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A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from requiring almost two dozen mostly Democratic states to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in order to receive billions in transportation funding.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned in April his department may cut off grants to any recipients that fail to “cooperate generally with Federal authorities in the enforcement of Federal law” — part of a wider gambit to push back against “sanctuary” jurisdictions. A group of 20 states sued, arguing the administration doesn’t have the legal authority to tie transportation dollars — which states rely on for upkeep of roads, airports and…

John Spitzberg, 87, holds a “Support our Veterans” sign during a veterans march at the National Mall on March 14 in Washington, D.C. The 87-year-old veteran was arrested June 13 at the U.S. Capitol while protesting the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade, which coincided with President Trump’s 79th birthday. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images In the video, one officer wheels away John Spitzberg’s rollator walker, while the other uses zip ties to bind his hands behind his back. The 87-year-old veteran is unsteady on his feet — the result of several disabilities he suffers —…

Tallahatchie County, Mississippi — There are 138 National Monuments across the U.S., but for the first time in nearly 100 years, they’re eligible to be sold for parts.This Juneteenth, some of the protected lands in jeopardy commemorate important moments in American civil rights history, including some newer monuments like the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. “We are seeing this effort to erase and reverse history and historic preservation,” said historian Alan Spears, senior director of cultural resources and government affairs for the National Parks Conservation Association. “This is turning quickly into a dream deferred.” Spears advocated for years, alongside several…

Jon Wiener: From The Nation, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener.  Later in the show: the crisis in LA around ICE enforcement, and the coming campaign around the country to stop the Medicaid cuts. Ai-jen Poo has our analysis; she’s a labor organizer and strategist, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and President of Care in Action.  But first: the largest single day of protest in American history, and what comes next. Leah Greenberg of Indivisible will comment on ‘No Kings’ — in a minute.[BREAK]We’re still thinking about Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ protests, where 5 million people showed…

President Trump appeared to mark Juneteenth on Thursday with a Truth Social post arguing the United States has “too many non-working holidays.” “It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed. The workers don’t want it either! Soon we’ll end up having a holiday for every … working day of the year,” Mr. Trump wrote. “It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”The post did not explicitly mention Juneteenth. CBS News has reached out to the White House for comment.The holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. after the…

Washington — Former President Joe Biden criticized “ongoing efforts to erase history” during a Juneteenth Celebration Service at a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston, Texas — and appeared to take a shot at his successor, President Trump.He took part in the service at the Reedy Chapel AME Church, one of the locations where an order announcing the end of slavery in Texas was read on June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, according to the church. Biden called Galveston “the city where freedom rang out 160 years ago.” Former President Joe Biden speaks during a Juneteenth…

President Trump speaks to the press as workers install a large flag pole on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on June 18, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images As hostilities between Iran and Israel escalate and President Trump raises the possibility of U.S. military involvement in the conflict, some of his influential supporters online are publicly disagreeing with him, a rare occurrence in the pro-Trump media sphere. A day after Israel launched its attack on Iran, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson wrote a newsletter titled…

Washington — A federal appeals court on Thursday extended its block of a judge’s order that directed President Trump to return control of California’s National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom.The unanimous order from a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is a victory for the president and allows for the continued deployment of roughly 4,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles, where they have been protecting federal property and U.S. immigration agents during enforcement operations.Mr. Trump invoked a law known as Title 10 to call the Guard into federal service earlier this month in…

ICE agents aren’t out of control. They are performing their designed role as fascism’s storm troopers. Ad Policy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest New York City Comptroller Brad Lander outside of federal immigration court on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in New York.(Olga Fedorova / AP Photo) You have probably seen the video of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents violently arresting New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander. The footage is disturbing not just because of the thuggish way Lander is manhandled but also because of the brazenness. Here are federal agents—not local police officers—essentially kidnapping a…

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