Washington — Todd Blanche, the second-highest ranking official at the Justice Department, said Tuesday that he plans to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell “in the coming days” about the case involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell to ask: what
President Trump is pulling the U.S. from UNESCO, the United Nations’ scientific, educational and cultural arm, insisting it “supports woke, divisive cultural and social causes.” The decision comes roughly two years after former President Joe Biden reentered the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, following Mr. Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the entity
The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for home health care workers and people with disabilities to standards governing exposure to harmful substances. If approved, the wide-ranging changes unveiled this month also would affect working conditions at constructions sites and
An appellate court has allowed the Trump administration to end a program that grants temporary deportation protections and work permits to more than 10,000 people from Afghanistan and Cameroon. In a brief order Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit wrote that the plaintiff — an immigration advocacy group called CASA —
Behind the legal battle over Harvard funding – CBS News Watch CBS News In federal court, the nation’s oldest university went head-to-head with the Justice Department, fighting over the Trump administration’s decision to freeze more than $2 billion in funding to Harvard. Jessica Levinson has more. View CBS News In Be the first to know
Nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling inflation, poll finds – CBS News Watch CBS News A new CBS News poll finds nearly two-thirds of Americans now disapprove of how President Trump is handling inflation — the highest disapproval for him on that subject since taking office. Ed O’Keefe has details. View
The release of more than 100 pages of declassified files and a memorandum by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has reignited political battles over Russia’s actions during the 2016 presidential election, a topic that has long incensed President Trump and put the actions of the U.S. intelligence community in partisan crosshairs. Gabbard’s office on