• Top News
  • Wall Street Journal/ABC News/Reuters: Trump Directs DHS to Pay TSA Officers as Effort to Restore Homeland Security Funding Stalls in Congress
  • ABC News/New York Times: TSA officers working without pay should expect checks on Monday: DHS
  • Washington Examiner/New York Times/FOX News: House passes eight-week DHS deal to punt shutdown back to Senate
  • The Hill: Trump rejects Senate-passed Homeland Security funding bill
  • Axios: Johnson calls out GOP Senate over "joke" of a DHS plan
  • FOX News: Johnson accuses Democrats of taking government hostage over ‘crazy’ immigration agenda
  • Reuters: Many losers, few winners in political battle over ICE funding
  • FOX News: Senate hearing goes silent after Angel Father confronts top Dem over daughter’s death
  • FOX News: Democrats have launched war against TSA and DHS: Stephen Miller
  • The Hill: TMZ wants photos of lawmakers vacationing ‘at your expense’ amid TSA shutdown
  • NPR: The Justice Department plans to share sensitive voter data with Homeland Security
  • Washington Times: Illegal immigrant charged with illegally voting in 2024 election in Texas
  • FOX News: Obama-appointed judge reverses course, rules voter ID law isn’t discriminatory in GOP win
  • AP: Vance holds first meeting of a new anti-fraud task force targeting benefit programs
  • FOX News: Vance says Biden admin ‘turned off’ anti-fraud protections, debuts new task force with focus on Somali schemes
  • Washington Examiner: Vance trying to ‘go after’ Omar on immigration fraud allegations she married brother
  • Washington Times: Minnesota triumphs over Trump in lawsuit on illegal immigration tuition
  • Daily Wire: Tennessee Wants To Lead The Nation In Fighting Illegal Immigration. It May Have A Shot.
  • Washington Examiner: Glamour shots of Noem and phones in Faraday bags: Mullin takes on a messy DHS
  • The Hill: Jimmy Kimmel defends criticizing Mullin’s resume: ‘I’m upset that he isn’t still a plumber’
  • Reuters/NPR: ‘No Kings’ aims for record turnout in Saturday’s anti-Trump protests
  • FOX News: No Kings’ calls itself leaderless but its own internal documents tell a very different story
  • Los Angeles Times: L.A. braces for ‘No Kings’ demonstrations, installs barriers to the 101 Freeway
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • FOX News: Airport lines are out-of-control. Trump can save us from TSA insanity — forever
  • Daily Caller: TSA’s Time Has Come
  • New York Post: What Jimmy Kimmel gets wrong about ‘plumbers’ like Markwayne Mullin
  • USA Today: I don’t know how Kristi Noem wasted $220 million on her ad
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] I heard ICE agents were lazing at IAH. That’s not what I saw.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart: ICE Arrests Illegal Aliens Convicted of Murder, Child Pornography, Assault
  • Politico: ‘Visibly upset and struggling’: Acting ICE head hospitalized twice over stress, officials say
  • FOX News: White House blasts POLITICO report on acting ICE chief hospitalizations as ‘inaccurate trash’
  • New York Post: Progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal calls for reparations for illegal immigrants ‘traumatized’ by ICE
  • The Hill: Fetterman: ICE officers seem to have ‘enhanced some kinds of performance’ at airports
  • Bloomberg: [MA] Ex-Mozambique Finance Minister in ICE Custody After Travel Snafu
  • FOX News: [NY] ICE arrests Latin Kings member after NYC sanctuary release despite assault charge on first responder
  • Breitbart: [NY] ‘Heroic’: ICE Agent Saves Baby’s Life at JFK Airport
  • New York Post: [NY] DHS blasts 6-month plea deal for trans illegal immigrant NYC rapist as a ‘disgrace’
  • New York Times: [IL] Man Accused of Killing College Student in Chicago to Remain in Jail
  • New York Post: [IL] Illegal immigrant accused of killing Loyola student is missing brain part, has ‘development of a child,’ defense claims
  • FOX News: [IL] Dem senators dodge crucial question on illegal alien accused of killing Chicago college student
  • FOX News: [IL] Chicago-area student paper unveils ICE tracker days after illegal migrant charged in Sheridan Gorman’s murder
  • Bloomberg: [MN] Emails Reveal Details About ICE Surge in Minneapolis
  • Bloomberg Law: [MN] Minnesota Judge Orders Attorney Access for Migrant Detainees
  • Univision: [FL] “My heart broke”: Breastfeeding mother deported and her baby ends up being breastfed by a pastor’s neighbor
  • NPR: [TX] Leqaa Kordia is free now, after a year in ICE detention
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] Alleged member of the Tren de Aragua gang arrested in connection with sex trafficking
  • AP: [CA] After immigration arrests, California lawmakers wonder: Are police telling the feds too much?
  • Univision: [CA] Man dies in ICE custody in Adelanto: Medical delays and extreme heat denounced
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • FOX News: Pam Bondi discusses DOJ crackdown on citizenship fraud
  • Daily Caller: US Law Says These Foreign-Born Terrorists Are Just As American As You
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Examiner: Trump administration locks out Greg Bovino from all social media accounts
  • Washington Times: [NM] Border Patrol agent charged with strangling migrant, concealing body cam evidence
• Transportation Security Administration
  • AP: TSA officer absentee rate hit a record Thursday, DHS says
  • New York Times: How Long of a Wait at Security? For Many Passengers, It Was Anyone’s Guess.
  • CNN: Funding TSA won’t fix long airport lines overnight
  • CNN: Skipped meals, eviction notices and repo’d cars: TSA workers desperately await checks after Trump and Senate push for funding
  • CBS News: How soon will TSA airport security lines return to normal after the shutdown ends?
  • CBS Boston: [MA] 25 TSA officers have resigned from jobs at Boston’s Logan Airport amid partial government shutdown
  • Wall Street Journal: [GA] Why the TSA Lines in Atlanta Are Longer Than Other Airports
  • USA Today: [GA] Tyler Perry gives TSA workers $250K in Visa cards after cash tip fails
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] O’Hare Airport not seeing the lengthy TSA wait times afflicting other U.S. airports
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Air traffic control staffing back to normal at San Diego airport; security delays persist
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Washington Examiner: House Ethics panel finds Cherfilus-McCormick committed wrongdoing
  • SFGate: U.S. Wildfires Have Already Claimed 1.4 Million Acres in 2026-and Experts Warn It Will Get Worse
• Secret Service
  • Breitbart: Secret Service agent on Jill Biden’s detail shoots himself in leg
• Coast Guard
  • AP: Mexico’s navy searches for 2 missing sailboats carrying 9 people to Cuba with aid
  • ABC News: [HI] 3 killed, 2 injured in Hawaii helicopter tour crash
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Reuters: Iran-Linked Hackers Breach FBI Director’s Personal Email, Publish Photos and Documents
  • CyberScoop: Iranian hackers, Handala, claim to compromise FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal data
  • CyberScoop: Security leaders say the next two years are going to be ‘insane’
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Times: [NY] Arrest Thwarts Plot to Assassinate Pro-Palestinian Activist
  • Washington Examiner: [MN] Minneapolis airport still flying millions in cash possibly tied to terrorism
  • Breitbart: [AZ] Arizona Gun Dealer Facing Terrorism Charges for Alleged Sales to Cartels
  • FOX News: [Ecuador] Trump administration expands anti-cartel fight to Ecuador
  • CNN: [Iran] Iran’s efforts to mount attacks against US extend far beyond its military. Here’s what to know
• National Security News
  • Reuters: Trump says ‘we don’t have to be there for NATO’
  • Univision: [Cuba] Donald Trump: "Cuba is next"
  • Reuters: [Iran] Yemen’s Houthis strike at Israel as attacks on Iran continue
  • FOX News: [Yemen] Houthi spokesman warns ‘fingers on the trigger,’ signals readiness to join Iran war
  • FOX News: [Yemen] Houthis reveal conditions that would prompt them to get involved in Iran conflict

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