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• WSJ: Trump Expanding Force to Assist in Immigration Efforts
  
  The Trump administration reportedly is granting immigration-enforcement authority to law enforcement officials across the federal government.
• Rep. McClintock to Newsmax: Wildfires Result of Environmental Laws
  
  President Donald Trump is "right" with his claims that California has a water problem, but it was environmental rules, not a lack of water, that were the major factor in the growth of the state's wildfires, Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., said on Newsmax Thursday.
• Mapmakers Grapple With Trump's Geographic Renaming
  
  What's in a name change, after all? The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it's called the Gulf of Mexico, as it has been for four centuries, or the Gulf of America, as President Donald...
• Cracks Emerge in House GOP Over Wildfire Aid
  
  California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached.
• Judge to Weigh Challenge to Trump Birthright Citizenship Order
  
  Four Democratic-led states will urge a federal judge in Seattle on Thursday to block President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing the Republican's executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States. The executive order has...
• Trump Threatens to Withhold Federal Aid for LA
  
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal disaster aid for wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles unless California leaders change the state's approach on its management of water.
• Trump Deportation Plan Needs Detention Funding
  
  President Donald Trump's inauguration-day executive orders and promises of mass deportations of "millions and millions" of people will hinge on securing money for detention centers.
• Hurricane Helene Victims Fighting Weather; Seeking Answers
  
  There are a lot of people like the Turners who are looking for answers in the hurricane-hit states, and with the southern part of the United States resembling the north this January, they're scared, cold, and wondering if they've been forgotten.
• Proud Boys' Tarrio to Newsmax: Grateful Trump Kept Promise of Pardon
  
  Enrique Tarrio, the former national chair of the Proud Boys, told Newsmax on Wednesday how grateful he was that President Donald Trump kept his promise to pardon most of those charged by the Biden administration's Department of Justice after the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
• Trump Appoints Sean Curran as Secret Service Director
  
  In an expected move, President Donald Trump has appointed Sean Curran, who led his security detail for four years, to lead the Secret Service.
• First Round of Illegal Migrants Detained in Colorado
  
  Making good on a key campaign promise, the administration of President Donald Trump has begun detaining illegal migrants in the sanctuary city of Denver, the Daily Mail reported.
• Calif. City Defies Newsom, Won't Be Migrant Sanctuary
  
  A California city declared it will not be a sanctuary for illegal immigrants amid President Donald Trump's plans for mass deportations, dealing a blow to Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom's efforts to "Trump-proof" the state from federal immigration enforcement.
• ICE Revives Term 'Alien' in Trump-Era Immigration Crackdown
  
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reverting to statutory language and instructing employees to use the term "alien," signaling President Donald Trump's renewed crackdown on illegal immigration and sparking debate among both advocates and critics, according to an internal memo obtained by Axios.
• Bishop Defends Asking Trump to 'Have Mercy' in Sermon
  
  Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, who called on President Donald Trump to "have mercy" for immigrants and LGBTQ children during a prayer service following the inauguration, told ABC's "The View" on Wednesday that she would gladly sit down to talk with Trump.
• Gilgo Beach Murder Suspect Seeks Multiple Trials
  
  Accused murderer Rex Heuermann requested numerous separate trials for the seven women he was charged with killing at New York's Gilgo Beach, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
• Jamie Dimon: Trump Tariffs 'Good for National Security' Though 'a Little Inflationary'
  
  President Donald Trump's looming tariffs on Canada and Mexico might be "a little inflationary, but it's good for national security," says JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.
• Slain Border Patrol Agent Worked at Pentagon During 9/11
  
  A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, his family said.
• Democrats Grill Vought Over 'Illegal' Trump Funding Move
  
  Democrats on Wednesday pressed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell Vought on President Donald Trump's "illegal" executive orders pausing certain funding under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
• 2 Dead, Including Gunman, in Nashville School Shooting
  
  A 17-year-old gunman killed himself after fatally wounding a female student Wednesday in a shooting at a high school in Nashville, Tennessee, police said.
• Rep. Nancy Mace Eyes Run for South Carolina Governor
  
  Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina said Wednesday that she is "seriously considering" a gubernatorial run in 2026 and will make a final decision in the coming weeks.
• NYPD to Cops: Your Job Is Not to Help ICE
  
  The New York Police Department issued an internal memo to officers reminding them they are not allowed to assist federal immigration authorities, the New York Daily News reported.
• Officials ID Remains of Wis. Pilot Lost Over Vietnam in 1967
  
  Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago.
• Border Agents Told to Deport Asylum Seekers
  
  Trump administration officials reportedly instructed U.S. border agents to immediately deport migrants crossing into the country illegally without allowing them to request legal protection.
• Musk Casts Doubt on Funding for Trump AI Project
  
  Tech mogul Elon Musk, a key supporter of President Donald Trump, is questioning the funding for a new AI project Trump announced Tuesday.
• Official: Military Sending Roughly 1,500 Troops to Border
  
  The U.S. military is preparing to send about 1,500 additional active-duty troops to the border with Mexico, a U.S. official said, just two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on immigration.

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