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Hochul says Democratic governors won’t “sit idly by” as Trump threatens retaliation

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Hochul says Democratic governors won’t “sit idly by” as Trump threatens retaliation – CBS News Watch CBS News New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she and her fellow Democratic governors won’t “sit idly by and let our rights be attacked” by the Trump administration. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser

Are we heading toward a constitutional crisis?

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More than a half-century ago, during Watergate, President Richard Nixon had a stand-off with the Justice Department, and the courts. On October 20, 1973, the president demanded that attorney general Elliot Richardson fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Richardson refused, and resigned. His deputy, William Ruckelshaus, also refused, and resigned. The tensions brought a certain phrase

Trump officials prepare plans to revive Title 42 policy to expel migrants

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Washington — The Trump administration has prepared plans to implement a policy that would allow U.S. immigration officials to swiftly expel migrants on the grounds that they could spread diseases like tuberculosis, according to internal government documents obtained by CBS News. The plans would revive a border measure known as Title 42 that the first

Kash Patel to be named acting ATF chief, sources say

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Kash Patel, the newly sworn-in director of the FBI, is expected to also be named acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, two Justice Department sources confirmed to CBS News Saturday. Following a lengthy process, Patel, a Trump loyalist, was confirmed by the Senate Thursday as FBI director in a slim 51-49 margin,