The 2026 US counterterrorism strategy elevates cartels above ISIS, names al-Qaeda and ISIS-K as second priority, and creates a third ‘violent secular political groups’ category covering antifa and ‘radically pro-transgender’ activism.

Starting May 9, 2026, the State Department actively revokes passports for parents owing $100,000+ in child support, then expands to the $2,500 threshold. Notices, resolution paths, and what to do if you are abroad.

More than 100 immigration judges fired, 140 thinner-record replacements hired, training cut from 5 weeks to 3. Inside the DOJ overhaul that is reshaping a quasi-judicial system to guarantee outcomes.

FBI Director Kash Patel travels with cases of personalized Woodford Reserve bottles engraved with his name and the FBI shield. The Atlantic just surfaced the detail, while Patel is suing the magazine for $250 million over its prior drinking reporting and the bureau probes the journalist behind both stories.