DHS orders thousands of employees back to work despite shutdown

Washington — The Department of Homeland Security has ordered thousands of furloughed employees back to work, according to internal emails obtained by CBS News, even as most of the agency technically remains shut down and unfunded by Congress.  The directive, which was issued to employees at DHS agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency and

Cook Political Report shifts 4 Senate races toward Democrats

The Cook Political Report shifted four Senate races to the left on Monday but noted that the GOP is still favored to maintain its majority in the upper chamber this November.  “With an increasingly sour national environment for Republicans, the Senate battlefield is shifting in Democrats’ favor,” wrote Jessica Taylor, the Senate and governors editor…

America 250: Presidential Message on the Birthday of Thomas Jefferson

Today we celebrate the birthday of Thomas Jefferson—a true American visionary, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the greatest champions of liberty the world has ever known. From a young age, Jefferson possessed an extraordinary intellect and a deep love of learning.  His remarkable mind led him to attend the

Presidential Message on the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust

During the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, our Nation remembers the more than 6 million innocent Jewish lives taken in one of the most horrific atrocities and worst acts of anti-Semitism in human history; we commemorate the Roma and Sinti, Slavic and Polish people, persons with disabilities, Soviet prisoners of war, Jehovah’s