Trump administration releases over $6B in frozen education funds to the states
Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced the release of $6.8 billion in federal funds while attending a National Governors Association education session.
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Trans bathroom policies have 10 days to go, Trump Education Department warns 5 Virginia school districts
The Department of Education is giving five northern Virginia school districts 10 days to revise transgender bathroom policies or face enforcement after an investigation.
Breaking down latest Justice Department shakeup
Alina Habba, a one-time personal lawyer to President Trump, has been appointed to the top federal prosecutor job in New Jersey. Meanwhile, two federal prosecutors who had handled cases related to the attacks of Jan. 6, along with the top ethics watchdog at the department., have been fired. Scott MacFarlane has details. Original CBS News
Judge Maintains Nationwide Block on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
People hold a sign as they participate in a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship as the court hears arguments over the order in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge in Massachusetts has maintained his nationwide block on
DOJ’s closed-door meetings with Ghislaine Maxwell fuels pardon speculation
President Trump is still being hounded by the case of Jeffrey Epstein. It’s not clear if a second day of meetings between a top Trump administration official and Epstein’s imprisoned co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell will cool the controversy. But as Scott MacFarlane reports, it is raising a new question: Is Maxwell about to score a deal?
Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship blocked by another federal appeals judge in latest ruling
A federal appeals court judge blocked the Trump administration's plan to end birthright citizenship for children of immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
FEMA Chief Responds to Criticisms, Calls Texas Flood Response ‘Model’ for Future Disasters
A sign for the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pictured at FEMA headquarters in Washington on April 20, 2020. Al Drago/The New York Times via AP, Pool Responding to recent criticisms, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) acting Administrator David Richardson said the federal response to the catastrophic Texas floods earlier this month was exemplary. “I