Trump Appears to Confirm 2nd Aircraft Carrier Being Prepared for Middle East Deployment

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier leaves Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., on June 23, 2025. AP Photo/John Clark, File President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to confirm in a post on social media that a second aircraft carrier is being prepared to be sent to the Middle East as talks with Iran

Trump officials oust Abigail Slater as DOJ’s antitrust chief, sources say

Top Trump administration officials had decided to oust Justice Department antitrust chief Abigail Slater and had discussions with her shortly before she announced on social media that she was leaving the department, sources told CBS News.  Slater didn’t cite a reason for her departure in her statement on X. She had lost the trust of

Nebraska to Hand Voter Data to DOJ After Court Declines to Block Transfer

Ballots for the primary elections are arranged by party affiliation at the Lancaster County Election Committee offices in Lincoln, Neb., on April 14, 2020. Nati Harnik/AP Photo Nebraska’s Republican secretary of state is moving ahead with plans to turn over sensitive voter registration data to the Department of Justice (DOJ) after the Nebraska Supreme Court

Border czar announces Minnesota immigration operation surge is ending

Border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday that Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota is concluding, with a drawdown of federal immigration officers set to occur over the course of next week. “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude,” Homan said in a news conference held at the Bishop Henry Whipple