Voice of America director says Trump’s dismantling of agency is “self-inflicted blow”

Voice of America director says Trump’s dismantling of agency is “self-inflicted blow” – CBS News Watch CBS News Voice of America, the government-funded news agency launched during World War II to counter Nazi propaganda, stopped broadcasting over the weekend after its employees were put on leave or terminated by the Trump administration. Nancy Cordes spoke

White House defends decision to deport alleged gang members amid legal fight

White House defends decision to deport alleged gang members amid legal fight – CBS News Watch CBS News Over the weekend, the Trump administration cited a rarely-used 18th-century law to justify the deportations of suspected gang members. As Ed O’Keefe reports, the president’s moves sparked a legal fight where minutes mattered. View CBS News In

South African Ambassador Has Until Friday to Leave US: State Department

The State Department has imposed a Friday deadline for South Africa’s ambassador to the United States to leave the country. Ebrahim Rasool’s diplomatic privileges and immunities in the United States expired on Monday, according to officials. “He’s had his privileges, but those did expire today,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a Monday briefing.

Judge Orders More Info From Trump Admin on Deportations

The judge refrained from issuing a ruling on whether the administration had defied his order stopping deportations of alleged foreign criminal gang members. WASHINGTON—U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to provide additional information on its implementation of the president’s decision to speed up deportations of purported Venezuelan gang members by

Trump Admin Considering Banning Travel From Dozens of Countries: Memo

The White House says no decision has been made yet. President Donald Trump’s administration has been weighing a travel ban on citizens from dozens of countries, according to an internal memorandum. The memo, which was viewed by Reuters, lists 41 countries, divided into three groups. One group, which includes Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba, and North

Defense Forum Foundation Holds Congressional Defense and Foreign Policy Forum

The Defense Forum Foundation holds a congressional defense and foreign policy forum at 12:30 p.m. ET on Mar. 18 at Capitol Hill. Attendees include Ambassador J. William Middendorf, II; Suzanne Scholte, president of the Defense Forum Foundation, Kim Ji Young, president of Free North Korea Radio, and others. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning

Trump Says He’s Releasing All JFK Files on Tuesday

Researchers are awaiting a drop of approximately 80,000 pages related to the assassination of former president John F. Kennedy. President Donald Trump announced during a tour of the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on March 17 that long-awaited files, amounting to approximately 80,000 pages relating to the assassination of the former president, are