• Top News
  • AP/Bloomberg: Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton, fired after defending FEMA, to lead the agency
  • AP: Trump nominates David Cummins to head the TSA after a rocky period for the agency
  • FOX Business: DHS Secretary Mullin advocates for enhanced WH security, expresses concern over ‘drone attacks’
  • Daily Caller: Trump Hosts Law Enforcement Leaders at White House for Police Week Dinner
  • NewsMax: Sebastian Gorka to Newsmax: US ‘Back in Business’ of Counterterrorism
  • CBS News: White House ballroom funds hang over GOP push to fund ICE without Democrats
  • New York Times: Senate G.O.P. Stands by Security Money for Trump’s Ballroom
  • FOX News: GOP pushes to fund ICE, Border Patrol ahead of June 1 deadline
  • CNN: Senate Republicans weigh whether to swallow Trump’s $1B push for ballroom security
  • Politico: ‘A bad look’: Republicans want more details on ballroom security funding request
  • Politico: Secret Service chief to brief senators
  • Breitbart: Democrats target Trump ballroom as US midterm campaign ramps up
  • NewsMax: Dems Rip Trump Ballroom While Taking Donor Cash
  • AP: Democrats vow to fight $1 billion Senate security proposal for White House ballroom
  • Washington Examiner: Schumer outlines Democrats’ strategy to oppose $1 billion for ballroom security
  • CBS News: 6 people found dead inside shipping container at rail yard near Texas border
  • CBS News: Texas sheriff says 7th body could be tied to shipping container deaths, as ICE opens human smuggling probe
  • Univision: From Laredo to San Antonio: Three Mexicans among the seven bodies linked to the same train car
  • FOX News: Trump accuses Schumer of trying to ‘interfere in our elections’ with latest strategy
  • Good Day Seattle at 10AM: World Cup Safety Prep
  • NBC 5 News Today at 11 AM: Judge Delays Ruling for Special Prosecutor
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • FOX News: Congress must fund every part of DHS and stop playing politics with our safety
  • Blaze: Democrats don’t have a fix for their extremism problem
  • FOX News: [Iran] Iran’s cyberwar targets ordinary Americans. We need to dismantle the hacker network
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Post: Most deportees under Trump are men, leaving women to care for families alone
  • Washington Post: Lawmaker indicted over migrant facility visit pushes to expand oversight
  • CBS News: Several agencies work ahead to prevent human trafficking 30 days ahead of the FIFA World Cup
  • Just the News: Latest ICE roundup nabs murderers, pedophiles
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Massachusetts mother seeking asylum but fearing deportation won’t be detained by ICE after check-in
  • FOX News: [NY] Border czar Tom Homan slams Gov. Hochul’s sanctuary policies over criminal illegal immigrants
  • Federalist: [VA] Exclusive: ICE Nabs Drug Trafficker In Virginia As Spanberger Refuses To Turn Over Violent Illegal Aliens
  • USA Today: [GA] Double amputee in Georgia ICE detention shares horrifying story of centers
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Florida emergency agency spent another $45.3M on immigration enforcement, records show
  • USA Today: [MI] Chaldean metro Detroiter deported to Iraq fears war, kidnapping
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Judge issues injunction to keep DHS from attempting to block web page that monitors ICE
  • FOX News: [MN] Minnesota Senate votes to ban ICE from wearing masks, allow residents to sue for constitutional violations
  • Axios: [TX] Scoop: Feds won’t focus immigration enforcement at Houston’s World Cup
  • Univision Austin: [TX] “He should be preparing to graduate”: Greg Casar calls for the release of a student detained by ICE
  • Univision: [TX] What we know about the case of a woman who lost her baby while in ICE custody
  • Univision: [NM] “This is a victory for the community”: Mexican man detained by ICE released after nine months in detention center
  • Breitbart: [MT] Biden-Released Illegal Alien Accused of Raping Deceased Girlfriend’s Underage Daughter in Montana
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Authorities arrest 42 in sweeping Inland Empire child sex exploitation operation
  • Telemundo: [CA] ICE prevents members of Congress from speaking with detainees without prior authorization
  • NBC News: [Mexico] Teen dies hours after his parents reunited with him following immigration detention
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times: ‘It’s Getting Unfriendlier’: International Students Race to Find Jobs
  • NBC News: DACA recipients say monthslong renewal delays prevent them from working, putting their lives in limbo
  • Telemundo: DACA recipients lose their jobs due to delays in work permit renewals
  • AP: [HI] Detained Immigrants Could Wait 19 Months For Their Day In Honolulu Court
• Customs and Border Protection
  • ABC News: First wave of tariff refunds will hit some businesses tomorrow
  • USA Today: [PA] Police K-9 sniffs out $44K at Philadelphia airport; what to know
  • Telemundo: [TX] Another body found on freight train tracks in Texas: it was traveling with the same group of six dead, according to the sheriff
  • Univision: [TX] Heatstroke is believed to have caused the deaths of the six people found on a train in Laredo.
  • NBC News: [CA] Investigation found 27 cruise ship workers, including from Disney, engaged with child pornography, CBP says
  • FOX News: [China] National security at great risk as Chinese EVs enter via Canadian border
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Washington Times: Recent chaos at airports from government shutdown helps make case for privatizing TSA
  • CBS Pittsburgh: [CO] After Denver airport runway death, questions raised about perimeter security at Pittsburgh International Airport
  • Chicago Tribune: [CO] Gun ammunition found on Frontier plane at Denver airport, delaying flight
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Bloomberg: Worst Start to Wildfire Season Raises Alarm as El Niño Threatens
  • AP: [FL] South Florida wildfires burn thousands of acres in the Everglades
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Firefighters battle massive Everglades wildfires near homes in South Florida
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Wildfire forces evacuations near Carter Lake in Northern Colorado
• Secret Service
  • AP/CNN: [DC] Press dinner gunman pleads not guilty to attempting to assassinate Trump
• Coast Guard
  • New York Post: [CA] Southern California oil rig catches fire, workers evacuated
  • FOX News: [Bahamas] Coast Guard seizes Brian Hooker’s sailboat as it leaves Bahamas after wife’s disappearance: report
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • New York Times/Bloomberg/AP: Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw
  • CyberScoop: Pressure mounts on Canvas as data leak extortion deadline looms
  • New York Times: Maker of Canvas Learning Platform Strikes Deal for Hackers to Return Data
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News/Washington Examiner: More than 25 charged in nationwide Tren de Aragua crackdown involving guns, drugs and cash
  • Daily Caller: How Trump Admin Is Taking Leftist Terrorism Crackdown Worldwide
  • CBS News: [MA] Gunman shot by trooper and civilian after opening fire on Memorial Drive in Cambridge; 2 in critical condition
  • CyberScoop/ABC News: [FL] Family of FSU shooting victim sues OpenAI Foundation for negligence, lack of safety guardrails
  • HS Today: [MI] Michigan Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for ISIS Support Plot Involving Explosive Device
  • AP: [IA] US marshals capture 17-year-old suspected in mass shooting on Iowa City pedestrian mall
  • CBS News: [Mexico] Cartel figure detained as officials recover drugs, guns and 7 tigers
  • Telemundo Washington DC: [Mexico] Leader of a faction of the Northeast Cartel arrested in border state
  • FOX News: [Mexico] Mexican senator accuses Sheinbaum of shielding ‘narco-politicians’ after US cartel indictment
  • New York Times: [Cuba] Judge Again Delays Guantánamo’s First Death-Penalty Terror Trial
• National Security News
  • New York Post: DNI Tulsi Gabbard probes US funding to more than 120 biolabs abroad
  • Bloomberg: US Asks to Keep Collecting Trump’s New Tariffs After Court Loss
  • FOX News: Pentagon’s new UFO file release logs near-miss as ‘super-heated’ orbs approach US helicopter
  • FOX News: [CA] California mayor accused of secretly working for China, spreading propaganda while in office: feds
  • AP: [Venezuela] Venezuela’s acting president defends territory and rejects Trump’s 51st state remarks
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] Trump’s Complaints About Iran War Leaks Prompt Aggressive DOJ Investigations
  • Axios: [Iran] Trump weighs military action against Iran with ceasefire "on life support"
  • NewsMax: [China] Lawmakers Push Tougher Chinese Auto Ban
  • Washington Examiner: [China] Who are the tech executives flying to China with Trump for state visit?
  • NewsMax: [China] Trump to Head for China as Xi Prioritizes Security
  • Breitbart: [China] China Confirms Trump Visit, Teasing ‘In-Depth Exchanges’ with Xi Jinping
  • AP: [Taiwan] Multinational Delegation Visits Taiwan as Trump Prepares for Xi Summit

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