Supreme Court weighs effort to create nation’s first religious charter school

Washington — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday morning in a high-profile dispute over efforts in Oklahoma to create an online Catholic charter school, a case that could open the door to public dollars flowing directly to religious schools. A ruling in favor of the school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, could lead

Kristi Noem defends Trump administration’s handling of 2-year-old sent to Honduras

El Paso, Texas — Immigration officials flew a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras last week because her mother, who faced deportation, “wanted her child with her,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says. Noem spoke about the case, which drew alarm from a federal judge, in a wide-ranging interview with CBS News at the U.S.-Mexico border

Senate Democrats seek inquiry into Kash Patel’s use of FBI aircraft

Senate Democrats have asked the U.S, Government Accountability Office to review the FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal travel on government aircraft, according to GAO and congressional sources.   The review will examine Patel’s use of the FBI’s private fleet of jets, as well as every director’s approach since 2013, when the GAO last studied the

Trump administration dismisses scientists writing national climate report

Nearly 400 scientists across the United States were informed Monday afternoon that their services were no longer needed to help write a major report on climate change for the federal government. The report, known as the National Climate Assessment, is a major publication produced every four years that summarizes the impacts of climate change in