Officials from blue states allege that enacted and planned cuts to the agency are unlawful and unconstitutional. New York Attorney General Letitia James and 20 of her peers from other blue states on March 13 announced a federal lawsuit seeking to protect the Department of Education from elimination. Her announcement was made two days after
The Russian president said that a cease-fire would have to deal with the root causes of the conflict before Moscow would agree to halt its invasion. Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 13 expressed appreciation for a U.S.-backed cease-fire in Ukraine but stopped short of agreeing to the framework. Putin said that any cease-fire would
Brehm alleged that DOGE employees had approached USADF in late February with plans to reduce the agency’s scope. A federal judge on March 11 declined to temporarily block Pete Marocco, acting head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), from firing the president of the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) and being named its
President Trump is planning to invoke a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as soon as Friday to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants, including to Guantanamo Bay, escalating his government-wide immigration crackdown, multiple U.S. officials familiar with the plan told CBS News. The 227-year-old law gives presidents the extraordinary power
Trump defends Elon Musk, DOGE Trump defends Elon Musk, DOGE cuts to federal workforce 03:21 Washington — A federal judge in California ordered six federal agencies to offer to reinstate probationary employees who were fired last month, finding that their terminations by the Office of Personnel Management were unlawful. U.S. District Judge William Alsup handed
Former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg is expected to announce Thursday that he will not run for Michigan’s open Senate seat as he positions himself for another presidential bid in 2028. Buttigieg, who ran a failed presidential campaign in 2020, is looking to strengthen his White House prospects by avoiding back-to-back campaigns in 2026 and 2028,
‘Make no mistake, Beijing is actively exploiting weak security protocols,’ Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said. Republican lawmakers have proposed legislation that would block national laboratories from admitting citizens of foreign adversaries, particularly those from communist China. The bill was introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on March 11 amid growing concerns in Washington over intellectual