Supreme Court temporarily freezes order requiring Trump admin. to provide full SNAP payments

Washington — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday froze, for now, a lower court order that required the Trump administration to swiftly provide full federal food benefits to roughly 42 million Americans. The order from Jackson is temporary. She said it will give a federal appeals court more time to consider whether to

Grand jury subpoenas ex-CIA chief Brennan, ex-FBI officials linked to Trump-Russia probe

A federal grand jury has subpoenaed three former CIA and FBI officials who were involved in the federal government’s investigations into alleged Russian meddling to assist President Trump’s 2016 campaign, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News. The subpoenas went out to former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI counterintelligence official Peter Strzok

Mikie Sherrill on why there’s too much “caution” and “mediocrity” in the Democratic Party

New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said in an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the voters who sent her to the governor’s office earlier this week “wanted to see an agenda to get their costs down” — and quickly. Sherrill, a House Democrat and former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot, told CNN on Wednesday that “there is

For Ukraine’s war wounded, an appeal for help and hope

As Ukraine’s war with Russia grinds into its fourth year, the country is contending with a staggering toll of wounded soldiers and civilians — and an emerging generation of amputees reshaping what survival looks like in a nation under siege. A new documentary highlighting the country’s wounded veterans screened this week at the French ambassador’s

Congressional Democrats hit wall in requests for Trump ballroom information

Congressional Democrats have written at least eight letters seeking information about President Trump’s $300 million ballroom project. So far, those oversight requests have yielded few substantive responses from the administration and a nonprofit involved in the project.  The top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia of California, received no response to his letter

Trump calls for investigation into foreign meatpackers over U.S. beef prices

President Trump on Friday accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the U.S. and asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation. The president announced the move on social media days after his party suffered losses in key elections in which the winning Democratic candidates focused relentlessly on the