Breaking down RFK Jr.’s announcement on COVID vaccine recommendations

Breaking down RFK Jr.’s announcement on COVID vaccine recommendations – CBS News Watch CBS News Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he would remove the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation for children and healthy pregnant women to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Weijia Jiang reports and Dr. Jon LaPook

Trump’s new pardon attorney discussed pardoning final Jan. 6 defendants, lawyer says

New Justice Department pardon attorney Ed Martin has discussed pardon applications for some of the only remaining Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants who weren’t given full clemency by President Trump, including Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, a lawyer told CBS News. Peter Ticktin, an attorney working to secure full pardons for a number of Jan.

U.S. halting student visa interviews before “expanded social media vetting”

The State Department has ordered U.S. embassies to temporarily stop scheduling new student visa appointments, as the Trump administration works to expand social media screenings for applicants, the latest in a series of restrictions on international students. In a cable dated Tuesday and obtained by CBS News, Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed diplomatic posts

Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in fight over deportations to third countries

Washington — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to lift a lower court order that blocked immigration authorities from removing migrants to third countries without first providing them certain due process rights while a legal battle over President Trump’s deportation efforts continues. The request for emergency relief from Solicitor General D. John

Federal judge strikes down Trump order targeting law firm WilmerHale

Details on Trump’s targeting of law firms Details on Trump’s targeting of law firms 03:14 A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday struck down President Trump’s executive order targeting D.C.-based law firm WilmerHale, declaring the order “unconstitutional” and permanently blocking the administration from enforcing it.  U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued his opinion Tuesday