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Amid a surge in threats against federal judges, Senate Democrats will formally introduce legislation Thursday to transfer control of the U.S. Marshals Service to the court system itself. The legislation, which was obtained by CBS News, specifies that the presidential administration would lose its authority over the Marshals. The law enforcement agency is currently part of the Department of Justice, and among other things, it is tasked with protecting federal judges, courthouses and court workers.Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat who is leading the effort, said the change would help insulate U.S. Marshals from possible interference and politicization by the…

Washington — The House was moving early Thursday toward a vote on President Trump’s domestic policy bill, hours after unveiling an updated version of the legislation that Republican leaders hope will satisfy enough holdouts.The measure cleared a critical hurdle — a procedural vote to begin debate on the massive budget package. A vote on the bill could follow later in the morning.The legislation, which addresses the president’s tax, defense and energy priorities, has overcome several setbacks since the beginning of the year after GOP leadership made repeated assurances to holdouts that their concerns would be addressed later if they kept…

Experts say DOGE should have paid closer attention to the Government Accountability Office, which has long worked to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has attempted to embed itself in another agency. This time, it’s the Government Accountability Office. The office has refused, but as NPR’s Chris Arnold reports, many experts say, rather than try to elbow its way in the door, DOGE should have been asking GAO for help all along.CHRIS ARNOLD, BYLINE: For months, DOGE has been strong-arming its way into government…

1/5: The Takeout: Arthur C. Brooks – CBS News Watch CBS News Author Arthur C. Brooks joins The Takeout podcast to discuss happiness and his behavioral science research on finding happiness, purpose in life and human emotions. Brooks and Major Garrett also discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human behavior and the one group which emerged better from lockdown. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Two Israeli Embassy employees were fatally shot Wednesday night outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said. “Two Israeli Embassy staff were senselessly killed tonight near the Jewish Museum in Washington DC,” Noem wrote on X.      Two law enforcement sources told CBS News that an Israeli diplomat and his female companion were fatally shot as they exited an event at the museum. The sources said the shooting appears to have been a targeted attack. Employees of the Israeli Embassy who were at the event were also injured, sources said. The shooting was on F…

President Trump speaks alongside Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Trump was on hand to meet with House Republicans and rally support for his legislative agenda. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images House Republicans released an updated version of their massive bill on Wednesday in hopes of advancing much of President Trump’s domestic agenda by the end of the week. The new legislation aims to satisfy competing demands from fiscal hawks looking to reduce the deficit to blue state Republicans looking to lock in more favorable taxes for their constituents.…

The Senate is set to vote this week on revoking three vehicle emissions waivers in California, in a controversial move that the chamber’s parliamentarian says Republican lawmakers may not have the right to do.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the planned vote “the nuclear option.” The three waivers the Senate is looking to revoke set stricter vehicle emissions standards than federal regulations. Two waivers relate to reducing tailpipe emissions from medium and heavy-duty vehicles, as well as limiting smog pollution from trucks. The last is what’s frequently called California’s “EV mandate,” a rule that aims to phase-out gas powered cars and require…

We need to be sending more federal research dollars to more people in more places. Instead, the government is doing the opposite. Ad Policy A memorial for the loss of funding for research and public health programs is placed in front of the National Institutes of Health on May 10, 2025.(Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images) It has been a tumultuous few months for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—a federal agency that funds billions of dollars in health-related research. From the very beginning of the second Trump administration, the ability of the NIH to support research has been severely hampered.…

The fire that destroyed the Clayborn Temple, a historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968, was intentionally set, investigators said Wednesday.The Memphis Fire Department said the fire on April 28 was started on the interior of the church, and authorities are searching for a person of interest. Memphis Fire Chief Gina Sweat last month described the inside of the church as “a total loss.” Media Update: Clayborn Temple Fire Investigation pic.twitter.com/mcFaPmt9NW— Memphis Fire Department (@MEM_Fire) May 21, 2025 The fire department also released images of the person…

ICE officials and a prison contractor have refused to grant a contact visit between Mahmoud Khalil and his family, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, denying him the chance to hold his newborn son. The boy was born last month while Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and Palestinian activist, remained in ICE custody in Louisiana.”After flying over a thousand miles to Louisiana with our newborn son, his very first flight, all so his father could finally hold him in his arms, ICE has denied us even this most basic human right,” his wife, Noor Abdalla, said in a…