Justice Department holds news conference on new Comey indictment

Justice Department holds news conference on new Comey indictment – CBS News Watch CBS News The Justice Department held a news briefing on Tuesday after a grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey over a 2025 Instagram post that the government argues was a willful threat to kill President Trump.

Trump administration mandates enhanced security checks for immigration applicants

The Trump administration is subjecting broad categories of immigrants applying for legal immigration benefits to enhanced security checks, and is pausing some cases while the changes are implemented, according to internal government documents obtained by CBS News. Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services distributed internal guidance instructing its officers to resubmit pending applications for …

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Analysis: Unstable people in unsettled times – America revisits the political violence of the ’60s and ’70s

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was amiably chatting with guests at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner when shots rang out. Amid the ensuing chaos as dinner attendees took cover, Kennedy’s security detail rushed his table. One agent shielded Kennedy with his body while others hustled the secretary of health and human services out of …

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Feds have rejected 15% of businesses’ tariff refund claims

Roughly 15% of tariff refund requests have been rejected since a government reimbursement portal launched on April 20according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). As of April 26, the federal agency had received more than 75,000 refund requests from U.S. businesses and other importers. More than 47,000 claims encompassing some 11 million tariff payments …

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Senate Republicans block Democrats’ attempt to force Cuba war powers vote

Washington — Senate Democrats on Tuesday tried to force a vote on a measure to prevent President Trump from launching a military attack on Cuba, as he repeatedly threatens action against the island. But Republicans blocked the procedural vote from moving forward, arguing that the U.S. isn’t engaged in hostilities with Cuba. The issue is …

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Takeaways from King Charles III’s speech before Congress

Takeaways from King Charles III’s speech before Congress – CBS News Watch CBS News King Charles III addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday, becoming only the second British monarch to do so. CBS News royal contributor Amanda Foreman joins with analysis.

JayCee Cooper, transgender powerlifter, settles discrimination case with USA Powerlifting

A settlement has been finalized in a high-profile case involving transgender athlete JayCee Cooper and USA Powerlifting, following a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that found the organization violated the state’s Human Rights Act by barring Cooper from competition. The Legal Director at Gender Justice, which represented Cooper, announced the settlement and stated, “We celebrate this …

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