DALLAS — Egyptian coach Hossam Hassan said he has no issue with the Dallas Police Department after an officer had a brief altercation with the coach's brother, team manager...
World Food Program (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain pressed the Trump administration for more food aid, saying her organization needs “help.” “When you look at the places you operate, do you think there has been an impact from the dismantling of [the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)]?” CBS News’s Margaret Brennan asked McCain on...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) on Sunday ordered a curfew around an immigration detention center in the city where protesters and law enforcement officers have clashed for days. “To ensure the safety and well-being of all residents, a mandatory curfew for a half-mile area surrounding Delaney Hall is being implemented, effective immediately. Beginning at 12...
If more of our fellow citizens understood the contributions immigrants make, we might once again proudly recite the words emblazoned on the Statute of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
A proposal by the Trump administration to push federal workers to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) has sparked accusations that the White House is trying to silence its workforce, including those who have been speaking to the press. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Tuesday proposed crafting NDAs for both new and existing employees, saying it was...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) finds himself in a unique position: scorned by President Trump and out of the running for reelection, but still in charge of the highly influential Senate health committee, which can block nominees to head three health agencies currently without permanent leaders. The next few months could determine whether his legacy is restraining...
For Americans fed up with partisan redistricting, there’s bad news on the horizon: The gerrymandering war is just heating up. Even while the ink is still drying on the new House maps of the midterm cycle, the 2028 redistricting battle is already taking shape — and it threatens to eclipse the current map-drawing fever in...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is bracing for a major attack from Russia that he said he expects to occur within the next 48 hours, citing intelligence shared by the U.S. and European allies. “Today at night, or tomorrow at night, we will have, we think that we will have big attacks from Russian side using...
The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday asked a federal judge to recuse herself from overseeing the department's lawsuit against Georgia election officials, arguing that her attendance at an event honoring Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis raises questions about her ability to remain impartial. In a filing submitted to the U.S. District Court for the...
The United Nations has added Israeli and Russian security forces for the first time to its annual blacklist documenting sexual violence during conflict, including allegations of rape against detained Palestinians. The report released Friday by the U.N. lists 77 government and non-government parties in countries “credibly suspected” of “patterns of rape or other forms of...
President Trump swiped at Pope Leo XIV and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) on Saturday after the two met in Rome, saying someone at the Vatican should have advised the pope not to meet Johnson because he is “useless.” “Someone should explain to the Pope that the Mayor of Chicago is useless, and that Iran...
The federal prosecutor who secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly threatening the life of President Trump in a since-deleted social media post of seashells has stepped down, according to a recent court filing. A “notice of substitution” filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina on Friday stated that Matthew...
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin found common ground on Saturday after the governor deployed state police to maintain order outside a Newark immigration detention center that has been the site of escalating protests. Sherrill said the New Jersey police officers have responded to protests taking...
All eyes are on an emerging deal between the U.S. and Iran that would extend the current ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but it remains unclear when — or if — President Trump and Tehran will ultimately sign off. The two sides reached a tentative agreement this week that, if approved, would mark...
