HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston city ordinance that limited police officers’ cooperation with federal immigration agents was amended on Wednesday after Texas’ governor threatened to take away millions of dollars in public safety grants. Two weeks ago, Houston City Council passed the ordinance, which eliminated a requirement that Houston police officers wait 30 minutes for …
A look at the U.S.-Mexico border as illegal crossings remain at historic lows – CBS News Watch CBS News Recent data shows illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border remain at historic lows. CBS News’ Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.
Iran attacked at least 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to international news agencies, amid the indefinite ceasefire extension President Trump announced Tuesday. Robert Murrett, the deputy director for Syracuse University’s Institute for Security Policy and Law, joins with more.
Nearly half of U.S. kids are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a study by the American Lung Association.
For 152 million Americans, including nearly half of the nation’s children and teens, just breathing air in the places they live can be harmful. According to the American Lung Association’s latest State of the Air report, 44% of the U.S. population reside in areas with unhealthy levels of pollution, including 33 million who are younger …
Cryptocurrency billionaire Justin Sun is suing World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture co-founded by President Donald Trump and his sons, alleging the company illegally blocked him from selling digital tokens worth up to $1 billion. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in California federal court, also accuses World Liberty Financial of trying to pressure Sun into …
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat who was seeking his 13th term in Congress despite challenges from within his party, has died. He was 80. Scott was Democrats’ ranking member on the House Agriculture Committee after having once served as the panel first Black chairman, despite most recently representing a metropolitan …
WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told senators on Wednesday he saw no issue with sharing his ally David Geier’s Department of Health and Human Services contract with them by the end of the week. Geier, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, is employed as a contractor and reports to the …
Rep. David Scott, a Democrat from Georgia who served in the House for over two decades, haas died at 80 years old, a source told CBS News. CBS News congressional reporter Taurean Small has more.
THE HAGUE, April 22 (Reuters) – Prosecutors in the Netherlands on Wednesday demanded a 30-year prison sentence for a Syrian man accused of torturing and raping prisoners when he was a member of a militia that backed the government of former president Bashar al-Assad. Prosecutors have charged 58-year-old Rafik A., whose last name is withheld …