• Top News
  • New York Times/AP/Washington Post: U.S. Recovers Man From Pacific Boat Strike Area
  • ABC News/CBS News: Senate once again fails to advance DHS funding bill
  • The Hill/FOX News: DHS shutdown tied for second-longest ever as Dems again block funding amid airport chaos, terrorism concerns
  • FOX News: DHS shutdown blows past one-month mark as Dems push to carve out ICE from any new funding deal
  • NewsNation: White House border czar called into DHS shutdown negotiations
  • NPR: DHS shutdown hurts families’ access to detention facilities, Democrat says
  • NewsMax: Rep. Dan Meuser to Newsmax: DHS Shutdown Leaves US Cybersecurity ‘Minimized’
  • Daily Caller: John Fetterman Bluntly Tells Democrats What Their DHS Shutdown Is Doing To Americans
  • The Hill: GOP senator suggests two-step move to break DHS funding deadlock 
  • Breitbart: Dem Sen. Blumenthal: We’ll ‘Hold Firm’ on DHS Shutdown, ‘Republicans Will Be Held Accountable’
  • FOX News: Thune reveals reason Democrats are ‘scared’ to reopen DHS
  • Breitbart: Thune: Dems’ Hatred of Trump Is Greater than Need to Ensure Americans Safety
  • Washington Examiner: Trump won’t submit his budget request without Iran and DHS ‘stability’
  • FOX News: Trump-backed Senate hopeful gains momentum with top GOP endorsements before Mullin DHS shift
  • USA Today: Mullin talks immigration changes at DHS but White House insists agenda stays
  • NewsMax: Sen. James Lankford to Newsmax: Mullin to Be Confirmed as DHS Secretary
  • Washington Examiner: Noem, Mullin, and O’Brien show how Trump 2.0 is different
  • Axios: Senate Dems plot immigration offensive
  • Breitbart: Bankers Lobby White House to Block Deportation Strategy
  • NewsMax: Trump Delays Bank Citizenship Order as Industry Resists
  • NPR: Liam Conejo Ramos’ family fights immigration judge’s ruling to deport them to Ecuador
  • ABC News: Trump administration seeks to move ahead with removing Abrego Garcia to Liberia
  • AP: Secretive deal leaves deportees from the US stuck in Equatorial Guinea with ‘no more hope’
  • Blaze: ‘Use my daughter as an example’: Trump DHS cheers as bill to stop illegal alien truck drivers crosses major hurdle - full text
  • National Review: Senators Press GOP Firms for Info on Ad Campaign That Led to Noem’s Downfall at DHS
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Post: The airports without long security lines
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • New York Times: Fewer Children Are Being Held in ICE Detention
  • New York Times: Pregnant in ICE Detention: Handcuffs and Pleas for Medical Care
  • New York Times: New Data Shows Where ICE Has Been Most Active This Year
  • Breitbart: Report: Two Identified as Venezuelan Siblings Charged in Gang-Related Sex Trafficking Case
  • Newsweek: Three Bills Push To Ban ICE From FIFA World Cup
  • NewsMax: ICE Family Detentions Drop as Trump Shifts Strategy
  • New York Times: Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child
  • NBC News: Children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel has a new cause: Freeing kids from ICE detention
  • New York Post: [NY] NY businesses could lose gov’t contracts if they don’t disclose work with ICE under new bill
  • Reuters: [NJ] New Jersey sues Trump administration over proposed ICE facility
  • Blaze: [NJ] ICE drops fiery response to Democratic governor suing to block new detention center
  • Breitbart: [PA] ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Alien Accused of Driving over Pennsylvania Man in Violent Road Rage Incident
  • Bloomberg Industry Group Bloomberg Law: [NJ] New Jersey Sues to Stop Proposed ICE Facility in Roxbury
  • Univision: [PA] Teenager strangled by police chief during anti-ICE protest is released
  • Breitbart: [LA] Louisiana Roblox Programmer Arrested on 40 Child Porn Counts, Illegal Sex Doll Found
  • The Hill: [TN] Nashville reporter detained by ICE has been released: Lawyers
  • Breitbart/Daily Wire: [TN] Nashville: ICE Arrests Immigrant ‘Monster’ Who Left Woman Hog-Tied in Her Home
  • Los Angeles Times: [FL] A Mexican migrant dies in a Florida jail holding ICE detainees
  • Telemundo Washington DC: [FL] Sheinbaum sends "stronger" note to the US over the death of a Mexican man in ICE custody
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Downtown Miami residents complain over federal detention center’s noisy air conditioning units: "It’s nonstop"
  • AP: [MN] Clergy seek court order to allow pastoral access to immigrants held at Minneapolis ICE facility
  • Breitbart: [TX] Illegal Alien in ICE Custody After Allegedly Killing Texas Sheriff’s Deputy Kenneth Lewis
  • Axios: [TX] Houston might consider curbing ICE cooperation
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] She followed the rules. Now an Army reservist’s wife could be deported.
  • Newsweek: [WA] State Bans ICE Agents From Wearing Masks
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] In rare move, ICE drags criminal defendant out of a federal courtroom
  • Telemundo52: [CA] “I thought my life was over”: Woman Endures Ordeal After Being Detained During a Routine Immigration Appointment
  • New York Times: [Colombia] U.S. Prosecutors Investigate Colombia’s President, a Onetime Trump Foe
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • FOX News: GOP whip: ‘America-hating terrorists’ should lose citizenship under SCAM Act
  • Federalist: If ‘Temporary Refugees’ Aren’t Removed Now, They Never Will Be
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Post: A massive border wall expansion is underway
  • Breitbart: Trump Celebrates 10th Month of Zero Releases of Illegal Aliens at Border
• Transportation Security Administration
  • The Hill: Senate passes measure prohibiting preferential airport screening for lawmakers
  • CBS News: As airport delays persist, travelers and TSA workers call for end to shutdown: "Get it passed, work together"
  • CNN: TSA workers go unpaid as unpredictable wait times mount during shutdown. Here’s what travelers should know this weekend
  • FOX News: Wait times ‘will get worse’ if Senate Democrats do not act soon, acting Deputy TSA Administrator says
  • New York Post: TSA being held ‘hostage’ as airport security problem is ‘going to get worse’ over DHS shutdown: top official
  • Reuters: US says airport delays will worsen as shutdown continues
  • AP: TSA officers are quitting as a funding standoff forces them to staff airports without pay
  • FOX Business: Hundreds of TSA agents quit as shutdown drags on
  • NBC News Daily: Long Airport Security Lines Amid DHS Funding Fight
  • OutKick: TSA Lines Across The US Are Absolute Horror Shows Thanks To Dems’ DHS Shutdown
  • New York Post: [NY] Frustrated flyers hit with hours-long waits at NYC-area airports as DHS funding standoff continues
  • Washington Examiner: [GA] TSA wait time in Atlanta hits two hours as shutdown staffing shortages persist
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] TSA screening changes trigger longer waits at IAH’s Terminals A and E
  • Axios: [CO] Colorado Springs Airport dodges travel woes
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Burbank Airport raises $8,000 for TSA officers during partial government shutdown
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Reuters: Security concerns grow around World Cup in US after stalled funding
  • CNN: A top FEMA official has history of violent rhetoric and said he once teleported to Waffle House
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Evacuation orders issued for wildfire east of San Luis, Colorado
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Large wildfire burning south of Colorado Springs
  • AP: [HI] Hawaii suffers its worst flooding in 20 years and forecasters warn more rain is coming
  • CNN: [HI] Hundreds rescued and evacuations ordered as catastrophic flash flooding hits Oahu
  • Los Angeles Times/New York Times/AP: [HI] Evacuations Ordered on Oahu as Heavy Rain Brings Flash Flooding
• Coast Guard
  • FOX News: [MI] Coast Guard rescues man stranded on Lake Huron ice near Mackinac Island
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • New York Post/FOX News: Russian hackers targeting US officials and journalists on Signal – have accessed ‘thousands’ of accounts, FBI warns
  • FOX News: [MS] Hospital cyberattacks threaten patient safety
  • CyberScoop: Justice Department disrupts botnet networks that hijacked 3 million devices
  • NewsNation/San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Peninsula city to declare state of emergency after being hit by cyberattack
  • CyberScoop: [North Korea] Trio sentenced for facilitating North Korean IT worker scheme from their homes
  • NewsMax: [North Korea] DOJ: US Soldier Among 3 Sentenced in NKorea Cyberscam
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: House Homeland Security Republican urges US Muslim leadership to ‘isolate extremists’ after string of attacks
  • FOX News: [Mexico] US citizen takes over Mexican drug cartel, sparking legal debate
• National Security News
  • Washington Examiner: Joe Kent says FBI investigation is ‘counternarrative’ to intimidate him
  • CNN: The White House just laid out how it wants to regulate AI
  • ABC News: [LA] ‘Multiple waves’ of unauthorized drones recently spotted over strategic US Air Force base
  • NewsMax: [Iran] FBI: Iran Using Telegram to Target Critics Worldwide
  • AP: [Iran] Iran threatens tourism sites and US sends more Marines to Middle East as Trump hints at wind-down

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