• Top News
  • AP/Federal News Network/Bloomberg: Trump-appointed FEMA Review Council proposes sweeping changes to federal disaster support
  • NewsMax: FEMA Council Urges Leaner Agency, More State Control
  • NPR: A Trump council recommends overhauling FEMA. Here are 3 key changes
  • Washington Post: Trump-appointed panel calls for slashing FEMA in half
  • FOX Business: DHS secretary slams shutdown fallout as border, security risks mount
  • Breitbart: Mullin: There’s ‘Increase on Our Northern Border’, Have to Dedicate ‘More Assets’
  • ABC News: Homeland Security, Secret Service say $1B for White House ballroom would also fund ‘other critical missions’
  • Breitbart: Tom Homan: President Trump Is Being Lobbied by Cabinet Members to Approve Migrant Amnesty
  • Univision: Mass deportations: Homan announces thousands of new ICE agents to fulfill Trump’s promise
  • FOX News: Tom Homan: I expect deportation numbers to increase, border crossings to decrease
  • FOX News: Border czar Homan vows to ‘flood’ New York with ICE agents despite Hochul’s resistance
  • New York Times: New York Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks in Broad Immigration Deal
  • New York Times: Federal and State Officials Discuss Closing Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
  • FOX News: Future of Ron DeSantis’ controversial ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ICE holding facility revealed
  • AP: DeSantis says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center always was meant to be temporary
  • AP: Second Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s No-Bond Immigration Detentions, Deepening Circuit Split
  • New York Post: Trump rolls out ‘America First’ counterterror strategy targeting cartels, jihadists and domestic extremists
  • CNN: Trump administration now classifies Antifa and left-wing networks among ‘major’ terror groups
  • New York Times: U.S. to Review Mexican Consulates After Right-Wing Claims Against Them
  • FOX News: Trump demands Hakeem Jeffries be charged with inciting violence with ‘maximum warfare’ rhetoric
  • FOX News: Man indicted for allegedly posting gruesome death threats against Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi on social media
  • Daily Wire: Blue State Pardons Illegal Immigrant With Rap Sheet To Block Deportation Efforts
  • Washington Examiner: Minnesota off-loads fraud cases onto federal investigators due to overwhelming backlog
  • Reuters: Trump vowed to fight crime in Minneapolis. Prosecutions plunged
  • Blaze: Democratic DA under DOJ investigation for giving illegal aliens special treatment
  • AP: Man who sprayed vinegar at Rep. Ilhan Omar during town hall pleads guilty to assault
  • FOX News: Haitian illegal immigrant who fatally beat Florida store clerk with hammer will face the death penalty
  • FOX News: Texas father fatally shoots alleged illegal immigrant carjacker amid self-defense
  • FOX News: Illegal trucker cases fuel GOP push to crack down on CDL mills as Dems largely silent
  • Federal News Network: Federal workers’ compensation is getting an overhaul
  • NewsMax: Trade Court Blocks Trump’s New Global Tariffs in Legal Setback
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Examiner: The case for the Dignity Act: Amnesty or not, it’s a fair compromise
  • Daily Signal: Trump White House Takes Transgender-Motivated Terror Threat Seriously
  • Blaze: Funding is useless if Democrat judges can still hold ICE hostage
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NewsMax: ICE Eyes Buying Major Detention Centers From Private Prison Giants
  • USA Today: New wave of ICE deployments could impact more than 40 states
  • Axios: ICE targets Plan B after backlash to mega-jails plan
  • Reuters: [NY] New York state set to ban law enforcement, including ICE, from wearing masks
  • AP: [NY] New York to restrict ICE despite threat from Trump’s border czar
  • Politico: [NY] Disaffected Mamdani allies press him for stricter rules on NYPD interactions with ICE
  • Telemundo: [NY] 19-year-old claims he was unjustly detained by ICE agents in the Bronx
  • Breitbart: [NJ] ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Alien Wanted for Murder in Sanctuary New Jersey
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] Philadelphia City Council’s "ICE Out" bills become law, limiting city cooperation with immigration enforcement
  • New York Times: [DC] ICE Arrests Violated Order Requiring Warrants in D.C., Judge Rules
  • AP: [DC] Immigration enforcement guidance for warrantless arrests falls short, federal judge says
  • FOX News: [GA] Illegal alien accused of killing dad, trying to flee after drunken crash – feds rip Biden-era release
  • Reuters: [FL] Miami host committee assured ICE will not be at World Cup games
  • FOX News: [IL] Grieving parents of slain student Sheridan Gorman speak out: ‘We can’t let this happen to another family’
  • Breitbart: [WI] Biden-Released Illegal Alien Accused of Sexually Assaulting Elderly Women at Nursing Home in Wisconsin
  • Daily Signal: [MN] Trump Administration Wins Court Fight as Judge Clears ICE Operations Near Schools
  • Breitbart: [TX] Democrats Call for Shutdown of Obama-Era ICE Family Detention Center in Texas
  • NBC News: [TX] Teen says judge’s order for her release from immigration detention had her family screaming with joy
  • CBS News: [TX] Texas mother of 4 says "no one is safe" after spending more than 6 weeks in ICE custody
  • Univision: [TX] Alleged ICE agents pepper-spray volunteers outside immigration offices in San Antonio.
  • NBC News: [AZ] Judge grants detained parents’ urgent plea to reunite with terminally ill son in Mexico
  • FOX News: [OR] University rushes ICE alert system months before deadline after pressure from far-left students
  • Bloomberg Industry Group Bloomberg Law: [CA] California Judge Denies Injunction in ICE Conditions Suit
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Judge leaning toward county inspection of Otay Mesa detention center
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] ICE Reveals New Data to Members of Congress on Immigration Enforcement Operations in San Diego
  • Telemundo: [CA] More than 16,000 people have been deported from the San Diego region by ICE since January 2025.
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • AP: US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting
  • CBS News: Homan: "Discussions going on" when asked about giving status to some immigrants in U.S. illegally
  • CBS News: Blanche says immigrants who committed fraud to become U.S. citizens should worry
  • AP: US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Polish mother Beata Siemionkowicz detained by ICE in Kentucky since last August, despite Green Card
  • New York Times: [South Africa] Trump Administration Weighs Citing ‘Emergency’ to Admit More Afrikaners as Refugees
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsNation/Daily Wire/Los Angeles Times: [CA] Cruise ship workers, including from Disney, linked to child pornography
  • Daily Wire: How An Illegal Immigrant Smuggled In Thousands More, And Got Rich Doing It
  • Reuters: US container imports fell 5.5% in April on trade and geopolitical risks, Descartes says
  • New York Post: [NY] Three sex offenders nabbed trying to cross border in ‘Operation Predator’ immigrant crackdown
  • FOX News: [TX] Child sex predators among 3 fugitives nabbed at Texas border in 24-hour CBP sweep
  • FOX News: [TX] Texas GOP backs resolution saying states have right to repel border ‘invasion’
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] CBP arrests 27 cruise line workers in San Diego as part of child sexual exploitation investigation
  • CBS News: [Mexico] Dozens of packages of cocaine seized in Pacific Ocean off Mexico, 11 rescued from shipwreck
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times: Why America Is Removing So Many ‘Deadbeat’ Dams
  • New York Times: [MS] Storms Injure at Least 17 and Damage Hundreds of Buildings in Mississippi
  • CBS News: [MS] Tornadoes injure 17 and damage hundreds of homes in Mississippi
  • USA Today: [MS] Mississippi tornadoes cause widespread devastation, damage to homes
  • Politico: [TX] FEMA said it answered the phone during the Texas floods. Most callers didn’t get through.
• Federal Protective Service
• Secret Service
  • FOX News: Bipartisan lawmakers push to remove Secret Service from DHS after Trump assassination attempts
  • Reuters: White House Calls Mark Hamill ‘Sick’ After Actor Posts Trump Gravesite Image
  • FOX News: [DC] Cole Allen indicted on new charge in alleged Trump assassination plot
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Trump motorcade drives across Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to inspect renovation efforts
  • Blaze: [FL] Florida man accused of posting repeated threats on social media to assassinate Trump, Rubio, and Bondi
• Coast Guard
  • ExecutiveGov: Coast Guard to Launch Special Missions Command for Deployable Forces
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • FOX News/CNN/Bloomberg: Hackers threaten to leak data from 275M users after breaching major college platform used nationwide
  • AP: Cyberattack hits Canvas system used by thousands of schools as finals loom
  • EDScoop: ShinyHunters claims nearly 9,000 schools affected by Canvas data breach
  • Washington Times: Feds urge greater protection of critical infrastructure from Chinese hacks
• Terrorism Investigations
  • ABC News: [TX] No evidence Austin mass shooting suspect was associated with a foreign terrorist organization, FBI concludes
  • Washington Times: [TX] FBI probe finds Austin bar shooter was ‘lone actor’ in deadly March attack that killed 3
  • New York Times: [CO] Defendant in Boulder Antisemitic Attack Is Sentenced to Life in Prison
  • FOX News: [CA] Feds seize mountain of fentanyl from ‘open-air drug market’ in massive crackdown targeting gang crews
  • Breitbart: [Mexico] Trump Threatens Use of Ground Troops to Fight Mexican Cartels — If They (Mexico) Won’t Do it, We Will
• National Security News
  • ABC News: WHO says suspected hantavirus cluster ‘is not the start of a COVID pandemic’
  • Daily Signal: Administration Mulls AI Regulation Executive Orders, but Substance in Flux
  • Washington Times: U.S. lacks enough space launch facilities to meet expanding civilian and national security needs
  • Federal News Network: Drone threats are escalating. America’s airspace intelligence isn’t keeping pace.
  • AP: [Cuba] US isn’t looking at imminent military action in Cuba despite Trump threats, AP sources say
  • USA Today: [Cuba] After Vatican talks, Rubio hits Cuban military regime with sanctions
  • ABC News: [Cuba] Cuban foreign minister warns US on ‘dangerous path’ that could lead to ‘bloodbath in Cuba’
  • NBC News: [Iraq] Iran-backed groups targeted U.S. facilities in Iraq 600 times, U.S. official says
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Report: Chinese Tanker Attacked in Strait of Hormuz Days Before Iranian Foreign Minister’s Beijing Visit
  • New York Times: [Iran] Trump Says Cease-Fire Intact After Trade of Attacks in Strait of Hormuz
  • Breitbart: [Saudi Arabia] Report: Saudi Arabia Blocked ‘Project Freedom’ by Denying U.S. Access to Bases

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