In the initial aftermath of the deadly Border Patrol shooting of Alex Pretti, the Trump administration described Pretti as a “domestic terrorist” who was “brandishing” his gun and said he “attacked” law enforcement. But late Sunday, President Trump declined to say whether the agent who shot Pretti had acted appropriately. Matt Gutman, Ed O’Keefe and
President Trump on Monday said he is raising tariffs on South Korea because the nation has not yet approved a trade deal with the U.S. that the two countries agreed to last year. Mr. Trump said in a social media post that the U.S. will increase its tariff on imports from South Korea from 15% to
Amid a fiery controversy over how the Trump administration is handling the investigation of the shooting that killed Alex Pretti in Minnesota over the weekend, there is a continued push by Senate Democrats for a Justice Department probe of the fatal shooting of Renee Good earlier this month. In a letter obtained by
By Camilo Montoya-Galvez January 26, 2026 / 4:49 PM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Outspoken Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his green-uniformed agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, two sources familiar with the move tell CBS News. The development comes following intense backlash over how
Monday marks one year since Dennis Coyle, a 64-year-old academic from Colorado, was taken by force from his Kabul apartment by the Taliban. His abduction came just six days after another American, Ryan Corbett, was released at the start of President Trump’s second term. Coyle, who spent nearly two decades in Afghanistan conducting language research,
Gov. Tim Walz says that he and President Trump shared a phone call Monday morning, during which he says the president agreed to consider a reduction of federal immigration enforcement forces in Minnesota following the second fatal shooting of a resident by federal agents. A spokesperson for Walz’s office said the governor “made the case
The Department of the Treasury said Monday that it is canceling all contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton after a former contractor who worked for the consulting firm leaked tax information belonging to thousands of people, including President Trump. In 2024, former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C. — who worked for Booz Allen