Federal agents this week launched a new immigration enforcement operation in Maine, the latest front of the Trump administration’s widening mass deportation campaign, Department of Homeland Security officials said Wednesday. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Maine started Tuesday, DHS officials said, noting that deportation officers had detained individuals from Angola, Ethiopia, Guatemala and
The Pentagon is asking military attorneys to travel to Minnesota on assignment to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, CBS News has learned, after the Justice Department called for more resources to be surged to the state. The Justice Department is also in talks with the Pentagon to send some of its forensic auditors to Minnesota to
President Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” is expected to be a focus of world leaders in Davos this week as questions linger over its composition and scope months after it was announced as part of the administration’s peace plan for Gaza. The White House released new details about the board’s leadership last week, and the
Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared likely to allow Lisa Cook to keep her position on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and reject President Trump’s attempt to fire her for now. The high court heard arguments in a high-stakes case over Mr. Trump’s effort to oust Cook, which he attempted last August over allegations
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in his speech at Davos on Monday. “Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.” “You cannot live within the lie of mutual
Washington — The House Oversight Committee is voting Wednesday on holding former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in criminal contempt after the pair refused to appear before the Republican-led panel, which is investigating the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The committee began meeting shortly after 10
Washington — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether President Trump can fire Lisa Cook from her post on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Mr. Trump moved to oust Cook last August over allegations she engaged in mortgage fraud. A senior official in his administration, Federal Housing Director Bill Pulte, had claimed that