The Justice Department this week accused the largest provider of shelters for migrant children in U.S. custody of engaging in “severe” and “pervasive” sexual abuse of minors in its government-funded facilities. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday and announced on Thursday, the Justice Department accused employees of Southwest Key, a Texas-based organization, of sexually abusing
Lou Dobbs, the conservative political pundit and cable TV host who was a nightly presence on Fox Business Network for more than a decade, has died. He was 78. His death was announced Thursday in a post on his official social media account, which called him a “fighter till the very end – fighting for
President Biden forgives another $1.2 billion in student loans President Biden forgives another $1.2 billion in student loans 00:24 A federal appeals court has blocked the implementation of the Biden administration’s year-old student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. The Thursday ruling impacts the Saving on a Valuable Education,
When former President Donald Trump accepts the Republican nomination Thursday night, he’ll do so with his largest national lead over President Biden in the campaign thus far. A slight majority, including some who aren’t voting for him, say Trump’s words in the days since the assassination attempt have been more unifying than divisive. Voters feel
The number of migrants unlawfully crossing the U.S. southern border has continued to drop markedly in July, nearing a threshold that would require officials to lift a partial ban on asylum claims enacted by President Biden, according to internal government data obtained by CBS News. July is on track to see the fifth consecutive monthly
A new analysis shows an online account that was believed to belong to the shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump — and where he had purportedly called the date of the attack his “premiere” — was fake, a federal law enforcement official told CBS News on Thursday. A law enforcement official
After the FBI identified the gunman who shot at former President Donald Trump as Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, CBS News and other outlets reviewed public records that verified that he was a registered Republican who had previously donated $15 to a Democratic organization via ActBlue. The apparent contradiction in Crooks’ political alignment