As public school districts prepare for a new school year, there are concerns about dwindling resources stemming from federal funding cuts, with many states sounding the alarm about grants for mental health counselors and social workers. Andrea Tarsi, one of 19 mental health staffers serving 6,500 students in a rural northwest Connecticut district, may
Video of an 18-year-old U.S. citizen being violently arrested in Florida by immigration agents back in May has drawn heavy scrutiny, with advocates saying the expansion of state and local law enforcement’s role in illegal immigrant crackdowns contributed to the incident. Border Patrol and the Florida Highway Patrol were conducting immigration enforcement on May 2 when they
The Justice Department on Monday filed a misconduct complaint against U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg, who has sparred with the Trump administration for months over its deportations of Venezuelan men to El Salvador. The complaint accuses Boasberg of “making improper public comments about President Trump and his Administration,” according to a copy obtained
What’s in Trump’s trade deal with the EU? – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump struck a deal between the U.S. and the European Union just days before a 30% blanket tariff on European goods was set to go into effect. Kelly O’Grady has details. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%;
Two top Justice Department antitrust officials have been ousted, multiple sources told CBS News. Monday’s firings follow internal tension CBS News previously reported on within the Justice Department’s antitrust division, which investigates companies for anticompetitive behavior and sues to prevent monopolies. The officials, Roger Alford and Bill Rinner, were both top deputies to Assistant Attorney
President Trump has struck a deal with Europe to head off a trade war. It avoids the 30% import tax the president had threatened to impose on European goods beginning Aug. 1. Instead, the tariffs will be about half that amount. The Europeans, in return, will spend hundreds of billions of dollars on U.S. products.
The new trade agreement between the U.S. and the European Union will lift tariffs on imports of goods from EU countries to their highest level in decades and hurt the trading bloc’s economic growth, according to some experts. “It is an asymmetric and unbalanced deal,” economists with investment bank Société Générale said in a