• Top News
  • NewsNation/The Hill/Breitbart: DHS addresses ‘election interference’ following Trump’s China claims
  • AP: Mullin pushes states to comply with election demands, echoing Trump’s claims about midterm risks
  • Blaze: Foreign adversaries CAN change American votes, and states better take action: Mullin
  • Reuters/Politico/FOX News: DHS secretary vows fines — and even prison time — for election officials that don’t comply
  • Daily Signal: Mullin Announces Major Steps for Election Security Following China Revelations
  • CNN: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin issues stark warning to state elections officials
  • New York Times/Washington Times: Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time
  • Washington Examiner: DHS tying states’ grant funding to participation in SAVE system: Mullin 
  • Breitbart: Markwayne Mullin Announces DHS Investigation Searching for Illegal Aliens in Election Records
  • FOX News: DHS chief Markwayne Mullin blasts ABC, NBC over ‘shameful’ decision to skip Trump election speech
  • New York Post: Trump claims California may have 190K non-citizens on voter rolls, as DHS notifies election officials in multiple states
  • CNN: Trump DHS using unverified figures to attack election officials on non-citizen voting
  • Washington Post: Trump said 278,000 noncitizens are on voting rolls. Experts say that’s wrong.
  • FOX News: China dismisses Trump election interference accusations as ‘entirely fabricated,’ threatens countermeasures
  • Washington Examiner: China threatens ‘countermeasures’ after DHS cuts foreign journalists’ visa duration
  • Wall Street Journal: A Look Inside the Newly Public Election Intelligence Files
  • New York Times: Trump Brings Full Weight of Government to Bolster False Election Claims
  • FOX News: Conservatives unite around SAVE America Act after Trump declassifies ‘shocking’ election intel
  • Breitbart: White House: More than Quarter of a Million Foreigners Illegally Registered to Vote in Four States
  • CBS News: DHS secretary Mullin claims 250,000 noncitizens are registered to vote in the U.S.
  • Breitbart: Trump Pledges to Help States ‘Fix and Patch’ Election Vulnerabilities Before Midterms
  • Federalist: Trump’s Declassified Docs Detail Massive Michigan Voter Registration Fraud
  • Washington Times: More than 190,000 noncitizens may be on California’s voter rolls, DHS says
  • Politico: California Dems seethe over Trump’s voter roll attack
  • ABC News: Declassified documents touted by Trump say election systems ‘would be difficult to manipulate’
  • Breitbart: Trump Promises Quick Action on Deadly Migrant Truckers
  • CNN: He died in Venezuela’s earthquakes a day after the US deported him. Now his mother is seeking justice
  • FOX News: State Department fires back after Walz doubles down on pardon of convicted child rapist
  • Politico: We Went to a Yacht Party for the Most Pro-Deportation People in DC
  • USA Today: Mexico’s president accepting invitation from Donald Trump to attend World Cup final
• Opinion – Editorials
  • New York Post: Why hasn’t Mahmoud Khalil been deported yet?
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • FOX News: America’s broken legal immigration system is replacing US workers by design
  • New York Times: Latino Americans Are in Shock. Can Democrats Finally Do Something?
  • Houston Chronicle: President Trump is wrong. There’s still no evidence of widespread non-citizen voting.
  • FOX News: [China] If China targeted our elections, why reward it with 600,000 student visas?
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Post: ICE arrests have surged in July, reaching a high under Trump
  • Breitbart: Tom Homan Pushes for More Worksite Arrests of Migrants
  • New York Times: Mullin Promises to Maintain Surge in Immigration Arrests Even After Shootings
  • Washington Examiner: Mullin says ICE is ‘turning up the heat on the streets’ after traffic stop turnaround
  • Daily Wire: Mullin Won’t Say Whether He Briefed Trump Before Pausing ICE Traffic Stops
  • FOX News: Controversial ICE tactic actually reduces unintended ‘collateral’ arrests: federal agent
  • Reuters: The people killed by U.S. immigration agents during Trump’s second term
  • Univision: ICE controversies: agents without training, without background checks, and without cameras, denounces the lawyer in the Lorenzo Salgado case.
  • New York Times: They Were Charged With Assaulting ICE Agents. The Cases Are Crumbling.
  • NPR: ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn’t supposed to have with Palantir
  • Breitbart: Markey: ICE Is a ‘Renegade, Terrorist Army’
  • New York Times: [ME] ICE Agent Defended Shooting of Immigrant in Maine, Ex-Wife Says
  • CBS News: [ME] ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, relatives say: "He’s a danger to society"
  • The Hill: [ME] ICE officer in Maine shooting should have never been given badge, gun, relatives say
  • USA Today: [ME] Family remembers man killed in Maine ICE shooting as ‘devoted father’
  • New York Post: [NJ] Canadian illegal immigrant accused of slapping patriotic teen is pending removal from US: DHS
  • CNN: [PA] An ICE officer fired at an SUV fleeing a car stop in Pennsylvania. That’s not how it should happen, policing experts say
  • Newsweek: [MI] Judge Calls Out Trump DOJ Over ‘Hallucinated’ Citation in ICE Detainee Case
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Chicago alderman critical of parking meter bidder’s ICE ties has own financial link to ICE
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Aldermen push Chicago police to investigate ICE agent misconduct complaints
  • AP: [TX] A Texas prosecutor reveals new details in an ICE killing of a Houston father
  • Breitbart: [TX] DOJ: Drugs Found in Van of Illegal Alien Shot by ICE Officer in Houston
  • New York Times: [TX] Bags in Van of ICE Victim Contained Salt, Not Drugs, Lawyer Says
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] John Cornyn calls lack of body cams on ICE agents a mistake
  • NBC News: [TX] Anguish and disbelief at wake for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, killed by ICE in Houston
  • NewsNation: [TX] DHS Identifies woman seen in encounter with ICE in Chaparral, says she’s a convicted meth trafficker
  • FOX News: [CO] Shooting near ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado, leaves 1 injured, person detained
  • Blaze: [CO] ICE center employee allegedly shoots woman after protesters block his vehicle
  • CBS News: [CO] ICE center employee arrested after allegedly shooting protester in Colorado
  • NewsMax: [CO] Colo. ICE Facility Worker Arrested in Protester Shooting
  • NBC News: [NV] ICE agents in plainclothes handcuff man at Las Vegas airport, shocking onlookers
  • CNN: [NV] Plainclothes ICE agents left man partially handcuffed at Las Vegas airport after being confronted by onlookers, video shows
  • CBS News: [CA] Federal judge orders extensive reforms to Adelanto ICE detention center
  • NBC News: [CA] A soccer tournament in California is helping immigrants heal after ICE detention
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] United employee at SFO threatens to call ICE on Mexican American passenger: ‘You don’t act like a citizen’
  • AP: [Jamaica] Jamaica says 2 citizens deported by US to Eswatini rejected repatriation offers
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • The Hill: US dramatically shortening visas for foreign journalists
  • New York Post: Trump administration weighs imposing $100K bonds on green card applicants
  • NewsMax: DHS Warns TPS Holders to Take Exit Offer
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] New rule caps foreign student visas at four years, jolting California campuses
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Blaze: [IL] CBP announces seizure of 200 counterfeit watches worth over $28 million
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Undocumented man who impersonated Border Patrol agent in San Diego is sentenced
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Bloomberg: Cybersecurity Issues Flagged in Federal Aviation Watchdog Report
  • USA Today: Many travelers pay for TSA PreCheck. Some get it free.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Politico: Judge rules FEMA CFO’s firing was illegal
  • Chicago Tribune: [IN] FEMA officials to tour Porter County storm damage Monday
  • USA Today: [TX] 2 dead as catastrophic floods once again hit Texas Hill Country
  • CNN: [TX] Water rescues, evacuations in western Texas after catastrophic floods in Hill Country kill 2
• Secret Service
  • New York Times: [DC] Trump Is Building a White House Helipad. He Sought No Approvals.
• Coast Guard
  • FOX News: [NJ] America’s Most Wanted’ fugitive captured on sailboat off NJ coast after 20 years on the run
  • AP: [CA] Wreckage of sunken vessel found as 2 people remain missing after San Francisco boat tragedy
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Something went ‘catastrophically wrong’ in San Francisco Bay. What caused deadly boat sinking?
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] ‘Help me, I can’t swim’: Fishermen recount frantic rescue of sinking S.F. boat
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • AP: Fairlife pauses US production after cyberattack breached milk brand’s systems
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: Rubio’s call to combat global funders of far-left terrorism could put Singham in crosshairs
• National Security News
  • Reuters: [DC] Federal employees can download TikTok on government devices, DOJ says
  • Reuters: [Canada] Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke, says he will add cost to tariff
  • Washington Times: [Iran] U.S. forces destroy Iranian maritime surveillance tower
  • NPR: [Iran] The U.S.-Iran battle over the Strait of Hormuz raises risks for global waterways
  • Politico: [China] Trump spares Beijing in probe of alleged Chinese election plot

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