• Top News
  • New York Times/ABC News/CNN/USA Today: Trump Is Sending Tom Homan, his Border Czar, to Minnesota
  • NewsMax: Noem Applauds Homan Assignment to Minneapolis
  • Reuters/Washington Examiner/CNN: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, some agents pull out of Minneapolis in wake of Alex Pretti shooting
  • New York Post: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, some agents pull out of Minneapolis in wake of Alex Pretti shooting
  • San Francisco Chronicle: White House disputes report on Greg Bovino’s removal
  • ABC News: Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino returning to position in El Centro: Sources
  • The Hill/NewsMax: Noem agrees to testify before Senate Judiciary in March
  • New York Times: Trump Holds 2-Hour Meeting With Noem Amid Backlash to Minneapolis Shooting
  • Daily Wire: Border Patrol Partially Withdraws From Minnesota After Pretti Shooting
  • NBC News: Sources: Trump to reduce Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis after shooting
  • Reuters: In possible thaw, Trump and Minnesota’s governor talk after fatal shooting
  • New York Times: Border Patrol Official Gregory Bovino Is Set to Leave Minnesota
  • Washington Examiner: Walz insists Trump has ‘facts wrong’ about Minnesota after ‘very good call’
  • FOX News: Trump says Walz wants to ‘work together’ as Minneapolis tensions flare after federal shooting
  • New York Post: Trump touts ‘progress’ in Minneapolis after ‘very good’ call with Mayor Jacob Frey
  • Blaze: Minneapolis Mayor Frey outlines deal reached with Trump on Operation Metro Surge: ‘The president agreed’
  • FOX News: Tom Homan to meet with Jacob Frey as Greg Bovino is expected to leave Minnesota
  • Bloomberg: Trump Signals Strategy Shift In Minnesota After Outcry
  • AP: Trump softens tone on Minnesota immigration crackdown as some federal agents prepare to leave
  • NBC News: Trump reshuffles his Minnesota operation after backlash from second fatal shooting
  • Wall Street Journal: The 48 Hours That Convinced Trump to Change Course in Minnesota
  • Breitbart: White House: Trump Wants Minnesota ‘Resistance and Chaos to End Today’
  • FOX News: DHS shares obscene, threatening voicemail sent to ICE agent, blaming local pols for ‘incitement’
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Hegseth approves request by leaders of Minneapolis immigration siege for use of military base
  • Roll Call: Senate seeks escape from Homeland Security standoff
  • Washington Examiner: Republicans embrace Trump’s shift toward de-escalation in Minnesota
  • FOX News: DHS says illegal immigrant sought amid Pretti shooting had violent domestic history
  • CBS News: "A terrible miscalculation": Officials’ response to fatal Minneapolis shooting causes anger among some at DHS
  • Daily Wire: Inside The Trump Administration’s Growing Divide Over Mass Deportation Raids
  • DailySignal: What Karoline Leavitt Says the Press Is Missing About ICE Shooting
  • NewsMax: WH: 3 Investigations of Minnesota Shootings Underway
  • New York Times: Federal Investigation Into Shooting of Pretti Appears Limited
  • Wall Street Journal: How the Federal Investigation of Alex Pretti’s Death Differs From Past Cases
  • FOX News: DHS probes whether agents killed VA nurse following accidental discharge during Minneapolis ICE raid
  • AP: Trump administration’s trust and credibility tested in wake of Pretti’s death in Minneapolis
  • NBC News: Alex Pretti’s killing was recorded on body-camera videos, DHS says
  • Washington Post: Body-camera footage of shooting being preserved, U.S. officials say
  • The Hill: Why hasn’t body camera footage been released in Minneapolis ICE shootings?
  • CBS News: Videos, witness accounts of deadly Minneapolis shooting at odds with Trump officials statement
  • CBS News: Watch video of Alex Pretti shooting compared to Kristi Noem’s description of events
  • AP: The shootings in Minneapolis are upending the politics of immigration in Congress
  • New York Times: How We Determined That Minneapolis Videos Contradicted Federal Officials
  • Washington Examiner: Noem has called victims of ICE shootings domestic terrorists. Do they fit the definition?
  • New York Times: White House Wobbles, Distancing Trump From Initial Response to Minnesota Killing
  • NewsMax: GOP Sen. Curtis: Noem’s Take on Pretti Shooting ‘Premature’
  • The Hill: Walz bashes Noem, Trump for ‘besmirching’ man shot by CBP 
  • Politico: Noem in the hot seat after Minneapolis shooting
  • The Hill: Blanche says nobody thinks Alex Pretti’s actions meet ‘legal definition of domestic terrorism’
  • New York Post: Alex Pretti was among 50 anti-ICE protesters who confronted Border Patrol before Minneapolis shooting
  • FOX News: Noem links ‘violent protests’ in Minnesota to fraud investigation
  • Daily Wire: Anti-ICE Protest At Minnesota Church Blocked Parents From Their Children, DHS Says
  • Daily Caller: ‘WHERE IS THE LOCAL PD?’: Anti-ICE Rioters Violently Attack Minneapolis Hotel
  • FOX News: National Guard in Minnesota hands out coffee, donuts to anti-ICE protesters
  • AP: Police tell protesters to disperse at demo in wake of fatal shooting of ICU nurse in Minneapolis
  • FOX News: Anti-ICE agitators arrested outside Minnesota hotel as police declare unlawful assembly: ‘No longer peaceful’
  • Free Beacon: Minneapolis Hotel Smashed by Anti-ICE Rioters Was on Soros-Funded Group’s Target List
  • Washington Examiner: Steph Curry says it’s ‘beautiful to see that turnout’ from Minneapolis protests
  • New York Times: Judge Asks Pointed Questions, but Does Not Rule, in Hearing Seeking Block to ICE Surge
  • Bloomberg: Limits on ICE Agents in Minnesota Blocked by Appeals Court
  • Washington Times: Judges releasing migrant gang members as DHS detention face legal hurdles
  • Breitbart: Kash Patel: FBI Investigating Minneapolis Democrats’ Activist Networks
  • NewsMax: Patel: Funders of Minneapolis Protests Identified by FBI
  • NBC News: FBI investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says
  • FOX News: FBI makes another arrest after Minneapolis ‘rioters destroyed and stole equipment’ from agent’s vehicle: Patel
  • FOX News: FBI says woman threatened to murder agent and his family after stealing ID from car during Minneapolis riot
  • FOX News: Self-described Minn. Antifa member calls for ‘armed’ men to stop immigration agents he calls ‘mass murderers’
  • Washington Examiner: Mainstream Democrats direct funds to anti-ICE protests carried out by ‘communist’ groups in Minneapolis
  • Blaze: ‘F**k off’ and ‘Get ICE the hell out of Minnesota’: Democrats rattle sabers after Bondi demands voter rolls
  • Daily Wire: Trump Says DOJ Is Investigating Congresswoman Ilhan Omar For Possible Corruption
  • Blaze: Ilhan Omar accuses Trump of ulterior motive for ICE raids — and JD Vance shuts her down
  • Politico: Trump, Bondi statements fuel legal case against Minnesota surge
  • CNN: Bondi’s injection of voter roll demands into Minneapolis ICE tensions draws claims of ‘ransom’
  • NPR: Minnesota officials rebuff DOJ’s data demands after latest shooting by federal agents
  • FOX News: DOJ torches Democrats for ‘shamelessly lying’ about Minnesota voter roll request
  • Washington Examiner: DOJ strikes sharply different tone than DHS on death of Alex Pretti
  • FOX News: GOP senators launch task force to crack down on fraud tied to Minnesota scandal
  • FOX News: Minnesota AG accused of ‘abusing’ court system to ‘defame’ ICE
  • Politico: White House backs appropriations package with DHS funding
  • Roll Call: Spending bill would solidify Trump cuts in DHS oversight
  • Federal News Network: Senators seek pause on DHS spending bill, following fatal shooting of VA nurse by Border Patrol
  • Washington Examiner: Democrats lay out immigration demands as Congress careens toward shutdown
  • NewsMax: Schumer: Strip DHS From Funding Bill or Risk Shutdown
  • Reuters: Shutdown looms as ICE shootings spawn partisan fight over DHS funding in US Congress
  • Breitbart: Dem Rep. Walkinshaw: Not Funding DHS Will Hurt Non-Immigration Agencies, But We’re in ‘Unsustainable’ Situation
  • Axios: Inside Dems’ 11th-hour push to force changes to ICE
  • Roll Call: Spending bill would block DHS from arming long-range drones
  • AP: Death toll from US strikes on alleged drug boats reaches 126 people
  • The Hill: Bovino tangles with Republicans, Democrats on X after latest Minnesota shooting
  • ABC News: Congressional GOP criticism grows over Pretti shooting and Minnesota ICE operation
  • Federal News Network: House Homeland Security Cmte Chairman calls for USCIS, CBP and ICE leaders to testify
  • NewsMax: Sen. Paul Summons DHS to Testify After Minn. Shooting
  • NewsMax: James Comer: Trump Should Consider Removing ICE From Minn.
  • NewsMax: Minn. State Rep. Roach to Newsmax: Walz Stoking Anti-ICE Chaos to Distract From Fraud
  • ABC News: Gov. Shapiro calls on Trump admin to end its immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis
  • Univision: Greg Abbott calls for ICE to be “recalibrated” after Minneapolis shooting
  • Breitbart: Fetterman: ICE Should Be Reformed, But I Can’t Support Shutdown
  • The Hill: GOP senator hits Noem’s ‘premature’ Minneapolis shooting response
  • Bloomberg: DHS Needs an Overhaul: Rep. Ivey on ICE, Kristi Noem
  • NewsMax: Rep. Roy to Newsmax: ‘Follow the Truth’ on Immigration Agent Shootings
  • NewsMax: Rep. Suozzi Regrets DHS Vote After Fatal Minneapolis Shooting
  • CBS News: Georgia lawmakers react after Border Patrol agent kills man in Minneapolis
  • Breitbart: Tim Walz’s Daughter Slams ICE as ‘Horrible Gestapo’: ‘Cannot Be Funded’
  • Washington Examiner: Sixty CEOs in Minnesota call for ‘immediate, deescalation of tensions’
  • New York Post: Minnesota CEOs, sports teams demand ‘immediate de-escalation’ following Alex Pretti killing
  • Washington Examiner: Minnesota GOP candidate for governor drops bid over ICE operation
  • Politico: ICE Shootings Are Freaking Out the GOP. They’re Afraid to Tell Trump.
  • AP: Minnesota killing produces backlash against Trump administration from Second Amendment advocates
  • The Hill: Kash Patel, Kristi Noem, slammed by gun owners after Alex Pretti killing 
  • Breitbart: Karoline Leavitt: President Trump Supports the Right to Bear Arms, Not Impede ICE
  • USA Today: Did Trump say ‘only criminals carry guns?’ No, here’s what he did say.
  • Washington Examiner: Gun groups split with Trump administration over Minnesota shooting
  • NewsMax: White House: Trump Backs Noem as Homan Takes Minnesota Lead
  • Washington Post: House Democrats to investigate Kristi Noem with eye on impeachment push
  • FOX News: More than half of House Democrats back impeachment push against DHS chief Kristi Noem
  • The Hill: Warren calls for Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment
  • The Hill: Senate Democrat: ‘Noem’s got to go’
  • New York Times: A Showdown in Minnesota
  • New York Times: A Crisis of Confidence for ICE and Border Patrol as Clashes Escalate
  • Politico: ‘It’s starting to turn against us’: White House reckons with Minnesota fallout
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: Mass Deportation by the Numbers
  • Wall Street Journal: Time for a Cease-Fire on Immigration Enforcement
  • New York Post: [MN] Finally, a path to stop the Minnesota madness
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • USA Today: ICE arrested me without cause. What I saw will haunt me forever.
  • FOX News: I survived Antifa violence — now Minnesota is repeating dangerous left-wing mistakes
  • Bloomberg: If ICE Can Kill With Impunity, the Rule of Law Is Already Gone
  • FOX News: Mass immigration is economic warfare and few Americans understand why
  • Wall Street Journal: The Un-American Assault on Minnesota
  • USA Today: The left defends the Second Amendment and Trump isn’t. Really?
  • New York Post: Trump’s Arctic plan has been 500 years in the making — and it will save the free world
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: ICE agents will conduct enforcement operations at Super Bowl LX, official says
  • AP: ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say
  • Yahoo News: Trump Sparks Fresh Outrage With Secret Bid to Send ICE to the Olympics
  • Washington Examiner: Activists offer their own crackdown on ICE through license plate tracking sites
  • Washington Post: Users say TikTok stifled political posts about ICE shooting as platform faltered
  • Breitbart: ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Killers, Sex Offenders, Burglars amid Organized Left-Wing Riots
  • AP: Interpol arrests more than 3,700 suspects in global trafficking crackdown
  • Breitbart: [MA] Illegal Alien Gets 8 Months in Prison for Head-Butting, Biting ICE Agents in Violent Attack
  • NewsMax: [NJ] DHS to N.J.: Hold Mexican Accused of Fracturing Jewish Girl’s Skull
  • Federal Newswire: [MD] ICE lodges detainers for three MS-13 suspects charged in Maryland teen’s murder
  • Univision: [GA] A 68-year-old Hispanic woman is deported after spending more than five months detained by ICE.
  • NewsMax: [LA] Democrats Criticize Louisiana DHS and ICE Tactics
  • Bloomberg Law: [MN] Limits on ICE Agents in Minnesota Blocked by Appeals Court
  • AP: [MN] Businesses face pressure to respond to immigration enforcement while also becoming a target of it
  • Univision: [MN] Two-year-old girl detained by ICE: The story of little Hispanic girl Chloe Renata
  • Axios: [MN] How Minnesota’s rapid responders track ICE agents in real time
  • Washington Examiner: [MN] Rep. Randy Fine calls for inquiry into left-wing groups targeting ICE agents in Minnesota
  • USA Today: [TX] Death of Geraldo Lunas Campos while in ICE custody heads to court
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Texas houses the country’s only immigrant family detention centers. Here’s what to know
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Colorado teachers and friends of family detained by ICE for seven months "appalled" at bond denial
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] A gunman is spotted near a grade school. O.C. residents ask why immigration agents, police gave no warning
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Adelanto ICE facility isn’t meant to hold immigrants, it’s meant to break them, lawsuit alleges
  • Telemundo52: [CA] "They treat them like dogs": they file demand for alleged inhumane conditions in center of Adelanto
  • SFGate: [CA] Bay Area tech workers ask CEOs to cancel ICE contracts
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Anti-sex trafficking operation nets 105 arrests in San Diego targeting would-be buyers
  • CNN: [Iran] Trump admin deports Iranians for first time since brutal crackdown on protests
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Bloomberg: Government Barred From Ending Family Parole Program for Now
  • FOX News: [China] Chinese ‘sham marriage’ scheme exposes ‘major concerns’ for U.S. Navy
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsNation: CBP to scan 2 out of every 5 cars at border by year’s end
  • NPR: Border Patrol has a history of excessive force. Critics say they’re unprepared in Minneapolis
  • CBS Chicago/Chicago Sun-Times: [IL] Woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Chicago seeks release of body camera footage, other evidence
  • SFGate: [CA] Citizen surveillance’: Border Patrol plans cameras over Calif. city
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Washington Post: TSA’s faster PreCheck lane is expanding to more airports
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CBS News: Power out for hundreds of thousands, roadways snarled with ice and snow after deadly storm
  • FOX News: [NY] New York county exec blasts Gov Hochul for rejecting federal storm aid over ICE enforcement concerns
  • AP: [MS] Mississippi shivers under ice as long recovery looms
  • Univision: [TX] Texas Adds 85 Counties to Winter Storm Disaster Declaration; 219
• Secret Service
  • FOX News: [WV] West Virginia librarian arrested for allegedly recruiting people on social media to assassinate Trump
  • FOX News: [NE] Feds charge 87 individuals in massive ATM ‘jackpotting’ operation linked to Tren de Aragua gang
• Coast Guard
  • Roll Call: Coast Guard budget boost hangs in limbo amid DHS debate
  • The Hill: Coast Guard suspends search for lone drug boat strike survivor in Pacific
  • USA Today: US Coast Guard helps free cruise ship stuck in Antarctic ice
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: CISA publishes a post-quantum shopping list for agencies. Security professionals aren’t sold
  • ExecutiveGov: CISA Identifies Technologies Ready for PQC Transition in Product Categories List
  • CyberScoop: OMB rescinds ‘burdensome’ Biden-era secure software memo
  • StateScoop: [TX] Texas expands prohibited tech list, citing cyber risks posed by Chinese Communist Party
  • FOX News: [China] Chinese hackers reportedly breached phones at ‘heart of Downing Street’ in global spy campaign
• Terrorism Investigations
  • DailySignal: DHS Arrested Aliens With Alleged Foreign Terrorist Connections
  • ABC News: DOJ charges 31, including alleged Tren de Aragua members, in ATM malware case
  • AP: [Mexico] Lawyers accuse Mexico of breaking law in sending cartel members to US without extradition order
  • Breitbart: [Mexico] Mexican Politicians Call for ‘Terrorism’ Term when Referring to Cartel Attacks
• National Security News
  • FOX News: [Ukraine] Zelenskyy says US security guarantees document is ‘100% ready’ for signing
  • Washington Post: [Iraq] Iraqi spy chief warns of reemerging threat from ISIS as its ranks swell
  • Washington Post: [Iran] Aircraft carrier reaches Middle East, bolstering Iran options for Trump
  • New York Times: [Iran] Trump Briefed on Intelligence Saying Iran’s Government Is Weaker
  • Reuters: [China] Xi says China, Finland should uphold international system, advance multipolar order
  • Bloomberg: [North Korea] North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles as US Signals Defense Shift
  • Reuters: [Philippines] Philippine, US hold joint military drill at disputed South China Sea shoal

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