CIA director John Ratcliffe met with Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez for two hours Thursday in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, to “deliver the message that the United States looks forward to an improved working relationship,” a U.S. official told CBS News Friday. The official described the trip as historic, noting that Ratcliffe was the first Cabinet-level
A union representing Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport employees says more than a dozen workers have been apprehended by ICE on the job — sometimes inside the terminal. Wade Luneburg with the Unite Here Local 17 union represents 1,600 people working in airport concessions and in-flight catering. He says airport employees need to pass vigorous federal
A bipartisan congressional delegation was to meet with Danish and Greenlandic officials Friday in an effort to show support for Greenland’s territorial integrity despite President Trump’s continued push to acquire the island. The White House had claimed Thursday that discussions involving Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Danish officials earlier this
James McCrery, once President Trump’s handpicked architect for the White House ballroom, has been appointed to serve on a commission that will review the project he once led. The appointment was noted in a court filing late Thursday, which confirmed that President Trump appointed four people to serve on the Commission of Fine Arts. McCrery served on
Louisville — Postal officials unveiled a commemorative stamp of boxing legend Muhammad Ali in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, on Thursday, featuring a photo of the champ in his fighting prime. The Postal Service printed 22 million of the Ali stamps, which feature an Associated Press photo from 1974 showing the fighter holding up his
Mexican authorities sought details Thursday about what they say was the death of a Mexican citizen this week in an immigration detention facility in Georgia. The number of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the U.S. has increased significantly in recent years, and 2025 was the deadliest year for ICE detainees in
Washington — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented President Trump with her real Nobel Peace Prize medallion during her visit to the White House on Thursday, two White House officials told CBS News, and later at the Capitol, Machado confirmed she had done so. The medallion, which was not a replica, the sources said,