• Top News
  • Wall Street Journal/AP/Roll Call: Key Moments From Markwayne Mullin’s Capitol Hill Hearing
  • USA Today: DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin warns US ‘behind’ on World Cup preparations
  • Breitbart/CNN: Democrats Turn Markwayne Mullin Confirmation Hearing into Debate on DHS Shutdown, 2020 Election, ICE
  • New York Times/Breitbart/NewsMax: Paul Questions Mullin’s Character Over Response to Attack by Neighbor
  • NewsMax/The Hill: Rand Paul says he’s a ‘no’ vote on Mullin for DHS secretary
  • FOX News: Mullin tells Rand Paul ‘we just don’t get along,’ but says ‘let me earn your respect’
  • Breitbart: Rand Paul Blocks Katie Britt from Introducing Markwayne Mullin at Senate Confirmation Hearing
  • Politico: Mullin’s DHS nomination set for quick vote ‘as of now,’ Rand Paul says
  • Politico: Markwayne Mullin’s DHS nomination not at risk from Rand Paul, Thune says
  • The Hill: Peters presses Mullin to explain past comments: ‘Where did you smell war?’
  • Breitbart: John Fetterman Breaks from Democrats, Backs Markwayne Mullin for DHS Secretary
  • New York Times: Homeland Security Nominee Strikes Softer Tone on Immigration
  • New York Times: Mullin’s Softer Tone at Hearing Underscores G.O.P. Shift on Immigration
  • NewsMax: Mullin Breaks With Noem Policies at DHS Hearing
  • Washington Examiner: Mullin promises to ‘empower people’ when asked what will be different than Noem
  • NewsMax: Mullin: Made a Mistake on Alex Pretti Remark
  • New York Times: Mullin Faces Questions About War Zone Observations
  • Breitbart: Mullin Details Trump’s Care for His Injured Son During 2020 Election Year: ‘He Called Almost Every Day’
  • Breitbart: Teamsters President Backs Markwayne Mullin at DHS Secretary Confirmation Hearing
  • NewsMax: Sen. Ernst to Newsmax: Mullin Is a Leader Willing to Work With Anyone
  • USA Today: How Markwayne Mullin, Trump’s DHS pick, made millions in Congress.
  • NBC News: Mullin spars with senators over classified travel
  • The Hill: Mullin agrees to meet with committee behind closed doors after dustup over claims about overseas trips
  • Daily Caller: Trump’s DHS Nominee Describes When ICE Agents Need Warrants For Enforcement As Shutdown Talks Stall
  • FOX News: White House says ‘no one’ changing Trump enforcement agenda in response to Angel Mom appeal to Mullin
  • AP: Lawmakers struggle to make headway on Homeland Security funding
  • New York Post: DHS shutdown has caused at least $2.5 billion in losses so far — but damage expected to be far worse, economists say
  • Blaze: White House offers concessions to end DHS shutdown — but Dems still choose illegal aliens over unpaid American TSA agents
  • The Hill: White House offers body camera expansion, immigration enforcement limitations in DHS reopening bid
  • CBS News: House Democrats try to force vote to fund DHS, but not ICE and CBP
  • DailySignal: Trump Accuses Democrats of Being ‘Totally Unreasonable’ During DHS Funding Negotiations
  • The Hill: Jeffries, Democrats push to fund TSA, FEMA amid fight with GOP, Trump over ICE, CBP
  • The Hill: Democrats brush off latest DHS counteroffer from White House: ‘Wholly inadequate’
  • FOX News: Scalise accuses Democrats of reviving ‘defund the police’ push with DHS funding gambit
  • FOX News: White House weighs body cams, detention oversight concessions to reopen DHS
  • NewsMax: Speaker Chides Dems for ‘Dangerous’ DHS Shutdown
  • National Review: DHS Employees Have Worked Unpaid for More Than Half the Current Fiscal Year
  • CNN: Here’s how many immigrants have signed on to DHS’s nearly billion-dollar ‘self-deportation’ plan
  • Daily Wire: New GOP Bills Would Withhold Federal Funds From Sanctuary Cities
  • FOX News: House panel summons Soros-backed Fairfax prosecutor over releases tied to violent illegal immigrant cases
  • Bloomberg Industry Group Bloomberg Tax: Pressure Grows on Supreme Court Over Trump ‘Emergency’ Wins
  • The Hill/NewsMax: House Dems Escalate Probe Into Lewandowski DHS Role
  • NPR: Trump administration’s expansion of migrant detention ignites fierce opposition
  • New York Times: Changing How We Vote
  • DailySignal: As SAVE America Act Stalls in Washington, States Take Election Integrity into Their Own Hands
  • New York Times: Firm That Planned Trump’s Jan. 6 Rally Received No-Bid Contracts
  • Telemundo: California seeks to offer free legal representation to detained immigrants
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Will Markwayne Mullin do a better job of keeping synagogues safe at DHS?
  • Bloomberg: Can Markwayne Mullin Clean Up Kristi Noem’s Mess?
  • Los Angeles Times: The U.S. desperately needs functional counterterrorism
  • NewsMax: Trump Rightfully Picks Noem For Signature Hemispheric Role
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NewsMax: ICE Arrests More Aliens With Pending Charges, Prior Convictions
  • Univision: New ICE detention model will have mega-centers: how many days could immigrants be detained
  • USA Today: ICE warehouse tracker: See where ‘mega’ detention centers are planned
  • NPR: ICE’s detention expansion meets resistance in communities across the political spectrum
  • NPR: ICE wants more detention centers. These towns don’t
  • Newsweek: Judge Scolds Trump Admin for Violating Constitution Over ICE Detention
  • NPR: ICE officers are taking DNA samples from protesters they’ve arrested
  • FOX News: [MA] Homan blasts ‘agitators’ accused of helping rape suspect evade ‘They’re just idiots’
  • NBC News/Univision/New York Times: [NY] Bronx student released from ICE detention after 10 months
  • New York Post: [NY] City Council vows to fight staffer’s ‘outrageous’ deportation over ‘missing signature’
  • CBS Pittsburgh: [PA] ICE has made 17 arrests in Glassport, police chief says
  • Daily Caller: [VA] Fairfax County Protecting Illegal Immigrant Charged With Groping At Least Dozen Girls
  • Blaze: [VA] Parents enraged over adult illegal alien allegedly molesting Virginia high school girls
  • Washington Examiner/Blaze: [GA] Georgia officials thwart Social Circle ICE facility by turning off water
  • USA Today: [GA] Social Circle cuts water to ICE facility. How GA towns fight back
  • Breitbart: [FL] ICE Investigation Leads to Conviction of Florida Man for ‘Sexual Animal Crushing’ Videos
  • Univision: [FL] “They saw his Latino last name”: He’s arrested for tinted windows and ends up in ICE custody in Florida
  • FOX News: [MN] Federal judge refuses to recuse himself from Minnesota DHS, ICE case
  • Reuters: [MN] Judge ends asylum claim of Minnesotan boy detained by ICE, report says
  • FOX News: [TX] ICE arrests illegal immigrant hit-and-run suspect in death of veteran Texas deputy who died helping others
  • CBS News: [TX] Son and brother of Afghan man who died in ICE custody demand answers: "I want to know why he died"
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] The Trump admin is spending billions on deportation. Here are under-the-radar Texas entities that profit.
  • Idaho State Journal: [UT] Salt Lake City mayor asks for urgent meeting with feds over ICE warehouse purchase
  • Axios: [CO] Denver’s proposed license plate reader company has ties to DHS
  • Los Angeles Times: [Colombia] Deported 6-year-old deaf boy could die in Colombia without medical attention, his attorney says
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Reuters: US to require $15,000 bond to visa recipients from 12 more countries
  • AP: Nearly Half of Americans Moving to Portugal Would Consider Renouncing U.S. Citizenship
  • Breitbart: Patel: Need to Make It Easier to Denaturalize, Have Stronger Penalties for Terrorism
  • NewsMax: Rep. Sheri Biggs to Newsmax: Bill Would Strip Citizenship From Terror Supporters
  • Breitbart: [FL] Florida Sheriffs Call for ‘Path to Citizenship’ for Illegal Migrants with Jobs
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Breitbart: Border Patrol Union Endorses Markwayne Mullin for DHS Secretary: ‘The Right Person to Lead’
  • FOX News: Trump highlights Border Patrol union’s endorsement of Sen. Markwayne Mullin to helm DHS
  • Daily Wire: He Led The Nation’s Most Aggressive Immigration Sweeps. Now He’s Set To Retire.
  • Bloomberg: Trump’s Border Wall Spending Creates a Billionaire Family
  • NewsNation: [FL] 4 migrants arrested off Miami coast in failed human smuggling effort
  • FOX News/NewsNation: [TX] Mexican man attempts to cross illegally into US via underside of bridge
  • New York Post: [CA] 23 arrested in alleged panga illegal immigrant smuggling plot off California coast
• Transportation Security Administration
  • CNN: One-on-one with the TSA’s Acting Deputy Administrator
  • FOX News: Airport checkpoint closures spread as TSA warns of security ‘threat,’ more travel delays
  • ABC News: TSA says nearly 10% of its officers called out sick Tuesday
  • Reuters: US airport security absences decline slightly as shutdown continues
  • CBS News: TSA sick calls reach highest point amid partial government shutdown
  • FOX News: TSA callout rates rise at major airports as DHS funding shutdown drags on
  • FOX News: TSA union leader calls DHS funding shutdown a ‘double-edged sword’ as agents work without pay
  • CBS News: TSA official warns some airports could shut down if officers’ sick calls climb: "A serious situation"
  • CNN: TSA officers are the latest aviation workers to be used as ‘political pawns.’ Now, they just want the shutdown to end
  • AP: How to monitor airport security lines at US airports while TSA officers go without pay
  • CBS Boston: [MA] TSA wait times at Logan Airport in Boston now being tested with new technology
  • NBC News: [PA] Travel woes mount for Philadelphia fliers as TSA closes more security checkpoints
  • CBS Pittsburgh: [PA] Pittsburgh International Airport seeing minimal TSA delays during partial shutdown
  • USA Today: [GA] Videos taken inside Atlanta airport used to blame shutdown on Democrats
  • CBS News: [GA] Airport official tells travelers to "pack your patience" as TSA agents work without pay in Atlanta
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Over half of Hobby TSA agents called out of work last Saturday, DHS says
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] TSA wait times spike at Denver International Airport amid partial government shutdown
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times: FEMA to Relaunch Climate Resiliency Grants, Complying With Court Order
  • The Hill: Mullin says FEMA should be ‘restructured’ and that he’ll end Noem’s controversial $100K expense reviews
  • New York Times: [DC] Trump’s Homeland Security Pick Says He’d End Policy That Slowed Disaster Aid
  • AP: Mullin presents a different vision for FEMA, sparking cautious hope
  • AP: [NE] Nebraska wildfire fight drags into day 7 as winds ease, but danger still looms
  • New York Times: [NE] Nebraska Wildfires Consume Nearly 800,000 Acres
  • USA Today: [NE] Wildfires kill 1, set thousands of acres ablaze in Nebraska
• Secret Service
  • Free Beacon: [Iran] Iranian Intelligence Minister Who Led Assassination Plots Against US Officials Eliminated In Israeli Strike, IDF Says
• Coast Guard
  • FOX News: Coast Guard crane hoists snowmobile off drifting ice on Lake Huron
  • Federal Newswire: [FL] DHS operation stops attempted smuggling of 15 people off Miami coast
  • AP: [AK] 2 tugboat crew members killed in ‘confined space incident’ on barge, Coast Guard says
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: [Russia] Second iOS exploit kit now in use by suspected Russian hackers
• Terrorism Investigations
  • AP: Global terrorism falls to a decade low but Western fatalities surge
  • CBS News: FBI and IRS to investigate nonprofit groups for domestic terrorism links, sources say
  • FOX News: Lone wolf attackers pose most likely terror threat to US homeland, intelligence report reiterates
  • Washington Examiner: Joni Ernst warns of higher risk for 9/11-style attack due to funding lapse
  • Wall Street Journal: A U.S. Citizen Now Runs Mexico’s Top Drug Cartel—and Targeting Him Is Complicated
  • FOX News: [NY] New video shows terror suspect tackled after allegedly throwing bomb at NYC protest outside mayor’s residence
  • Washington Examiner: [VA] Old Dominion terrorist attack the result of multiple layers of policy madness
  • USA Today: [MI] JD Vance praises ‘hero’ security guard after attack on Michigan synagogue
  • New York Post: [NM] New details emerge about New Mexico US Air Force base shooting that left 1 dead, 1 injured
• National Security News
  • DailySignal: U.S. Investment in the Caribbean as a National Security Priority
  • Washington Post: [WA] Drones over base where Rubio, Hegseth live raise security concerns
  • Reuters: [Venezuela] Venezuela’s acting president replaces long-time defense minister with intelligence head
  • ABC News: [Iran] Gabbard says Iranian regime appears ‘intact’ but ‘largely degraded’
  • ABC News: [Iran] Gabbard avoids answering whether Iran posed an ‘imminent threat’
  • New York Times: [Iran] On Iran, Gabbard Turned Intelligence Duties Over to Trump
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment, US intelligence finds
  • New York Times: [Iran] U.S. Intelligence Saw No Change in Iran’s Missile Capabilities Before War
  • Reuters: [Iran] Iran’s government appears intact, if degraded, US spy chief says
  • NewsMax: [Iran] CIA’s Ratcliffe: Iran Posed ‘Immediate Threat’ to US, Intelligence Showed
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Rounds to Newsmax: Iran Rebuilding Military Capabilities
  • Reuters: [Iran] Israel kills Iranian security chief Ali Larijani in airstrike
  • New York Times: [Iran] Iran’s Intelligence Minister Killed in an Airstrike
  • New York Post: [Iran] Children of Iran’s regime leaders are educating America’s students at colleges from New York to Los Angeles
  • FOX News: [Iran] Trump sends warning shot at NATO over Strait of Hormuz - full text
  • Reuters: [China] US assesses China not planning to invade Taiwan in 2027
  • Reuters: [Japan] Japan rejects US assessment of its shift on Taiwan ahead of leaders’ meeting
  • AP: [Japan] Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi meets with Trump as he seeks help securing the Strait of Hormuz

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