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8/14: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Trump signals tough message for Putin on Ukraine as Alaska summit nears; Alaska’s historic ties to Russia in the spotlight Source link

A mural by artist Tene Smith is seen near the entrance of Chicago Women in Trades, a nonprofit dedicated to training and retaining women in the skilled construction trades is photographed April 1, 2025, at the facility in Chicago. Claire Savage/AP hide caption toggle caption Claire Savage/AP WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities. In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Maryland found that the Education Department violated the law when it threatened to cut federal funding from…

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday scrapped local directives that severely limited cooperation between police officers in Washington, D.C., and federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other immigration agencies.The move amounts to a sweeping reversal of “sanctuary” policies in the nation’s capital, allowing the Metropolitan Police Department, for the time being, to fully cooperate with federal immigration enforcement as President Trump asserts more control over the District of Columbia, citing concerns about crime and disorder. City officials quickly pushed back on the legality of Bondi’s order, saying they were not bound by it.Mr. Trump has cited concerns about…

Politics / StudentNation / August 12, 2025 The administration’s tariff policies have thrust soybean farmers into economic chaos as they navigate higher input costs and shifts in global trade. Ad Policy Doug Rebout’s soybean farm in Janesville, Wisconsin.(Finnegan Ricco) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund forIndependent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more Student Nation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation is made possible through generous funding from The Puffin Foundation. If you’re a student and you have an article idea, please send pitches and questions…

The building at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan was evacuated on Thursday afternoon following reports of an unknown white powder.The FDNY said a call came in just before 4 p.m. saying the powder was reported found in the mailroom on the ninth floor of the building, which is home to the Department of Homeland Security and the New York City field office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, among other agencies. First responders and hazmat units were on the scene with four minutes, authorities said.”Today’s event was under control almost immediately, without incident,” Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz…

In the more than three years of fighting in Ukraine, Russia now controls about 20% of Ukraine’s eastern territory. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly said the meeting taking place between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage Friday should include no discussion of land swaps to end the war. To help set expectations for the face-to-face, “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson talked to Richard Haass, a former diplomat who has worked in several administrations. Source link

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump talk during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit in Danang, Vietnam on Nov. 11, 2017. Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Trump has made no secret that he wants to be the one to broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, touting his relationship with President Vladimir Putin as giving him the means to do so. Now, as the two leaders prepare to meet face to face in Anchorage, Alaska, their history adds to the intrigue. Trump said he’ll…

Federal prosecutors said Thursday they would seek the death penalty against a Washington state woman accused of fatally shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a traffic stop in January after she was indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge.Teresa Youngblut, 21, is accused of fatally shooting David Maland on Jan. 20 in northern Vermont. Police say she opened fire on agents during a traffic stop, sparking a shootout that also left her companion, Felix Bauckholt, a German national, dead.Youngblut initially faced federal firearm charges and was ordered held without bail in January.  On Thursday, prosecutors announced that…

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary in June made the 33-year-old state legislator from Queens more than just the party’s nominee to lead the nation’s largest city. For a Democratic Party desperate to reclaim political momentum, Mamdani’s laser-like focus on affordability issues offered a clear path forward. The Ugandan-born immigrant who would be the city’s first Muslim mayor also managed to overcome many of the wrenching, personality-based pitfalls of New York politics by projecting an accessible, enthusiastic, and joyful determination to open up conversations and heal past electoral divisions—an approach that starkly contrasts with Donald Trump’s…

Washington, D.C., police officers will now be able to assist federal immigration authorities by sharing information about people who are not in police custody and by transporting federal immigration agents and detained individuals, according to a new order signed by Metropolitan Police Department chief Pamela Smith and published Thursday.The order represents a shift from the Metropolitan Police Department’s previous policy, which limited cooperation between the department and federal immigration authorities. D.C. law still prohibits local law enforcement in the nation’s capital from sharing information about people being held in D.C. custody with immigration officers.Smith’s order does not alter the current D.C.…