The Trump administration is threatening California with steep fines and legal action days after a transgender athlete won two statewide high school track-and-field events, ramping up the legal threats aimed at the state over transgender issues. The student, AB Hernandez, a transgender 16-year-old, won both the high school girls’ high jump and triple jump at
Washington — The White House on Tuesday sent a formal request to Congress to claw back funding for NPR, PBS and international aid that lawmakers had previously approved. The package would cancel $9.4 billion appropriated by Congress, aiming to make permanent some of the Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts. It focuses on slashing foreign
Family members of the man charged with Sunday’s attack in Boulder, Colorado, have been taken into custody, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday. Noem made the announcement on X, calling the suspect, Mohamed Soliman, an “illegal alien” and “terrorist.” He is facing multiple counts of attempted murder and a federal hate crimes charge for the
Washington — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Tuesday that the federal Bureau of Prisons must continue providing hormone therapy and social accommodations to transgender inmates while they pursue a legal challenge to President Trump’s executive order that sought to restrict access to the treatments. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth granted a request for
Washington — The U.S. Navy is considering renaming multiple naval ships named after civil rights leaders and prominent American voices, CBS News has learned. Among them is the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler named after the slain gay rights leader and Navy veteran. Norfolk Va., (Sept. 24, 2024) — Civil Service Mariners (CIVMARS)
Washington — Elon Musk ramped up his criticism of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” on Tuesday, calling it “a disgusting abomination” as Congress rushes to send the legislation to the president by July 4. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Musk wrote in a post on X, adding that the sweeping policy
The Trump administration is considering a regulation that would prevent most asylum-seekers from getting work permits, potentially upending longstanding U.S. immigration policy, two Department of Homeland Security officials told CBS News. A proposal by officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services would amount to an indefinite pause on the U.S. government’s decades-old policy of allowing