• Top News
  • CBS News/New York Times: Trump administration ramps up denaturalization campaign, targeting U.S. citizens accused of crimes, fraud, terrorism
  • Washington Post/Breitbart/NewsMax/Blaze: DOJ Seeks to Strip Naturalized U.S. Citizenship from Immigrants Accused of Murder, Terrorism, Marriage Fraud
  • AP: Prosecutors seek to strip U.S. citizenship from diplomat-turned-Cuban spy
  • New York Post: Migrants choosing to voluntarily give up asylum claims surge under Trump admin
  • CBS News: Thousands of asylum-seekers abandon their cases as ICE seeks to deport them to nations they aren’t from
  • Breitbart: DHS Hires Debt Agencies to Collect Federal Fines on Illegal Migrants
  • Roll Call: Court blocks limits on lawmaker visits to immigration detention facilities
  • AP: US authorities cancel cruise ship worker visas as part of child sexual abuse images case
  • NewsMax: DOJ’s Shumate to Newsmax: More Citizenship Cases Ahead
  • FOX News: Kash Patel reveals the chilling holiday terror plots FBI federal agents quietly stopped
  • Breitbart: Kash Patel Highlights FBI Arrests of Child Predators; Drugs and Firearms Seized
  • NewsNation: DHS denies pushing Florida to close immigration detention center
  • Washington Examiner: DeSantis confirms ‘Alligator Alcatraz’s’ looming breakdown
  • Washington Examiner: High costs, hurricanes behind shuttering of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
  • New York Times: Facing Pressure, Trump Officials Reject Claims They’re Softening on Immigration
  • New York Times: Mahmoud Khalil Hurtles Toward Potential Deportation as U.S. Speeds Case
  • NewsMax: Sen. Rick Scott to Newsmax: GOP Must Force Vote on SAVE America Act
  • CBS News: Georgia man indicted for social media threats toward Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi, prosecutors say
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Bloomberg Law/NewsMax: ICE Limits on Lawmaker Visits to Immigrant Jails Blocked
  • NewsMax: Border Czar Homan: ‘We Don’t Deport US Citizens’
  • FOX News: Tom Homan answers how many more deportations needed to restore country: ‘One hell of a shot’
  • FOX News: [NY] Tom Homan vows more ICE agents in New York despite Gov. Hochul’s resistance
  • FOX News: [NY] Hochul and Homan clash over ICE deployment
  • Univision: [NY] “I don’t handle threats well”: Kathy Hochul responds to Tom Homan’s comments about sending agents to New York
  • Washington Examiner: [NY] Hochul signals defiance as Homan threatens New York with ICE surge
  • FOX Business: [NY] NYC policies could force ICE into streets, raising safety concerns
  • NBC News: [NY] Man says he was wrongfully detained by ICE agents after bloody takedown in Bronx
  • FOX News: [NY] Dem governor in the hot seat after testing limits of authority with major move against ICE
  • Axios: [PA] Philly mayor green-lights new ICE restrictions
  • Bloomberg Law: [DC] Judge Says DHS Defied Warrantless Immigration Arrests Order
  • Newsweek: [FL] ICE Sent Him to Alligator Alcatraz After Green Card Interview: ‘Horrible’
  • FOX News: [FL] Video shows ICE officers arrest alleged MS-13 gang member described as ‘known suspected terrorist’ in Florida
  • FOX News: [AR] Man charged in crash that killed mother and two young sons has ICE detainer, prior DWI convictions
  • FOX News: [IN] Illegal immigrant charged in decade-long serial rape case had rap sheet, was arrested twice by ICE
  • CBS News: [TX] Mexican national deported three times accused of ramming ICE vehicles, injuring two, during North Texas traffic stop, prosecutors say
  • AP: [AZ] Community-built map tracks ICE activity across Tucson, Arizona
  • Telemundo Washington DC: [AZ] ICE releases parents of young man with terminal cancer; now they are on their way to meet him in Mexico
  • FOX News: [CA] World Cup stadium union workers say FIFA’s lack of privacy concerns put them at risk of ICE targeting
  • Daily Wire: [CA] The Creepy Church Bathroom Discovery Now Fueling A Bigger Immigration Debate
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Ex-Catholic priest among 12 immigrants whose citizenship Trump administration wants to revoke
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Border Spending Spurs Boom in AI-Infused Surveillance
  • NewsMax: Trump Border Push Drives AI Tech Expansion
  • CBS News: What the Trump administration’s latest tariff blow means for businesses
  • The Texas Tribune: [TX] Big Bend border wall plans cancelled for national park after backlash, Border Patrol commissioner says
  • Washington Examiner: [AZ] US officials gravely concerned cartels will take fight at border to the skies
  • Breitbart: [CA] CBP Officers Seize $4 Million in Cocaine at San Diego Port
  • Daily Caller: [CA] Authorities Reportedly Arrest Disney Cruise Workers In Child Porn Sting
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • HS Today: FEMA and Partners Continue Preparations for FIFA World Cup 2026 Security and Safety
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Newsom requests FEMA disaster funding extension for LA wildfire victims
• Secret Service
  • Washington Post: Trump assassination jokes are spiking. Experts worry they promote actual violence
  • NewsMax: [DC] Sen. Blackburn Demands Secret Service Audit After Attack
  • AP: [DC] Suspect in White House correspondents’ dinner attack seeks recusal of top Justice Dept. officials
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Cole Allen requests DOJ lawyers recuse themselves due to WHCD shooting ties
  • Roll Call: [DC] White House ballroom security upgrades become Democratic target
• Coast Guard
  • CBS News: Pentagon says one survivor after strike on alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific kills 2
  • Stars and Stripes: US Coast Guard now using drones to safeguard Great Lakes
  • The National Desk: [HI] 10 people charged in Hawaii drug trafficking scheme: DOJ
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Washington Post: How a new breed of hacking tools is forcing a White House reset
  • CyberScoop: Sen. Schumer seeks DHS plan on AI cyber coordination with state, local governments
  • Washington Post: Canvas hack exposes schools’ vulnerability to cyberattacks
  • Reuters: Schools reach out to Canvas hackers as breach hits US classrooms, source says
  • NBC News: Schools across U.S. disrupted after Canvas education platform hacked
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Cyberattack postpones University of Illinois finals week
  • CBS News: [TX] Cyberattack on Canvas disrupts schools, universities across North Texas
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Reuters: Palestinian American developer asks US judge to dismiss lawsuit alleging he aided Hamas
  • Daily Wire: [CO] Illegal Immigrant Sentenced After Deadly Antisemitic Firebombing
• National Security News
  • Bloomberg: US Preps AI Security Order That Omits Mandatory Tests
  • NewsMax: FBI Document Details Orb Encounter Near Military Site
  • CBS News: Pentagon begins releasing new UFO files, unveiling dozens of photos, videos and documents
  • New York Times: U.F.O. Files Released by U.S. Shed Light on What the Government Knows
  • Telemundo: [FL] The Caribbean Princess cruise ship that departed from Fort Lauderdale has 115 passengers on board with norovirus, according to the CDC
  • Telemundo51: [Cuba] Governor Ron DeSantis said that "it is time for the Cuban dictatorship to be withdrawn"
  • CNN: [Iran] Iran’s injured supreme leader out of public view but still shaping strategy, US intel assesses
  • FOX News: [Iran] US launches airstrikes against Iranian targets in Strait of Hormuz
  • Univision: [Iran] US fires on Iranian oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
  • New York Times: [Iran] U.S. Targets Iran’s Missile and Drone Program With Sanctions
  • NBC News: [Iran] US, Iran no closer to ending war as Gulf clashes flare

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