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defense 8 39m ago 4 min read

Poland Deploys Police and GROM Special Forces Along Kaliningrad Border After Warnings of Provocation

Poland has put extra police, counterterrorism units and GROM special forces on its Kaliningrad border, with the operation set to run through at least Nov. 8. Prime Minister Donald Tusk says the response may have headed off a provocation, but Warsaw has published no evidence of a specific plot. Intelligence warnings point to the first half of November, so the danger window is still open.

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politics 7 1h ago 3 min read

McCaysville Closed With Nightly Curfew as Fannin County Rescues Pass 80 After Record Border Flood

Since overnight storms flooded McCaysville, Georgia, and Copperhill, Tennessee, on Thursday, Nov. 5, the Fannin County rescue count has climbed from 57 to more than 80 and McCaysville has shut down with a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew. Water has receded, but a boil water advisory, road damage and an unfinished damage survey remain.

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economy 6 4h ago 5 min read

India vows to fight EU carbon border tax at COP31 as Brussels moves to widen it

India's environment minister says New Delhi will defend its industry against the EU's carbon border tax at the COP31 summit in Antalya, which opens Monday, Nov. 9. Brussels is negotiating a wider CBAM, and the next round of EU talks is slated for Nov. 20, the day the summit is scheduled to end.

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politics 7 8h ago 4 min read

Record Flooding on Georgia-Tennessee Border Forces More Than 100 Rescues, Emergency Declarations

Overnight storms on Nov. 4-5 sent the Toccoa and Ocoee rivers to record levels around McCaysville, Georgia, and Copperhill, Tennessee. More than 100 people were pulled from floodwater, and officials reported no significant injuries or missing people as of Thursday afternoon. Curfews remain in place, and no damage total has been released.

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defense 7 18h ago 4 min read

Unsealed Court Documents Show Trump Administration Kept Deportation Contacts With Iran During the War

Court records unsealed Thursday show U.S. immigration officials stayed in touch with Iranian officials during the war about travel documents and "possible avenues for removal." A federal judge now requires 24 hours' notice to the court of any finalized plan and five days' written notice before any deportation.

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politics 7 1d ago 4 min read

Ilhan Omar Wins Fifth Term With 76.5% of the Vote as Federal Immigration Probe Continues

Rep. Ilhan Omar won re-election in Minnesota's 5th District on Nov. 3 with 76.5% of the vote, her best share since 2018, three weeks after federal agents searched her D.C. home. She has not been charged and denies wrongdoing. The win settles the House seat, not the investigation.

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politics 8 2d ago 4 min read

Judge Chutkan Blocks DOJ and DHS From Sending Noncitizen Voter Lists to States Before Midterms

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled Nov. 2 that the Justice Department and Homeland Security likely broke the Privacy Act by sending states lists of alleged noncitizen voters, and ordered the transmissions stopped. The injunction covers lists, not prosecutions or individual citizenship checks. Whether the administration appeals, and what happens to ballots already challenged, is the open question as polls close.

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defense 8 2d ago 4 min read

Houthis Have Raided Saudi Border Posts in Recent Months, Western and Arab Officials Say

A western and an Arab official with direct knowledge told Middle East Eye that Houthi fighters have staged small ground raids on Saudi border posts, including one at the end of October. The raids come on top of weeks of missile and drone fire, and Turkey, Pakistan and Egypt are moving to send forces and air defenses to the kingdom.

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economy 6 3d ago 4 min read

DHS Says Operation Guardian Arrested 230+ Illegal Immigrants in 15 States, 40+ Holding Commercial Driver's Licenses

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced Monday, Nov. 2, that a 72-hour, 15-state operation from Oct. 26 to 28 led to more than 230 immigration arrests, including more than 40 CDL holders. DHS has not said how many of those licenses were fraudulent or which states issued them, the two facts that would show whether the problem is licensing or enforcement.

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politics 7 3d ago 4 min read

DHS Says Border Apprehensions Fell 95%, but Polls Show Voters Disapprove of Trump's Deportation Push

Southwest border apprehensions dropped to fewer than 99,000 in fiscal 2026, according to DHS data, yet polling shows voters disapprove of how Trump is carrying out immigration enforcement inside the country. With the midterms ahead, the issue that helped put Trump back in the White House is now a contested one for Republicans.

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health 5 4d ago 4 min read

Russia Confirms Another Mpox Case Near Moscow as Chinese Border City Issues Plague Precautions After Siberian Lab Worker's Death

A 38-year-old man was hospitalized with confirmed mpox at Domodedovo Central Hospital outside Moscow, announced today, Nov. 1, and Rospotrebnadzor has opened an investigation. Separately, Hulunbuir in Inner Mongolia issued plague precautions after the October death of a 28-year-old Irkutsk anti-plague institute employee, whose cause of death Russia has described only as pneumonia of unknown origin. No verified evidence has been presented of plague cases in China, but Chinese health staff have said such information would be an official secret.

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politics 7 5d ago 4 min read

Mexico Rejects Texas Claim to Nine Rio Grande Islands, Says Only Border Commission Can Decide

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham declared nine Rio Grande islands, about 66 acres, to be state property so DPS and the Texas Military Department can patrol them. Mexico's Foreign Ministry answered on Oct. 30 that no state can move the border and that the binational boundary commission decides. The commission's review will determine which side of the line each island sits on.

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politics 7 6d ago 4 min read

Mullin Says DHS Gave DOJ a 'Large Case' Against Omar; Prosecutors Say Probe Reaches Other People

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says his department has handed the Justice Department a "large case" in the Ilhan Omar investigation, and prosecutors told a court the inquiry extends to unnamed others. Omar has not been charged and is on the ballot Tuesday, Nov. 3, with a Minnesota grand jury still hearing evidence.

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politics 7 6d ago 4 min read

U.S. Plans Deportation Flight of Afghans to Pakistan as Early as Monday, Officials Say

The Trump administration is preparing a charter flight, possibly as early as Monday, Nov. 2, to deport Afghan detainees to Pakistan, a senior administration official told NBC News. Three U.S. officials told The New York Times the group could number more than 150 and that the aim is to get them back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. The legal question over third-country removals goes to the Supreme Court in December, after the plane is due to leave.

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politics 8 6d ago 3 min read

USCIS Says It Has Taken 2.2 Million Actions to Revoke or End Immigration Status Since January 2025

DHS announced Oct. 29 that USCIS has carried out enforcement actions to revoke or terminate the status of about 2.2 million people since Jan. 20, 2025, which it calls nearly seven times the pace of Biden's last two years. The number counts administrative actions, not deportations, and the agency has not released a breakdown. Court rulings on TPS and parole terminations will decide how many of those actions hold.

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politics 7 6d ago 4 min read

Federal Judge Bars Ethnicity-Based Immigration Stops Across Seven Southern California Counties

U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong issued a preliminary injunction on Oct. 23 requiring immigration agents in the Central District of California to have individualized reasonable suspicion before detaining anyone. The Trump administration appealed to the Ninth Circuit on Oct. 28 and is asking for a stay. The Supreme Court froze a similar order last year, so the fight over how much ethnicity can count in an immigration stop is not over.

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defense 8 Oct 30 4 min read

North Korea Fires About a Dozen Ballistic Missiles Days After Seoul Proposes Border Talks

North Korea launched about a dozen short-range ballistic missiles from Wonsan on Thursday, Oct. 29, roughly a week after Seoul proposed military talks over the disputed border. Pyongyang has not answered the offer, and Kim Yo-jong has said North Korean loudspeakers for psychological warfare would be operational before the end of October.

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politics 8 Oct 30 5 min read

Hackers Publish Records of More Than 40,000 DHS Employees, Including Undercover ICE Personnel

A group calling itself the Department of Peace released contact details and system-access records for more than 40,000 Homeland Security employees on Wednesday, Oct. 28. DHS says it is working to address a "potential breach," while the hackers' defenders call the release accountability and DHS says it exposes people who never consented. The open question is how the data was taken, since the hackers blame DHS's Okta login system and Okta says it has no evidence of a compromise.

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tech 7 Oct 29 4 min read

Bluesky Blocks Links to DHS Employee Leak and Labels Archive 'Malicious'

A day after Distributed Denial of Secrets published the Icepick archive on more than 41,000 DHS employees and contractors, Bluesky is blocking links to it, saying the files include contact details shared without authorization. The company has not said whether the block was automatic or whether any government agency asked for it. DHS says it is investigating, and Okta denies the hackers' claim that its service was the source.

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tech 8 Oct 28 4 min read

DDoSecrets Publishes Data on More Than 40,000 DHS Employees, Including ICE and CBP Staff

The leak site Distributed Denial of Secrets released a searchable archive on Wednesday, Oct. 28, with names, phone numbers and email addresses for more than 40,000 Homeland Security employees and contractors, including some in undercover and surveillance roles. A hacker group calling itself Department of Peace says it took the data from DHS's Okta login system, which Okta disputes. It is the third major federal data leak in about a month, and DHS has not publicly responded.

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politics 8 Oct 28 5 min read

Court Records Detail DHS Undercover Operation Against Minnesota Anti-ICE Groups

Internal DHS documents filed in the case of 15 Minnesotans charged with conspiracy show agents infiltrated anti-ICE chats and meetings during Operation Metro Surge. Whether any of the surveillance was illegal could decide the prosecutions, while DHS agents are also knocking on voters' doors ahead of the midterms. Thirty-five House Democrats want ICE's answers on license plate tracking by Nov. 20.

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politics 6 Oct 27 4 min read

Supreme Court Rejects Cities' Emergency Bid to Revive Biden-Era Rule on Pausing Deportation Cases

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 27, denied an emergency application from Baltimore, Columbus and New Haven to revive the 2024 rule letting immigration judges pause deportation cases. The one-line order gave no reasons and noted no dissents. The underlying fight over whether the Justice Department and Texas could scrap a federal rule through a same-day consent judgment is still in the lower courts.

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politics 8 Oct 27 5 min read

175 House Democrats Demand DOJ and DHS Halt Ilhan Omar Probe One Week Before Election

A letter led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal and signed by 175 House Democrats calls the Oct. 12 search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home election interference. DOJ says it followed every court order, and Omar has not been charged. Minnesota's 5th District votes Nov. 3, and Omar's lawyers are already disputing how the search was carried out.

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politics 7 Oct 27 4 min read

DHS Suspends Visa-Free Travel for Chinese Nationals to Northern Mariana Islands Starting Oct. 30

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin signed a notice suspending the EVS-TAP program, which let prescreened Chinese nationals visit the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa. DHS cites espionage risk near U.S. military sites, smuggling to Guam and birth tourism. The suspension takes effect at 2 p.m. EDT on Oct. 30, with no end date for the review that follows.

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defense 8 Oct 27 3 min read

Jordan Airstrikes in Southern Syria Kill at Least Five, Damascus Says, and Syria Closes Border Crossing

Days after the Karak church shooting, Jordan bombed targets in Daraa and Suwayda provinces, and Syrian authorities put the civilian death toll at five to seven. Amman says Damascus was consulted. Damascus says it was not, and it has shut Jordan's only passenger and commercial crossing.

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politics 8 Oct 26 4 min read

Federal Judge Restricts DHS Noncitizen Voter Probes in 9 States Through Nov. 3, Citing Error-Prone Data

Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín ruled Oct. 21 that DHS field investigations of suspected noncitizen voters in nine states rest on unreliable data, and ordered them stopped until polls close Nov. 3. She delayed the order until Friday, Oct. 23, so the administration could appeal. DHS says it has no plans to question people it believes are citizens, and the order's reach depends on what an appeals court does.

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politics 8 Oct 25 4 min read

Full Fifth Circuit Rules 10-7 That Immigrants Who Entered Illegally Have No Constitutional Right to a Bond Hearing

The full Fifth Circuit ruled 10-7 on Friday, Oct. 23, that three longtime residents detained after traffic stops are not entitled under the Constitution to bond hearings while their deportation cases proceed. The Supreme Court is set to hear a related case, Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, this term. A ruling there that the mandatory-detention statute does not cover longtime residents arrested inside the country could make the constitutional question moot.

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politics 7 Oct 24 4 min read

Kim Jong Un Arrives in Chinese Border City of Dandong via New Yalu River Bridge, South Korean Official Says

Kim Jong Un crossed the newly opened New Yalu River Bridge into Dandong on Saturday, Oct. 24, according to a South Korean government official, with Premier Li Qiang reported to have met him. Beijing has not confirmed the trip. Whether it leads to a Xi summit, and what it means for Trump's hopes of talks before the APEC meeting in Shenzhen next month, is still open.

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politics 8 Oct 23 4 min read

5th Circuit Rules 10-7 That Detained Immigrants Have No Constitutional Right to Bond Hearings

The full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10-7 on Friday, Oct. 23, that the Fifth Amendment does not require bond hearings for immigrants who entered illegally and are held during deportation proceedings. It wipes out a constitutional argument that had won release for detainees in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a related case, but only on what the statute requires, not on the Constitution.

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politics 7 Oct 23 4 min read

Rep. Randy Fine Says He Will Push to Expel Ilhan Omar if DOJ Immigration Probe Finds Fraud

Florida Republican Randy Fine told Fox News Digital he will demand Rep. Ilhan Omar's expulsion if the Justice Department's immigration probe finds fraud. Expulsion takes a two-thirds House vote, no charges have been announced, and Omar's lawyers call the investigation politically motivated. The question now is whether anything is filed before the Nov. 3 election.

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politics 7 Oct 23 4 min read

DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Corey Lewandowski's DHS Role, Sources Say

Justice Department prosecutors are investigating Corey Lewandowski, the former top aide to ousted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, after a referral from the department's inspector general, multiple people familiar with the matter say. Lewandowski has not been charged and denies wrongdoing. What the probe finds will be a rare test of whether Trump's DOJ will pursue someone in his own circle.

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defense 7 Oct 23 3 min read

South Korea Proposes Border Military Talks as North Korea Readies Loudspeakers

Seoul's Defense Ministry formally invited Pyongyang today, Oct. 23, to military talks on where the border line sits and how to prevent accidental clashes. A similar offer last November went unanswered, and North Korea has since threatened to restart propaganda broadcasts by late October. The Sept. 21 mine blasts that wounded three South Korean soldiers remain the flashpoint.

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politics 7 Oct 23 4 min read

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift injunction halting Big Bend border wall construction

Since Judge Kathleen Cardone froze construction across Texas' Big Bend region on Oct. 2, the administration has gone straight to the Supreme Court, filing an emergency application on Oct. 21. The government says the freeze costs more than $460,000 a day and leaves a gap cartels can exploit. Opponents say Big Bend sees little illegal crossing and that only Congress can authorize walling it off. The injunction stays in place until the justices act.

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politics 7 Oct 22 4 min read

Migration Policy Institute Counts 980,000 Deportations in Trump's First 18 Months, Short of 1 Million a Year Goal

A new Migration Policy Institute analysis counts 980,000 deportations from Jan. 20, 2025 through July 31, 2026, well below the 1 million a year the administration promised when Congress funded it. Arrests inside the U.S. are rising, and about 20% of those deported had a criminal conviction. DHS has stopped publishing detailed data, so its own larger figures cannot be checked against this count.

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politics 6 Oct 22 4 min read

House Democrat Introduces Bill Guaranteeing $500,000 to U.S. Citizens Wrongfully Detained by Immigration Agents

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández introduced a bill on Oct. 15 that would let U.S. citizens sue ICE officers and the federal government, with a mandatory $500,000 award plus $100,000 for each added day of detention. She cites ProPublica's count of 506 citizens detained since January 2025. DHS denies any pattern of detaining citizens, and earlier Democratic bills on the issue have gone nowhere.

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politics 8 Oct 22 5 min read

Federal Judge Bars DHS Election Field Interviews of Suspected Citizens in 9 States

U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a preliminary injunction on Oct. 21 limiting Homeland Security election field operations in nine states, citing error-prone citizenship data. The order takes effect at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, and runs through Election Day, Nov. 3. The administration has until then to appeal, and the DOJ has not said whether it will.

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politics 8 Oct 21 4 min read

HSI Agents Have Been Knocking on Doors in at Least Six States Asking About Immigration Status and Voting, CBS Investigation Finds

Armed, uniformed Homeland Security Investigations agents have been visiting homes since September to ask about immigration status and voter registration, according to a CBS News investigation. DHS says it is rooting out illegal voting; a pending federal lawsuit says the visits are meant to scare lawful voters. The suit's request to stop the visits is unresolved.

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politics 8 Oct 21 4 min read

DOJ Charges 28 Green Card Holders Over Voting as Lawsuits Challenge Trump Voter-Data Push, 13 Days Before Midterms

Since the Justice Department sued California over 20,000 voter registrations, it has charged 28 lawful permanent residents with voting offenses, while a new lawsuit accuses DHS of collecting voter files from at least 47 states. The federal government and the states are fighting over who verifies voter rolls, and the Nov. 3 election is 13 days away.

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politics 7 Oct 20 4 min read

Trump Cites France at Kansas Rally While Ukrainian Embassy Expects DHS to Extend TPS for 100,000 Ukrainians

Trump told a Kansas crowd Monday, Oct. 19, that France shows what Democrats want for America. Meanwhile the Ukrainian Embassy says DHS is set to extend deportation protections for about 100,000 Ukrainians, and DHS has not confirmed it. Polls show immigration enforcement is a drag on Republicans 15 days before the Nov. 3 midterms.

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politics 7 Oct 20 4 min read

Trump Says Paris 'Is Going to Be a Muslim City Very Soon,' Blames Immigration for French Riots

President Trump told reporters Monday, Oct. 19, that immigration, "not schools, not anything," is behind the French unrest, and that Paris will be a "Muslim city very soon." French officials describe a different set of causes: school conditions, prices, a wage freeze, and what Macron calls far-left and criminal elements. Trump offered no data, and the French government is now investigating its own failures in the response.

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politics 6 Oct 19 3 min read

DHS Says Ukrainians and Sudanese 'Retain Protection' as TPS Deadline Passes With No Final Decision

About 101,000 Ukrainians and 1,800 Sudanese were set to lose Temporary Protected Status today, Oct. 19. DHS gave no new end date and said a decision "will be made at the appropriate time." It is the second time in six weeks the department has let a TPS deadline pass without a ruling, and the people covered still don't know how long they can stay.

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tech 7 Oct 19 4 min read

DHS Orders Civilian Agencies to Remove DeepSeek and Bars Federal Purchases of Its Products

The Department of Homeland Security filed an order Monday, Oct. 19, requiring civilian federal agencies to pull DeepSeek products, and anything built on them, from their IT systems and to stop buying them. DHS cites risks of data transfer to China and possible malware. The order is narrow, covering civilian agencies only, and the Federal Register publication scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 20 will start the formal clock.

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politics 7 Oct 19 5 min read

DHS Reports 98,708 Southwest Border Apprehensions for FY2026 as Immigrant Visa Issuance Roughly Halves

DHS says fiscal 2026 produced the fewest border apprehensions in agency history, while State Department visa issuance fell to about half its pre-Trump pace. Meanwhile a federal judge threw out the administration's suit against NYC's sanctuary laws, and an ICE arrest-policy flap has exposed friction between the White House and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin weeks before the midterms.

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politics 6 Oct 18 4 min read

Trump Jokes About Joining French 'Revolution' at Georgia Rally, Vance Blames Immigration for Riots

Since a Sept. 21 walkout at a Paris-area high school, French protests have grown into a national crisis, and Washington is now weighing in. Trump joked at an Oct. 16 rally that Americans could spend a proposed $5,000 payment in France to 'join the revolution,' while Vice President JD Vance blamed immigration. French students and unions cite schools, wages and prices as their grievances.

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politics 8 Oct 17 4 min read

Voting and Privacy Groups Sue DHS Over Voter Records Collected From at Least 47 States, Demand Deletion

The League of Women Voters, EPIC and LULAC filed suit Oct. 15 in D.C. federal court, alleging DHS is unlawfully holding voter data from at least 47 states in violation of the Privacy Act. DHS says it is going after noncitizens who vote, and has not answered the complaint in court. The case lands days after a federal court ruled against DOJ's separate push for state voter rolls, with the midterms weeks away.

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politics 6 Oct 16 5 min read

Six Legal Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Short-Notice Asylum Interviews for Unaccompanied Children

Six legal service providers filed suit Thursday, Oct. 15, in federal court in Maryland, alleging USCIS and immigration courts are rushing unaccompanied children through asylum cases, in some instances with less than 24 hours' notice. A Justice Department official says the department can't comment on ongoing litigation but says all cases are decided in accordance with applicable law. The Jan. 31, 2027 deadline for detained children's dockets is the clock the plaintiffs say is driving the rush.

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defense 7 Oct 16 4 min read

Latvia Says Masked Intruders From Belarus Sabotaged Border; Group Black Rus Claims It, Security Service Opens Criminal Case

Latvia's interior minister says masked intruders from Belarus disabled border infrastructure and stole cameras on the night of Oct. 5-6, and a group called Black Rus has claimed the operation and promised more. Latvia's defense ministry says a full-scale Russian invasion is unlikely, but it expects Moscow to probe with smaller actions. The State Security Service opened a criminal case on Oct. 9 and is saying nothing more.

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politics 8 Oct 15 4 min read

Investigation Counts 25,000 Third-Country Deportations Under 35 Secret Deals as UN Experts Demand a Halt

Since the Supreme Court let third-country removals resume on Sept. 29, a Forbidden Stories investigation has put the total at more than 25,000 people under agreements with 35 countries, with $410 million earmarked for receiving nations. Two dozen UN-linked experts have called for the policy to stop, while the administration says it targets criminals and needs flexibility. The justices hear arguments in December, with a ruling expected by summer.

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economy 7 Oct 14 3 min read

DHS Makes End of Automatic Work Permit Extensions Permanent, Effective on Federal Register Publication Oct. 14

DHS has finalized a rule that permanently ends the automatic extension, up to 540 days, of work permits for many immigrants who file renewals. The agency says it needs time to vet applicants before continued authorization. USCIS reported more than 432,000 renewals pending at least six months as of June 30, and a federal judge has already blocked the interim version for seven plaintiffs.

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defense 6 Oct 12 4 min read

Boy Killed, 24 Wounded When Ordnance Detonates on Israeli School Hike Near Lebanon Border

A boy died and at least 24 people were wounded Monday, Oct. 12, when an unexploded munition went off during an annual hike by students of ORT Ma'alot Yeshiva High School. A preliminary IDF investigation points to a leftover Hezbollah cluster bomb, but who left it, and whether the trip was cleared to enter the area, is still being examined. Education Minister Yoav Kisch has ordered a two-day suspension of school trips in the area.

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politics 7 Oct 12 5 min read

Supreme Court Asks Government to Answer Challenge to Warrantless Border Phone Searches

On Sept. 29 the Supreme Court asked the federal government to respond to an immigration lawyer's petition over warrantless border phone searches, after the government had waived a response. The 2nd Circuit ruled Sept. 17 that agents need no warrant and no suspicion, deepening a split among the appeals courts. Whether the justices take the case will decide if a traveler's Fourth Amendment protection depends on the airport he flies into.

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politics 8 Oct 12 4 min read

Federal Agents Search Ilhan Omar's DC Home Under Court-Authorized Warrant, Sources Cite Immigration Paperwork Probe

Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home early Monday under a warrant the Justice Department says a judge authorized. Two sources told Fox News Digital the probe concerns immigration paperwork her late father filed when she was a child. No charges have been announced, and the search comes about three weeks before a midterm Election Day.

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politics 6 Oct 12 3 min read

Djibouti Boat Toll Stands at 139 Confirmed Dead, and Bodies Buried by Migrants Are Not Yet Counted, IOM Says

Since the overloaded boat sank off Obock on the night of Oct. 8, the IOM's confirmed count has risen from 109 to 139 dead, and the 139 covers only bodies buried by Djibouti authorities. Some victims were buried by fellow migrants in a mass grave and are not in the tally, so the final figure could climb.

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economy 7 Oct 11 3 min read

At least 109 dead, more than 116 missing after migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti

A boat carrying migrants from Djibouti to Yemen capsized overnight on Oct. 8-9 near Guhere, north of Obock. The International Organization for Migration says at least 109 people died, including 15 children, and more than 116 are missing. More than 80 Ethiopians survived, and Djiboutian search operations are continuing.

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politics 7 Oct 11 4 min read

Wired Names ICE Agent Photographed With Rifle After Marble Hill Shooting; DHS Cites Gang Ties and Sanctuary Policy

Since the Oct. 8 shooting of Oscar Belgal in Marble Hill, attention has turned to the agents on the scene. Wired identified one, Brendan Cuni, photographed afterward with a rifle, and reports he has a record of contested arrests. No one has said publicly which agent fired the seven rounds, and the FBI and HSI investigation continues.

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politics 6 Oct 11 4 min read

Federal Judge Bars Deportation of Oscar Belgal, Shot by ICE Agent in Marble Hill, While Habeas Petition Is Pending

Two days after an ICE officer fired seven rounds into his car, a federal judge ruled Oscar Belgal cannot be deported or moved out of the New York-New Jersey region without court approval. The order does not free him, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin says he had already been taken out of New York. Where Belgal is held and whether the court orders his release are now the open questions.

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health 7 Oct 10 4 min read

Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Trafficking Survivors Lost Medicaid Eligibility Oct. 1 Under 2025 Budget Law

The first wave of Medicaid changes in H.R. 1 took effect Oct. 1, ending eligibility for refugees, asylum seekers, trafficking survivors and several other legally present groups. The White House says immigrants must support themselves without relying on programs funded by taxpayers, while advocates warn of delayed care and costly emergency visits. Most of the law's remaining Medicaid changes are still due early next year.

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politics 9 Oct 9 4 min read

Federal Judge Rules DOJ Voter-Roll Checks Against Immigration Database Unlawful

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ruled Friday, Oct. 9, that the Justice Department's practice of collecting state voter rolls and running them through the SAVE immigration database violated federal law and intruded on state authority. The Justice Department says it is reviewing the decision. With the Nov. 3 midterms less than four weeks away, the next question is whether the department appeals and whether the federal 90-day limit on systematic roll reviews has already neutralized the fight.

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defense 7 Oct 9 5 min read

Latvia Says Armed Escorts Drove Migrants at Its Border, Then Masked Men Stole Cameras Hours Later

Latvia's interior minister says armed, masked escorts on the Belarusian side threatened soldiers and pushed 20 migrants toward the border on Monday, Oct. 5. Masked men then crossed, damaged equipment and stole cameras. Russia's nuclear warnings over Kaliningrad and Estonia's forward troop moves show the pressure on NATO's eastern flank is not confined to one border.

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politics 7 Oct 9 4 min read

Federal Judge Halts Border Barrier Construction in Texas' Big Bend Sector as Landowners Resist

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone has blocked construction of border barriers, patrol roads and lighting across the Big Bend Sector, a stretch the administration planned to fortify for $7.5 billion. Landowners who refused surveys and sued say they slowed the project, while CBP says barriers are needed to keep crossings low. The injunction stays in place until the court orders otherwise.

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