Washington — Democrats sent a counteroffer on overhauling immigration enforcement to the White House and Republicans on Monday, the latest development in talks over how to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Funding lapsed on Saturday for DHS, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. Democrats vowed to oppose funding without
U.S. and Iranian negotiators sat down for high-stakes talks Tuesday in Geneva, with President Trump’s threat to launch a new attack on the Islamic Republic if a deal on its nuclear program can’t be hashed out looming large over the discussions. Iran’s initial reaction to the meetings was positive, but there was no immediate readout
U.S. and Iranian negotiators sat down for high-stakes talks Tuesday in Geneva, with President Trump’s threat to launch a new attack on the Islamic Republic if a deal on its nuclear program can’t be hashed out looming large over the discussions. The negotiations, mediated by Oman, were expected to focus on Tehran’s nuclear program, but
Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at age 84, is being remembered as “a role model for a generation” in the words of Marc Morial, the president of National Urban League, the civil rights organization that Jackson founded. “I’m remembering him as a role model for a generation of us who ran for office in
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the famed civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, has died, his family says. He was 84. He died peacefully on Tuesday morning, surrounded by his family, they said in a statement. Jackson was hospitalized for observation in November, and doctors said he’d
Obama reacts to Trump’s repost of racist video on podcast – CBS News Watch CBS News Former President Obama has broken his silence nearly two weeks after President Trump posted a video that included an animation of the Obamas’ faces transposed on to the bodies of dancing cartoon apes. Weijia Jiang has details. link.lazyload {
For decades, California lawmakers requested state audits, Californians have paid for those audits, and the State Auditor provided detailed recommendations on how to fix waste, fraud, and oversight failures across state government. In most cases, CBS News California found lawmakers did not act on those recommendations. CLICK TO EXPLORE: California Lawmaker Audit Accountability Tracker When they