Washington — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is releasing some migrant detainees, in some cases dozens per day, as space in its detention system has exceeded maximum capacity amid a spike in arrests by the agency under President Trump, internal government statistics obtained by CBS News show. On Tuesday morning, space inside ICE detention facilities
Residents of deep-blue New York view President Donald Trump more favorably than Democratic governor Kathy Hochul, who struggles with low approval ratings and bleak reelection prospects, according to a poll released Monday. Trump’s favorability in the Empire State has risen to 41 percent, up from 37 percent in December, while just 39 percent of New
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued six orders aligning DOI procedures with Trump’s policies. Newly seated Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued six Department of Interior (DOI) orders on Feb. 3, his first official day in office. The former North Dakota governor was confirmed by the Senate in a 78–20 vote on Jan. 29. His initial actions as
Lawmakers voted Tuesday to advance Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as national security director to the Senate floor, a boost that greatly increases the embattled pick’s chances of confirmation. The Senate Intelligence Committee backed Gabbard in a 9-8 party-line vote. Republican senators Todd Young (Ind.) and Susan Collins (Maine), who had expressed misgivings about Gabbard before and
If it ain’t woke, don’t build it: Hideous monument to 44th president plagued by delays, cost overruns, and racial quotas (Getty Images) Barack Obama’s long-delayed and aesthetically monstrous presidential center in Chicago could face even further delays after a local subcontractor filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against one of the firms managing construction on the
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are holding a joint news conference at the White House after a meeting there Tuesday. It is the first foreign leader visit of Mr. Trump’s second term. Trump, Netanyahu meet in Oval Office before news conference Seated next to Netanyahu in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump repeatedly
Navarro said the ‘de minimis’ rule allowed China to exploit a loophole to smuggle fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. WASHINGTON—Peter Navarro, White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, defended the Trump administration’s use of tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China to curb the flow of fentanyl into the United States. “The