Trump to Deploy 300 National Guard Members in Illinois

Federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection walk along West Wacker Drive in the Loop in Chicago on Sept. 28, 2025. Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of 300 members of the Illinois National Guard to protect federal assets amid “violent riots

States Could Run Short of Emergency Relief as Government Shutdown Continues

A neighborhood still flooded from Hurricane Milton prepares to have the FEMA Disaster Recover Center convert to a polling location for the general election in Ridge Manor, Fla. on Nov. 4, 2024. AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File Florida and the southeastern United States could be in for some stormy weather over the coming days, according to

Virginia AG candidate faces backlash over violent, inflammatory text messages

Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general of Virginia, faced condemnation from Republicans and Democrats on Friday after text messages from 2022 resurfaced in which he said he would “piss on graves” of GOP opponents and mused about hypothetically shooting then-Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert. In a text message exchange

FEMA Suspends Emergency Preparedness Funds Until Population Counts Are Updated

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) building in Washington on May 15, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced on Oct. 3 that it stopped distributing emergency preparedness funds to states until they update their populations in the wake of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Called emergency management performance

FBI weighing a perp walk for Comey — and suspended an agent for refusing to

The FBI is considering carrying out a “showy” arrest and perp walk of the agency’s now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, and has suspended an agent who refused to participate in the plan, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Comey was charged last week with lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding, an