Leaders of the Federal Bureau of Investigation fired more than a dozen agents who kneeled amid Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2020. Many of the agents had already been demoted or put on administrative leave. One source told CBS News that the termination letter to the agents cited their
President Trump said Saturday on Truth Social that he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, to handle “domestic terrorists” as his deployments expand to more cities across the U.S. “At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War
Washington — President Trump frequently touts a U.S. economy that’s on the rise under his stewardship: he talks about energy and grocery prices that are falling, lower mortgage rates and claims he’s vanquished inflation. He argues things have never been better for the American consumer, especially after predecessor Joe Biden’s administration. This month, there
Attorney General Pam Bondi said late Friday she has ordered Justice Department agents to guard Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities — and directed counterterrorism task forces to look into attacks against federal authorities. The move by Bondi came after one detainee was killed and two others were injured in a shooting at an ICE field
MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, an ally of President Trump, defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled Friday. But U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan deferred until future proceedings the question of whether Lindell — one of the country’s
U.S. Magistrate Judge Lindsey Vaala expressed confusion and surprise at some points during the seven-minute court session when a federal grand jury impaneled in Alexandria, Virginia, returned the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey Thursday night. According to a transcript of the proceedings obtained by CBS News, Judge Vaala asked the newly named interim
President Trump told his administration on Friday to declassify any federal records about Amelia Earhart, the pilot whose 1937 disappearance over the Pacific Ocean has drawn decades of public fascination. “Amelia made it almost three quarters around the World before she suddenly, and without notice, vanished, never to be seen again,” the president wrote on