Trump warns Iran after protests turn deadly across several provinces
  • AP: [China] China announces it ‘successfully completed’ Taiwan military maneuvers
  • Reuters: [China] Taiwan stays on high alert as Chinese ships pull back after massive drills

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