Washington — Unlawful crossings at the U.S. southern border are down 94% from the same period last year, Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks told CBS News in his first sit-down interview, crediting the Trump administration’s government-wide crackdown on illegal immigration. Over the past seven days, Banks said, Border Patrol agents have apprehended an average of
How Trump’s comments on Ukraine are rattling European allies – CBS News Watch CBS News The diplomatic dispute between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has upended international protocols and rattled U.S. allies in Europe. Charles Kupchan, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins to discuss. View CBS News In Be the first
DOGE cuts at 9/11 health program may impact first responders – CBS News Watch CBS News Advocates for those sickened by toxins from the massive debris of 9/11 are calling on President Trump to immediately reverse cuts he made to the World Trade Center Health Program. Anthony Gardner, who was just fired as a public
Border Patrol chief discusses asylum policy changes, possible DOGE cuts – CBS News Watch CBS News A new administration is bringing new changes to enforcement at the U.S-Mexico border as illegal crossings drop to a five-year low. Camilo Montoya-Galvez spoke to Michael Banks, the new chief of U.S. Border Patrol, about some of his priorities.
Trump to hold meetings on Ukraine with French and British leaders – CBS News Watch CBS News One day after an angry exchange between Presidents Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy met in Kyiv with Keith Kellogg, Mr. Trump’s special envoy. A planned joint news conference was canceled, but Zelenskyy said they had a
Woman uproots life to take job as federal worker, then fired in mass layoffs weeks later – CBS News Watch CBS News Last month, Katie Sandlin uprooted her life in a small town in Alabama to accept a job at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, before she even unpacked
DOGE cuts 9/11 research program funding DOGE cuts 9/11 research program funding 02:10 The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, canceled a $275,000 contract for 9/11-related cancer research. The contract paid for data processing to compare cancer incidence rates among firefighters exposed to the World Trade Center toxins with firefighters who were not