Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to proceed with the cancellation of National Institutes of Health research grants tied to issues like gender identity and diversity, equity and inclusion. In a 5-4 decision, in which Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided in part with the majority, and Chief
The U.S. will stop issuing worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday. He said the change was effective immediately. “The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers,” Rubio wrote in a post on
A federal judge on Thursday ordered an indefinite halt to new construction at an immigration detention facility that Florida officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” and barred any new detainees from being brought to the site, siding with environmental groups who said the facility is endangering the Everglades and its wildlife. The decision is a setback for
President Trump signaled Thursday that Missouri will be the next state to redraw its congressional lines to benefit the Republican Party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. It’s a continuation of the arms race between Republican-and Democratic-controlled states over redistricting, kickstarted by President Trump. At the president’s urging, the GOP-controlled Texas state House passed a
A National Guard member whose military transport vehicle collided with a car this week was given a traffic ticket for running a red light in Washington, D.C. — as Guard forces deploy to the streets of the capital amid President Trump’s contentious anti-crime push. The collision took place early Wednesday morning, as a convoy of
Hundreds of current and former employees for the U.S. Health and Human Services Department have signed a letter blasting agency leader Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his handling of a recent shooting at a CDC building in Atlanta and, they claim, his ongoing spread of vaccine misinformation. Dr. Celine Gounder has details. Original CBS News
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law a contentious congressional redistricting plan, as state Democrats seek to counter a Trump-backed effort to add to the GOP’s House majority by redrawing Texas’ congressional maps. The new map — which still needs to be approved by voters — would shift five of California’s Republican U.S. House seats