Washington — Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they will continue to push for reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of any deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, complicating GOP efforts to find an off-ramp to the funding impasse. “We have to rein in ICE and stop the violence,” Senate Minority Leader
The Pentagon is expected to send parts of the 82nd Airborne division to the Middle East as the Iran war extends into its fourth week, according to two sources. A command element and some ground forces are expected to be part of the deployment, according to a source familiar with the planning. CBS News reported
Minnesota state and county officials sued the federal government Tuesday, alleging they are being blocked from investigating the shootings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis by federal agents. In the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Hennepin County District Attorney Mary
Delta Air Lines is suspending special services it usually offers to members of Congress as passengers at some airports wait for hours in security screening lines during the partial U.S. government shutdown. Absences have soared among TSA officers working without pay amid the funding impasse, leading to staffing shortages and chaos at U.S. airports. Delta said
A Venezuelan man who was deported from the U.S. and detained in the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador last year has become the first known ex-prisoner to sue the U.S. for damages, filing a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday seeking at least $1.3 million in compensation. In an interview with CBS News, Neiyerver Adrián
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified in federal court Tuesday that he had no knowledge of the alleged crimes of former Rep. David Rivera, his onetime housemate who is accused of secretly lobbying for the Venezuelan government during the first Trump administration. Rubio described a 2017 meeting with Rivera where he said “insiders in the
Washington — Markwayne Mullin was sworn in as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, taking the oath of office at the White House one day after winning confirmation in the Senate. At a ceremony in the Oval Office, President Trump called Mullin a “great American patriot” and said he has “been a