Federal judges in several states have rejected President Trump’s controversial picks for top prosecutor posts in a rare standoff between the courts and the White House, but those acting U.S. attorneys will nonetheless remain in place because of actions taken by the president and the Justice Department. File: Alina Habba, acting US attorney for New
DACA recipient with no criminal record detained by ICE – CBS News Watch CBS News The roundup of undocumented immigrants was supposed to focus on what the administration calls the “worst of the worst” criminals. But as Lilia Luciano reports, some detainees have no criminal record at all. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before {
Members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus are now discussing when they will return to Texas. They said they consider it a success that they have just about killed the special session and an effort in the House to pass new Congressional maps that will give Republicans five new majority seats. After failing to reach
The Frances Perkins Department of Labor Building is seen in Washington on Aug. 4, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump recently nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at The Heritage Foundation, to be the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shortly after terminating Erika McEntarfer. Antoni, who has a PhD in economics and
Authority of Law statue at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Aug. 8, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Supreme Court on Aug. 12 scheduled oral arguments for the fall in major cases, including a redistricting case that could affect the balance of power in Congress. One newly scheduled case is a challenge to
The State Department on Tuesday released a long-awaited series of reports on worldwide human rights practices that reveal scaled-back criticism of select countries including El Salvador and harsher assessments of traditional U.S. allies, including the United Kingdom and Germany. The release follows a period of revisions that administration officials said were meant to “streamline” the
A federal judge on Tuesday said he would block the Trump administration from using a federal building in New York City to hold immigrants facing deportation unless it reduces the number of detainees and improves conditions at the site, including by providing sleeping mats and hygiene products. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued the temporary