Nebraska Republican Gov. Jim Pillen announced plans Tuesday for an immigration detention center in a farming area in the state’s southwest corner as President Trump’s administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations. Pillen said he and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had agreed to use an existing minimum security prison work camp
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is going to be painted black to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration — an idea she said was “specifically at the request” of President Trump. Noem spoke during a visit to a portion of the wall in New
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador only to be brought back to the U.S. to face smuggling charges, asked a federal judge in Nashville on Tuesday to dismiss his indictment, calling it a “vindictive and selective prosecution” by the Trump administration. The attorneys claimed the Trump administration is only
Republicans in Texas are poised to approve the partisan reshaping of the state’s 38 congressional district map in hopes of adding five more house seats during the midterm elections next year. Democrats stalled the vote for two weeks by fleeing the state, but have since returned. Texas Tribune reporter Eleanor Klibanoff joins to discuss. Original
Why are other states sending National Guard troops to D.C.? – CBS News Watch CBS News At least six Republican governors say they are sending hundreds more National Guard troops to join the already increased federal law enforcement patrolling Washington, D.C. Scott MacFarlane has more. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; }
President Trump is working to coordinate a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which would be the first face-to-face interaction between the two leaders since Russia invaded Ukraine more than three years ago. Nancy Cordes reports and Holly Williams has details on the Ukrainian reaction. Original CBS News Link</a
The White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, less than a month before President Trump’s deadline for the social media app — owned by China-based ByteDance — to either find a new owner or face a U.S.-wide ban. The account posted its first video Tuesday afternoon: a 27-second montage of videos of Mr.