• Top News
  • New York Times/National Review/Politico: Trump announces he is replacing Noem with Markwayne Mullin
  • Politico: Markwayne Mullin faces a straightforward path to confirmation as DHS secretary
  • CBS News: Sen. Markwayne Mullin reacts to Trump picking him to replace Kristi Noem
  • ABC News: ‘Going to be practical’: Sen. Markwayne Mullin speaks out after being named Noem’s replacement at DHS
  • ABC News: ‘I am super excited about this opportunity’: DHS Secretary-designate Sen. Mullin
  • New York Times: Who Is Markwayne Mullin, Trump’s Pick for Homeland Security Secretary?
  • FOX News: Trump’s new DHS pick is an illegal immigration hawk who’s ‘all about the mission’: Expert
  • Wall Street Journal: Who Is Markwayne Mullin, Trump’s Pick for Homeland Security Secretary?
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Homeland Security Pick Is Ready to Rumble
  • Daily Caller: Trump Hands Marco Rubio Yet Another Task
  • The Hill: Noem speaks moments after Trump ousts her from DHS
  • NewsMax: Noem: Looking Forward to Security Role After Reassignment
  • USA Today/The Hill: What we know about Noem’s new ‘Shield of the Americas’ role
  • Wall Street Journal/AP/FOX News: Trump Ousts Kristi Noem From DHS
  • CBS News: Inside the decision to remove Kristi Noem as DHS secretary
  • Daily Caller: Inside Kristi Noem’s Final Weeks Leading DHS
  • CNN: How Kristi Noem finally lost Trump — and her job
  • New York Times: Bulletproof Vests and Rolex Watches: The Rise and Fall of Kristi Noem
  • NBC News Daily: Trump Fires Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secy.
  • ABC News: Kristi Noem’s ouster follows tumultuous tenure as Homeland Security secretary
  • FOX News: Schumer weaponizes Mullin nomination to demand DHS overhaul, says ‘rot’ goes beyond Noem
  • ABC News: Noem’s testimony on contracts ‘false,’ Democratic senator claims
  • Daily Wire: Docs Show DHS Specifically Steered $200M Ad Contracts, Raising Questions About Noem’s Testimony
  • Reuters: Trump tells Reuters he did not sign off on ad campaign featuring homeland security secretary
  • NBC News: Trump says he ‘wasn’t thrilled’ with Kristi Noem’s $220M ad campaign on self-deportation
  • Bloomberg: Noem Ad Blitz Benefits Media Firms Linked to Trump Campaigns
  • Reuters: Trump fires Kristi Noem as homeland secretary after storm over shootings, spending
  • The Hill: How Kristi Noem finally lost Trump’s trust
  • New York Post: The two moments at Kristi Noem’s Congressional hearings that got her fired as secretary of Homeland Security
  • USA Today: Kristi Noem slams question about relationship with Corey Lewandowski
  • New York Post: Noem’s answer on ‘sexual relations’ with Lewandowski was ‘final straw’ for Trump, sources say
  • Daily Signal: DHS Officials React to Trump’s Replacing Noem
  • ABC News: Capitol Hill reacts to President Trump’s announcement of new DHS secretary
  • FOX Business: DHS Secretary Noem did a good job shutting down the border, GOP rep says
  • NewsMax: Hegseth on Noem’s Ouster: We Serve at the Pleasure of the President
  • Daily Caller: ‘He’s Respected’: Democrat Senator Praises Trump’s Pick To Replace Kristi Noem At DHS
  • Breitbart: Walz: Noem Is Going to Be Spending Time in Minnesota — ‘We’re Looking for Justice’
  • New York Times: Minnesota Officials Welcome Firing of Homeland Security Secretary
  • NewsMax: Rep. Norman to Newsmax: Noem ‘Did a Good Job’ Leading DHS
  • New York Times: How Trump’s Firing of Noem Sets Off a Political Scramble in Oklahoma
  • New York Times: Senate Democrat Pushes to Investigate Noem for Perjury
  • Breitbart: Raskin: There Is ‘Exhilaration’ Noem Is Gone
  • Washington Examiner: Tears of joy and relief: DHS and Trump insiders celebrate Kristi Noem departure
  • Blaze: Stop spreading this garbage’: DHS fires back at Minnesota prosecutor’s ‘unlawful’ investigation into Bovino
  • CBS News: House approves bill that would end DHS shutdown, but roadblocks remain in Senate
  • New York Post: House passes bill to fund DHS but most Democrats remain opposed to ending shutdown
  • New York Times: Senate Democrats Block D.H.S. Funding Again Over Enforcement Guardrails
  • FOX News: House Democrats vote to continue DHS shutdown despite Iran threat, Noem’s ouster
  • Breitbart: House Debates the Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act
  • NPR: Travel industry pushes Congress to end DHS shutdown and pay federal security workers
  • The Washington Post/The Hill/Washington Examiner/Politico: Kristi Noem’s ouster ‘changes nothing’ for Democrats blocking DHS funding
  • Breitbart: Trump Urges Republican Lawmakers to Pass SAVE America Act
  • Washington Examiner: Paxton offers to drop primary challenge to Cornyn if Senate passes SAVE Act
  • FOX News: Illegal alien allegedly ran fake DHS branch, passed out ‘immunity’ cards during a $400 fraudulent course
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Kristi Noem praises S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie’s cooperation. We ‘talk quite often’
  • CBS New York: NYC Council holding hearing on how city is complying with sanctuary city laws
  • Washington Post: Government argues ICE facility protest was actually left-wing terrorist plot
  • NewsNation: Good, Pretti in focus as Kristi Noem was questioned in D.C.
  • Washington Post: How a DHS shooting of a third U.S. citizen went unnoticed for months
  • New York Times: How a Trip Across the Americas Ended in a Venezuelan Jail
  • Telemundo: The Cuban regime announces the death of one of the six detainees in the U.S. boat operation
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Fires Kristi Noem, Finally
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • USA Today: Half of Americans now say ‘Abolish ICE.’ It’s about time.
  • The Hill: [Syria] ISIS is back in Syria. Can the US fight extremists with extremists?
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NBC News: Noem handpicked contractors to lead a $100 million ICE recruitment campaign, sources say
  • NPR: What it’s like to get caught in ICE’s surveillance web
  • Bloomberg Law: Trump Judicial Picks Advance as Tillis Ups Threat Over ICE Raids
  • NewsMax: 97% Support Trump Deporting Criminal Illegals
  • Univision: [NY] Students detained on campuses during ICE raids
  • CBS NEW: [PA] ICE barred from using Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, property after board vote
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Private owner of planned Howard County ICE facility sues county
  • New York Post: [VA] Cops in lefty DC suburb warned prosecutors 3 times that migrant was a danger before he ‘hacked mom to death’
  • USA Today: [GA] Georgia town planning for ‘worst case scenario’ ahead of ICE facility
  • CBS News: [GA] McBath confronts Kristi Noem on treatment of disabled Georgia ICE detainee: "This is truly a miscarriage of justice."
  • Washington Post: [DC] Plans for an ICE detention center spark anger in a deep-red Maryland county
  • Daily Wire: [VA] Receipts Show Progressive Prosecutor Warned About Illegal Alien Before Mom Was Murdered
  • Breitbart: [VA] Kristi Noem: Virginians ‘Should be Alarmed’ Over Gov. Abigail Spanberger Refusing ICE Detainer for Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Stephanie Minter
  • Washington Examiner: [VA] Anti-ICE Virginia Democrats get another innocent person killed
  • Reuters: [TN] US ICE arrested journalist in Nashville without arrest warrant, her lawyers say
  • NewsMax: [IL] Appeals Court Vacates Limits on Chicago ICE Operation
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Chicago appeals court vacates judge’s use-of-force injunction on immigration agents
  • NPR: [MN] When ICE came, Minneapolis created underground health networks. Should other cities?
  • FOX News: [MN] Illegal’s dragging of ICE agent shows the exact danger the officer who shot Renee Good feared, expert says
  • The Hill/Washington Examiner: [TX] DHS ‘reviewing’ detention facility at Fort Bliss
  • AP: [TX] Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility
  • CBS News: [TX] Witness testimonies detail night of Prairieland ICE facility shooting in federal trial
  • ABC News: [TX] Contract for ICE tent facility in El Paso under review, DHS says
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston Police and ICE are working closer than ever. Experts now say it may be unlawful.
  • NBC News: [TX] ICE is re-evaluating the future of Camp East Montana, its largest detention facility
  • NBC News: [NM] New Mexico confirms latest measles case at a local jail
  • Yahoo News: [AZ] ICE detainee in Arizona dies after not receiving ‘timely medical attention’
  • Daily Caller: [CA] SCOOP: Is Newsom’s Office Lying About Girl Maimed By Illegal Trucker? We Have Receipts
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Bay Area mom arrested by ICE with her two young kids. Her attorneys can’t find them
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] This hip L.A. neighborhood is installing emergency sirens to warn of ICE raids
  • Telemundo Washington DC: [CA] How did he die? Mexico demands a "thorough" investigation from the US after the death of a migrant.
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Reuters: Trump can suspend refugee admissions, US appeals court rules
  • Newsweek: List of Green Card Changes Coming in 2026
  • Bloomberg: Companies Stare Down $100,000 Fee With New H-1B Visa Rules
  • FOX News: [TX] MAGA hardliner pushes ban on immigration from Islamic countries, US adversaries in wake of Texas shooting
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: Chip Roy: Keep securing the border, remove ‘bad actors’
  • FOX News: Clinton-appointed judge orders government to begin refunding $130B in Trump tariffs after SCOTUS ruling
  • Reuters: Trump’s tariff refunds may total up to $182 billion, estimates find
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Reuters: Airlines, travel groups warn of risks to air traffic as partial shutdown persists
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times: How Noem’s Handling of Disaster Aid Angered Even Some Republicans
  • Heatmap News: Scoop: FEMA Cancels All Emergency Manager Trainings
  • AP: Millions of Americans under threat of tornadoes as spring storm season kicks in early in the US
  • NBC News: New bill would create a board to investigate weather disasters akin to the NTSB
  • NBC News: [MA] World Cup games at risk after DHS delays in delivering federal grants
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Gov. Greg Abbott activates Texas emergency resources ahead of expected weekend storms
• Federal Protective Service
  • Washington Times: Watchdog flags $50 billion in ‘unsustainable’ maintenance backlog at federal buildings
• Secret Service
  • New York Post: Alleged Iran-backed terrorist who plotted to kill Trump posted photo of president with severed head, was offered up to $1M
• Coast Guard
  • AP: [MA] 1 recovered and 1 missing after fishing vessel overturns off Cape Cod
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: FBI targeted with ‘suspicious’ activity on its networks
  • CyberScoop: Phobos ransomware leader pleads guilty, faces up to 20 years in prison
• Terrorism Investigations
  • AP: [TX] Videos from officers show terrifying moments during Texas mass shooting that left 3 dead
  • Washington Times: [TX] Police update casualty numbers in Austin mass shooting, but no new info on gunman ties to terrorism
  • FOX News: [TX] ‘Under siege’: Inside the growing radical Islam threat critics say is hiding in plain sight in deep red Texas
  • Reuters: [Mexico] For Mexico’s security chief, El Mencho killing was personal
• National Security News
  • Breitbart: US says attacks on alleged drug boats have spooked traffickers
  • Washington Times: Pete Hegseth visits Southern Command for talks with top military leaders over Iran war, drug trade
  • Los Angeles Times: Hegseth urges Latin American allies to go on offense against drug cartels
  • New York Post: Pete Hegseth boosts Trump’s Donroe Doctrine: US is ‘finished’ betraying its people
  • Breitbart: [Venezuela] U.S. and Venezuela Agree to Restore Diplomatic Ties on Anniversary of Hugo Chávez’s Death
  • DefenseScoop: [Ukraine] Pentagon’s counter-drone task force visited Kyiv before joint U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran to see how Ukrainians fight UAS
  • Reuters: [Iran] Israel to attack Iran’s underground missile sites in second phase of war, sources say

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