• Top News
  • New York Times/Washington Post/AP: 2 Men Charged With Supporting ISIS in Gracie Mansion Attack
  • New York Post/FOX News: [PA] FBI searching Pa. storage facility in connection to probe into botched ISIS-inspired bombing in NYC
  • Breitbart: Mamdani Condemns ‘White Supremacy’ Protest But Not Radical Islam After ISIS-Linked Bomb Attack
  • New York Post: Hochul blames ‘both’ anti-Muslim protest and ISIS-inspired bomb throwers after Gracie Mansion attack
  • Reuters: Trump crackdown on protests and immigration led to Islamophobia, Muslim group says
  • The Hill: Paul hopes for Mullin’s DHS confirmation hearing next week
  • Breitbart: Incoming DHS Chief Markwayne Mullin Warns of Chinese Communist Threat in Long-Form Interview Exposing Belt and Road Initiative
  • New York Times: Markwayne Mullin, Once a Political Outsider, Moves All the Way In
  • FOX News: 40+ House Republicans rally behind Markwayne Mullin for DHS, call it a ‘critical moment’ for border security
  • Breitbart: Partial government shutdown pushes US airports to the brink
  • FOX Business: Iran conflict sparks new urgency to fund DHS
  • NewsNation: Democrats continue push for DHS reforms following Noem’s removal
  • Daily Signal: Trump Slams Democrats for Shutting Down DHS Amid Terrorism Threats
  • Daily Wire: Top National Security Experts Warn Dems ‘Playing Chicken With Terrorists’
  • NewsMax: Noem’s Ouster Could End Deadlock Over DHS Shutdown
  • Washington Examiner: Trump would sign legislation to reopen DHS despite SAVE America Act threat
  • Washington Examiner: Trump’s SAVE Act threat might have some wiggle room
  • USA Today: Trump says he ‘will not sign other bills’ until the SAVE Act is passed
  • FOX News: Illegal immigrant charged for allegedly voting in every presidential election since 2008
  • Washington Examiner: Trump calls SAVE America Act his ‘No. 1’ priority for House GOP
  • AP: Trump administration criticizes court rulings slowing immigration agenda in Supreme Court appeal
  • Reuters: US judge blocks Trump bid to fast-track dismissals of immigration appeals
  • NPR: Trump is using immigration policy to suppress speech, lawsuit claims
  • FOX News: Biden-appointed judge in the hot seat after DHS fires back at ‘false’ claims about ICE facility
  • FOX News: Obama appointee’s Chicago immigration order backfires after court says she went too far
  • FOX News: Oregon judge limits federal agents’ tear gas use at Portland ICE protests
  • FOX News: Sen. Tillis calls for Trump to remove adviser Stephen Miller
  • CNN: How federal agents are breaking rules to use less-lethal weapons against protesters
  • Washington Post: Trump officials are using this new tactic to detain immigrants
  • Wall Street Journal: Five Takeaways From the WSJ Investigation of Government Assault Claims
  • New York Times: As War Comes to Gulf States, Migrant Workers Pay the Highest Price
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: The N.Y. Terrorist Attack and DHS Funding
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Times: Congress must permanently end the diversity visa
  • New York Times: We Are Being Governed by Unserious People
  • New York Post: [NY] Mamdani gets mugged by reality — after ISIS bombers target NYC
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • New York Times: With Lots of Rumors and Little Information, Other Cities Prepare for ICE
  • Washington Post: ICE selects untested firms to oversee new warehouse detention centers
  • Reuters: Eleven people died in US immigration custody this year, ICE says
  • Telemundo51: “I’m in danger here”: Man claims he was deported “illegally”
  • Washington Examiner: [VA] How Fairfax County’s sanctuary policies led to an illegal immigrant murdering an innocent woman
  • Wall Street Journal: [TN] ICE Ordered to Justify the Detention of Nashville Journalist
  • New York Times/CNN: [TX] 2 Teen Mariachi Musicians Released From ICE Detention
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] Congress members call for the release of immigrants held at a detention center in Texas
  • ABC News: [NM] ‘Everything gone’: Venezuelan family says they lost their home and jobs after being detained for 2 months
  • Breitbart: [UT] Exclusive: ICE Seeks Custody of Illegal Alien Accused of Sexually Assaulting Young Girl in Ultra-Wealthy Utah Town
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] ICE explains why a 6-year-old deaf boy from Hayward was deported to Colombia
  • USA Today: [CA] Congressman says staff returned hearing aids to deported deaf child
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Federal immigration agents arrest person outside Culver City Police Department
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Reuters: Lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s ending of protections for Somalis
  • NewsMax: Tech Researchers Sue Trump Administration over Visa Bans
  • Washington Times: Trump offers asylum to Iranian women soccer players facing difficult choice in Australia
  • Telemundo: [CA] DMV cancels commercial driver’s licenses for drivers with visas, refugees, and asylees
  • Univision: [CA] The number of asylum seekers missing their hearings in Los Angeles is growing
  • FOX News: [China] China-linked birth tourism under scrutiny as GOP lawmakers press Trump admin for answers
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Examiner: Whistleblower says CBP chief targeted senior staff over ‘political vendettas’
  • New York Times: Consumers Paid Tariffs on Overseas Items. Now They Want a Refund.
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Wrong kind of fuel: Nearly 1,000 pounds of liquid meth seized in big rig fuel tank at Otay Mesa
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Wall Street Journal/Reuters: US airport security lines worsen as missed paycheck looms for screeners
  • AP: Long airport lines highlight concerns about unpaid security officers in the shutdown
  • FOX News: Shutdown sparks flight chaos as TSA lines spill into parking lots with 3-hour waits or longer
  • NPR: Security wait times at some U.S. airports soar as government shutdown drags on
  • CBS News: [GA] Atlanta airport warns of delays after ground stops, TSA staffing issues
  • Axios: [TX] Houston flyers face TSA delays at Hobby Airport
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times: More Strong Storms Expected After Deadly Midwest Tornadoes
  • NPR: [NC] With Noem out, North Carolina hopes to get FEMA funding
  • USA Today: [MI] Michigan sees earliest ever EF-3, deadliest tornado day since 1980
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Preparations underway as Tuesday’s severe storms could bring possible flooding, hail, and tornadoes
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [HI] Hawaii to see ‘potentially life-threatening weather’ with torrential rain, flooding
• Secret Service
  • NewsMax: [NY] Revolutionary Guard Agent Convicted in Plot to Kill Trump
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] Kai Trump gets heat for bringing Secret Service during Erewhon trip in video
• Coast Guard
  • FOX News: [CA] Coast Guard cutter Munro returns to California home after record-breaking 11-Ton cocaine seizure
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Sean Cairncross lays out what’s coming next for Trump’s cyber strategy
  • Federal News Network: CISA delays cyber incident reporting town halls due to shutdown
  • Axios: Congress plans new response to health cyberattacks
  • Reuters: Russia-backed hackers breach Signal, WhatsApp accounts of officials, journalists, Netherlands warns
  • StateScoop: [TX] Texas governor orders health agencies to address Chinese cyber risk in patient monitoring devices
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NewsMax: US Designates Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood a Terror Group
  • Univision: [TX] Suspected of the mass shooting in Austin, he had already attacked a Tesla employee on demand
  • CBS News: [Ecuador] U.S., Ecuador carry out joint "lethal kinetic operations" to combat drug trafficking, video shows
• National Security News
  • Breitbart: Pentagon Confirms 6 Dead in ‘Kinetic Strike’ on Drug Boat in Pacific
  • New York Post: Tulsi Gabbard, CIA at war over bombshell Havana Syndrome evidence linking mystery illness to Russia
  • Washington Post: Anthropic sues Pentagon over national security risk labelt
  • NewsMax: Report: Russian Device May Explain Havana Syndrome
  • NBC News: [AZ] FBI subpoenas election records in Arizona, expanding 2020 inquiry
  • Breitbart: [Norway] Police Consider Terror Motive for Explosion at U.S. Embassy in Norway
  • Reuters: [Mali] US nears deal to resume intelligence operations in Mali
  • AP: [Turkey] Turkey issuing ‘warnings’ to prevent missile threats after Iranian ballistic missile intercepted
  • NewsMax: [Turkey] US Warns Travelers on Turkey Risks
  • NewsMax: [Iran] US Intercepts Iranian Message That May Activate Sleeper Cells
  • Washington Examiner: [Iran] Rubio warns US will no longer tolerate ‘hostage diplomacy’ and claims Iranian military is ‘being eviscerated’
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] Iran’s Leadership Signals It Is Still in Control and Able to Fight
  • FOX News: [Iran] President Trump addresses reported strike on Iranian girls’ school
  • Politico: [Iran] Trump stands by claim that Iran could have struck girls’ school
  • ABC News: [Iran] Trump says he’s ‘willing to live with’ final US report on deadly missile strike near Iranian girls’ school
  • NBC News: [Iran] Video appears to show U.S. Tomahawk missile hitting the area of the deadly school strike in Iran
  • Washington Times: [Iran] Iran war follows decades of the theocratic regime’s deadly global terrorism
  • Washington Examiner: [Afghanistan] Rubio designates Afghanistan state sponsor of wrongful detention over US detainments

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