Daily Digest Online

President Donald Trump has suspended all immigration applications from citizens of 19 countries and canceled all citizenship ceremonies across the United States, citing national security concerns in the wake of last week's fatal shooting of two National Guard members. The Trump administration has enacted a sweeping immigration suspension, barring all applications from citizens of 19 countries—predominantly in Africa and Asia—and halting all citizenship ceremonies nationwide. The move is framed as a response to the fatal shooting of a National Guard servicewoman in Washington D.C. on November 26. Joseph Edlow, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), stated the decision was made to ensure "every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible." The alleged attacker, an Afghan asylum seeker who arrived in the U.S. in 2021, prompted President Trump to pledge a "permanent pause" on migration from what he term...

The commander of Germany’s army has disclosed that direct communication channels with the Pentagon were severed by the Trump administration, raising alarm in Berlin over the future of U.S. commitment to European security. Germany’s top military officer has issued a stark warning about deteriorating trust between Europe and the United States under the Trump administration, citing a severance of high-level communication as a critical concern. General Christian Freuding, the Inspector of the German Army and former head of the Ukraine desk at Germany’s Defence Ministry, revealed that his direct line to the Pentagon has been “completely cut off.” He described the move as a “warning sign” of shifting U.S. priorities under President Trump. In an interview with The Atlantic , Freuding explained that the previously open and daily contact with U.S. counterparts had abruptly ended. He pointed to Washington’s recent suspension of certain arms shipments to Ukrain...

A 40-year-old Nigerian man has been sentenced to two decades in a U.S. federal prison for masterminding a sophisticated, nationwide bank fraud and money laundering conspiracy that stole millions from American credit union customers. A federal court in Albany, New York, has sentenced Oluwaseun Adekoya, a 40-year-old Nigerian national, to 20 years in prison for leading a large-scale fraud ring that targeted home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) across the United States. Adekoya, a lawful permanent resident who lived in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, was convicted earlier this year on charges of bank fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft following a three-week trial. According to evidence presented by the U.S. Department of Justice, Adekoya operated the scheme from his luxury apartment, using encrypted messaging apps like Telegram to organize a network of conspirators. He identified potential victims with substantial HELOC balance...