• Top News
  • Bloomberg/Washington Examiner/Federalist/Blaze: Courts Must Defer to Immigration Judges on Asylum, Justices Say
  • AP: Noem defends Homeland Security Department in post-shooting appearances before Congress
  • Bloomberg/The Hill: Noem denies blocking investigations, as inspector general says he’s been ‘systematically obstructed’
  • NewsMax/Washington Examiner: Noem: Sanctuary Jurisdictions Declined 17,864 ICE Detainers
  • FOX News: GOP senators tangle with Noem during heated hearing on her handling of deportation surge
  • CBS News: Noem says ICE isn’t creating a database of protesters
  • FOX News: Noem CLASHES with Dem senator over ICE at polls
  • CBS News: Watch: Lawmaker plays videos of harsh Minnesota ICE arrests at Noem hearing
  • ABC News: ‘Turned our government against our people’: House Dems press Noem on immigration enforcement efforts
  • Daily Wire: Swalwell Shares Illegal Immigrant Sob Story, Leaves Out Critical Detail
  • Breitbart: Democrat Tells Angel Families: Sorry for Your Loss, But Americans Are More Violent than Illegal Aliens
  • Reuters/Bloomberg: Noem defends $220 million ad campaign amid lawmaker scrutiny
  • FOX News: DHS defends McLaughlin after allegations husband’s company profited millions from ad contracts: ‘Baseless’
  • NewsNation: Noem’s lack of knowledge on Chicago shootings raises eyebrows
  • Roll Call: Tillis expands block over unanswered questions to DHS
  • Blaze: Republican senator melts down over Trump administration’s deportations
  • ABC News: Rep. Raskin grills Secretary Noem on fatal shootings of US citizens in Minneapolis
  • The Hill/Washington Times: Noem defends living on base in Coast Guard housing
  • Daily Caller/New York Post: Kristi Noem Pressed About Rumored relations with Corey Lewandowski at House hearing with husband present
  • The Hill: Raskin presses Noem on whether she’d still label Pretti, Good as domestic terrorists
  • The Hill: Jayapal brings US citizens arrested by ICE to confront Noem
  • Breitbart: Jayapal: Noem’s Corruption, Lawlessness ‘Is Going to Bring Her Down’
  • CNN: Analysis: What Kristi Noem and Marco Rubio said vs. what they claimed they said
  • AP: US Homeland Security Investigates Whether Bovino Made Disparaging Comments About Jewish Faith
  • AP: Republicans take another crack at Homeland Security funding, citing Iran war
  • The Hill: House tees up final vote on Department of Homeland Security funding bill
  • The Hill: Johnson: ‘Everybody in America better watch’ how lawmakers vote on DHS funding
  • Breitbart: Durbin on Funding DHS After Iran Strikes: ‘Should Watch That Very Carefully’
  • CNN: Property lost during immigration crackdown in Minnesota tees up latest showdown court contempt threats
  • Daily Caller: GOP Rep Scott Perry Takes Tim Walz To Task Over Letting Illegal Immigrant Truckers Get Licenses
  • FOX News: Comer to say Tim Walz ‘enabled fraud,’ failed whistleblowers in bombshell Minnesota hearing
  • AP: Gov. Tim Walz tells a House panel the Trump immigration crackdown hampered Minnesota’s fraud fight
  • Daily Caller: Tim Walz Says He’s Not Even Familiar With Minnesota Women Killed By Illegal Immigrants
  • AP: With 100 days to go, World Cup faces new challenges with Iran war and Mexico violence
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Post: It would be easier to fund DHS with better leadership
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Post: Don’t gamble with airport security
  • Washington Post: Kristi Noem is a nightmare for immigration hawks
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Don’t desecrate Big Bend National Park with a useless border wall
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Roll Call: House Democrats grill IRS chief over data-sharing concerns
  • AP: IRS Leader Bisignano Declines to Answer Questions Over Unlawful Taxpayer Data Disclosures to ICE
  • FOX News: Biden-appointed judge threatens jail for ICE officials in clash over Trump immigration crackdown
  • Breitbart: ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Child Predators, Drug Traffickers, Convicted Felons
  • Blaze: Tim Tebow shows disturbing map of the child sexual abuse material epidemic on US soil
  • Bloomberg: Immigrant Bids for Detention Release Jumped Over 400% Last Year
  • Daily Caller: There’s More Than Meets The Eye In Noem DHS’ Deportation Figures
  • Federalist: Democrat Bill Would Flood Every School, Church, And Hospital With Illegal Squatters
  • FOX News: [DC] DC restaurants face ‘existential threat’ over Trump immigration policies culling workforce
  • FOX News: [VA] Police warned prosecutors 3 times about violent illegal immigrant before he allegedly killed Virginia mother
  • ABC News: [MN] DHS puts man on ‘worst of the worst’ list, removes him after questioning
  • ABC News: [TX] 911 calls from ICE detention center underscore concerns about conditions, advocates say
  • NBC News: [TX] ICE confirms a measles outbreak in the nation’s largest detention facility in Texas
  • USA Today: [TX] Texas ICE detention center under quarantine after measles outbreak
  • Washington Post: [TX] ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows
  • New York Times: [TX] Contract for El Paso ICE Center Is Under Review, Homeland Security Says
  • Breitbart: [TX] Criminal Illegal Aliens Behind Dozens of Deadly DWI Crashes in Houston Area, Says ICE
  • USA Today: [MT] US Rep. Escobar: ICE looking to close sprawling immigration detention camp
  • Border Report: [TX] DHS on Camp East Montana closure: ‘no decisions have been made’
  • Border Report: [TX] DHS confirms measles quarantine at Camp East Montana
  • AP: [AZ] Haitian man dies in US immigration custody with untreated toothache, brother says
  • Telemundo52: [CA] LAPD meeting halted to prevent release of immigration enforcement data
  • USA Today: [CA] Ongoing ‘Operation Consequences’ raids in High Desert net guns, arrests
  • Telemundo 48 - Area de la Bahia: [CA] Campbell seeks to pass a measure that would prohibit ICE from using public spaces for operations
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Univision: Supreme Court upholds legal requirement to prove persecution for those seeking asylum in the US
  • Univision: [NC] Naturalized Salvadoran loses U.S. citizenship after being accused of child sexual abuse
• Customs and Border Protection
  • AP/The Hill/CBS News: Judge rules companies are entitled to refunds for Trump tariffs overturned by the Supreme Court
  • New York Times: U.S. Court Takes First Steps Toward Ordering Tariff Refunds
  • NewsMax: Report: Tariff Refund Delays Costing $700M in Monthly Interest
  • New York Times: [TX] Man Killed After Fleeing Texas Border Patrol Checkpoint, Police Say
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Reuters: [Venezuela] USDOT approves American Airlines flights to Venezuela
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times/Washington Post/The Hill: Noem Review Delayed Disaster Aid by Weeks, Senate Report Finds
  • Federal News Network: Noem, top DHS officials to be deposed in FEMA staffing cut lawsuit
  • USA Today: [AK] Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near Alaskan islands
• Secret Service
  • ABC News: Trump ‘got the last laugh,’ Hegseth says of US killing Iranian assassination plotter
  • FOX News/New York Post/AP: [NY] Feds say Pakistani national backed by Iran plotted to assassinate Trump, others in murder-for-hire scheme
  • Telemundo: [FL] Road closure announced near Mar-a-Lago in security reinforcement after conflict with Iran
• Coast Guard
  • NBC 13: [AL] Coast Guard announces selection of former Birmingham-Southern College campus for training center
  • FOX News: [AK] Coast Guard investigates death of ‘Deadliest Catch’ deckhand in Alaska fishing incident
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CBS News: Trump nominee to lead nation’s cyber agency removed from post as senior DHS adviser
  • ExecutiveGov: CISA Names Chris Butera as Acting Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Attackers are using your network against you, according to Cloudflare
  • CyberScoop: Authorities from 14 countries shut down major cybercrime forum LeakBase
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Blaze: US military sets sights on ‘narco-terrorists’ in another South American country after successful drug bust
  • FOX News: DHS shutdown may delay US terror response amid Iran conflict, expert warns
  • AP: [FL] Federal judge blocks Florida governor’s foreign terrorist label of Muslim groups
  • Blaze: [TX] Austin’s ‘Property of Allah’ shooter is immigration failure made flesh
  • Daily Caller: [Ecuador] US And Ecuadorian Forces Launch Joint Strikes On Narco-Terror Targets
  • New York Times: [Ecuador] Why Ecuador Invited the U.S. Military to Help With Its Drug Gangs
• National Security News
  • CBS News/Breitbart: [Cuba] Cuba charges 6 suspects with terrorism over fatal shooting involving U.S.-flagged speedboat
  • New York Times: [Turkey] NATO Air Defenses Shoot Down Iranian Missile Headed Toward Turkey
  • New York Times: [Iran] Senate Thwarts Bid to Curb Trump’s War Powers on Iran
  • Breitbart: [Iran] U.S. says it has dealt major blow to Iran’s ability to inflict harm
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Rep. Miller-Meeks to Newsmax: Trump Has Authority to Stop Iran Nukes
  • Politico: [Iran] Israel says it knocked out Iran’s cyber warfare headquarters
  • Washington Examiner: [Iran] Complete control of Iranian skies’ and other top takeaways from Hegseth-Caine briefing
  • FOX News: [Iran] Hegseth calls out ‘fake news’ over Iran operation coverage
  • Los Angeles Times: [Iran] Hegseth says U.S. is ‘accelerating’ war on Iran, but strike at Turkey won’t trigger NATO
  • New York Times: [Iran] As Attacks Spread, War With Iran Reaches Far Beyond Mideast
  • Reuters: [China] US lawmakers raise concerns over Intel’s testing of tools made by Chinese-linked firm
  • Reuters: [China] Chinese military flights around Taiwan fall, Trump-Xi meeting may be factor

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