• Top News
  • AP/New York Times: US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured and flown out of the country
  • New York Times: In a Phone Interview, Trump Celebrated the Capture of Maduro
  • NPR/CBS News: Trump claims U.S. strikes, Maduro captured as explosions hit Caracas
  • New York Times: The U.S. Has Been Building Up Forces Off Venezuela for Months
  • NBC News: Cuba’s president denounces strikes
  • CBS News/Univision: Maduro says Venezuela open to U.S. talks on drug trafficking
  • CNN: Russia files diplomatic request asking US to stop pursuing oil tanker originally bound for Venezuela
  • Daily Wire/FOX News: Feds Thwart ISIS-Inspired Terrorist Attack Planned In North Carolina
  • FOX News: US Attorney details a foiled alleged NYE ‘ISIS inspired’ terror attack
  • FOX News: Off-duty ICE agent takes down armed man firing rifle at LA apartment complex
  • Los Angeles Times: LAPD investigation continues into fatal New Year’s Eve shooting by off-duty ICE agent
  • FOX Business: Trump admin is ‘all hands on deck’ to root out alleged fraud in Minnesota: DHS official
  • Breitbart: SBA Suspends 6900 Borrowers for $400 Million in Suspected Fraudulent Business Loans in Minnesota
  • CBS News: 9 Minnesota child care centers discussed in viral video "operating as expected," state officials say
  • AP: Minnesota must provide documents to US government in child care fraud probe by next week
  • FOX News: Minnesota faces funding deadline after Trump administration freezes child care payments
  • FOX News: Trump DOJ demands Minnesota voting records over same-day registration ‘vouching’ concerns
  • NewsMax: Tricia McLaughlin to Newsmax: Walz May Be Culpable in Minn. Fraud
  • FOX News: Minnesota fraud scandal intensifies debate over stripping citizenship
  • NewsMax: Ron Vitiello to Newsmax: ‘Whole of Government’ Targets Minn. Fraud
  • CNN: Key figures in the long-running controversy over alleged fraudulent safety net programs in Minnesota
  • Univision: Federal judge orders Trump administration to return Federico Reyes Vásquez, unjustly deported
  • New York Times: What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
  • Daily Caller: Sanctuary Cities Completely Banned In Purple New England State
  • New York Times: One Year and More Than 500,000 Deportations; New York Today
  • Washington Post: Advocates criticize Virginia deal with DOJ over tuition for undocumented students
  • Roll Call: Trump voter data push prompts privacy concerns
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: [MN] Minnesota’s Fraud Problem Isn’t Immigrants
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Wall Street Journal: [NY] Minnesota Isn’t the Only Magnet for Welfare Malfeasance
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: Illegal immigrant accused of killing 8-year-old in alleged drinking and driving accident
  • Federal Newswire: ICE reports end-of-year arrests targeting criminal illegal aliens
  • Just the News: DHS touts historic ICE hiring in 2025 with 120% increase in agents
  • CBS News: [GA] Social Circle officials opposing reported ICE proposal to turn warehouse into immigrant detention center
  • CBS Chicago: [IN] Grandmother’s deportation to Philippines halted due to medical concerns
  • Axios: [MN] DHS hypes worksite enforcement as fraud allegations rip through Minnesota
  • The Bulwark: [AZ] Scoop: ICE Plans to Descend on Phoenix
  • FOX News: [OR] Oregon residents sue Homeland Security after tear gas used on anti-ICE protesters
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] More than 100 detained in holiday immigration raids across Central Coast, sparking outrage
  • Daily Caller: [CA] LA County Hands Out $1.5M To Small Businesses Economically Impacted By ICE
  • FOX News: [CA] Swalwell threatens to revoke driver’s licenses of masked ICE agents operating in California
  • FOX News: [CA] DOJ official fact-checks California Democrat after he falsely claims ICE mask ban is in effect
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NPR: DHS pauses immigration applications for an additional 20 countries
  • Bloomberg: Trump Unlawfully Axed Migrant Relief for Thousands, Judge Finds
  • Telemundo47: These are the new immigration changes that will come into effect in 2026.
  • SFGate: [CA] DMV snafu means over 300,000 Californians need new Real ID
  • FOX News: [CA] California defies deadline on immigrant trucker licenses as feds threaten funding cuts
  • FOX News: [CA] Battle brews in California over migrant trucker licenses
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Breitbart: ‘All We Really Needed Was a New President’: The Defining Border Security Moments of 2025
  • Breitbart: [TX] Abbott’s Operation Lone Star 2.0 Supercharges Trump Border Offensive as Texas Troopers Hunt Smugglers Statewide
• Transportation Security Administration
  • CBS News: Travelers warned: REAL ID required soon or face new TSA fee
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CNN News Central: DHS Begins Slashing FEMA’s Disaster Response Teams
  • CBS News: Dozens of FEMA disaster responders lose jobs after New Year’s Eve email
  • Tampa Free Press: FEMA Fast-Tracks $250M To Fight Hostile Drones Ahead Of 2026 World Cup
  • NewsNation: [MO] Tornado survivor pushes for better FEMA response time
  • New York Times: [CA] California’s Latest Storm Brings Flooding to San Francisco Bay Area
• Coast Guard
  • New York Times: Oil Tanker Fleeing U.S. Coast Guard Broadcasts Location in North Atlantic
  • CNN: Coast Guard suspends search for people who abandoned ship after US strikes on alleged drug boats
  • HS Today: Coast Guard Awards Two Contracts to Build New Arctic Security Cutters
  • FOX News: Coast Guard suspends search for 77-year-old woman who went overboard from Holland America Line cruise ship
  • AP: [TX] Coast Guard suspends search for 77-year-old woman who went overboard from a cruise ship
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Two men sue over sulfuric acid leak at Houston Ship Channel terminal
• Terrorism Investigations
  • AP: [DC] Judge refuses to order release of man charged with planting pipe bombs on eve of Capitol riot
  • CBS Miami: [FL] FBI raises reward for information leading to arrest in Fort Lauderdale mass shooting
  • AP: [TX] Trial to begin for police officer charged in delayed response to Uvalde school shooting
  • AP: [TX] What to know about the Uvalde school shooting’s first trial over police response
  • Breitbart: [Nigeria] Nigerian President Celebrates Trump Strikes on Terrorists in New Year Address
• National Security News
  • AP/The Hill: President Trump orders divestment in $2.9 million chips deal to protect US security interests
  • NewsMax/The Hill: Trump Backs Tariffs Ahead of Supreme Court Trade Decision
  • Breitbart: Wind farm company Orsted sues Trump administration over lease pause
  • NewsMax: NATO Urged to Deploy Arctic Drones to Track Russia, China
  • FOX News: Victims worry about future of Havana Syndrome inquiry
  • Newsweek: Daughter of Iranian Official Who Threatened Americans Is a Doctor in US
  • CyberScoop: Treasury removes Intellexa spyware-linked trio from sanctions list
  • New York Post: [Ukraine] Zelensky taps popular Ukraine spy chief to run president’s office
  • Breitbart: [Russia] Coons: Trump Should Go After Russian Ghost Tankers Like He’s Doing with Venezuela’s
  • New York Times/NBC News: [Iran] Trump says U.S. will intervene if Iran kills peaceful protesters as economic unrest spreads
  • The Hill: [Iran] Iran: US troops ‘legitimate targets’ after Trump threatens to intervene in protests
  • Bloomberg: [Iran] Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Vows Crackdown as Unrest Drags On
  • Daily Wire: [Iran] What To Know About Iran’s Deadly Protests As Uprising Enters A Sixth Day
  • FOX News: [Iran] Iran crackdown rattles Middle East as analysts weigh US options short of military intervention
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [China] New bill forces local biotech firms to cut ties with Chinese companies
  • Breitbart: [China] Chinese Colonization of Taiwan ‘Unstoppable,’ Xi Jinping Declares in New Year Message

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