The Department of Homeland Security is administering polygraph tests to its personnel to determine who may be leaking information to the media about its ongoing immigration raids, an agency spokesperson confirmed to CBS News Saturday. On Feb. 18, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said DHS would start polygraphing employees in order to crack down on
Trump downplays infighting between Elon Musk, Marco Rubio, other officials – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump is backing a House Republican plan to avert a government shutdown next week. He also played down reports of in-fighting in his Cabinet with advisor Elon Musk. Nikole Killion has the details. View CBS News In Be
U.S. economy on shaky footing, Trump calls it a “detox period” – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. economy is on shaky footing. The Trump administration calls it a “detox period” as it overhauls the federal government with layoffs, funding cuts and new tariffs. For markets, it’s bruising. Ali Bauman has more details. View
AUSTIN, Texas—Chuck DeVore remembers when the FBI visited him some 17 years ago as a California lawmaker to tell him that he was under surveillance by the Chinese regime. DeVore, who was backing the Tibet Awareness Day resolution at the time, said the Chinese foreign ministry staff at the San Francisco and Los Angeles consulates
Education Secretary Linda McMahon accused Columbia of failing to protect Jewish students. Columbia University’s interim president Katrina Armstrong said late Friday the school is actively addressing the concerns raised by federal agencies after $400 million in grants and and contracts were revoked from the university over allegations of anti-Semitism on campus. In a late-night message
The country’s preeminent federal fire training academy canceled classes, effective immediately, on Saturday amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes and staffing cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that National Fire Academy courses were canceled amid a “process of evaluating agency programs and spending to ensure alignment with Administration priorities,” according to a notice
Democratic Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell proposed city legislation this week to strengthen protections for people seeking transgender care and surgeries.