The Maryland lawmaker arrived in the country on April 16. U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said he met Thursday in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran illegal immigrant who was deported due to what the Justice Department called an administrative error. Van Hollen, who has been advocating for Abrego Garcia to be
The White House is starting to rebuild the National Security Council with aides top officials believe are staunchly aligned with President Trump’s agenda after six people were ousted earlier this month, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Derek Harvey, a military intelligence analyst and retired U.S. Army colonel, is expected to be
Moving forward, Amtrak, backed by the Transportation Department, will lead the reconstruction project. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced on April 17 that he would assume authority over the Pennsylvania “Penn” Station reconstruction project in New York City. In Thursday’s news release, Duffy said that through the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), he would withdraw New York’s
The Food and Drug Administration is drawing up plans that would end most of its routine food safety inspections work, multiple federal health officials tell CBS News, and effectively outsource this oversight to state and local authorities. The plans have not been finalized and might need congressional action to fully fund, said the officials, who
White House response to FSU shooting White House response to FSU shooting 02:54 President Trump said Thursday a shooting at Florida State University that killed two people was “terrible” and a “shame,” but suggested he’s unlikely to back any new gun control measures — saying he’s a “big advocate of the Second Amendment.” Asked by
The battle between President Trump and Harvard University has moved to a new front, with the IRS now considering whether to revoke the Ivy League school’s tax-exempt status. A final decision has not yet been made by the IRS, CBS News’ Aaron Navarro reports. But the effort comes after Mr. Trump on Tuesday suggested that Harvard
The lawsuit seeks to prevent DOGE from accessing the systems, which contain financial and medical data on millions of Americans. A federal judge on April 16 declined to dismiss a lawsuit from labor unions seeking to block the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing data systems at the Labor Department. Headed by tech billionaire