• Top News
  • ABC News/Breitbart: Trump urging Congress to come back from recess to fund DHS as shutdown drags on, White House says
  • CBS News: DHS shutdown set to stretch on with Congress on 2-week break
  • Washington Times: Trump, TSA union, some lawmakers urge Congress to return to Washington to end DHS shutdown
  • New York Times: Senate Convenes, but G.O.P. Makes No Move to Pass House Bill to Reopen D.H.S.
  • CNN: GOP leaders plan to keep Congress out of session even as pressure to end DHS shutdown grows
  • The Hill: Senate Republicans working on GOP-only bill to fund DHS through Trump’s term
  • FOX News: Leavitt calls on Congress to end Easter recess to work on DHS shutdown
  • The Hill: Leavitt on Trump’s TSA order: ‘It should not have come to this point’
  • Daily Caller: GOP Lawmakers Abandon DC Amid DHS Showdown With Democrats
  • Washington Examiner: Thune under pressure to end two-week vacation amid record-long DHS shutdown
  • FOX News: Senators defend two-week recess as record-breaking government shutdown drags on
  • Newsweek: Republican Feud Explodes Amid DHS Funding Disaster
  • FOX News: Senator explains why GOP didn’t try to pass House spending bill by unanimous consent
  • Daily Caller: Glenn Beck Tells Trump To Get John Thune’s ‘A*S Back’ To DC As Senate Skips Town Amid DHS Funding Battle
  • Univision: White House accuses Democrats of endangering security with government shutdown
  • CNN: Here’s who is getting paid at DHS and who isn’t
  • Federal News Network: DHS funding, voting rules and overseas troop support are all waiting for Congress’ return
  • New York Post: While you endured hourslong travel nightmares, members of Congress bolted DC for the good life in casinos and Disney World
  • Daily Wire: Republican Senator Asks President Trump To Force Congress’s Hand On DHS Shutdown
  • FOX News: Trump speaks with the family of Sheridan Gorman, college student allegedly slain by illegal immigrant
  • New York Times: New Homeland Security Chief Wants Deportations, but Without the Backlash
  • Daily Signal: ‘Essentially Impossible’: Trump Weighs Strategy to Secure Voter ID
  • AP: Feds probe whether NYC Council member, Hochul aide took bribes to help migrant shelter provider
  • Reuters: US appeals court questions nationwide rulings rejecting Trump’s immigration detention policy
  • Washington Examiner: Police arrest dozens after LA No Kings graffiti urges ICE killings
  • FOX News: Karoline Leavitt blasts minimal media coverage of Sheridan Gorman murder
  • Blaze: LA No Kings protest explodes into violent riot as thugs throw cement blocks at federal agents
  • Newsweek: Trump Official Says Federal Agents Should Hit Anti-ICE Protesters
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Post: The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship options
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • NewsMax: We May Finally Break the Chains of Birthright Citizenship?
  • New York Times: Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was Only for the Children of Slaves. He’s Wrong.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • New York Times: Mexico Pressures U.S. Over Deaths of its Citizens in ICE Custody
  • Breitbart: Exclusive: Illegal Felon On the Run After Using Car to Attack ICE Agents
  • Daily Caller: Trump Admin Begging Sanctuary Leaders Not To Release Illegal Migrant Accused Of Two Murders
  • Newsweek: US Called On To Halt ICE Operations At World Cup
  • FOX News: Homeland Security vows deportation operations ‘will continue’ as ICE agents help TSA, agency defunded
  • Washington Examiner: ICE gets public relations boost at airports as shutdown prolongs
  • NBC News: 14 ICE detainees have died so far in 2026
  • ABC News: Deaths of detainees in ICE custody surge under 2nd Trump administration
  • Breitbart: Dem Rep. Ivey: Shutdown Has Made ICE Issue More ‘Prominent’
  • Washington Examiner: Democrats oppose ICE itself, not abuses or overreach
  • Bloomberg: Democrats Probe Trump’s $38 Billion Plan for Immigrant Jails
  • Breitbart: [NC] Biden-Released Illegal Alien Charged with Two Murders in North Carolina Sanctuary County
  • NBC News: [SC] ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina
  • AP: [GA] Georgia proposal could take DNA swabs from immigrants in custody for minor offenses
  • Axios: [MN] How Detroit police limits working with ICE
  • Axios: [MN] Romulus ICE dispute moves to court
  • Telemundo51: [AZ] Cuban fined nearly $2 million for failing to leave the US in 2010
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] As fourth man dies at Adelanto ICE detention center, Mexican officials call for investigation
  • Telemundo: [CA] Another Mexican dies in ICE custody, and the Sheinbaum government announces measures to review what is happening
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Trump administration still giving private health data to ICE, California and other states argue
  • FOX News: [CA] Fugitive illegal alien convict on the run after attempting to strike ICE officer with vehicle: DHS
  • FOX News: [CA] DHS slams California ‘sanctuary’ county after mom allegedly murdered by 2 Honduran nationals
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NPR: Trump rolls back pause on asylum decisions imposed after D.C. National Guard shooting
  • NewsMax: Asylum Processing Resumes, Restrictions Still in Place
  • DailySignal: The 4 Republicans Helping a Squad Member Extend Haitian Migrants’ Protected Status
  • FOX News: Ilhan Omar face extradition calls amid fraud accusations
  • DailySignal: Vance Claims Ilhan Omar ‘Definitely Committed Immigration Fraud’
  • Daily Caller/FOX News: Supreme Court Soon To Consider Who Gets To Be An American Citizen
  • The Hill: Trump rips birthright citizenship ahead of Supreme Court arguments
  • CNN: Parents fear their children born in the US could become ‘stateless’ if Trump wins birthright case
  • Washington Post: This 5-month-old was born on U.S. soil. She may never be a citizen.
  • CNN: Immigration advocates appeal to a higher power to sway the high court on birthright citizenship
  • AP: The birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court hits close to home for this immigrant mother
  • New York Times: Immigration Slowdown Hits Every Metro Area in the U.S., Census Shows
  • Washington Post: [CA] DACA recipient returns to U.S. after judge finds she was unlawfully deported
• Customs and Border Protection
  • AP: Wiley reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Announces Interim Measures to Combat Duty Evasion in Trade Case on Low-Speed Personal Transportation Vehicles from China
  • Axios: [MN] Officers suspended over Border Patrol calls
  • New York Times: [TX] A Border Wall Plan Unites Republicans and Democrats in Texas: ‘This Is Insane’
• Transportation Security Administration
  • ABC News: TSA officers receive their 1st paychecks in weeks
  • Federal News Network: TSA agents see partial paychecks
  • Bloomberg: Long Airport Wait Times Ease After TSA Workers Receive Backpay
  • Wall Street Journal: TSA Officers Are Getting Paid Again, but Many Airports Remain Short-Staffed
  • New York Times: T.S.A. Workers Get Paid but Wonder When Next Check Will Come
  • New York Times: T.S.A. Lines Are Getting Shorter, for Now
  • FOX News: SEE THE DIFFERENCE: Emergency TSA lanes undergo drastic transformation at major airport after Trump action
  • CNN: Airport wait times plummet from hours to minutes as TSA workers start getting back pay
  • AP: Airport bottlenecks ease as TSA workers get paid, but shutdown continues
  • CBS News: TSA officers finally paid after 45-day shutdown, but struggles continue
  • CBS News: TSA officer absence levels still elevated at some airports, even as workers begin to receive back pay
  • The Hill: What to know about partial DHS shutdown as TSA officers start getting paid
  • FOX News: Airports beg flight passengers to change their travel habits after DHS shutdown jams lines
  • FOX News: Duffy warns unpaid TSA workers driving hours-long airport lines
  • ABC News: When to expect normal security wait times as TSA officers begin to receive back pay
  • New York Post: [GA] TSA workers in Atlanta ordered to give back gift cards that Tyler Perry handed out during shutdown
  • USA Today: [GA] Will ICE stay at Atlanta airport once TSA officers return to work?
  • Newsweek: [GA] Bomb Threat Audio Emerges From Frontier Airlines Flight
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] TSA PreCheck and CLEAR still unavailable at Houston’s Bush Airport despite shorter security lines
  • FOX News: [TX] Emergency TSA lanes cleared at major airport following Trump action
  • ABC News: [CA] US Marine detained after explosive round discovered in luggage at Palm Springs Airport: Police
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Bloomberg: DHS Inspector General Probes FEMA Contractor’s Role in Contracts
• Secret Service
  • New York Post: [PA] Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden shot himself in the buttocks: report
  • CBS News: [FL] Fighter jets scrambled, flares deployed after plane spotted near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
• Coast Guard
  • New York Times: [Cuba] After Months of Threats, Trump Softens His Stance on Blocking Oil to Cuba
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Researchers say credential-stealing campaign used AI to build evasion ‘at every stage’
  • ABC News: [Iran] DHS shutdown fuels cybersecurity concerns as Iran-linked cyberattacks continue across US
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Times: [MI] Michigan Synagogue Attack Was ‘Inspired by Hezbollah,’ Officials Say
  • FOX News: [MI] FBI details Michigan synagogue attack suspect’s recorded messages
• National Security News
  • FOX News: US troop buildup ramps up in Middle East
  • Politico: [Cuba] White House: Russian tanker allowed to break Cuba blockade for ‘humanitarian reasons’
  • Breitbart: [Iran] U.N. Nuclear Watchdog: Iran’s Nuclear Program Sustained ‘Enormous Damage,’ but Is Not ‘Destroyed’
  • Washington Post: [Iran] Trump says U.S. negotiating with Iranian leaders, despite Iran’s denials
  • ABC News: [Iran] Trump says US talking to ‘more reasonable’ Iranian regime, Rubio declines to say who
  • FOX News: [North Korea] Iran’s war against the US and Israel is being fueled by North Korean weapons, expert warns

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