The Department of Homeland Security has requested roughly 20,000 National Guard troops to assist with the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, two U.S. officials told CBS News Thursday. The Defense Department is still reviewing the request, and National Guard troops could be pulled from different states to help DHS. The officials said the troops are
A military parade to mark the Army’s anniversary next month — coinciding with President Trump’s birthday — is estimated to cost between $25 million and $45 million, an Army spokesperson told CBS News. The parade in Washington, D.C., is expected to include over 100 vehicles and thousands of soldiers who will be housed in federal
The Federal Aviation Administration has resorted to buying replacement parts on eBay and making new parts with 3D printers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told lawmakers Thursday — as the air safety system draws scrutiny for decades-old technology and persistent staffing problems. “We do try to buy replacement parts on eBay for this really old equipment,”
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday pressed an attorney for the federal government on how President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship would be implemented amid scores of legal challenges that have gone against the administration. The bid by the Trump administration to narrow three lower court orders blocking Mr. Trump from ending birthright citizenship is
President Trump said Thursday that the United States and Iran have “sort of” agreed to terms on a nuclear deal, offering a measure of confidence that an accord is coming into sharper focus. Mr. Trump, in an exchange with reporters at a business roundtable in Doha, Qatar on Thursday, described the talks between American envoy
Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal obstruction charges stemming from her allegedly helping a man evade immigration authorities during a federal law enforcement operation at her courthouse. Dugan, a Milwaukee county circuit court judge, was arrested in April by the FBI after director Kash Patel said she “intentionally misdirected federal agents away” from
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday is considering a bid by the Trump administration to narrow three lower court orders blocking President Trump from ending birthright citizenship, in cases that test judges’ power to block a president’s policies nationwide. The arguments before the court, taking place in a rare May session, are the first