Trump empowers deportation agents to target migrants allowed into U.S. legally

Washington — The Trump administration has given federal immigration authorities permission to revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants the former Biden White House allowed into the U.S. and seek their deportation, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by CBS News. The far-reaching move empowers federal immigration agencies,

Hundreds of “illegal immigrant criminals” arrested, White House says

Trump orders troops to border Trump orders troops to the border to crack down on immigration 05:54 Hundreds of “illegal immigrant criminals” in the United States were arrested Thursday and hundreds of others flown out of the country on military aircraft as President Trump’s promised mass deportation operation got underway, the White House said. In

Senate to vote on Hegseth confirmation as Democrats continue to raise concerns

Washington — As the Senate approaches its final confirmation of Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary, Democrats are continuing to raise their concerns about his character and fitness to lead the nation’s largest department.  In a 51 to 49 vote Thursday, the Senate advanced Hegseth’s nomination, with two Republicans joining all Democrats in opposition. The

Trump is rolling back a Civil Rights-era anti-discrimination rule.

Among the flurry of executive orders since his Jan. 20 inauguration, President Donald Trump has taken aim at rooting out diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs within the federal government. But his efforts go beyond DEI, with one recent order rescinding a Civil Rights-era rule that has helped protect millions of workers from discrimination. 

Do Newsom’s wildfire “fact checks” align with the facts? A breakdown.

CBS News Confirmed examines Gov. Newsom’s “fact checks” on California fires CBS News Confirmed examines Gov. Newsom’s “fact checks” on California fires 02:16 As California officials sought to tamp down false claims about the devastating wildfires, Gov. Gavin Newsom created “California Fire Facts,” a page on his website to counter what he called “lies” about

CBS News Confirmed examines Gov. Newsom’s “fact checks” on California fires

CBS News Confirmed examines Gov. Newsom’s “fact checks” on California fires – CBS News Watch CBS News California Gov. Gavin Newsom set up a fact-checking website to counter what he calls “lies” about the Los Angeles-area fires from President Trump and the conservative media — except, they’re not all lies. So we asked our CBS