DOJ charges man accused in deadly stabbing of Ukrainian refugee

Washington — The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a federal criminal charge against the man accused of the deadly stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month.  The Justice Department announced that the suspect in the attack, Decarlos Brown Jr., is charged with one count of committing an act causing death

Missouri legislature advances new congressional maps amid Trump redistricting push

Missouri Republicans on Tuesday advanced a proposed congressional map, part of a mid-decade redistricting push started by President Trump to hold onto – and possibly expand — the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the U.S. House.   The proposed maps aim to make Missouri’s congressional delegation seven Republicans and one Democrat, a change from its current delegation

Border official who oversaw L.A. immigration raids arrives in Chicago

The U.S. Border Patrol official who led controversial immigration enforcement raids in southern California this summer has arrived in Chicago, a new target of the Trump administration’s escalating crackdown on illegal immigration, two people familiar with the matter told CBS News. The official, Gregory Bovino, is in the Chicago area as federal officials vow to

NIH whistleblower details clash over vaccines with Trump officials

Washington — A former top National Institutes of Health leader who says she was removed from her position after a dispute with Trump administration officials detailed the internal clashes at the elite medical research agency Monday, and warned of an agenda that poses “a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety.”  Dr. Jeanne

NIH whistleblower says she was ousted after clashing with Trump officials on vaccines

The upheaval sparked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine skepticism has now spread beyond the CDC to the agency that funds vaccine research. Dr. Jeanne Marazzo, former acting director for the National Institutes of Health, says she was ousted after speaking up about the importance of childhood flu vaccines. Original CBS News Link</a