• Top News
  • AP/The Hill: Homeland Security plans 2,000 officers in Minnesota for its ‘largest immigration operation ever’
  • USA Today/FOX News/NewsMax: ICE begins ‘largest immigration operation ever’ in Minnesota
  • NewsNation: DHS’s Noem heads Federal immigration, fraud crackdown in Minnesota
  • NewsMax: Noem Joins DHS Arrest of Wanted Murder Suspect
  • CBS News: Amid Twin Cities raids, Noem says she’s "focused on policing the streets, not policing President Trump’s words"
  • FOX News: Minnesota whistleblowers ignored or bullied into silence: Kristi Noem
  • Bloomberg: ICE Spends $85,000 on Parkas in ‘Urgent’ Minnesota Winter Crackdown
  • CBS News: First-hand look at immigration raid in Minneapolis
  • FOX News: DHS releases video of illegal alien criminal taken off Minneapolis streets as massive operation underway
  • NBC News: DHS agents make hundreds of arrests in Minnesota
  • Reuters/New York Times/The Hill/NewsNation/New York Post: Hilton drops Minneapolis hotel over cancelled ICE bookings
  • Wall Street Journal: Hilton, ICE and the New Playbook for Handling an Online Crisis
  • CBS News: Gov. Tim Walz lashes out at Trump administration as ICE ramps up enforcement, says state is "under attack"
  • New York Times: 2 Caribbean Nations Agree to Host People Seeking Asylum in U.S.
  • NewsMax/FOX News: Rand Paul: Biden FBI tracked Catholic teacher with no Jan 6 ties in ‘weaponized’ probe
  • Daily Caller: Post Office Phasing Out Migrant Drivers As Trucker Crashes Pile Up
  • Blaze: Illegal alien truckers with California licenses accused of hauling $7M in cocaine across state lines
  • Washington Examiner: Abrego Garcia says government can’t re-arrest him despite recent deportation order
  • Bloomberg Law News: Judge Grills DHS Lawyers on Terminated Immigrant Protections
  • Breitbart: Trump: ‘The Fraud Investigation of California Has Begun’
  • CBS Baltimore: Baltimore County teachers’ union calls on school board to protect students from unlawful immigration enforcement
  • AP: New report shows a 25% drop in deaths of on-duty law enforcement officers
  • Reuters: Democrats warn of ‘whitewash’ five years after January 6 Capitol attack, while Trump rallies with Republicans
  • New York Times: Justice Dept. Memo Approved Military Incursion Into Venezuela as Lawful
  • Roll Call: Classified Venezuela briefings precede likely war powers vote
  • Federal Newswire: Secretary of State Rubio discusses regional security with Ecuadorian President Noboa
  • FOX News: Cuban-born GOP lawmaker warns Venezuela elections must happen in ‘months,’ not ‘years’ after Maduro downfall
  • FOX News: Maduro’s wife suffered ‘significant injuries’ in dramatic capture, attorney alleges
  • FOX News: Seven US service members injured in Venezuela raid to capture Maduro, official says
  • Washington Post: Maduro raid killed about 75 in Venezuela, U.S. officials assess
  • FOX News: Cuba identifies 32 military personnel killed in US operation against Maduro regime in Venezuela
  • Washington Examiner: Mike Johnson says not to ‘expect boots on the ground’ in Venezuela
  • Reuters: In post-Maduro Venezuela, US eyes security chief as potential target, sources say
  • New York Times: Venezuelan Leaders Project Independence
  • Breitbart: New Venezuela leader says ‘no foreign power’ running country
  • AP: Trump leaves Venezuela’s opposition sidelined and Maduro’s party in power
  • The Hill: DeSantis: Florida ‘looking very seriously’ at state charges for Maduro
  • CNN: Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans still face deportation from US after Maduro capture
  • NewsMax: US Urges Venezuelans to Return Home After Maduro Capture
  • NPR: DHS wants Venezuelans to return home, but fears remain as long as Maduro regime is in power
  • AP: Trump says US to get 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil from Venezuela at market price
  • NBC News: Cubans brace for even more economic devastation amid threat of no Venezuelan oil
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Wall Street Journal: What Maduro’s Capture Says About Trump
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Los Angeles Times: Deaths of Asian immigrants in ICE custody reveal a community under threat
  • Federal Newswire: ICE reports arrests of undocumented immigrants with serious criminal convictions at start of 2026
  • Telemundo: Despite demands from about twenty states, the Trump administration will access immigrant data through Medicaid.
  • Axios: Immigrants seek divine protection in ICE raids era
  • CBS News: [GA] Georgia AG indicts 3 after missing girls recovered in sex trafficking cases
  • Univision: [NC] Young citizens report that immigration agents attempted to arrest them during an operation in North Carolina
  • Washington Examiner: [FL] ICE arrests over 10,000 illegal immigrants in Florida in largest joint operation in history: DeSantis
  • Breitbart: [IN] Indian Illegal Alien Truck Drivers Accused of Smuggling 300 Pounds of Cocaine Across Indiana
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Broadview Village Board changes zoning rules in effort to limit new ICE facilities
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] ‘Broadview Six’ prosecution claims a political casualty as Cook County Board candidate ‘Cat’ Sharp exits race
  • FOX News: [WI] Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing ICE resigns, vows to keep fighting case
  • Breitbart: [TX] ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Convicted on 13 Counts of Indecency with a Child in Texas
  • Washington Examiner: [AZ] Budget airlines company to end deportation flights out of Arizona
  • New York Post: [CA] ICE nabs 118 illegal immigrants with twisted rap sheets in California sweeps: ‘Worst of the worst’
  • Blaze: [CA] Illegal alien truckers with California licenses accused of hauling $7M in cocaine across state lines
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] This immigrant survived the Eaton fire. Can she also escape Trump’s deportation surge?
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • FOX News: Trump admin expands visa bond requirement to 38 countries, with fees up to $15K
  • Axios: 600,000 Venezuelans face U.S. deportation after Maduro raid
  • Newsweek: O-1B Work Visas For ‘Elite Artists’ Going To OnlyFans Models
  • CBS News: Republican Texas congresswoman wants legal status for migrant workers in construction industry
  • Washington Post: The Cuba-born Harvard economist behind Trump’s immigration crackdown
  • Federalist: [AL] 25 Noncitizens Voted In Alabama, Officials Find After Trump Gave States Access To Alien Database
  • Newsweek: [TX] Texas Republican Wants Legal Status For Some Undocumented Migrants
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] From DACA to detention: Immigrant in Texas held after social media posts, lawyers say
  • New York Times: [Haiti] Fate of 350,000 Haitians at Stake as Court Weighs Temporary Protected Status
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Reuters: US tariffs that are at risk of court-ordered refunds exceed $133.5 billion
  • NewsMax: Supreme Court Set for Tariffs Ruling Friday
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] San Diego sues federal government over razor wire border barrier on city-owned property
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Axios: What to know about traveling with Real ID to avoid a $45 fee
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NewsMax: Internal Documents Outline Cuts of Up to 11,000 FEMA Jobs
  • New York Times: FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers
• Secret Service
  • Federal News Network: Secret Service touts hiring goals amid major law enforcement recruiting push
  • AP/NBC News: [OH] Suspect in vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s Ohio home is behind bars
  • FOX News: [OH] Suspect in Vance home vandalism has had multiple run-ins with the law, demanded to be called Julia
  • FOX News: [OH] Attorney for suspect in Vance home vandalism rules out possible motivation
• Coast Guard
  • Wall Street Journal/New York Times/FOX News: Russia Sends Submarine to Escort Tanker the U.S. Tried to Seize Off Venezuela
  • AP: [NJ] A dead whale found on the bow of a ship in New Jersey sparks an investigation
  • AP: [AK] Coast Guard saves crew from grounded commercial crab boat in Bering Sea
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Nextgov: Analysts watch for heightened cyber, disinformation campaigns following Venezuela raid
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CNN: Suspect in Brown University mass shooting confessed in a series of videos, officials say
  • ABC News: Lengthy grudge motivated Brown mass shooting, MIT professor killing: Sources
  • FOX News: [NY] NYC sex offender indicted for threatening to kill Jews, police and federal officials
  • Daily Caller: [DC] Republican Congressman Urges Judge To Release J6 Pipe Bomb Suspect
  • AP: [TX] Horror of school attack in Uvalde, Texas, brings tears as officer faces trial over police response
  • NPR: [TX] Trial of former Uvalde school officer where 21 people died opens in Texas
  • Reuters: [TX] Former Uvalde officer waited as ‘slaughter’ began, prosecutors say; defense cites chaotic scene
  • ABC News: [TX] ‘This is a trial by ambush,’ Uvalde officer’s defense attorney alleges after testimony of witness changes
  • CNN: [TX] Judge cancels Wednesday testimony in Uvalde cop trial as defense says prosecutors withheld evidence
• National Security News
  • Washington Times: U.S. scrambles to close ‘deep chasm’ in drone warfare after Ukraine lessons
  • NPR: [DC] Pentagon will begin review of ‘effectiveness’ of women in ground combat positions
  • Wall Street Journal: [Greenland] Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Aims to Buy Greenland, Downplays Military Action
  • AP: [Greenland] Trump says the US ‘needs’ Greenland for Arctic security. Here’s why
  • Politico: [Greenland] Johnson: U.S. military action in Greenland ‘would not be appropriate’
  • Daily Caller: [Greenland] Sending Troops To Take Greenland On Table, Trump White House Says
  • USA Today: [Greenland] Trump aide Stephen Miller says US could seize Greenland
  • Wall Street Journal: [Greenland] Alarm Spreads Among U.S. Allies Over Trump’s Demand for Greenland
  • FOX News: [Greenland] Dem senator introduces bill to stop Trump from invading ‘another country on a whim’ over Greenland
  • CBS Chicago: [Greenland] U.S. NATO allies say "Greenland belongs to its people" after Stephen Miller says it should be part of the U.S.
  • New York Times: [Ukraine] European Allies Agree to Key Security Provisions for Ukraine
  • FOX News: [Ukraine] NATO ambassador says Ukraine peace deal could be ‘on the cusp’ as nations near finalization of security pact
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Ukraine’s allies advance NATO‑style security guarantees, Italy says
  • New York Times: [Syria] Syria and Israel Revive Security Talks Mediated by the U.S.
  • AP: [Iran] Protest-hit Iran warily watches the US after its raid on Venezuela
  • NBC News: [Iran] Iran security forces clash with protesters as death toll rises to at least 36

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