Washington — The Trump administration appears to have invoked the state-secrets privilege to withhold information in the case involving the mistaken removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador and any efforts by the Trump administration to return him to the United States. The administration’s assertion of the privilege was revealed in an order from
The White House has withdrawn President Trump’s nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for U.S. surgeon general, and Mr. Trump announced a new pick on social media Wednesday. Nesheiwat’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee had been scheduled for Thursday. The office of Sen. Bernie Sanders, the ranking Democrat on the
Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens detained in the Southern District of New York under President Trump’s proclamation invoking the wartime Alien Enemies Act. Another judge in Colorado issued a similar order later in the day. In New York, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said in a
In former President Joe Biden‘s first interview since leaving office, he slammed President Trump’s foreign policy, describing Mr. Trump’s actions toward Russia as “modern-day appeasement” and saying “what the hell’s going on here?” about what he called Mr. Trump’s “confiscation” policy regarding Greenland, Canada, the Panama Canal and renaming the Gulf of Mexico. “What the hell’s
The vice chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, who was appointed to the post by President Joe Biden late last year, has been fired, a senior White House official confirmed to CBS News. Alvin Brown’s ouster happened Tuesday. Brown, a Democrat who was the first African American elected mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, was appointed
Washington — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to comply with a lower court order that requires it to transfer Tufts Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk from a detention facility in Louisiana to Vermont. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit rejected a bid for emergency
Washington — Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the Trump administration believes Russia is “asking for too much” in its initial offer on a deal to end its war with Ukraine. During remarks at the Munich Leaders Meeting, the vice president underscored the importance of direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and said that