• Top News
  • FOX News/Washington Examiner/Breitbart/New York Times: US Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks abruptly resigns, Fox News learns
  • Wall Street Journal: The New Boss at DHS Is Trying to Clean House After Kristi Noem
  • Newsweek: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Claims ICE Has Been ‘Demonized’
  • CBS News: New DHS chief on ICE’s World Cup presence, "Alligator Alcatraz" closure
  • FOX News: DOJ demands sanctuary states end ‘blatantly unlawful’ anti-ICE policy as a matter of life and death
  • Breitbart: DHS Task Force Investigation Leads to 20-Year Prison Term for Illegal Alien Drug Trafficker
  • Politico: Senate rulekeeper deals blows to GOP’s immigration enforcement package
  • AP: Lawyers urge judge to block Trump order that would create eligible voter list, limit mail ballots judge to block Trump order that would create eligible voter list, limit mail ballots
  • Roll Call: Judge weighs challenges to Trump order on mail voting limits
  • CBS News: Senate adopts resolution to withhold senators’ pay during government shutdowns
  • CBS News: ICE releases wife of U.S. Army soldier and Afghanistan veteran, after a monthlong detention
  • AP: Federal judge orders Trump administration to bring back a Colombian woman who was deported to Congo
  • New York Times: U.S. Migrants Deported to Congo: ‘Where on Earth Is This Place?’
  • Breitbart: Rep. Brandon Gill: Fairfax County Democrat Prosecutor Helped Illegal Alien Sex Offender Evade Prison
  • Daily Caller: Inside The Case Against The Prosecutor Accused Of Putting Criminal Illegals First
  • Washington Examiner: Steve Descano defends campaign policy change on illegal immigrant prosecutions
  • AP: A Texas town may offer a preview of a Trump plan to force noncitizens from public housing
  • CNN: Justice Clarence Thomas laments ‘very dicey’ threats to judiciary and heightened security for Supreme Court
  • Wall Street Journal: Iran War Saps Money From Other Pentagon Needs, Leaders Warn
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Blaze: Trump needs to denounce the Dignity Act
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Secret Service failures expose glaring problem within agency
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Post: ICE moving forward with warehouse detention plan despite lawsuits, probe
  • NewsMax: DHS: ICE Won’t Target Illegal Migrants at World Cup
  • USA Today: ICE may make arrests during 2026 FIFA World Cup, DHS secretary says
  • FOX News: Acting ICE director reveals thousands of potential fraudulent foreign workers
  • Telemundo: The Dangers of Expedited Recruitment in Immigration Forces
  • Axios: [PA] ICE isn’t expected at Philly’s World Cup. Activists are preparing anyway
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Federal judge to decide if proposed Howard County ICE facility could get back on track
  • Univision: [DC] Guatemalan father faces deportation after ICE detention just days before his son’s graduation
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] Young Colombian soccer player detained by ICE fights to be released in time for his graduation in Chicago
  • Daily Signal: [MN] Lewd Anti-ICE Protester Says She Wants to Prevent Children From Coming to St Paul Church
  • FOX News: [TX] DHS rails against illegal aliens hit with capital murder charges for allegedly killing unborn baby: ‘monsters’
  • FOX 7 Austin: [TX] ICE puts detainer on suspect in two Central Texas murders
  • FOX News: [TX] Illegal immigrant who killed American woman outside her home walks free decades later – then into ICE custody
  • NewsMax: [TX] Illegal Immigrant Gets 20 Years in Texas Meth Case
  • FOX News: [KS] Former Kansas mayor who pleaded guilty to illegal voting turns himself in to ICE
  • Breitbart: [Spain] Spanish Public Broadcaster Debuts Documentary on ‘ICE List’ Website Attempting to Identify Agents
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times: Green-card holders targeted for deportation by new ‘removal apparatus’
  • Breitbart: Bill to Ban Terrorists’ Family Members from Living in U.S. Introduced by Sen. Cotton
  • USA Today: Trump wants birthright citizenship changes. See how many people are impacted
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Chicago ‘Dreamers’ say they’re fearful of job loss and deportations
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Bloomberg: DHS Shut Out Firms From $37 Billion Border Contract, Suit Says
  • Washington Post: [MN] Meet Merla, the beagle who busted air travelers for 100 meat sandwiches and more
  • Univision: [TX] Federal judge blocks provisions of SB4 law that were set to take effect this Friday
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] Man sentenced for smuggling migrants through tunnels in El Paso
  • NBC News: [TX] Police say 6 migrants found in train car died of heatstroke
  • Reuters: [TX] Deaths of six migrants in Texas railcar investigated as human smuggling
  • Univision: [TX] They died en route: Victims found on a Union Pacific train died before reaching Laredo
  • AP: [TX] Teen was among 6 people from Honduras and Mexico who died in hot Texas shipping container
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [TX] Bacilio García, one of the victims found in the Laredo train car, was trying to return to Chicago with his family.
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Federal News Network: House lawmakers push to bolster TSA budget
  • AP: [CO] Denver runway fatality reveals a weakness in airport security
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Flights resume after security incident causes ‘ground stop’ at San Diego International Airport
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • USA Today: [FL] Florida wildfire season to last longer, extend ‘dangerous’ conditions
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Irvinton Village could be shuttered, not redeveloped, after FEMA flood map update
• Secret Service
  • News Max: [DC] GOP Lawmakers to Get Secret WH Security Funding Update
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] DC officials ramp up security for America 250 events after WHCA dinner shooting
  • Washington Post: [DC] July 4th fireworks in D.C. will ‘shatter’ world record, organizers say
  • The Hill: [China] Chinese security blocks Secret Service agent’s access to event during Trump trip
  • News Max: [China] US, Chinese Security Clash at Trump-Xi Meeting
• Coast Guard
  • Washington Times: [FL] Coast Guard, Air Force rescue 11 people from plane crash off Florida coast
  • FOX News: [Bahamas] Coast Guard investigators inspect yacht tied to woman missing in The Bahamas
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Federal News Network: AI drives new debate around CISA software patching deadlines
  • CyberScoop: White House cyber official: identity security matters more than ever in the age of AI
  • CyberScoop: Major tech manufacturer Foxconn confirms cyberattack hit North American factories
  • CyberScoop: Pentagon cyber official calls advanced AI ‘revolutionary warfare’
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: Highest-ranking Tren de Aragua member ever extradited to US set to appear in Houston courtroom: DOJ
  • AP: US grand jury widens charges against Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel second-in-command
  • NewsMax: [NY] Georgian National Sentenced to 15 Years in NYC Terror Plot
  • CNN: [AL] Explosive device safely detonated after being found in critical Alabama reservoir
  • New York Times: [MO] Man Charged With Posting Bomb Instructions Used in New Orleans Attack
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Accused Tren de Aragua leader extradited to Houston to face terrorism-related charges
  • New York Times: [Mexico] U.S. and Mexican Officials Deny C.I.A. Had Lethal Role in Mexico Operation
• National Security News
  • Washington Post: Pentagon abruptly cancels troop deployment to Europe amid frustrations with NATO
  • Wall Street Journal: [Cuba] CIA Director Meets With Cuban Officials in Havana
  • CNN: [Iran] FBI offers $200,000 for information on former Air Force intelligence specialist charged with spying for Iran
  • New York Times: [China] Trump and Xi Discuss the Need to Open the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Says
  • Reuters: [China] Trump says he and China’s Xi agree Iran cannot have nuclear weapons
  • New York Times: [China] Spies, Sanctions, Cyberattacks: China and the U.S. Clash Behind the Scenes

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