Washington — Vice President JD Vance defended President Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship Saturday, arguing in his first interview since taking office that “just because we were founded by immigrants, doesn’t mean that 240 years later that we have to have the dumbest immigration policy in the world.” “America should actually look out for

Washington — The Trump administration is developing an asylum agreement with El Salvador’s government that would allow the U.S. to deport migrants to the small Central American country who are not from there, two sources familiar with the internal deliberations told CBS News. The arrangement, known as a “Safe Third Country” agreement, would empower U.S.

Although Vice President JD Vance said two weeks ago that those who committed violence during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot “shouldn’t be pardoned,” he defended the 1,500 pardons President Trump issued last week, which included the most violent offenders.  In an interview with CBS News’ “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Vance was asked

In his first interview since taking office, Vice President JD Vance on Saturday defended President Trump’s flurry of executive orders, his pardons of hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants, and the new administration’s aggressive efforts to deport undocumented immigrants.   Vance dismissed concerns that the White House was not prioritizing U.S. economic fears, and argued that suspending the nation’s refugee

A group of Senate Democrats will attempt on Monday to raise the political pressure on Republicans to condemn President Trump’s pardon of violent Capitol insurrectionists.   CBS News has learned senior Democrats will seek to pass a resolution by unanimous consent that formally denounces the pardons of the rioters who were convicted of assaulting and