• Top News
  • New York Times: U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’
  • Breitbart/Axios/CNN: US Homeland Security chief grilled over immigration crackdown
  • CBS News: Kristi Noem’s opening statement at Senate Judiciary Committee on DHS
  • CNN: Takeaways from Kristi Noem’s combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
  • Wall Street Journal: Key Moments From Kristi Noem’s Congressional Testimony
  • FOX News: Watch the most viral moments as Kristi Noem’s hearing goes off the rails
  • FOX News: DHS sweeping Biden-era interviews with border crossers to identify potential homeland threats
  • Blaze: Government-paid traffickers? Noem testifies Biden administration funded abuse of migrant kids
  • Bloomberg: Noem Faces Bipartisan Rebuke Over Deadly Immigration Operation
  • New York Times: Noem Defends Describing Minneapolis Protesters’ Actions as Domestic Terrorism
  • Los Angeles Times: Senate Republicans join Democrats in grilling Noem over ICE shooting deaths
  • CBS News: Kristi Noem gets heat from Republicans at Senate hearing
  • Bloomberg: Tillis to Stall Nominees in Senate Over Frustrations With DHS
  • Washington Times: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says nonjudicial warrants used 28 times to enter homes
  • The Hill/FOX News: Noem faces GOP heat over $220M ad that boosted ‘your name recognition’
  • Washington Times: Noem says Trump personally approved her deportation ads
  • Chicago Tribune: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem declines to address Marimar Martinez, tells Senate panel she’s ‘not familiar’ with her shooting
  • The Hill/DailySignal/Washington Times/NBC News: GOP Senator Slams Noem for ‘Failure of Leadership’
  • FOX News: ‘You should be ashamed!’: Protester dragged from Kristi Noem’s Senate hearing
  • Daily Caller: John Kennedy Accuses Kristi Noem Of Throwing Stephen Miller Under Bus
  • NBC News: Noem says there are no plans for agents to be at polling sites
  • NBC News: Noem touts Trump administration’s immigration agenda in Senate testimony
  • FOX News: Democrats accuse ICE of targeting Dreamers while DHS highlights gang members, child rapists arrested this week
  • The Hill/NBC News: Democrats whip against DHS funding bill despite GOP pressure on Iran
  • NewsMax: Rep. Gill to Newsmax: DHS Funding Fight Risks National Security
  • NewsMax: Sen. Hoeven to Newsmax: ‘Makes No Sense’ to Block TSA, FEMA Funding
  • Breitbart: Republican Study Committee Members Demand Democrats End DHS Shutdown amid Operation Epic Fury, Austin Shooting
  • FOX News: Swalwell pressed on Democrats’ resistance to fully funding DHS amid Iran threat
  • Daily Signal: Democrats Accused of ‘Abetting Terrorists’ by GOP as DHS Shutdown Continues
  • NewsMax: Rep. Jeffries Rejects GOP Effort to Tie DHS Funding, Iran
  • Wall Street Journal: Inspector General Says Kristi Noem’s DHS Has ‘Systematically Obstructed’ Its Work
  • The Hill: Minnesota launches investigation that could lead to charges against immigration officers
  • New York Times: Homeland Security Investigates Remarks of Border Patrol Leader Gregory Bovino
  • Blaze: Gregory Bovino and other federal agents under criminal investigation by Minneapolis county attorney
  • Univision: Two legal challenges have been launched in Minnesota against the Trump administration over immigration raids and Medicaid funding.
  • New York Post: Illegal dumping tip off leads to insane $4m meth bust in California: ‘Operation Trash Panda’
  • Reuters: Trump’s immigration agenda fuels surge in court cases, US judiciary data shows
  • Washington Examiner: DC Council defies Bowser over body camera and policing bills on ‘serious force’
  • Washington Post: D.C. video of federal police shooting at people may soon be made public
  • FOX News: Democrat in key Senate primary says she ‘regrets’ vote on Laken Riley Act, draws GOP backlash
  • AP: Testy exchanges over immigration cases highlight growing confrontations between judges and DOJ
  • Reuters: Cuba charges six exiles with terrorism in speedboat attack
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Daily Wire: The Biggest Threat To Our Country Is Inside Our Borders
  • Washington Examiner: [Mexico] Killing cartel kingpins like ‘El Mencho’ won’t end the drug crisis. Here’s what can
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Times: Noem: No ICE at election polls this year; DHS doesn’t use deportation quotas
  • NewsMax: [DC] Judge Blocks DHS Rule on Detention Facility Visits
  • Washington Post: ICE training was slashed, records show, corroborating whistleblower claims
  • NPR: ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it
  • New York Times: Inside the Underground Safe Houses Sheltering Immigrants From ICE
  • Breitbart: [MA] ICE Director Todd Lyons: ‘Politically Motivated’ Boston Police Ignored 167 Immigration Detainer Requests
  • New York Times: [NJ] ICE Officials Must Acknowledge Court Orders in Writing, Judge Says
  • Daily Signal: [NJ] Mikie Sherrill Faces Ethics Complaint Over New Jersey Program to Report ICE Activity
  • National Review: [VA] Virginia Governor Refuses to Help ICE Deport Stabbing Suspect Without Warrant
  • FOX News: [VA] DHS blasts Spanberger on potential release of illegal migrant with 30+ arrests currently charged with murder
  • Univision: [MD] Montgomery introduces ‘ICE Out’ bill; Prince George’s advances six initiatives to protect immigrants
  • Breitbart: [VA] Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger Suggests She Will Not Honor ICE Detainer for Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Stephanie Minter
  • Daily Caller: [VA] Prosecutors Reveal Why Serial Criminal Illegal Who Allegedly Stabbed Virginia Mom To Death Was Free
  • NPR: [TX] Pregnant migrant girls are being sent to a Texas shelter flagged as medically risky
  • AP: [TX] A large immigration detention camp in Texas is closed to visitors amid measles outbreak
  • Univision: [CA] “We haven’t seen his body”: They demand justice for the death of an immigrant in ICE custody in Adelanto
  • FOX News: [CA] Anti-ICE agitators convicted of stalking federal agents on livestream
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Los Angeles Times: Asylum approvals plummet as fearful immigrants skip hearings
  • Washington Times: Austin terror attack exposes consequences of Democratic immigration policies
  • Reuters: [FL] Florida public universities temporarily halt hiring foreigners on H1-B visas
• Customs and Border Protection
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Feds find 944 pounds of liquid meth in fuel tank at U.S.-Mexico border
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Reuters: US judge leery of blocking FEMA job cuts pending unions’ lawsuit
  • Roll Call: Judge hears arguments over potential FEMA job cuts
  • NPR: The 2026 World Cup faces big challenges with only 100 days to go
• Federal Protective Service
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Volunteers who accompany immigrants cited while inside federal building’s hallways
• Coast Guard
  • AP: Deadliest Catch’ crewman Todd Meadows dies after falling overboard, Coast Guard says
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: CISA CIO Robert Costello exits agency
  • CyberScoop: Possible U.S.-developed exploits linked to first known ‘mass’ iOS attack
  • StateScoop: ‘You can’t separate the physical from the cyber,’ says New York’s first security and intelligence director
  • Reuters: [Iran] US banks on high alert for cyberattacks as Iran war escalates
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Detroit Free Press: Terror concerns heightened after Iran attack, but official alerts scant
  • The Hill: [DC] Man accused of killing Israeli Embassy staffers pleads not guilty to new terrorism-related charges
  • CNN: [GA] Father of Georgia school shooter found guilty of murder and manslaughter
  • New York Times: [GA] Father’s Murder Conviction in School Attack Puts New Onus on Parents
  • AP: [OH] 2 men arrested in Cincinnati nightclub shooting are facing federal charges
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Alleged Sinaloa cartel boss Jesus Ibarra Felix indicted in Chicago on drug, firearm, terrorism charges
  • Wall Street Journal: [TX] Suspect in Austin Shooting Not ‘On Radar’ Before Attack, Authorities Say
  • FOX News: [TX] Austin suspect unleashed anti-Christian, antisemitic, misogynistic rants on social media before mass shooting
  • FOX News: [TX] Doorbell video captures suspect before Austin bar massacre, FBI terror probe
  • Daily Wire: [TX] Trump Gives First Reaction On Austin Shooter Directly To Daily Wire
  • The Hill: [TX] Third victim in Austin mass shooting dies
  • FOX News: [TX] Austin bar shooting victims named as FBI investigates potential terrorism nexus
  • FOX News: [TX] Austin mass shooting: Timeline traces suspect’s rap sheet as terror link probed
  • New York Post: [TX] Austin mass shooter’s history of spewing hate — including praising ‘eternal’ Islamic revolution, misogyny toward conservative women
• National Security News
  • CNN: Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say
  • Roll Call: Iran war triggers talk of supplemental defense funding
  • Reuters: MSC to offload all cargo bound for Gulf at nearest safe seaport
  • Los Angeles Times: [Israel] Israel believes Iran war could last months, testing U.S. resolve
  • Reuters: [Saudi Arabia] Saudi Arabia to take all necessary measures to defend its security, cabinet says
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] Iranian Drones and Missiles Challenge Stretched U.S. Forces
  • AP: [Iran] A trial seeks to tie Iranian paramilitary to alleged assassination plot in US
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Witkoff: Iran Boasted It Has Fuel for 11 Nuclear Bombs
  • FOX News: [Iran] Witkoff warns there was ‘almost no stopping’ Iran from enriching uranium
  • New York Times: [Iran] Rubio Walks Back Suggestion That Israel Forced U.S. Hand in Iran Strikes
  • Politico: [Iran] Capitol agenda: Marco Rubio works to stave off a revolt on Iran
  • New York Times: [Iran] U.S. and Israel Striking Iran Security Agencies That Helped Crush Protests
  • ABC News: [Iran] As Iran conflict intensifies, Americans stranded abroad seek ways out
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] Iran attacks US embassies in Middle East
  • CBS News: [Iran] Pentagon releases names of first U.S. service members killed in Iran war
  • Los Angeles Times: [China] U.S. considers caps on Nvidia chips for China

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