Washington — A federal judge on Friday declined to block the Trump administration from putting thousands of employees with U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave and recalling others from overseas, clearing the way for the president to resume his efforts to overhaul the agency as part of his plans to slash the size
Washington — Caleb Vitello, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is being reassigned amid internal frustrations over the agency’s progress in carrying out President Trump’s mass deportation goals, administration officials told CBS News on Friday. In a statement, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed Vitello’s reassignment, saying he “is no
The Justice Department is expanding the historic clemency that was extended to U.S. Capitol insurrectionists and defendants by moving to dismiss charges unrelated to the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, if the separate indictments stemmed from Jan. 6-related investigations. In a court filing in Ocala, Florida, a newly appointed top federal prosecutor
An attorney employed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement allegedly made “racist, bigoted, xenophobic, hateful, harassing and dishonest” posts on an X account where he tried to hide his identity, according to a legal complaint filed against him. James Rodden — who, as of at least Wednesday, was employed by ICE as assistant chief counsel, functioning
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, has continued to slash through federal agencies, firing workers and canceling contracts. But as it tallies its savings online, there are continuing indications that the group, which President Trump has referred to as Musk’s team of “super geniuses,” is overstating its achievements. The latest sign of
President Trump is tapping Alice Johnson, the 69-year-old grandmother he granted clemency in his first term over long-ago drug offenses, to be his “pardon czar.” The president made the announcement during a Black History Month event in the White House East Room Thursday afternoon. Johnson spent over 21 years in prison for nonviolent drug-related crimes
More than 10% of the staff working for the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration were fired this month as part of the government-wide cuts to recently hired federal workers ordered by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, task force. The cuts amounted to around 100 probationary workers, multiple current and