The top federal prosecutor in Miami is spearheading a new initiative targeting Cuban leaders for prosecution, sources familiar with the plan tell CBS News. Jason Reding Quiñones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, is working with officials from federal and local law enforcement agencies and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets
A preservation group is once again asking a federal judge to pause all construction for a massive ballroom on the White House grounds backed by President Trump. The National Trust for Historic Preservation first sued over the project in December, after the White House suddenly tore down the East Wing to make room for the
On the day that marks 13 years since the death of Venezuelan socialist strongman Hugo Chávez and two months after the Jan. 3 U.S. operation that captured Nicolás Maduro, the scene in Caracas looks strikingly different from the anti-U.S.-imperialism rhetoric that founded Chavismo and was echoed by his successor. On the ground, a new era
In response to reports that Russia is providing intel to Iran on U.S. positions and movements, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told 60 Minutes, “We’re tracking everything. Our commanders are aware of everything… No one’s putting us in danger…” CBS News’ Major Garrett interviews Hegseth about the state of the war with Iran, Sunday on 60
A federal judge sharply questioned the government on Friday about a new Pentagon policy that places strict controls over what journalists can report if they wish to be allowed to continue working from inside the building. In a tense exchange, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman for the District of Columbia said he has lived
Weeks before Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was fired by President Trump, a dispute between her department and its internal watchdog over access to records and communications with Congress had been escalating. The conflict burst into public view when senior Republican senators eviscerated Noem at a hearing earlier this week. The feud has raised concerns
Virginia’s legislature has passed a bill prohibiting schools from teaching what it considers to be falsehoods about the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including portraying it “as peaceful protest.” The General Assembly approved the measure Thursday, as a first-of-its-kind legislation to combat false statements by supporters of President Trump. The bill says that school