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The state of Illinois and Chicago are suing the Trump administration over their plans to deploy the National Guard. “The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s favor,” the lawsuit states in its introduction.In the lawsuit, which names both the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago as plaintiffs, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul writes, “Defendants’ deployment of federalized troops to Illinois is patently unlawful.” He continues, “Plaintiffs ask this court…

Kimberly Draxler was in shock when she called her mortgage lender in April and was told her four-bedroom home in Hillview, Kentucky, would be sold out from under her in a matter of days. Though she had been alerted that something might be wrong by a letter in the mail from an attorney offering assistance in warding off foreclosure, she said her lender never informed her that she was about to lose her home. “They never called me and told me they were just going to rip my house right underneath me,” Draxler told CBS News. Draxler’s lender said it notifies all borrowers…

A Census Bureau worker knocks on the door of a home in Winter Park, Fla., in 2020. John Raoux/AP hide caption toggle caption John Raoux/AP The next U.S. census isn’t scheduled to be taken until 2030, but the federal government says help is wanted well before then in six states for the national head count’s major field test. Recruiting to hire about 1,500 door knockers and other temporary workers for the “2026 Census Test” starts Monday in parts of Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, the Census Bureau announced on its website. The agency says it received…

Washington — The Supreme Court is set to convene Tuesday to consider a legal battle involving a Colorado law banning “conversion therapy” treatment for minors brought by a licensed counselor in the state, which she argues unconstitutionally censors her conversations about gender dysphoria and sexuality with young clients.The plaintiff, Kaley Chiles, is a licensed counselor who performs “faith-informed” counseling when her clients seek it. Chiles, who is Christian, says she seeks to engage in talk therapy with young patients who want to “reduce or eliminate unwanted sexual attractions, change sexual behaviors, or grow in the experience of harmony with [their]…

Economy / October 6, 2025 Trump’s OMB director has suggested he’ll institute mass firings and agency closures, but no one in the White House seems to grasp the economic impact of such moves. Ad Policy A grimly determined Russell Vought in an AI video circulated by President Donald Trump In one of my favorite videos on YouTube, a group of African mercenaries are sitting around a campfire with a chimpanzee. One of them thinks it would be amusing to hand the chimp a loaded AK-47. It takes the weapon, and after dancing around with it a bit, puts its finger…

The Treasury Department said it is working on a $1 coin featuring President Trump’s image to mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence next year, although the design isn’t final.  A U.S. Treasury official on Friday shared a preliminary design of the coin featuring Mr. Trump.”No fake news here. These first drafts honoring America’s 250th Birthday and @POTUS are real,” U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach wrote in a social media post on Friday, which included drawings of the coin. “Looking forward to sharing more soon, once the obstructionist shutdown of the United States government is over.” U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach shared the draft…

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Secretary of State Marco Rubio House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of IllinoisRet. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges Click here to browse full transcripts from 2025 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”   MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m Margaret Brennan in Washington.And this week on Face the Nation: Is Israel’s war with Hamas finally coming to an end? Meanwhile, the government shutdown continues with no end in sight.Two years after the October 7 massacre that killed more than 1,200 Israelis, is…

FILE – Then French Defense minister Sebastien Lecornu, right, and France’s President Emmanuel Macron talk at the end of an address by the president to army leaders in Paris Sunday July 13, 2025. Ludovic Marin/Pool AFP/AP hide caption toggle caption Ludovic Marin/Pool AFP/AP PARIS — Facing criticism from all sides, France’s new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep political crisis. The French presidency said in a statement Monday that President Emmanuel Macron has accepted his resignation. Lecornu had replaced…

Second life for California trees burned in wildfires – CBS News Watch CBS News From the ashes of January’s Los Angeles wildfires, a story of renewal. Carter Evans shows how a new program is using destroyed trees to rebuild. Source link

For many Americans, across party lines, concern over the government shutdown means concern about its potential impact on the economy, among other things.  Therefore, many don’t think either party’s position is worth having a shutdown over. Given that, no one is looking especially good politically at the moment. President Trump, congressional Democrats, and Republicans are all net negative on their handling of the shutdown thus far.  Neither party is on very solid footing. The top descriptor Americans pick for the Democratic Party overall is “weak;” the party trails the GOP on being described as “effective” and “strong,” and their favorables…