New FEMA head tells staff: “Don’t get in my way… I will run right over you”

During his first all-hands meeting with agency personnel, acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Richardson issued a striking warning: “Don’t get in my way,” the former United States Marine Corps ground combat officer told staff, according to a recording of the speech obtained by CBS News.  “Obfuscation, delay, undermining,” Richardson continued, referencing tactics he

Judge orders Tufts student detained by ICE to be released on bail

Washington — A federal judge on Friday ordered Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts doctoral candidate, to be immediately released from immigration custody on bail as she pursues a challenge to her detention by immigration authorities after the Trump administration revoked her student visa. U.S. District Judge William Sessions, who is presiding over the case, said at the

Columbia activist Mohsen Mahdawi can remain free from custody, appeals court rules

Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday said Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi can remain released from immigration custody while a legal challenge to his detention moves forward, denying a request from the Trump administration to allow immigration officials to re-detain Mahdawi. The three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

HHS moving to fire probationary employees again, officials say

The Department of Health and Human Services is moving for a second time to fire probationary employees at the nation’s health agencies, multiple federal officials said, after many previously had their terminations paused amid court battles over their fate. In mid-February, thousands of recently hired or promoted workers at the department had received letters firing

FedEx board member selected as next USPS postmaster general

David Steiner, a former CEO of the nation’s largest waste management company who currently serves on the FedEx board of directors, is poised to take over control of the U.S. Postal Service, becoming the nation’s 76th postmaster general. The announcement of Steiner’s appointment, which drew immediate concerns from postal unions over possible efforts to privatize