Washington — The Supreme Court is set to consider Tuesday whether to block the Mexican government’s effort to hold U.S. gun companies accountable for the havoc and violence the country has experienced at the hands of drug cartels armed with firearms trafficked across the southern border. The legal battle marks the first time that the
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether university “bias-response teams” chill students’ speech in violation of the First Amendment, sidestepping a clash of free speech rights and university efforts to root out bias on campus. Justice Samuel Alito said he would take up the appeal from the organization Speech First, an
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, voiced support for the measles vaccine Sunday amid a deadly outbreak in the Southwest, mainly in Texas. An unvaccinated child who died in late February in Texas was the first U.S. fatality from the highly contagious disease in a decade. Recently confirmed
President Donald Trump’s historic Jan. 20 pardons of the U.S. Capitol rioters freed prisoners and ended the legal cases of nearly 1,600 people, shutting down the largest federal prosecution in U.S. history. But one case with a connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol remains, and the Texas woman involved still faces
Multiple U.S. officials tell CBS News that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a directive to U.S. Cyber Command to pause planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions. The duration of the pause is unclear, and the reasoning behind it is unknown at this time. The change comes amid President Trump’s efforts to negotiate an
White House set to impose tariffs this week – CBS News Watch CBS News The White House is expected to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China this week, which some economists say could raise prices for Americans and slow economic growth. Canada and Mexico both said they will respond with tariffs of their own.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with King Charles III, the country’s head of state, on Monday where he will discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st state. The king has come under criticism in Canada for being silent about Trump’s threats to annex Canada. Trudeau said in London on Sunday