The Trump administration has conducted 40 removal flights to the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, deporting nearly 8,000 Venezuelan nationals since March, according to senior Department of Homeland Security officials who spoke to CBS News on the condition of anonymity. The flights began after Venezuela agreed in March to resume repatriation flights, and have continued amid
By Joseph Lord | October 24, 2025Updated:October 24, 2025 Images of the East Wing of the White House being pulled down to make way for an expansive new ballroom have sparked controversy in some quarters. As some historians have noted, however, the $300 million ballroom will join a long line of renovations that, regardless of
A red and gray scrap hauler pulled out of the White House gates Friday morning, filled with remnants of the felled East Wing. Mangled rebar sprouted above the truck bed’s rim. The truck trundled through the streets of Washington, D.C., down Pennsylvania Avenue, past an exit for Nationals Park and then north along the Anacostia
President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Urrego addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 23, 2025. Pamela Smith/AP Photo The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions against Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family, and a close associate, alleging the sanctioned parties are complicit in
Washington — The U.S. has been carrying out intermittent strikes on vessels alleged to be carrying drug smugglers and illegal narcotics in international waters off South American coastlines since early September. President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the boats were known to be involved in drug smuggling, and insist they have the authority
People cast their ballots at a mobile outdoor vote center at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images The Department of Justice (DOJ) is sending monitors to six counties to watch polling sites, it said on Oct. 24. The personnel will monitor polls in Los Angeles
Washington — The government of Ontario will pause an anti-tariff ad campaign aimed at the U.S., the Canadian province’s leader announced Friday, less than a day after President Trump vowed to end trade negotiations with Canada over an ad that uses late President Ronald Reagan’s voice. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the ad campaign will