• Top News
  • Roll Call: Reconciliation bill text would fund ICE, CBP, ballroom security
  • New York Times/AP/Reuters/CNN/Washington Post: G.O.P. Proposes $1 Billion in Immigration Bill for Trump’s Ballroom Project
  • FOX News/Washington Examiner: Does Grassley’s spending bill give Trump $1 billion for the White House ballroom?
  • Axios/Bloomberg: Democrats rage at GOP push for Trump ballroom security funds
  • NPR: Republicans say $1B budget proposal is for White House security, not Trump’s ballroom
  • NewsMax: Markwayne Mullin to Newsmax: DHS Not Slowing Down on Deportations
  • Breitbart: Mullin: We Haven’t Moved to Focus on Criminal Illegal Aliens, ‘Staying Focused on All Illegals’
  • ABC News: Mullin: We Haven’t Moved to Focus on Criminal Illegal Aliens, ‘Staying Focused on All Illegals’
  • NewsNation: As DHS leadership shifts, Trump administration toughens border efforts
  • The Hill: DHS closes office of immigration detention watchdog
  • FedScoop: DHS watchdog flags lagging mobile device security, management
  • FOX News: Three suspected narco-terrorists killed in US military strike on drug-trafficking vessel in Eastern Pacific
  • Breitbart: Operation Southern Spear: SOUTHCOM Strikes Drug Boat, Kills Two Traffickers
  • FOX New: Trump ‘drug czar’ warns of deadly ‘rhino tranquilizer’ killing Americans as cartel crackdown escalates
  • CNN: Defiant border czar brushes away MAGA critics, says ‘mass deportations are coming’
  • CBS News: Border czar Tom Homan says Trump administration isn’t backing down on mass deportations
  • CBS News: Homan: "Things weren’t perfect" in Minneapolis, but ICE not backing down
  • CBS News: Extended interview: Tom Homan says ICE embraced "smarter" deportation tactics after Minneapolis
  • NPR: Minneapolis grapples with the impact of Trump’s largest immigration crackdown yet
  • CNN: VA conducted internal investigations into employees who attended vigil for Alex Pretti
  • FOX News: Walz removes top Minnesota official on eve of ‘gauntlet’ hearing over fraud scandal
  • NBC News: Inside the heated clashes over the Trump administration’s deportation plans
  • Telemundo: An inside look at how the heated debate over Trump’s deportation "master plan" unfolded.
  • Reuters/New York Times/USA Today/Washington Times: US judge criticized by DHS orders attorney ethics probe in immigration case
  • Chicago Tribune: Appeals court issues mixed opinion in consent decree case as more immigration arrestees released
  • Chicago Tribune: Dismissed Chicago immigration judge sues Trump administration
  • Washington Examiner: Trump ‘disappointed’ with Thune for inaction on filibuster and SAVE America Act
  • Los Angeles Times: Shot in the head and face at L.A. ‘No Kings’ protest, two young men are now seeking justice
  • Washington Post: Activist who gave out fliers with Stephen Miller’s address won’t face charges
• Opinion – Editorials
  • New York Post: Anti-ICE signs are literal virtue signals — and nothing more
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Post: Yes, Trump is deporting ‘dreamers.’ Now here’s the quiet part.
  • New York Post: The TSA made itself unfundable
  • Wall Street Journal: The Rush to Point Fingers at the Secret Service
  • New York Post: [NY] Mamdani, Hochul & co.’s anti-ICE extremism now puts public safety at risk
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Zia Faruqui’s apology an example of ‘malignant empathy’ of radical Left in justice system
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NewsMax: ICE Arrests Convicted Criminal Aliens
  • Breitbart: Judiciary Committee Probes Sanctuary Officials in Philadelphia; Arlington, Virginia
  • Newsweek: ICE Would Receive $30B Funding Boost Under Senate GOP Proposal
  • Reuters: US to close watchdog office for federal immigration detention abuses
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Immigration street sweeps led to more ‘collateral’ arrests of noncriminals
  • Washington Post: ICE raids reduce jobs for both U.S.-born and undocumented workers, study finds
  • Univision: Cinco de Mayo celebrations canceled due to fears of possible ICE raids
  • Washington Examiner: Trump posts mockup of ICE rebranded to ‘NICE’ after supporter’s suggestion
  • Politico: [NY] Trump border czar threatens ICE surge if New York approves sanctuary measures
  • Bloomberg: [NY] Border Czar Sees New York ICE Surge as Hochul Pushes Cooperation Curbs
  • FOX News: [NY] ICE deports illegal immigrant convicted of attempting to kill newborn after blue state prison release
  • Newsweek: [NY] Video Shows ICE Arrest That Sparked Hospital Protests
  • CBS New York: [NY] NYC man who spent 5 months in ICE custody finally reunited with husband, community
  • Breitbart: [PA] Pennsylvania ‘Quaker’ Democrat Senate Candidate Accused of Violent Threats Against President Trump
  • CBS Pittsburgh: [PA] Multiple workers detained during immigration raid in Pittsburgh
  • FOX News: [VA] DHS unloads on ‘sanctuary calamity’ Virginia after illegal alien accused of heinous crime released: ‘Sicko’
  • CBS News: [GA] Georgia teen speaks after being deported to Honduras
  • USA Today: [TN] Authorities search for special forces vet accused of shooting wife
  • NPR: [FL] ICE is giving local police big money to help with immigration enforcement
  • CubaHeadlines: [FL] Cuban with Armed Robbery Convictions Handed Over to ICE by Broward Authorities
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Illinois State Police investigating fatal ICE shooting of Silverio Villegas González in Franklin Park
  • New York Times: [IL] Illinois State Police to Investigate Fatal ICE Shooting
  • Daily Caller: [TX] ICE Arrests Illegal Alien And Alleged Child Rapist Released By ‘Sanctuary’ Fairfax County
  • NPR: [TX] From ICE detention to center stage: The Texas mariachi brothers opening for Kacey Musgraves
  • FOX News: [KS] Kansas City church moves services underground to shield illegal immigrants from ICE enforcement
  • Blaze: [NV] Disgusting criminal’ illegal alien tortured dogs at animal training center in Las Vegas, DHS says
  • FOX News: [CA] California bill would let illegal immigrant professors keep teaching US students remotely
  • Blaze: [CA] Democratic mayor installs ‘anti-ICE’ signs all over Los Angeles — Trump administration issues MOCKING response
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Bloomberg Law: Seventh Circuit Sides With DHS in Worker’s Disability Bias Case
  • Univision: USCIS reactivates immigration processes for Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela under strict review
  • Univision: [TX] DHS overturns $1.8 million fine against U visa holder after legal appeal: we explain
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] California’s population falls amid cut in legal immigration
• Customs and Border Protection
  • The Hill: First Trump tariff refunds now expected on May 12
  • NewsNation: [TX] $272K in cash confiscated at bridge to Mexico, CBP says
  • FOX News: [CA] Border Patrol arrests two illegal aliens convicted of child sex offenses near San Diego in back-to-back busts
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Washington Times: [DC] Alert customs officers at airport uncover illegal shipment of weapons, ammunition
• Secret Service
  • Breitbart: ‘It’s Not Happening on Both Sides’: Scalise Calls Ted Lieu’s ‘86 47′ Social Media Post ‘Disgusting’
  • NBC News: [NH] FAA employee in New Hampshire charged with threatening to kill Trump
  • New York Times: [DC] Man Accused of Attacking Press Gala Indicted on Four Charges
  • CBS News: [DC] Accused correspondents’ dinner shooter Cole Allen charged with assaulting a federal officer
  • Daily Wire: [DC] Woke Judge Who Apologized To Wannabe Trump Assassin Has A Radical Leftist Record
  • FOX News: [DC] Armed suspect who allegedly shot at Secret Service officers near White House identified as Texas man
  • NBC News/Daily Caller: [FL] Secret Service officer arrested on charge of indecent exposure
• Coast Guard
  • ABC News: [NY] 2 dead, 19 injured after Mexican navy sailboat crashes into Brooklyn Bridge, mayor says
  • CBS News: [MI] In Lynette Hooker probe, Coast Guard seeks information about mystery sailboat
  • ABC News: [Bahamas] Coast Guard seeking info from public on missing woman in the Bahamas
  • CBS Miami: [Haiti] Coast guard seizes $4 million in marijuana off Haiti
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Federal News Network: CISA tells critical organizations to prepare for cyber outages
  • Federal News Network: From mandate to momentum: Turning CISA’s edge device directive into lasting capability
  • CyberScoop: CISA boasts AI automation improvements to threat analysis, mission support
  • CyberScoop: CISA wants critical infrastructure to operate ‘weeks to months’ in isolation during conflict
  • HS Today: CISA and Partners Release Guide to Secure Adoption of Agentic AI
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NewsMax: FBI Chief Patel: AI Helped Stop School Shooting Plots
  • FOX News: [KY] Wave of school bomb threats rocks Kentucky amid suspected robocall scheme, police say
  • CBS News: [CO] Infamous cartel leader El Chapo pens letters from U.S. supermax prison, criticizing his "cruel punishment"
  • New York Times: [CO] Suspect in Colorado Firebombing Attack Will Plead Guilty, Court Records Say
  • New York Post: [OR] Shocking video shows bartender with ‘violent obsession’ ram car bomb into his former workplace
  • Univision: [Mexico] The United States Considers Attacking Drug Cartels Through Joint Operations in Mexico
• National Security News
  • FOX News: Suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship leaves 3 dead, 147 quarantined
  • Washington Post: Federal officials will test Google and Microsoft AI models before release
  • Washington Times: AI just made every American investor a national security target
  • The Hill: [Iran] Rubio: US to propose UN Security Council resolution calling for opening of Strait of Hormuz
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Iran’s Top Diplomat Lands in Beijing Ahead of Trump
  • Reuters: [Iran] US and Bahrain push UN-backed action for Hormuz as Washington seeks maritime coalition
  • FOX News: [Iran] Iran tensions mount as US ships enter Strait of Hormuz
  • NBC News: [Iran] U.S. commercial ships had military security aboard during Hormuz transit, sources say

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