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CBS Baltimore [5/10/2026 7:02 PM, Adam Thompson, 51110K] reports on Mother’s Day, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recognized two Maryland mothers whose daughters’ convicted killers were undocumented immigrants. DHS paid tribute in a social media post to all the "Angel Moms who have lost a child to illegal alien crime.” Among them were Patty Morin and Tammy Nobles. Patty Morin’s daughter, 37-year-old Rachel Morin, was found dead off the Ma and Pa Trail in Harford County on August 6, 2023, after she left for a run. Rachel Morin was a mother of five. The case garnered national headlines. After a 10-month nationwide manhunt, El Salvador-native Victor Martinez-Hernandez was arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Martinez-Hernandez was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder and life for first-degree rape. "Even though (Rachel) was tiny, she had a big influence," Patty Morin said in a post shared by DHS. "She was such a happy, joyous person. There has been such a loud silence because of her absence.” Tammy Nobles’ daughter, Kayla Hamilton, was found dead near her home in Aberdeen, Maryland, on July 27, 2022. Walter Javier Martinez, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, was sentenced to 70 years in prison.

Washington Examiner [5/10/2026 8:28 AM, Mike Brest, 1147K] reports the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of War successfully tested a high-energy laser counterdrone system that demonstrated it can be used without harming civilian aircraft. AeroVironment announced on Wednesday that its LOCUST laser was used in the previously announced test event in early March at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. During the test, the LOCUST laser demonstrated the ability to hit both stationary and airborne targets, it showed its automated safety shutoff capabilities if the pre-fire checklist is not met, and it also showed "no adverse impact to civilian aircraft during controlled evaluation scenarios," AV said in a press release. "This is a defining moment for directed energy and for the future of homeland defense," said John Garrity, vice president for Directed Energy Systems at AV. "LOCUST has now proven its ability to operate safely and effectively in the most complex airspace environment in the world.” On April 10, the FAA announced it, alongside the Pentagon, had completed a safety assessment of the laser system and validated that it does not pose any additional risk to passenger aircraft. "The future of point defense is here," Assistant Secretary of War for Critical Technologies Mike Dodd said. "With FAA & Pentagon approval, AV’s LOCUST Laser is ready to protect our critical infrastructure. This high-precision, low-cost kinetic alternative is a game-changer for national security. Proud to see U.S. tech leading the way.” There is an ongoing whole-of-government effort working to boost America’s counterdrone technology and strategy. The Pentagon, FAA, Department of Homeland Security, as well as state and local officers, are involved in the effort, which is being led by Joint Interagency Task Force 401. There are a variety of counterdrone technologies and systems, which are better or worse suited to different scenarios, especially as it relates to domestic usage. Should law enforcement or the military try to shoot down a drone, there are risks involved with possibly missing the target or falling debris hurting people below. There are also concerns about civilian aircraft getting caught in the crosshairs. That’s why high-energy lasers could be a critical part of America’s developing counterdrone technology.

Independent [5/10/2026 12:46 PM, John Bowden, 23885K] reports the new Homeland Security chief has warned World Cup safety measures are “in jeopardy” after a months-long funding delay held up preparations for the global event. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who replaced Kristi Noem in March, made the remarks in Kansas City, Missouri, Saturday as he asked Congress to pass funding for ICE and Border Patrol to shore up security at the World Cup. “It put our mission in jeopardy,” Mullin told reporters. “Now, can we still deliver? Yes. Can we be as proactive [as we could have been]? No... We haven’t been able to be as proactive on putting those positions, those safety measures in place, and the first match is June 11.” Kansas City is one of the United States’ 11 host cities for the North America World Cup which begins in a matter of weeks and will see millions of soccer fans attend games across the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Security will be heightened at airports and stadiums across the country with law enforcement agencies including DHS and the FBI coordinating to identify potential risks such as terrorist attacks. Former acting ICE chief Todd Lyons had previously suggested that ICE would be a “key part” of World Cup security, prompting fears after agents’ aggressive actions against immigrants across the U.S. in Trump’s second term. Miami’s mayor assured city residents this past week that he’d been promised by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Florida’s former senator, that ICE would not be deployed to games in Miami. It is unclear whether ICE will be present at games in other cities. Mullin also said Saturday that the congressional funding freeze affected local law enforcement agencies, which he said went months without being able to be reimbursed by DHS for efforts to prepare for World Cup games. The DHS chief’s warnings about World Cup security were spelled out in more detail in a recent blog post on trade publication Homeland Security Today. The secretary warned that lingering staffing shortages at TSA brought on by the shutdown are expected to last through the summer. “While the passage of a funding bill brings immediate relief, the effects of the shutdown continue to impact key homeland security missions, including aviation security, disaster preparedness, and workforce stability,” read the post. On Saturday, Mullin blamed Democrats for the Homeland Security funding holdup in Congress, accusing them of shifting goalposts and objectives. Democrats had demanded a list of reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid widespread anger over the killings of two Americans by ICE and DHS agents in Minneapolis earlier this year and the general chaos following President Donald Trump’s aggressive anti-immigration agenda. “It’s the largest sporting event in the world, and leading up to it for 76 days, the Democrats want to shut us down,” Mullin, a Republican who formerly represented Oklahoma in the Senate, said.

Breitbart [5/10/2026 3:41 PM, Lowell Cauffiel, 2238K] reports a Minnesota nonprofit tasked with dealing with the ramifications of the federal crackdown on illegal immigration in Minneapolis could not answer the call because its directors had allegedly squandered $6.5 million in charitable funds to bankroll their lavish lifestyle and operate a private liquor store. According to a lawsuit filed against "We Push for Peace" and announced by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, the litigation also named its former CEO and founder Trahern Pollard and former treasurer and chair Jaclyn McGuigan as defendants. The nonprofit, which held lucrative contracts for community outreach and violence prevention, was driven into the ground by "rampant abuse of assets" as well as "lying" to the attorney general during its investigation, and ultimately causing the demise of the nonprofit "to steal its business for personal gain," according to a statement by the office Friday. Word of the lawsuit went viral on social media as an example of the "nonprofit industrial complex.” Prosecutors noted that when the City of Minneapolis requested "the formerly multimillion-dollar" nonprofit’s assistance during Operation Metro Surge, which was the controversial Department of Homeland Security crackdown earlier this year to apprehend and deport criminal illegal aliens, the organization "lacked any capacity to serve its basic function.” "In fact, when the City of Minneapolis reached out to We Push for Peace during Operation Metro Surge for community support, the formerly multimillion-dollar organization lacked any capacity to serve its basic function to assist the community," the statement said. Attorney General’s Office (AGO) prosecutors allege in the statement: Pollard and McGuigan improperly used nonprofit assets for their personal benefit, diverting more than $6.5 million from We Push for Peace. Over $6 million benefitted Pollard personally, who used charitable assets on items like luxury cars, trips to Vegas, child support payments, and funding his for-profit liquor store and car dealership businesses.

FOX News [5/10/2026 1:18 PM, Staff, 37576K] Video: HERE reports California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton discusses the state’s spending on healthcare for migrants and his plans to improve affordability on ‘Sunday Morning Futures.’

NPR [5/11/2026 4:41 AM, Eric McDaniel and Michel Martin, 34837K] reports Congress is back after a week-long break and is poised to move ahead with Republicans’ plan to fund immigration enforcement for the next three years. [Editorial note: consult audio at source link]

Politico [5/10/2026 10:00 AM, Jessie Blaeser and Erin Doherty, 21784K] reports questions about the integrity of elections have become pervasive in American politics — and new polling reveals the sharp differences in Republican and Democratic fears. Nearly six years after President Donald Trump and his allies sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election, a recent POLITICO Poll suggests that a notable number of Americans are distrustful of the system heading into November. More than one-third say it is likely the 2026 midterms will be “stolen,” and one in four say they don’t expect the elections to be fair. But both parties clash strongly over what they believe are the core problems with U.S. elections, complicating any path to restoring voter trust. Democrats are concerned about voter intimidation and suppression, with 58 percent of those who voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris worried that eligible Americans will be prevented from voting, the survey finds. Meanwhile, Republicans remain focused on the possibility of fraud, with 52 percent of Trump voters saying they are concerned that some ineligible people will be allowed to vote. The POLITICO Poll asked respondents about 11 common election concerns, ranging from partisan gerrymandering to impounding ballots, and whether people saw them as legitimate parts of the process or a way to rig elections. Of those, Democrats and Republicans had meaningful disagreement or lacked consensus on six. Take expanding mail-in voting, for example. Once considered a largely routine way to broaden access to voting, a majority of Trump voters now say this can be a way to rig elections. Harris voters feel the opposite: 59 percent say expanding mail-in voting is a normally fair or always fair part of the electoral system. Then there’s deploying ICE at polling locations. A majority of Harris voters say the practice would more likely be a way to sway election results, even as some Republicans haven’t ruled out such a measure to strengthen election security. A 47 percent plurality of Trump voters say deploying ICE across polling stations would be normally fair or always fair. The poll results reveal a striking truth as lawmakers continue to battle over election security: Even as a sizable share of Americans believe elections can, or will, be “stolen,” there’s very little agreement on what that even means. “I don’t think that we have a great working definition of what constitutes … a free and fair election,” said Stephen Richer, a legal fellow at the Cato Institute and former Republican county recorder of Maricopa County, Arizona. “I think it is entirely possible that even within the world that doesn’t think that elections are being hacked by Italian spy satellites, that we have a disagreement as to whether or not we’ve had a free and fair election in 2026.”

National Review [5/10/2026 9:17 AM, Andrew C. McCarthy, 109K] reports while the Iran War continues -- despite the Trump administration’s claims that it is not a war and has terminated even as the antagonists blockade and fire at each other -- the Defense Department is trying to distract attention from the stalemate: Our forces have picked up the pace of lethal strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific against boats the administration says it suspects of ferrying illegal narcotics (presumably cocaine). There were three strikes in the last few days, according to the New York Times, bringing the total number of lethal attacks to 57, with at least 192 people killed.

FOX News [5/10/2026 2:23 PM, Stephen Sorace, 37576K] Video: HERE reports CBS "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan challenged Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu on the party’s midterm election messaging, saying Democrats "lost" the fight over the record-setting Department of Homeland Security shutdown. "OK, so you still believe that Democrats can retake the House?" Brennan asked Lieu, who represents California’s 36th Congressional District. "What is your main message?". "The American people voted in Donald Trump because they wanted lower costs and he lied to them," Lieu replied. "We have surging inflation, skyrocketing gas prices. The Trump tariffs have raised costs across many products across America. People are drowning in debt and in bills, and Democrats are going to reduce health care costs, lower costs across the board, reduce your energy costs. That’s the message we’re—". "How are you going to do that?" Brennan interjected. "Democrats shut down the government to have an argument over health care, and they didn’t get any policy concessions, and premiums went up. You lost that fight.” Lieu responded that the House passed an extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits for three years and urged the Senate to also pass that legislation. The DHS shutdown began Feb. 14. On April 30, President Donald Trump signed a bill funding much of the agency, ending a record-setting 75-day funding lapse. Notably, however, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will remain unfunded under the current legislation.

San Diego Union Tribune [5/10/2026 8:01 AM, Ben Bayer, 1257K] reports political assassination attempts, like the one against President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, are rightly condemned from every political corner. So is the rising tide of political violence. But that’s not been true of some malicious acts of domestic terrorism impacting a wider group of people. Instead of righteous indignation there’s been relative silence, or even worse, endorsement. Why? I’m speaking of the string of attacks and related threats against people who lead and work for corporations. The latest attack to make the headlines was the arrest of a 20-year-old man for throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home in San Francisco, and then threatening to burn down OpenAI headquarters. The perpetrator carried a list of names and addresses of other AI company officials, and a manifesto “warning” other tech company leaders that he planned to target with violence for their support of AI technology. He was apparently inspired by the December 2024 assassination of United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson. There have been other attacks copying the Thompson murder. Someone else shot at Altman’s house just a few days after the firebombing. A 29-year old man who burned down a Kimberly-Clark warehouse in California just days before the attack on Altman also compared himself to Thompson’s killer. The July 2025 killing of four employees of Blackstone in New York City who had been mistaken for NFL executives bore similarities to the Thompson killing, for which it was widely celebrated online.

FOX News [5/11/2026 4:00 AM, Kash Patel, 7946K] reports when I was first sworn in as ninth director of the FBI, one of my top priorities was to modernize the bureau with new, cutting-edge technology that would allow us to better serve and protect the American people. When I arrived, the FBI was running on archaic patchwork systems without AI, effectively putting a 2025 car battery into a vehicle from 1985. Our infrastructure was a Commodore 64 when it needed to be a supercomputer. No more Band-Aids on gunshot wounds. Wholesale change was necessary. In the past year, I’m incredibly proud of the progress we’ve made under President Trump’s leadership. We have rebuilt and revamped the FBI’s infrastructure across the enterprise, helping the bureau achieve record-breaking results in crushing violent crime and defending the homeland, while providing historic transparency. Artificial intelligence is a huge part of that overhaul. When then-Deputy Director Dan Bongino and I arrived here at headquarters, AI had almost zero role at the FBI. That had to change, so we got to work. We immediately led the way by setting up an AI working group to evaluate how we could accelerate modernization, getting input from field leaders on the ground in your communities. We appointed a chief AI officer and established an AI Review Board to streamline our efforts. We created an AI Champions Program to identify advocates across the bureau. Maybe most importantly, we created direct partnerships with private-sector industry leaders to rebuild our infrastructure and bring in AI on a broad scale. AI is central to what we do. It is helping us identify victims of child exploitation, arrest and convict predators, and more. Last year alone, this FBI identified and located 6,300 missing kids, a 30% increase, and arrested 2,000 abusers, a 20% increase — largely thanks to these improvements. In a recent FBI Richmond case, the FBI’s Child Exploitation Operational Unit used facial recognition tools to save 8- and 12-year-old children from a would-be abuser, who will now spend 50 years in prison. This FBI now uses new AI tools to generate call transcriptions, provide concise synopses and even help correlate contacts with other received complaints. When someone calls into NTOC — the National Threat Operations Center, our 911 center — AI tools generate a transcript of the call, draft an effective summary of the threat and immediately scan our database for comparisons to other open threat lines. Every tip also receives a lead value to surface the highest threat-related calls for Threat Intake Examiners. This specific threat intake process helped the FBI quickly act and stop an attacker plotting a mass shooting at a North Carolina preschool.

NBC’s Meet the Press [5/10/2026 9:48 AM, Staff, 4543K] reports in the recent negations between the United States and Iran President Trump says that the United States was anticipating a response from Iran to its latest proposal. Has Iran to the United States? Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that he has not heard a clear resolution from Iran just yet. He goes on to day that the Iranian government is in a state where communication is slow and difficult. Would the United States ever agree to a deal with Iran that does not address its nuclear program, even if it’s a short-term deal? "Oh, I mean, I don’t know about interim deals or whatever, but we know where the endpoint is going to be. The endpoint is going to be free flow of traffic through the international waters that are the Strait of Hormuz and to the Iranian nuclear program. That’s where we’re going to end. The pathway from here to there, we’re going to find out, but that’s the endpoint." Wright stated.

NBC’s Meet the Press [5/10/2026 9:48 AM, Staff, 4543K] reports Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that he wants to avoid price predictions when asked if gas would go up to $5 a gallon. " I’m just avoiding price predictions. But I will say the United States is in a tremendous position. We’re by far the world’s largest producer of oil. We’re by far the world’s largest producer of natural gas. There’s been no rise in the price of natural gas. That’s the largest primary energy source for the United States, that’s for home heating, that’s for electricity. Gasoline, diesel prices are up, and they will remain up while this conflict’s in place, and then they will come back down. And ultimately they’ll come back down lower than they were before." Wright states.

CBS’ Face The Nation [5/10/2026 11:05 AM, Staff, 2120K] reports President Trump said that he expected a response from Iran. He said this yesterday. Has one been received and what is the U.S. going to do with it? "Not that I’m aware of, but I suspect we will get a response very soon. Things are tough for the leaders of Iran right now, and I think they’re- they get growing motivation to make it- make a deal, but we know where this is going to end. We don’t know the route to there, but at the end of the day, we’ll have free flow of traffic through the Straits of Hormuz, and we will have an end to the Iranian nuclear program. The end point we know. The route, we don’t." Wright states.

ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos [5/10/2026 9:45 AM, Staff, 2861K] reports most Americans, of course, had never even heard of the hantavirus. The public has been told that the hantavirus is not COVID-19. Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director, University Of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy has this to say, "The good news is, is that in a sense it is hantavirus and not another coronavirus or an influenza virus. This is one that has very limited ability to be transmitted person to person. In fact, it’s a rare exception. And so, we have no question about the fact that this really is on the end of its run right now. And there very possibly may be not -- no additional cases from here on out." OSTERHOLM says that in the United States there are about 30 cases a year and most of those cases occur in West Mississippi.

FOX News Sunday [5/10/2026 11:05 AM, Staff] reports Fox News’ Trey Yingst reports on rising tensions over the Strait of Hormuz as an unidentified projectile struck a cargo ship near Qatar. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

FOX News Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo [5/10/2026 11:05 AM, Staff] reports National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett joins ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ to discuss the resilience of the U.S. economy amid conflict with Iran and the potential impact of President Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to China.

FOX News Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo [5/10/2026 11:05 AM, Staff] reports Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., discusses President Donald Trump’s energy independence agenda, record U.S. crude oil exports and China defying Iran sanctions. He outlines permitting reform and GOP efforts to fund ICE and CBP.

FOX News Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo [5/10/2026 11:05 AM, Staff] reports Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, discusses the Trump administration’s efforts to boost U.S. energy production and the vital role of the Permian Basin on ‘Sunday Morning Futures.’ The segment features discussions on the Trump administration’s commitment to energy independence, emphasizing the Permian Basin’s significant role in boosting U.S. oil and gas production. Maria Bartiromo and guests discuss the UAE’s decision to leave OPEC, America’s transition to a net oil exporter, and calls for continued legislative support for domestic energy.

FOX News [5/10/2026 6:50 PM, Staff, 37576K] Video: HERE reports ‘The Big Weekend Show’ co-hosts discuss Democrats’ push to ban anti-crime tech, including facial recognition for ICE, despite its role in solving crimes involving illegal immigrants.

Daily Signal [5/10/2026 1:40 PM, Fred Lucas, 474K] reports Georgia’s anti-human trafficking unit is expanding, aiming for quick access to interstate highways used by smugglers. The expansion comes after a recent recovery of 11 child trafficking victims. "This horrific industry is transitory in nature," Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr told the Daily Signal. "We don’t just have a legal obligation, we have a moral obligation to these children.” The Georgia Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, which Carr, a Republican, started in 2019, is headquartered in Atlanta, providing quick access to Interstate 75. The attorney general’s office expanded satellite offices to Augusta and Macon this year to expand access to Interstates 85 and 16. Carr also plans to expand that effort to Savannah for better access to Interstate 95. It’s not that the locations are particularly troubled areas, he said. Rather, those cities provide quick access for routes used by traffickers. In late April, the Georgia attorney general’s office announced that a national effort it partakes in, Operation Coast to Coast, identified 12 minor victims of human trafficking. Of those, 11 were in Georgia. The operation also identified 154 adult victims across the country. The operation involved more than 250 law enforcement agencies across 30 states. Operation Coast to Coast was organized and led by the Human Trafficking Training Center, a law enforcement training organization. Since its establishment, Carr’s anti-human trafficking unit has secured about 70 criminal convictions, and rescued and assisted more than 200 children, according to the attorney general’s office. The majority of cases involve domestic minor sex trafficking, with the average age of victims between 14 and 17 years old. The unit includes prosecutors, investigators, analysts, and victim advocates, as it works with local, state, and federal law enforcement to rescue victims and prosecute offenders throughout the state.

North Denver Tribune [5/10/2026 7:55 AM, Staff] reports a Cameron County grand jury declined to indict Homeland Security Investigations agent Jack Stevens in the March 15, 2025, fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez on South Padre Island, Texas, according to Texas Department of Public Safety records. The shooting occurred during a traffic stop involving state game wardens and federal agents, and ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons said the agency “stands by” the grand jury’s unanimous decision finding no criminality. The Cameron County grand jury’s decision came after months of review following the March 15, 2025, shooting on South Padre Island, according to Texas Department of Public Safety records and reporting by ABC News and KRGV. ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons said in a statement to the Associated Press that the agency “stands by” the grand jury’s decision, which found no criminality in Stevens’ actions.

Univision Austin [5/10/2026 5:30 PM, Staff, 4937K] reports the case of Gerardo Reyes, a Hispanic father detained by ICE after an arrest in San Marcos, took a major turn after the Hays County District Attorney’s Office decided to drop the criminal charge he was facing, while his family now hopes he can regain his release during an upcoming immigration hearing. The decision was greeted with excitement by Reyes and his family, who for weeks insisted that the arrest had been unfair and presented videos and evidence to seek that the case be dismissed. Although the criminal charge was dropped, Reyes remains in immigration custody while facing his process in immigration court. Reyes thanked the support received after learning of the decision of the authorities: “Thank you very much for everything, thank you for your support and grateful to everyone,” he said visibly excited. Gerardo Reyes was arrested on March 14 while traveling with his minor in San Marcos. According to official information, the authorities were investigating the report of the disappearance of a young woman who was in a relationship with the child. Although officers later confirmed that the young woman was at her home, Reyes ended up being held and accused of interfering with law enforcement. His son was released, but Reyes remains in immigration custody at the ICE detention center in Hutto, Texas. According to the family, one of the key elements was a video recorded since the beginning of the incident, which would have helped to evidence what happened during the arrest.

Univision [5/10/2026 1:13 PM, Staff, 4937K] reports migrant rights activists in Tucson have designed a new tool to help track enforcement of immigration-related measures in and around the city, as arrests escalate due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s mass deportation initiative. Tucson Migra Map allows people to document and visualize immigration activities by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agencies. While it reveals patterns, the tool also raises questions about security, transparency and the limits of public tracking tools. “It indicates the level of chaos and how destabilizing it is for our community,” activist Lucia Vindiola said in a statement. Vindiola launched the mutual aid group La Bodega to provide food and other support to people affected by the increase in immigration control measures. “We are seeing firsthand the impact on families, limiting them to buying groceries and supplies,” Vindiola said. In the year since Trump began his second term, immigration-related detentions have more than tripled in fiscal year 2025, shooting up from less than 200 by the end of 2024 to more than 800 by June 2025. The response in communities across the country has been swift: some groups, such as the Tucson Rapid Response network, have organized to monitor and track federal immigration actions on the street. Geographer Dugan Meyer, one of the creators of the map, is a doctoral student at the University of Arizona and volunteers at Tucson Rapid Response and other related organizations. “This project came from the documentation work Rapid Response is doing, but also in various parts of the city,” Meyer explained. “It’s a community research project, a community mapping project.” The data is drawn from spreadsheets that have been in place since January 2025, which track and document federal (migratory control) actions in the Tucson metropolitan area, such as raids, vehicle arrests and air surveillance.

CNN [5/10/2026 11:36 AM, Jesus Diaz, 19874K] Video: HERE reports Kevin González, an 18-year-old American diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, has reunited with his parents in Mexico after they were detained and deported while trying to return to the U.S. to see him.

Washington Post [5/10/2026 7:00 AM, Meryl Kornfield, 24826K]
Immigration attorney Michael Wildes has represented first lady Melania Trump and her parents, who are naturalized citizens. He has secured visas for Miss Universe titleholders when President Donald Trump ran the pageant organization. He has done legal work for the Kushner family. But when he has received calls from potential clients interested in a gold card visa that Trump has touted for wealthy foreigners, he has told them there is little he can do because the program is legally dubious. "It would be unethical of me to retain them," Wildes said. Immigration lawyers who have represented wealthy individuals are warning their clients against paying the $15,000 fee to apply for the $1 million or $2 million visa that Trump has advertised, citing the lack of a congressionally established visa, ongoing litigation against the visa program and uncertainty about the tax implications for their clients. Seven immigration attorneys who work with the sort of wealthy clientele that the gold card program is meant to attract told The Washington Post that they have either steered clients clear of applying for the gold card or declined to assist foreigners who have already applied, recommending instead that wealthy people consider established, legal methods of coming to the United States. At the Invest In the USA conference last week in Washington — attended by immigration attorneys who represent foreign investors — the gold card visa barely came up at all, according to Aaron Grau, the executive director of the trade association behind the conference. "It’s a percolating question that people talk about when they grab a beer," Grau said. "It’s not really a serious conversation.” Invest In the USA advocates for the EB-5 visa, which dates back to 1990 and provides residency to foreigners who make certain investments in the United States to create jobs. Members of the association have spoken with lawmakers and their staff on the Hill and been "met with eyerolls" when the gold card visa comes up and been told there is no interest in codifying the executive order into law, Grau said. After Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told lawmakers in late April that one person had recently been approved for a gold card visa, immigration attorneys speculated who that might be. No one raised their hand on an email Listserv of attorneys in this world of immigration law, and one of them wondered if Lutnick might have been referring to rapper Nicki Minaj, who posted a photo of a gold card visa with Trump’s face that she was gifted. (A senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly said Minaj’s card was merely a "memento" and not a real visa.). The administration has declined to provide any more information about the person who was approved. But a court filing by the government in a lawsuit over the visa program revealed it has processed a limited number of applications: Out of the 338 requests for the gold card visa, 165 have actually paid the nonrefundable $15,000 filing fee to move forward, and 59 people have moved on to the subsequent step of filling out paperwork from the Department of Homeland Security.

Washington Examiner [5/11/2026 3:59 AM, Staff, 1147K] reports the Department of Justice announced on Friday efforts to denaturalize 12 individuals in the United States who are accused of misrepresenting their backgrounds during immigration proceedings. Among the 12 the DOJ is seeking to denaturalize are a man convicted of sexual assault against a child, committing terrorist activities while a member of Al-Qaeda, financing Al-Qaeda, and supporting global terrorists, among other charges and accusations. Each of the 12 is accused of concealing this information during their individual naturalization proceedings. “Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a naturalized U.S. citizen’s citizenship may be revoked, and certificate of naturalization canceled, if the naturalization was illegally procured or procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation,” read a release issued by the DOJ. Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said individuals convicted and involved in such “heinous crimes” should not have been naturalized, and would not have been, if they were honest with their background information. “Individuals implicated in committing fraud, heinous crimes such as sexual abuse, or expressing support for terrorism should never have been naturalized as United States citizens,” said Blanche. “The Trump administration is taking action to correct these egregious violations of our immigration system. Those who intentionally concealed their criminal histories or misrepresented themselves during the naturalization process will face the fullest extent of the law.” Among those whom the DOJ seeks to denaturalize for their past crimes and dishonesty during the naturalization proceedings are Oscar Alberto Pelaez, a Catholic priest from Colombia, who “sexually abused a child on multiple occasions from the time that child was 14 until he was 17 years old.”

The New York Times [5/10/2026 7:59 PM, Christina Morales, 148038K] reports six people were found dead on Sunday afternoon in a boxcar in Laredo, Texas, a spokesman for the Laredo Police Department said. At approximately 3 p.m. local time, an employee for Union Pacific who was responsible for loading and unloading train cars at a rail yard before they headed north reported the discovery of the bodies, said the spokesman, Investigator Joe E. Baeza. The circumstances of their deaths were unknown, he said, adding that the police were investigating. The identities of the people were not known on Sunday. “Union Pacific is saddened by this incident and is working closely with law enforcement to investigate,” Daryl Bjoraas, a spokesman for Union Pacific, said in a statement. The city of Laredo is on the U.S.-Mexico border, about 160 miles southwest of San Antonio. In the last decade, there have been several incidents where people have been found dead in train cars or trucks in or near U.S. border cities. Many of those victims were migrants, who were unaware that temperatures exponentially rise inside those kinds of containers. High temperatures in Laredo were more than 90 degrees on Sunday. Officials could not confirm if those who died were migrants trying to cross into the United States. In 2022, 53 migrants — 47 adults and six children — were found in a tractor-trailer on the outskirts of San Antonio in what was one of the deadliest migrant smuggling cases in U.S. history. A year later, the bodies of two people believed to be migrants, along with five others who were in critical condition, were found inside a shipping container on a train in Uvalde County, Texas. Border Patrol agents in Laredo rescued 23 migrants stowed in a locked train compartment in 2024 as temperatures neared 100 degrees, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. None of the migrants reported any injuries. Overall, the number of border crossings has declined significantly in the second Trump administration amid his deportation drive. Through March of this year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has encountered more than 63,000 people at the U.S.-Mexico border. There were more than 440,000 in all of last year. The term “encounters,” according to the agency, encompasses a broad range of circumstances but it includes those who are apprehended as well as those who seek lawful admission but are turned away. In each of the last two years of the Biden administration, there were more than 2 million, according to data from the agency. Breitbart [5/10/2026 7:45 PM, Bob Price, Randy Clark, 2238K] reports that the Laredo Fire Department deployed drones that are designed to search confined spaces. The drones are continuing to search for additional bodies, the source stated. It appears the bodies may have been in the railcar for a few days, based on early stages of decomposition, the source indicated. Human smugglers frequently lock migrants in rail cars and tractor-trailers without regard for their safety or lives. Frequently, migrants are found too late. The railway yard appears to be between .4 and .6 miles from the Texas-Mexico border. The area, known as Port Laredo, according to the source, is well known for human and drug smuggling operations. It is possible that these were migrant got-aways who made it across the border and attempted to find a way to travel into the U.S. interior. It appears something went horribly wrong. ICE Homeland Security Investigations is leading the investigation into the dead migrants.

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FOX News [5/10/2026 10:04 AM, Staff, 37576K] Video: HERE reports chilling airport audio and video has revealed the moment a ‘deceased person’ was discovered on a Denver runway after a security breach led to a collision with a Frontier Airlines flight, filling the cabin with smoke and triggering an evacuation.

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CBS Colorado [5/10/2026 7:07 PM, Staff, 51110K] Video: HERE

CNN [5/11/2026 4:02 AM, Zoe Sottile, 19874K] reports Denver International Airport is conducting a safety analysis after a person who jumped over a fence into a runway was struck and killed by a plane during takeoff late Friday. The fatal incident has drawn scrutiny to the airport’s security protocols – and highlighted the challenges of securing a facility twice the size of Manhattan. The pedestrian, who has not been identified, was killed just two minutes after they jumped a perimeter fence and crossed a runway at the airport. The pilots of the Frontier Airlines Airbus, which was headed to Los Angeles, quickly aborted takeoff. Twelve people were injured during the incident. Surveillance video taken before the collision shows a blurry figure – tiny in comparison to the jet and the expanse of land around them – standing on the runway. Then the figure is overtaken by the plane, engulfed in flames. The airport said it would “perform an incident analysis and after action in the coming days which will include reviewing the ongoing investigation, including our perimeter security program.” There are 36 miles of perimeter fence at the airport, according to its statement, and staff perform continuous inspections.

Univision [5/10/2026 10:38 PM, Staff, 4937K] reports Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the activation of state emergency resources in anticipation of severe storms that could affect multiple regions of the state. In a statement, Abbott said he instructed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to deploy specialized personnel and equipment to support local authorities in case of weather-related emergencies. “The state of Texas is ready to deploy all necessary resources to assist local officials in responding to potential severe weather across the state ,” Governor Abbott stated. According to the National Weather Service , thunderstorm activity will continue through the weekend and into the early days of next week. Weather authorities warned that the storms could produce large hail, destructive winds, torrential rain, flash floods, and possible tornadoes . The weather alert includes regions of Central, North, Northwest, West and South Texas , although as the system moves, severe conditions could shift towards the northeast of the state. In the San Antonio and Austin areas , there is an active severe storm watch until midnight due to the potential for dangerous phenomena. Additionally, the period of greatest impact for San Antonio and Austin could occur between 9:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. In response to the forecast, the state activated various resources, including: Water rescue and urban search teams from Texas A&M Task Force 1 and Task Force 2. Patrol cars and helicopters from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Emergency medical teams with ambulances and all-terrain vehicles. Forest rangers, road clearing crews, and road monitoring personnel. Teams specializing in flood rescues. Authorities are also continuing to monitor the risk of wildfires in areas of West and Northwest Texas, where state resources remain deployed. Governor Abbott urged the public to stay informed and prepare family emergency plans in anticipation of dangerous weather conditions. The authorities recommended: Check routes and road conditions. Have an emergency kit ready. Stay alert for weather warnings. Follow instructions from local authorities. Texans can check road conditions at DriveTexas.org and access severe storm preparedness information through TexasReady.gov.

NewsNation [5/10/2026 2:54 PM, Jordan Perkins, 4464K] reports a U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to President Donald Trump’s protective detail was arrested while off duty in Florida for alleged indecent exposure at a Miami hotel. According to an arrest report obtained by USA Today, John Spillman, 33, was taken into custody May 3 after hotel guests reported that he followed them from the lobby to their room on the sixth floor. The women told police they went back to their room “in fear for their lives.” One of them later looked through the door and reported seeing Spillman engaging in a lewd act in the hallway outside. Hotel security responded and found Spillman in the hallway with his pants down, according to the report. He was then taken into custody by police. “We are aware of the arrest of an off‑duty Secret Service officer by the Miami‑Dade Sheriff’s Office,” Richard Macauley, chief of the Secret Service’s Uniformed Division, said in a statement to NBC6. “The alleged conduct is unacceptable and stands in stark contrast to the professionalism and integrity that I demand of our personnel.”

FOX News [5/10/2026 1:49 PM, Staff, 37576K] reports Kirk Bangstad, the controversial Wisconsin brewery owner who seemed to offer free beer on Facebook for the assassination of President Donald Trump, is currently seeking the requisite 2,000 signatures for his burgeoning campaign for governor, warning his party he will win the primary if they try to silence him. "I will win the primary if they don’t let me speak: I guarantee you that," Bangstad told WISN 12 News this week when asked about speaking at the state Democratic convention. Bangstad, the owner of Minocqua Brewing Company (MBC), launched his campaign for Wisconsin governor after drawing national scrutiny for a social media post that appeared on the brewery’s Facebook page after an alleged assassination attempt against Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. "Well, we almost got #freebeerday," the April 12 post read just minutes after the WHCA Dinner security event. "Either a brother or sister in the Resistance needs to work on their marksmanship or he faked another assassination to get a positive news cycle. We’ll never know. Regardless, we stand at the ready to pour free beer the day it happens.” The news spread so far on social media and in the news that it drew a visit from the U.S. Secret Service and the FBI days later, but Bangstad contends it was merely satirical commentary and not a dog whistle for political violence from leftist radicals like the past three Trump assassination attempts. "It was satire," he told WISN 12. "I meant it as satire. I’ve said that all along and it was taken out of context in order to create a feeding frenzy by the media, which it did, and allow Republicans to paint Democrats as politically violent.” The controversy escalated after the April 25 security scare at the WHCA Dinner in Washington, D.C., where authorities say Cole Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, attempted to storm a Secret Service checkpoint with a loaded shotgun and other weapons. Allen was ordered held without bail, facing life in prison for attempted assassination of the president and assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. "The U.S. Secret Service follows up on perceived threats against the President of the United States or any one of our protectees," the agencies said in a joint statement to Fox News. "The FBI and Secret Service together followed up on information received and conducted further investigative steps, which included a voluntary interview with the individual. This is an ongoing matter and we do not have further comment.”
overheated rhetoric on the left.

USA Today [5/10/2026 3:51 PM, Drew Pittock, 70643K] reports the 11 injuries that came after a possible boat explosion in Miami may be tied to the boat’s hatches that were allegedly not open when the ignition was started, an eyewitness told local media outlet CBS12. Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Juan Arias said first responders were dispatched around 12:48 p.m. on May 9, USA TODAY reported, after reports of an explosion in the waters off Miami’s Haulover Sandbar. Crews arrived and located multiple victims. Eleven people were treated at the scene before being transported to area hospitals. Arias told USA TODAY some of the victims sustained burn injuries, though he did not comment on the full extent of their conditions. Officials told USA TODAY May 10 the cause of the possible explosion is is under investigation. Speaking to CBS News Miami, Patrick Lee, a boat charter captain who witnessed the incident, described seeing "three people fly out of the boat" after the explosion. Lee speculated that gasoline fumes ignited after the boat was started, causing the explosion. "People got on board, and he turned the key and didn’t open the hatches, didn’t turn on the blowers, and he blew people out of the boat," Lee told the outlet. More than 25 units from four organizations responded to the scene, including the local fire department, an Ocean Rescue team, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and U.S. Coast Guard, according to CBS12.

CBS News [5/10/2026 5:27 PM, Cristian Benavides and Nicole Sganga, 51110K] reports the sailboat used by Brian and Lynette Hooker in their travels around the Bahamas — named "Soulmate" — has been seized by U.S. Coast Guard investigators, according to two sources with knowledge of the investigation. The boat departed Marsh Harbour in the Bahamas on Friday and it was on its way to the U.S. when the Coast Guard took it into custody Saturday. This comes as the Coast Guard Investigative Service probe into the disappearance of Michigan mother Lynette Hooker has intensified in recent days, according to a source briefed on the investigation. CBS News has confirmed Coast Guard investigators have been actively conducting interviews with potential witnesses. Last week, investigators released images of another sailboat and said they wanted to interview the occupants or owners of that vessel. Lynette Hooker’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, said in a Mother’s Day video message that she was aware that the Soulmate had left the Bahamas but she has not received any update from the Coast Guard. "It’s the first mother day without my mom," Aylesworth said in the video posted to social media. "It’s pretty hard right now to know that she’s not a text away anymore.” Lynette Hooker was last seen near Aunt Pat’s Bay, near Elbow Cay and Hope Town, on the night of April 4, 2026, according to her husband who reported to local authorities that she fell overboard during their nighttime dinghy ride. Brian Hooker has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime. He was held for questioning by Bahamian authorities but released after five days.

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NewsNation [5/11/2026 12:44 AM, Natasha Zouves, Michael Ramsey, 4464K] Video: HERE

FOX News [5/10/2026 10:00 AM, Andrea Margolis, 37576K] reports American officials have announced the discovery of the wreck of the Coast Guard cutter Tampa — a ship whose sinking was the deadliest U.S. naval combat loss of World War I. In an April 29 news release, the Coast Guard said the vessel was found roughly 50 miles off the coast of Cornwall, the southwestern tip of the United Kingdom. A British technical diving team called Gasperados found the wreck — which was at a depth "exceeding 300 feet," officials said. In 1918, the ship was torpedoed by a German submarine and sank within three minutes. All 131 people aboard died, including 111 Coast Guardsmen, 16 British Navy personnel and civilians, and four U.S. Navy personnel. "When the Tampa was lost with all hands in 1918, it left an enduring grief in our service," Kevin Lunday, commandant of the Coast Guard, said in a statement. "Locating the wreck connects us to their sacrifice and reminds us that devotion to duty endures. We will always remember them. We are proud to carry their spirit forward in defense of the United States.” Officials said the discovery was three years in the making. The Coast Guard Historian’s Office was contacted by Gasperados divers about locating the wreck in 2023, and the two worked together to confirm the site. "There are countless wreck sites in that region to complicate the search process.” "Over the past three years, the all-volunteer team conducted an extensive search for the wreckage," the release noted. Looking ahead, the Coast Guard is planning further underwater research at the site. Multiple clues pointed to Tampa’s final resting place, said William Thiesen, a Coast Guard Atlantic Area historian. Thiesen told Fox News Digital that, at the time, contemporaries recorded key clues about the sinking — including a U-boat commander’s reported position, accounts from Tampa’s convoy hearing an explosion and an aircraft spotting debris and logging coordinates. "The problem was many of the bearings and locations noted had to be cross-referenced with wrecks on the sea floor," the historian said. "Until the Gasperados volunteered for the mission to find Tampa three years ago, the task seemed impossible.” Thiesen added that the dive team dealt with low water visibility and poor weather conditions, as well as "very deep water.” "To bring closure for the service and the families of Tampa’s lost crew is the greatest gift one can give.” "There are countless wreck sites in that region to complicate the search process," he said.

FOX News [5/10/2026 10:57 AM, Staff, 37576K] Video: HERE reports Mexican Senator Lilly Tellez discusses U.S. charges against Mexican officials tied to the Sinaloa cartel for fentanyl trafficking. Mexican Senator Lilly Tellez discusses the indictment of a Sinaloa governor and nine officials for alleged fentanyl trafficking. She blasts President Claudia Sheinbaum’s refusal to extradite, asserting Mexico operates as a ‘narco-state.’ Tellez warns of deep corruption and the dire implications for bilateral relations and border security.

AP [5/10/2026 4:39 PM, Megan Janetsky, 12718K] reports vetween 800 and 1,000 families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico as a criminal mafia has attacked them with handmade explosives launched from drones and powerful weapons, community and human rights groups said Sunday. The wave of violence in the conflict-torn state of Guerrero started on Wednesday when a powerful group known as Los Ardillos began to fiercely attack the communities in a rural mountainous region. Thousands of people – including children and the elderly – were forced to flee in just a span of days after what they say were years of mounting attacks. At least one person was injured, said an organization representing the community, People’s Indigenous Council of Guerrero – Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ). Videos show families fleeing their homes early in the morning Sunday – on Mother’s Day – cloaked by darkness with nothing more than backpacks. Others images shared with The Associated Press show heavy gunfire of gunfire echoing over farms and drones rigged with explosives laying in the brush. “These have been days of terror,” said Marina Velasco, a representative for CIPOG-EZ. “They’ve been bombing communities with drones, and how can one defend themselves from a drone, with bombs falling from the sky.” Community groups and local religious organizations said Los Ardillos have sought to take over the land for years in their battle for territory with a smattering of other rival criminal groups.

FOX News.com [5/10/2026 7:43 AM, Staff, 37576K] Video: HERE reports former CDC Director Robert Redfield addresses a hantavirus outbreak on a ship in Tenerife, Spain, as 17 Americans evacuate. He explains transmission and symptoms, noting the CDC’s 42-day isolation plan for exposed individuals.

NPR [5/11/2026 12:43 AM, Pien Huang, 28764K] reports seventeen U.S. cruise passengers are expected to return stateside early Monday, after weeks aboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak. The Dutch-flagged cruise ship departed from southern Argentina on April 1, and followed an itinerary across the South Atlantic with multiple stops in remote islands. Three of the passengers have died since the outbreak began. During the U.S. return flight, one of the Americans tested "mildly" positive for the virus and another showed mild symptoms, according to an X post by the official @HHSGov account. The Americans disembarked the cruise in the Canary Islands and boarded a medical repatriation flight, arranged by the U.S. government, bound for Nebraska. The two potentially affected passengers traveled in biocontainment units aboard the plane, according to the X post. After landing at the Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, most passengers will head to the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) for an initial evaluation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The passenger with symptoms will proceed to another specialized treatment center, according to the X post, though it did not specify where that would be. "For the passengers getting off the ship, I’d say, ‘Welcome to Nebraska.’ You are coming to the premier facility in the United States, if not the world, to take care of you," says Dr. Ali Khan, dean of the College of Public Health at UNMC. The 17 U.S. passengers are among the total of nearly 150 people who were on the ship from 23 different countries. They’ve endured in the midst of a hantavirus outbreak which has caused at least eight cases, including three deaths, according to the World Health Organization. The returning Americans had been isolating in their cruise cabins. They will now be monitored for several more weeks, U.S. health officials said in a media call on Saturday. Most of the passengers are arriving at America’s only federally funded quarantine unit, which also received cruise passengers from a different outbreak — the Diamond Princess Cruise, in early 2020 — which was one of the first known superspreading events of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike COVID, which was a novel pathogenic strain when it emerged, scientists have been studying hantaviruses — and specifically the Andes variant which caused this outbreak — for decades. "We do know that you can get small clusters of disease, but in 30 years we’ve never seen any large outbreaks," says Khan, "so this is unlikely to become a pandemic." This strain of hantavirus can be deadly, but it isn’t very contagious between people. It tends to take prolonged, close contact with someone who’s showing symptoms. So far, most of the U.S. passengers are well. But symptoms can take up to 42 days after exposure to show up, according to the CDC. "It’s appropriate to be cautious," Khan says, "To monitor these people for 42 days [to make sure] they don’t get sick. And if they do get sick during those 42 days, to make sure to put them into isolation." Health officials said the U.S. passengers would all be assessed clinically upon arrival, though they would not be officially quarantined. They suggested that some passengers could continue monitoring at home, with daily check-ins from their health departments. Seven U.S. passengers who had left the cruise ship earlier are being monitored in several states, including Texas, California, Georgia and Virginia.

NBC News [5/11/2026 4:44 AM, Patrick Smith, 43603K] reports the 17 Americans who were aboard the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship Hondius have now arrived home in the United States. A State Department plane carrying them landed at Omaha Eppley Airfield in Nebraska at about 2:30 a.m. ET Monday, and the passengers were due to be assessed and monitored at a nearby medical center. Two Americans traveled in the plane’s biocontainment units “out of an abundance of caution,” the Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement. One passenger has tested positive, while another with mild symptoms — whose test status is unknown — will be taken to a separate health facility for treatment. “Upon arrival at each facility, each individual will undergo clinical assessment and receive appropriate care and support based on their condition,” the department said. One British national with U.S. citizenship was also on the flight, Spanish authorities said earlier. Meanwhile, a woman who was among five French passengers repatriated Sunday to Paris from the Hondius has tested positive for hantavirus and her health worsened in the hospital overnight, French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said Monday.

FOX News [5/10/2026 12:18 PM, Staff, 37576K] Video: HERE reports Maria Van Kerkhove, who leads the WHO’s epidemic & pandemic management, details repatriation flights for passengers disembarking from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship docked in Tenerife, Spain. Maria Van Kerkhove, a WHO official, clarifies plans for passengers disembarking from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Tenerife, Spain. She explains the careful, step-by-step repatriation process, including medical assessments, dedicated flights and a mandatory 42-day active follow-up period in their home countries. Kerkhove emphasizes this is not COVID-19 and the risk to the general public is low, while expressing hope for continued U.S. participation in WHO’s global health efforts.

Washington Examiner [5/10/2026 7:00 AM, Donald Eason, 1147K] reports as we celebrate Mother’s Day and honor the women in our lives who care so deeply and sacrifice for their children, it often comes to mind the difficulties those in our inner cities must confront, often alone and with little resources or support. In the most impoverished countries of the world, the challenges mothers face are quite different but oftentimes more dire when trying to protect their children from the illnesses and diseases rampant in their countries. These women and their families are often fighting diseases no longer thought of in the United States — malaria, tuberculosis, and infectious diseases that especially affect children, as well as passing HIV to children. President Donald Trump has reprioritized our foreign aid dollars to focus on the most desperate in need. As one of the richest countries in the world, we can afford to provide humanitarian relief and protect our national security at the same time. As Christians, we cannot turn our backs on the poor and needy, even if they are half a world away. While drastically cutting foreign aid, Trump has focused on programming that benefits the U.S. and our allies. Only 0.3% of the federal budget now goes to global health, and these programs provide an enormous return on investment for Americans and demonstrate our values. No doubt reevaluating our priorities in U.S. aid to other countries was the right approach and focusing on those that provide compassionate care for the least of these. The Trump administration’s Global Health Strategy declares that the U.S. "will continue to be the world’s health leader and most generous nation in the world." American investments to stop the spread of infectious diseases at our borders and save the lives of millions of people, particularly the most vulnerable in poor countries, is an America First priority.

CNN [5/10/2026 8:00 AM, Avery Schmitz, 612K] reports US military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows. Since February 4, the US Navy and Air Force have conducted at least 25 such flights using manned aircraft and drones, most of them near the country’s two biggest cities, Havana and Santiago de Cuba, and some coming within 40 miles of the coast, according to FlightRadar24. Most of the flights were by P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, which are designed for surveillance and reconnaissance, while some were by an RC-135V Rivet Joint, which specializes in signals intelligence gathering. Several MQ-4C Triton high-altitude reconnaissance drones have also been used. The flights are notable not only for their proximity to the coast, which puts them well within range of gathering intelligence, but for the suddenness of their appearance – prior to February, such publicly visible flights were exceedingly rare in this area – and for their timing. Trump’s public utterances against Cuba hardened noticeably in the weeks just before the surge, with the US president reposting on Truth Social a comment by Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen that Trump would visit a "free Havana" before leaving office. Just a few days after that post, Trump ordered an oil blockade of the island. Fast forward to today and Trump is imposing an expanded sanctions regime on Cuba and insisting it represents a "threat" to US national security. (Cuban officials meanwhile have dismissed the suggestion their communist-run government poses any danger to the US. They insist they are open to negotiations, though have also vowed to conduct an extended guerrilla war against US forces if attacked.).

NBC News [5/10/2026 5:03 PM, Freddie Clayton, et al., 42967K] reports President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s response to a U.S. proposal to bring an end to the war in the Middle East, calling the message “totally unacceptable” on Truth Social. “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives,’” Trump posted Sunday afternoon. “I don’t like it.” Trump did not offer details about Iran’s response, which Iranian state media reported was sent through Pakistani mediators. Talks between Tehran and Washington have stalled in recent weeks. The two sides continued to trade fire in the Persian Gulf on Saturday, more than a month after a temporary ceasefire deal that was initially intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was announced. Iran has continued to block ships from passing through the strait, disrupting critical Gulf oil supplies and prolonging the global economic uncertainty surrounding the conflict. Markets have soared and oil prices have dropped over the last week, however, amid anticipation that a deal could be close after weeks of talks and occasional setbacks. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the U.S. was still waiting for a “clear resolution” from Iran on its latest proposal. He told moderator Kristen Welker that the U.S. was seeking the “free flow of traffic through the international waters that are the Straits of Hormuz, and an end to the Iranian nuclear program.” “When we start to get free flow of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, energy prices will come down,” he added. Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, meanwhile told ABC News that the negotiations had gone “longer and slower, I think, than anyone would like” but stressed that “those negotiations and that diplomacy is ongoing.”

Breitbart [5/10/2026 11:23 AM, Staff, 2238K] reports US President Donald Trump on Sunday branded Iran’s terms for ending the Middle East war “totally unacceptable,” raising the likelihood of renewed conflict after weeks of negotiations. Iran had responded to Washington’s latest peace proposal earlier in the day, while warning it would not hold back from retaliating against any new US strikes or permit more foreign warships in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump himself provided no details on Tehran’s counterproposal, but in a brief post on his Truth Social platform made clear he was rejecting it. “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” Trump said. The back and forth came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — whose forces launched the war on Iran along with the US military on February 28 — insisted the conflict was not over until Iran’s enriched uranium was removed and its nuclear facilities dismantled. Tehran publicly maintained its defiant line, despite behind-the-scenes diplomacy. “We will never bow down to the enemy, and if there is talk of dialogue or negotiation, it does not mean surrender or retreat,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday on X. According to state broadcaster IRIB, Tehran’s response to the US plan, passed to Pakistani mediators, focuses on ending the war “on all fronts, especially Lebanon” — where Israel has kept up its fight with Iran-backed Hezbollah — as well as on “ensuring shipping security.” It offered little detail, though the US proposal had reportedly focused on extending the truce in the Gulf to allow for talks on a final settlement of the conflict and on Iran’s contested nuclear program. The impasse unnerved global energy markets, with oil prices opening sharply higher Monday. The international benchmark Brent crude jumped 2.69 percent to $104.01 a barrel on July delivery. Netanyahu said in an interview which aired Sunday that Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium must be removed before the war can end.

Reuters [5/11/2026 3:35 AM, Kyu-Seok Shim, 38315K] reports South Korea’s presidential Blue House on Monday condemned in the strongest terms an attack against a cargo ship operated by a Korean shipper ‌this month in the Strait of Hormuz and said it plans to respond once the source of the attack is identified. Experts conducted an initial forensic analysis of the damage to the port stern, a Blue House official said. The attack had led to a fire in the vessel’s engine room. "We condemn this in the strongest terms," Wi Sung-lac, the South Korean presidential national security adviser, told a news briefing. Damage to the vessel was identified in the forensic inspection by South Korean officials and experts ‌at ⁠a port in Dubai, Wi said. The damage was not known earlier following the attack due to its position in the lower port stern, according to a Blue House official. It was not known what role, if any, Iran may have had in the attack, the official ⁠said. Tehran has previously denied any responsibility for the attack that involved a strong impact on the side of the vessel. On Monday, the Iranian embassy in South Korea said in ⁠a statement it did not have any position on the matter but would announce if there is any update or official position. U.S. President Donald Trump said ⁠soon after the incident that Iran had fired at the South Korean vessel, and urged Seoul to join U.S.-led efforts to secure shipping through the strait.

NBC News [5/11/2026 4:45 AM, Mithil Aggarwal, 43603K] reports U.S. and Chinese authorities jointly arrested five suspects in a cross-border smuggling and trafficking operation, Beijing said Monday, touting the cooperation ahead of President Donald Trump’s state visit this week. Three Americans and two Chinese people were arrested in a joint operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and China’s Ministry of Public Security Narcotics that spanned Florida and Nevada, and Liaoning and Guangdong in China, state broadcaster CCTV said. Authorities also seized a quantity of drugs, including protonitazene and bromazolam, it added. U.S. authorities have not yet confirmed any arrests. The announcement came just days ahead of a high-stakes summit between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, where reducing the flow of drugs, including fentanyl, is expected to be high on the agenda. It is also the latest headway officials in both countries have made in their cooperation on cracking down on cross-border drug operations. Last month, the U.S. handed over a Chinese fugitive suspected of drug-related crimes to Beijing in a rare extradition after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency acted on intel provided by China’s narcotics officials. It is unclear if the two operations were related.

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Bloomberg [5/11/26 3:57 AN, Staff, 18082K] reports China said it dismantled a cross-border drug trafficking network in a joint operation with the US, signaling cooperation on a key bilateral issue just days before a presidential summit in Beijing. China’s Ministry of Public Security and the US Drug Enforcement Administration have detained two Chinese and three American nationals suspected of drug trafficking, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday. Simultaneous operations were conducted early last month in the Chinese provinces of Liaoning and Guangdong, as well as Florida and Nevada, according to the report. The announcement appears timed for Donald Trump’s visit starting Wednesday in a bid to lay foundations for a rapport between the two leaders. The US president and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are seeking to steady ties and expected to address a range of thorny issues including the war in Iran and trade imbalances. The report was released hours after Beijing confirmed the date of the first US presidential trip to China in nearly a decade. Authorities seized a batch of drugs, including protonitazene and bromazolam, and cut off a trafficking route spanning the two countries, Xinhua said. The move follows the rare repatriation, announced last month, of a Chinese fugitive wanted for drug offenses from the US, underscoring what Beijing has described as new achievements in bilateral law enforcement cooperation.

Reuters [5/11/2026 1:03 AM, David Lawder and David Shepardson, 38315K] reports that, as President Donald Trump prepares to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, the U.S. auto industry and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are hammering him with a simple message: Please don’t offer China any access to the U.S. car market. Trump in January told the Detroit Economic Club that it would be "great" if Chinese automakers wanted to build ‌plants in the U.S. and employ Americans, adding: "I love that. Let China come in, let Japan come in." His comments rang alarm bells in an industry that had systematically lobbied successive administrations to bar Chinese cars from the U.S. market with tough data security rules and high tariffs on electric vehicles. So automakers, suppliers, steelmakers, unions and politicians have redoubled their efforts, arguing that Chinese automakers, with limitless state support, massive scale, an EV technology edge and rock-bottom prices, would crush domestic and other foreign producers, hollowing out the core of the U.S. manufacturing base. Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan went to the same forum in Detroit on Thursday specifically to urge Trump not to make a deal with Xi to allow Chinese investment in the U.S. auto sector that brings Chinese-brand cars into U.S. dealerships. "Please don’t make a bad deal," said Slotkin, who also promoted her bipartisan bill with Republican ⁠Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio that would explicitly bar Chinese vehicles over data collection concerns. Their Connected Vehicle Security Act, which has a bipartisan companion bill in the House of Representatives, would codify a data rule effectively banning Chinese vehicles implemented by former President Joe Biden, making a reversal extremely difficult. The House bill would go further, banning industry partnerships with Chinese companies. Congressional aides told Reuters that with broad support, the legislation could pass this year, possibly attached to a transportation spending bill. "Every vehicle on American roads is a rolling data collection device, capturing information on location, movement, people, and infrastructure in real time, and we cannot allow Chinese vehicles or components to be a part of that system," sponsoring representatives Debbie Dingell, a Democrat, and John Moolenaar, a Republican, said in a joint statement. They are both from auto-heavy districts in Michigan. Some 74 House Democrats and 52 House Republicans signed letters recently urging Trump not to allow Chinese automakers to enter the American market. The U.S. auto industry has shown unusual unity in supporting a ban. Groups representing U.S. and foreign-brand automakers, car dealers and parts manufacturers in March told the administration that China’s efforts to dominate global auto production and gain access to the U.S. market "pose a direct threat to America’s global competitiveness, national security and automotive industrial base." Steel industry groups followed through with a similar letter on April 30, and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), which has criticized Trump’s ‌past tariffs on ⁠Chinese imports, also applauded the legislation to ban Chinese vehicles. "Chinese automakers are not normal market competitors. Their EVs are the product of decades of state-backed mercantilism designed to help China capture global leadership in advanced industries," said ITIF vice president Stephen Ezell.

FOX News [5/10/2026 6:05 PM, Emma Bussey, 37576K] reports the U.S. economy is under threat from adversaries like China targeting undersea cables with the ability to "inflict devastating economic chaos almost at will," a former U.S. intelligence official warned Sunday. These cables carry 99% of global data and support up to $10 trillion in daily financial transactions, according to reports. Andrew Badger, chief strategy officer at Coalition Systems, a defense tech startup, spoke as President Donald Trump is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing for talks expected to focus on trade, artificial intelligence and Taiwan. Taiwan, a flashpoint in U.S.-China tensions, has reported about 30 subsea cable incidents in recent years, including one in which Chinese vessels allegedly severed cables and cut communications for months. "America depends on the fragile nervous system of subsea cables for modern life," Badger, a former Pentagon official and author, told Fox News Digital before warning that U.S. adversaries "seek to turn the bottom of the ocean into a battlefield.” "The asymmetric threat — China and Russia are devoting far more resources to attacking undersea infrastructure than the U.S. or its allies are to defending it," Badger said. "They’ve identified one of our greatest vulnerabilities, and we haven’t caught up. A coordinated strike on American undersea infrastructure could fundamentally disrupt our way of life — the internet, banking, energy markets and military communications all run through these cables. The dollar cost is almost incalculable, and the real damage would be the chaos and political instability that would follow," he said.

CBS News [5/10/2026 9:09 PM, Anna Coren, 51110K] reports that, when President Trump arrives in Beijing aboard Air Force One for a high-stakes summit with President Xi Jinping, the top issue on the Chinese leader’s mind won’t be the global impacts from the Iran war and bottlenecked Strait of Hormuz. Instead, Xi will be focused on Taiwan, the tiny island democracy in the western Pacific Ocean that China claims as its own. Ownership of the island is the top issue in the U.S.-Chinese relationship. The U.S. has maintained a policy of "strategic ambiguity towards" Taiwan for decades, refusing to state whether or not it would intervene militarily if China attacked Taiwan. At the same time, the U.S. has sold more than $50 billion worth of arms to Taiwan for its national defense, allowing it to build asymmetric capabilities against China. Late last year the U.S. approved a record $11 billion arms sale to Taiwan, which angered the Chinese. However, an even larger package worth $14 billion package is on Mr. Trump’s desk awaiting approval. Mr. Trump said he would discuss that package with Xi, a concession no other U.S. president has ever made and a violation of former president Ronald Reagan’s 1982 commitments to Taiwan. Mr. Trump’s comments have raised the temperature in Taipei, with officials concerned that Mr. Trump could potentially sell Taiwan out to Xi. China wants Mr. Trump to change the U.S. government’s official language on Taiwan from saying that it "does not support" the island’s independence to saying that America "opposes" Taiwanese independence. While it may sound like a semantic issue, the tweaking of the diplomatic language could be consequential for Taiwan’s inhabitants. Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister Chen Ming-chi told CBS News in a wide-ranging interview that he is not worried about the U.S. abandoning Taiwan, calling the country a "dependable ally" and pointing out that there are mutual benefits from the U.S.-Taiwanese partnership. Taiwan plays a key role in geopolitics and the global supply chain. The territory produces 90% of the world’s high-end semiconductors used for AI and defense technology. "The U.S. can count on us as much as we can count on the U.S.," Chen said. "Do we believe in the U.S. commitment? Yes. They are our reliable partner. Probably the most reliable partner." Xi has said that reunification of Taiwan with mainland China is "unstoppable." China has proposed "one party, two systems" for Taiwan, the same model it uses in Hong Kong and Macau. Xi has also not ruled out taking the island territory by force. However, Xi may not have to take such extreme measures if China is able to get long-sought after concessions from the U.S. Chen noted that China has become aggressive in the South China Sea and East China Sea, highlighting the country’s escalating military buildup and daily military exercises. Xi previously to his military to be prepared to take action in Taiwan in 2027, but a March U.S. intelligence report on global threats found that China would now not invade in the next year. Institute For National Defence and Security Research military analyst Dr. Liang-Chih Evans Chen said that recent wide-scale purges of China’s military command likely put Xi behind schedule. "We won’t face the problem of the situation now, but we might face the problem in a few years," he said. "I believe the threat remains." [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

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