U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent walks to speak with the media outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Nov. 5, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP The Trump administration is working on a plan to stop illegal immigrants from receiving federal benefits. “We are working to cut off federal benefits to illegal
A shooting occurred on Nov. 26 in Washington, D.C., where two servicemembers of the National Guard were allegedly ambushed by an Afghan national near the White House. As of writing, one of those servicemembers, Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, has died of her injuries. The accused assailant, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was admitted into the United States for humanitarian
Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Friday that no West Virginia National Guard members deployed to Washington, D.C., have requested to return home in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting of two West Virginia Guard members that left one dead and the second critically wounded. “I haven’t heard of anyone step back,” Morrisey told CBS News in an
Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez arrives for the swearing-in ceremony for Guatemala’s new President Alejandro Giammattei at the National Theater in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Jan. 14, 2020. Moises Castillo/AP Photo, File President Donald Trump announced Friday he is granting a full pardon to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is currently serving a
The Trump administration on Friday directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers to pause all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., according to an internal directive obtained by CBS News and two sources familiar with the order. The move is the administration’s latest effort to
President Trump announced Thursday that he would “permanently pause” immigration from “Third-World Countries.” The declaration comes as the Trump administration takes aim at U.S. immigration policies in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. Weijia Jiang has the latest. Original CBS News Link</a
President Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted in New York for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The president explained his decision on social media by posting that “according to many people that I greatly respect,”