DHS shutdown begins with no deal in sight

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security has ground to a halt in a dispute in Congress over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The partial shutdown was impacting the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard and FEMA, among other agencies. Willie James Inman reports. Original CBS News Link

Sunday shows preview: DHS shutdown, Epstein files backlash shine light on political quarrels

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down on Saturday after Congress failed to pass a funding bill for the department. DHS accounts for 3 percent of the U.S. federal budget and most department employees will be required to work without pay for the duration of the shutdown, which could stretch on for weeks due…

Greene says Epstein files handling is Trump’s ‘biggest political miscalculation’

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) sharply criticized the Trump administration’s handling of the release of files related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling the saga the “biggest political miscalculation” of her former ally President Trump’s career. The former legislator accused President Trump of fighting “the hardest” against the files’ release…

Obama on ICE shootings in Minnesota: “This is not the America we believe in”

Former President Barack Obama spoke out in a recent interview on the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement shootings in Minnesota that took the lives of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and addressed the state of the country.   Obama sat down with podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen for a wide-ranging interview released on Saturday, providing