Coping with a sudden loss in federal funding, PBS affiliate KSPS in Spokane, Washington, faced a surprise extra hurdle. Many of its contributing members - at one point almost half - lived in Canada, and they were withdrawing support out of anger at President Donald Trump's desire to make the country the 51st member of the United States.
A U.S. judge at least temporarily blocked the government Sunday from deporting a group of Guatemalan children who had crossed the border without their families, after their lawyers said the youngsters were loaded onto planes overnight and in violation of laws affording protections for migrant kids.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said that the Trump administration will soon expand immigration operations in Chicago, confirming plans for a stepped-up presence of federal agents in the nation's third-largest city as President Donald Trump continues to lash out at Illinois' Democratic leadership.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), a possible 2028 presidential candidate, said he is not inclined to engage in a partisan redistricting push in his state ahead of the 2026 midterms. In a Sunday interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Pritzker warned against more states redrawing their maps in the middle of the decade, but...
As Democratic governors have become vocal critics of President Trump, one governor's response has been more muted. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is frequently mentioned as a possible contender for the 2028 presidential contest, has kept her focus on Michigan, a pivotal swing state Trump won in 2024. Whitmer has been quiet as other potential Democratic...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Sunday pushed back on what she called a “misconception” of federal funding losses if her department is wound down at the federal level the way the Trump administration wants. “I think the misconception is that federal funding will go away if the Department of Education goes back more to the...
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a car crash on Saturday evening in New Hampshire, according to a statement from his security team. Giuliani’s vehicle was “struck from behind at high speed,” Michael Ragusa, head of Giuliani's security, said in an official news release. Giuliani, who previously served as President Trump's...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., is “performative,” despite a recent drop in the violent crime rate. In an interview that aired Sunday on ABC News’s “This Week,” Moore acknowledged there’s more work to do in Baltimore to bring down the crime rate. He said...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday teased the potential for further federal law enforcement intervention in Chicago and other Democratic-run cities nationwide following President Trump's recent crime crackdown in Washington, D.C. Noem added that her department plans to "add more resources" to its operations in Chicago when asked about forthcoming plans for the Windy...