Washington — President Trump’s cascade of executive actions announced soon after he took office has already prompted more than half a dozen legal challenges before the end of his first week. And they’re likely just the opening salvos in a series of court battles that will play out as federal agencies begin the work of
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,
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
Republican Rep. Tim Burchett said in an interview Wednesday that an admiral — whom he did not identify — had told him of an unidentified craft moving at incredible speeds in the sea. “They tell me something’s moving at hundreds of miles an hour underwater… as large as a football field, underwater,” the Tennessee congressman
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
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.
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