Lawyers for former special counsel Jack Smith on Monday defended him in the face of an ethics probe into his actions investigating President Trump before the 2024 election, referring to the basis of the investigation as “imaginary and unfounded.” Earlier this month, the Office of the Special Counsel — which is not affiliated with Smith’s
The Trump administration is reinstating a long-dormant practice of conducting “neighborhood checks” to vet immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship, expanding its efforts to aggressively scrutinize immigration applications, according to a government memo obtained by CBS News. The neighborhood checks would involve on-the-ground investigations by officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that could include interviews
Washington — Democrats will be trying to take control of the Senate in the midterm elections next year, eyeing a handful of competitive races and a couple of long-shot bids. Over a third of the Senate’s seats are up for election in 2026 — Democrats will be defending 13 seats, while Republicans will be trying
California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what Duffy called
Inside the numbers on Trump’s D.C. takeover Inside the numbers on Trump’s D.C. crime crackdown 03:25 Washington — President Trump said Tuesday the federal government would seek the death penalty for murders committed in Washington, D.C. It’s the latest move in a federal crackdown on crime, with Washington as a test case, as the president
The Utah Legislature will have to redraw the state’s congressional map after a judge ruled Monday that the lines enacted in 2021 did not conform with “mandatory redistricting standards and requirements” — opening up the door for a winnable seat for Democrats in the red state. According to the ruling released late Monday, “the core
Washington — President Trump said Monday he has fired Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, a dramatic move after months of public attacks against the central bank. Cook and her attorney said Tuesday that the move has no legal basis and that they plan to file a lawsuit challenging the president’s action.