Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday said Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi can remain released from immigration custody while a legal challenge to his detention moves forward, denying a request from the Trump administration to allow immigration officials to re-detain Mahdawi. The three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
Transgender service members were given 30 to 60 days to leave the military under a new Pentagon policy, following the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the ban to take effect.
FEMA is currently housed under the Department of Homeland Security, but the House's effort would solidify FEMA as its own separate agency.
The Department of Health and Human Services is moving for a second time to fire probationary employees at the nation’s health agencies, multiple federal officials said, after many previously had their terminations paused amid court battles over their fate. In mid-February, thousands of recently hired or promoted workers at the department had received letters firing
The State of Hawaii filed a major lawsuit against a dozen major oil companies and the nation’s largest oil industry group, accusing them of marketing and selling products that have caused higher temperatures, increased sea levels, more frequent flooding, coastal erosion, and more intense heat waves. But Hawaii’s sprawling complaint—which prosecutors hope will force oil
The Trump administration is planning to soon receive the first group of White South African refugees it says deserve a safe haven in the U.S. because of alleged racial discrimination in post-Apartheid South Africa, government documents obtained by CBS News show. The initial arrival of the South African refugees could happen as early as next
Republicans are divided over how to handle state and local tax deductions in the reconciliation process.