• Top News
  • AP/New York Times/Wall Street Journal: Trump Signs Bill Funding Homeland Security, Ending Record Shutdown
  • Reuters: US judge rejects Trump administration’s halt on immigration applications
  • Breitbart: Rep. Abe Hamadeh Introduces Resolution Condemning Multiple Trump Assassination Attempts, Recognizing DHS Mission
  • Reuters: US banks left guessing over scope of looming order on citizenship data
  • FOX News: 34,000 dead people found on voter rolls prompts expert to slam Dems for resisting ‘commonsense’ cleanup
  • The Hill: US accuses 10 current, former Mexican officials of aiding drug trafficking
  • Washington Examiner: Sheinbaum demands evidence before extraditing Mexican officials to US over cartel ties
  • Reuters: Mexico president says U.S. extradition requests against Sinaloa governor and others require "overwhelming evidence"
  • Breitbart: Mexican President Doubles Down on Protecting Cartel-Connected Ruling Party
  • New York Post: Intruder accused of running meth lab at Michigan State University’s largest academic building
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • FOX News: Democrats’ anti-ICE tantrum leaves Republicans with one option going forward
  • New York Post: [DC] Would-be assassin lived in town represented by anti-Trump ‘Mad Max’
  • Washington Examiner: [Mexico] Trump drops a narco-trafficking nuclear bomb into Mexican politics
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • New York Post: House adopts blueprint to fund ICE on day 74 of DHS shutdown after dramatic 5-hour struggle
  • Wall Street Journal: ‘We Know You Live Right Here’: No Secrets in America’s New Surveillance Dragnet
  • FOX News: [RI] Dominican migrant with deportation order, wanted for murder in home country freed by Biden-appointed judge
  • New York Post: [NY] NY set to pass most extreme sanctuary policies as Hochul, Albany Dems near anti-ICE deal
  • Washington Examiner: [NY] Hochul asks Homan if ICE officer who shot Renee Good was reassigned to New York
  • FOX News: [NJ] Stolen chemical-dispersing drones could have facilitated ‘action against the homeland,’ fmr DHS official warns
  • Washington Examiner: [NJ] DOJ sues NJ over ICE face mask ban: ‘Blatantly unconstitutional law’
  • New York Post: [PA] Teen charged with making hoax mass shooting calls at colleges across US — including Villanova’s orientation
  • New York Post: [NY] Guatemalan dealer who sold drugs to kids caught at Canada border after he’s set free with no bail: DA
  • CBS News: [GA] Dunwoody High student deported to Honduras after traffic stop sparked ICE case, attorney says
  • FOX News: [FL] Cold case suspect nabbed overseas after DNA revived decades-old child abduction mystery
  • AP: [MS] Israel and Max Makoka Are Coming Home After ICE Arrests Galvanized Their Mississippi Community
  • New York Times/Washington Post: [MS] Two High Schoolers in Mississippi Are Released After Being Detained by ICE
  • Breitbart: [OH] Sen. Bernie Moreno: Somali Trucker Accused of Killing Ohio Couple and 1-Year-Old Baby Boy in Crash
  • Daily Signal: [OH] Moreno Demands Answers Over Deadly Truck Crash Involving Illegal Immigrant
  • NBC News: [IL] Illinois commission recommends investigating federal immigration agents for misconduct and criminal charges
  • Bloomberg: [IL] ICE Misconduct in Chicago Enabled by Trump Officials, State Says
  • ABC News: [TX] Longtime Texas court interpreter released from ICE custody
  • Univision: [TX] Dreamer deported to Honduras returns to the U.S., but ICE keeps him in detention center
  • CBS News: [TX] Texas mother of 4 released from ICE custody after more than a month in detention
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] ‘You’re going to burn this city down with this:’ Inside the collapse of Houston’s ICE policy
  • ABC News: [TX] ‘Devastating sadness’: Teen asylum-seeker who lost brother remains in ICE detention
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] ICE deported him to Mexico despite a federal court order not to. Now, they can’t get him back
  • SFGate: [CA] ICE didn’t just raid this Calif. neighborhood. It dismantled its economy.
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Daily Wire: How A Visa Program For Crime Victims Became A ‘Magnet For Fraud’
  • Axios: Lawsuit challenges Trump’s attacks on diversity visa lottery
  • CBS News: Delays in visa program threaten placement of hundreds of doctors in underserved areas
  • Federalist: SCOTUS Weighs Whether Temporary Status For Foreign Migrants Is Actually Temporary
  • HS Today: DHS Issues New Rule on Asylum Fees, Sets Penalties for Nonpayment
  • Washington Examiner: Rand Paul proposes amendment to end birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants in the U.S.
  • Reuters: [Antigua] US visa fallout takes center stage in Antigua’s election
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Breitbart: Border Patrol Got‑Aways Plunge 97% from Biden-Era Peak as Special Operations Drive Record Lows
  • The Hill: First Trump tariff refunds expected about May 11
  • FOX Business: SCOTUS Weighs Whether Temporary Status For Foreign Migrants Is Actually Temporary
  • NewsNation: [TX] 200 Border Patrol agents headed for Texas amid illegal crossings surge
  • Daily Wire: [TX] Cartel Cash? Mexican Smuggler Nabbed Trying To Cross Border With Massive Haul
  • HS Today: [TX] CBP Officers Seize Over $8.1M in Methamphetamine at Pharr International Bridge
  • Washington Post: [AZ] Trump’s border wall expansion just bulldozed an ancient tribal site
  • New York Post: [CA] Secret compartments conceal millions of dollars in deadly drugs as Border Patrol arrest dozens
  • HS Today: [CA] CBP Air and Marine Crews Intercept Three Smuggling Boats Off Southern California, Apprehend 60 Individuals
  • New York Post: [CA] Small border town goes to war with California over ICE: ‘Most important days of my life’
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] TSA PreCheck offers $20 May membership discount — but only for people younger than 31
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times: FEMA Is Reversing Job Cuts Made Under Kristi Noem
  • CNN: FEMA reinstates whistleblowers as Trump administration reverses Noem’s policies
  • Washington Post: FEMA aims to rehire most of the disaster-response employees it fired months ago
  • The Hill: Staff who signed ‘Katrina Declaration’ critical of Trump admin are reinstated at FEMA
  • CBS News: [TX] How to get FEMA aid, Red Cross help and state assistance after tornado, storm damage in North Texas
  • Bloomberg: [TX] Texas Hill Country on Alert for Flooding as Heavy Rains Approach
  • USA Today: [TX] North Texas tornadoes prompt agricultural state of emergency. What to know
• Secret Service
  • FOX News: [DC] USSS director details security and Secret Service response to WHCA Dinner shooting
  • Reuters: [DC] Man Accused in Trump Assassination Attempt Agrees to Remain in Custody
  • CBS News: [DC] Confrontation between law enforcement and alleged correspondents’ dinner shooter lasted 7 seconds
  • Reuters/Washington Examiner: [DC] Trump and Secret Service director say agent at dinner was not shot by friendly fire
  • Washington Post: [DC] Attorneys for correspondents’ dinner suspect skeptical of claim he fired weapon
  • FOX News: [DC] Secret Service director confirms key details about WHCA Dinner shooting
  • Daily Wire: [DC] Brand New Video Shows Trump Would-Be Assassin Shooting Secret Service Agent
  • CNN: [DC] Prosecutors release new video showing moments before shooting at press dinner
  • FOX News: [DC] Surveillance photos show Secret Service agents firing at Trump’s alleged would-be assassin inside DC hotel
  • New York Post: [DC] Armed WHCD suspected shooter Cole Allen seen bolting through metal detector in new, high-quality video
  • Daily Caller: [WV] Woman Accused Of Trying To Kill Trump Now Walks Free Days After Third Assassination Attempt
  • CBS News: [GA] Former USPS carriers, Alpharetta bank manager indicted in $4.9 million mail theft and fraud scheme
• Coast Guard
  • CBS News: Coast Guard operating in "crisis" as DHS shutdown halts pay in May, cuts power, strains missions overseas
  • CBS News: Coast Guard officers are going into debt to follow orders during shutdown, chief says
  • Daily Wire: ‘The Lights Go Out’: Coast Guard Faces Shutoffs, Financial Crisis As DHS Shutdown Hits Day 75
  • NewsMax: Dems’ Shutdown Pushes Coast Guard Into ‘Crisis’
  • AP: Wreckage of a US Coast Guard ship lost during WWI has been found off the coast of England
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Politico: White House presses tech companies for support on AI-driven cyberattacks
  • CNN: US cyber team hasn’t been activated yet to protect midterm elections from foreign meddling
  • CyberScoop: Former incident responders sentenced to 4 years in prison for committing ransomware attacks
  • HS Today: CISA and U.S. Government Partners Unveil Guide to Accelerate Zero Trust Adoption in Operational Technology
  • Reuters: [China] Chinese hackers vulnerable to U.S. arrest if they travel, FBI official says
• Terrorism Investigations
  • ABC News: Brown shooting and murder of MIT professor were ‘symbolic,’ FBI concludes
• National Security News
  • AP/Washington Examiner: [Venezuela] The first direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in 7 years lands in Caracas
  • Washington Post: [Venezuela] Direct flights to Venezuela resume, but many still can’t go home
  • NBC News: [Iran] Iran is accelerating efforts to dig out missiles and munitions

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