Department of Homeland Security shutdown persists as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., demands ICE reforms following fatal Minnesota shootings, while Republicans reject changes.
San Francisco Unified School District teachers and students form a human banner spelling out “Strike” at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Feb. 11, 2026. Nearly 6,000 educators in the San Francisco Unified School District are on strike for a third day, the city’s first teachers’ strike in almost 50 years, after contract talks have
Sunday marked the second day of a partial government shutdown impacting more than 260,000 government workers under the Department of Homeland Security across multiple agencies, including TSA, FEMA and the Coast Guard. Democrats are calling for a ban on face coverings for immigration agents and for officers to display identification and wear body cameras. Willie
In a CBS News “Things That Matter” town hall, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore criticized President Trump’s handling of immigration as well as the shortcomings of the Biden administration on the issue. He fired back at a spate of insults from the president, but hinted that Democrats could pick up a few lessons from Mr. Trump
White House border czar Tom Homan attends a press conference in Minneapolis on Jan. 29, 2026. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Border czar Tom Homan said on Feb. 15 he doesn’t like that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wear masks during operations but said that face coverings are necessary for their protection. “I don’t like the masks
Late Saturday evening and early Sunday morning, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) criticized the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) justification for redacting certain names from the Jeffrey Epstein files. Mace, one of four Republicans to sign the initial discharge petition that brought the Epstein Files Transparency Act to the House floor last year, wrote Saturday in a…
A view over the northern Gaza Strip as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border in Southern Israel on Jan. 16, 2026. Amir Levy/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 15 that member states of his Board of Peace will announce a combined pledge of more than $5 billion