An appeals court on Friday lifted a block on executive orders seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, handing the Trump administration a win after a string of setbacks defending President Trump’s agenda from dozens of lawsuits. The decision from a three-judge panel allows the orders to be enforced as a
Alan Simpson, former Wyoming senator, dies at 93 – CBS News Watch CBS News Former Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming died Friday at the age of 93. Simpson was from a bygone era: A conservative who supported gay rights and said abortion was so personal men shouldn’t even have a vote on it. View CBS
Reporter’s notebook: Are Trump’s sweeping firings an abuse of power? – CBS News Watch CBS News The government must follow certain rules. Not lying is one of them. Two federal judges sent that message to the Trump administration this week when they ordered it to rehire employees fired for what the administration said was poor
Why Trump’s Justice Department visit was controversial – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump on Friday became the first president to visit the Justice Department in a decade. The president walked out to cheers from loyal department officials before attacking his predecessor and vowing change. CBS News legal contributor and Loyola Law School professor
Trump makes rare visit to Justice Department headquarters – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump visited the headquarters of the Justice Department Friday, where he addressed employees in a campaign-style speech. The address comes amid a purge that’s accelerated inside the Justice Department, in which prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 cases and Trump investigations
Columbia University in crosshairs as video of Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest released – CBS News Watch CBS News Newly-released video shows the moment U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took legal permanent resident and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil into custody from his Columbia University apartment last weekend, while his wife, who is eight months pregnant, was
Washington — The Senate passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline Friday, following days of consternation from Senate Democrats over an uncomfortable choice — to allow the GOP bill to pass or let the government shut down. The Senate passed the bill in a 54 to 46