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National security, terrorism concerns as FIFA World Cup 2026 matches begin in U.S.

(The Center Square) – As the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament begins in roughly a dozen U.S. cities this week, law enforcement officials have been implementing national security measures. Forty-eight teams are competing in the international competition from June 11 through July 19 in Canada, the U.S. and

$70B bill funding ICE, Border Patrol through 2029 heads to Trump's desk

(The Center Square) – Republicans in Congress on Tuesday sent their $70 billion bill funding federal immigration enforcement agencies through 2029 to President Donald Trump’s desk. The 214-212 U.S. House vote caps off Republicans’ months-long struggle to provide annual funds for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.

Montana virology lab workers charged with smuggling monkeypox into the US

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan issued charges against two men who work at the Laboratory of Virology at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton. The men, Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe, both researchers with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at the Rocky

Over one ton of cocaine seized at U.S.-Mexico tunnel bust

Border Patrol agents uncover narcotics smuggling tunnel in San Diego

DOJ sues four states over denial of undercover license plates to federal agents

(The Center Square) - The Department of Justice filed separate federal lawsuits Wednesday against Washington, Oregon, Maine and Massachusetts, escalating a clash between the Trump administration and Democratic-led states over federal immigration enforcement. The legal action follows a formal warning issued earlier this month by the Justice Department, which all

DHS threatens to halt customs processing at airports in sanctuary cities

(The Center Square) – Major airports across the country could soon freeze customs processing and cancel all international flights if sanctuary cities continue bucking federal immigration enforcement operations. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned that he might pull out Customs and Border Patrol agents from airports in sanctuary cities.