President Trump shared a warning for Iran, called Jerome Powell a “lousy Fed chairman” and defended the ICE agent who killed Renee Good in Minneapolis during an exclusive interview Tuesday with “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil. Read the full transcript of their conversation below. TONY DOKOUPIL: Mr. President, thank you very much for doing
President Trump told CBS News he believes the woman who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent last week was likely a “very, solid wonderful person,” but that her actions before she was killed were “pretty tough.” Mr. Trump spoke with “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil in Michigan on Tuesday, less
Several career prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced they are leaving the department, shortly after they learned there would be no civil rights probe into the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal immigration agent, according to six sources briefed on the matter. At least six prosecutors, most of whom
President Trump threatened to “take very strong action” if Iranian authorities begin hanging anti-government protesters this week. “We will take very strong action. If they do such a thing, we will take very strong action,” Mr. Trump told “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil during an exclusive network interview in Dearborn, Michigan, airing Tuesday night.
At least six career prosecutors in the Minneapolis U.S. Attorney’s office — including Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson — have resigned as the office continues to face pressure to treat the investigation of the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer as an assault on a federal officer case. Thompson also previously
The U.S. government is revoking the legal status of more than 1,000 immigrants from Somalia, raising the specter of deportation for a community often assailed by President Trump. A Department of Homeland Security official said the Trump administration had decided to terminate Somalia’s Temporary Protected Status program, which allows beneficiaries to live and work in
President Trump spoke Tuesday at the Detroit Economic Club after he toured a Ford truck plant in nearby Dearborn. It comes as the president tries to focus on economic issues amid myriad international and domestic events that have gripped his administration since the start of the year. As Mr. Trump took to the stage, he