U.S. Institute of Peace leaders regain control of HQ after DOGE takeover

The leaders of the United States Institute for Peace regained control of their offices Wednesday, weeks after they were ejected from their positions by the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency in March.  The dramatic turn of events happened in the wake of U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell’s ruling on Monday that the

FEMA rescinds strategic plan less than 2 weeks before hurricane season

Less than two weeks until the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, Federal Emergency Management Agency acting Administrator David Richardson has rescinded the agency’s strategic plan, a comprehensive policy document that outlines the disaster relief agency’s priorities.  In a short memo sent to FEMA employees on Wednesday and obtained by CBS News, Richardson wrote,

ICE denied request for Mahmoud Khalil to hold his baby, wife and ACLU say

ICE officials and a prison contractor have refused to grant a contact visit between Mahmoud Khalil and his family, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, denying him the chance to hold his newborn son. The boy was born last month while Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and Palestinian activist, remained in ICE custody