Rep. Nancy Mace allegedly berated and cursed at police officers tasked with escorting her through Charleston International Airport in South Carolina on Thursday, allegedly saying they were “[expletive] incompetent,” according to an incident report. According to a police incident report, officers with the Charleston County Aviation Authority Police Department were assigned to meet the Republican
Washington — Two federal judges on Friday said the Trump administration must tap into contingency funds to make payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown, ruling against the government in a pair of suits over the imminent benefits lapse. Roughly 42 million Americans rely on SNAP to help buy food. In a case
The Trump administration announced it would set the lowest refugee admissions cap in U.S. history, allocating just 7,500 spots for this fiscal year, mostly for Afrikaners who it has claimed are facing racial discrimination in South Africa for being White. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has details. Original CBS News Link</a
President Trump sat down with Norah O’Donnell on Friday for an exclusive interview airing Sunday on 60 Minutes. O’Donnell’s wide-ranging conversation with Mr. Trump touched on Chinese President Xi Jinping, Venezuela, Israel, the government shutdown, immigration and the National Guard. This is Mr. Trump’s first interview with 60 Minutes in five years — and his
President Trump has opened the door for sanctions to be imposed on Nigeria for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country. Mr. Trump announced Friday that he would designate Nigeria “a country of particular concern” as it relates to religious freedom, a move that had been pushed by
24m ago Klobuchar says Trump administration has “no excuse” to withhold SNAP funds after rulings Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, said the court rulings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island make it clear that the administration must release money to the states to
Washington — A federal judge on Friday said the Trump administration is required by law to use contingency funds to pay at least partial benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown, and gave the government until Monday to tell the court whether it plans to do so. In a 15-page order,