The headquarters of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) in Washington in a file image. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security has changed a document that could have explicitly denied disaster relief to states, cities, and smaller recipients for any boycotts targeting Israel. It no longer defines what it calls a “discriminatory
U.S. border agents have been directed to stop deporting migrants under President Trump’s ban on asylum claims, following a federal court order that said the measure could not be used to completely suspend humanitarian protections for asylum-seekers, two Department of Homeland Security officials told CBS News. The move effectively lifts a sweeping policy that had
President Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday creating a task force to oversee the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the White House confirmed Monday. Reuters news service first reported the task force, which it said would work on security, transportation and visa processing. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass —
Republicans in Texas are escalating the partisan debate over congressional districts by attempting to redraw their map in time for the midterm elections next year. Kyle Kondik, political analyst at the University of Virginia Center for Politics and co-author of the book “Campaign of Chaos,” joins the “CBS Evening News” to discuss the battle in
Liana Avetisian and most of her family fled Ukraine in 2023 and have built a new life in the U.S., resettling in DeWitt, Iowa, which calls itself the Crossroads to Opportunity. The town has been just that for more than 75 Ukrainians, welcomed by people like Angela Boelens, who has helped many of the refugees
Trump is leveraging tariffs to broker peace, restructure global trade, and secure concessions from U.S. allies and rivals. Add to My List Save Illustration by The Epoch Times By Emel Akan | August 04, 2025Updated:August 04, 2025 WASHINGTON—In his second term, President Donald Trump has reshaped U.S. foreign policy, using tariffs not just as economic
Trump administration not renewing work permits for Ukrainian refugees in U.S. – CBS News Watch CBS News Approximately 200,000 Ukrainians who fled their homes for the U.S. amid the war with Russia are waiting to learn their fate because their work permits are not being renewed. Janet Shamlian has tonight’s “Eye on America.” link.lazyload {