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The federal government wants states to turn over data about tens of millions of people who received food assistance benefits since 2020. A new lawsuit challenges that data request. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s demand for sensitive data about millions of food assistance recipients violates federal privacy laws. Meanwhile some states are preparing to comply with the unprecedented request which could be used to achieve Trump administration priorities, such as immigration enforcement. In new guidance issued earlier this month, the USDA told states they…

A Georgia teenager who was detained by federal deportation officers following local traffic charges that have since been dismissed was released from immigration custody late Thursday, her attorney and mother confirmed to CBS News.Ximena Arias Cristobal, 19, was released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement one day after an immigration judge granted her bond. She was picked up by family friends at an ICE detention facility in Lumpkin, Georgia, and will return to Dalton, Georgia — where she lives with her family — in the overnight hours, Arias Cristobal’s mother said. Her mother said she was able to see Arias Cristobal…

The Nebraska city swung by 43 points to elect John Ewing Jr. Democrats should study the model he embraced. Ad Policy Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, speaks at the “Win With Workers” Rally and Press Conference at the DNC Midwestern Candidate Forum on January 16, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan.(Aaron J. Thornton / One Fair Wage via Getty Images) This article was originally published at The Guardian and is republished here with permission. For the last several months, the Trump administration’s reckless use of executive power, trade policy, gutting federal agencies and defying court orders has gone largely…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s airport screening program has detected multiple cases of the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, which has been linked to a large surge of the virus in China. Cases linked to the NB.1.8.1 variant have been reported in arriving international travelers at airports in California, Washington state, Virginia and the New York City area, according to records uploaded by the CDC’s airport testing partner Ginkgo Bioworks.Details about the sequencing results, which were published in recent weeks on the GISAID, or Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data, virus database, show the cases stem from travelers from…

President Trump’s nominee to head the National Counterterrorism Center is under fresh scrutiny as emails show he pressed senior intelligence analysts to amend an assessment of links between the Venezuelan government and the criminal gang, Tren de Aragua, known as TDA, to align the assessment more closely with Trump administration policies and to include references critical of Biden-era immigration programs.Emails obtained by CBS News show Joe Kent, who currently serves as chief of staff to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, asked for a “re writing” of a memorandum on the topic authored by the National Intelligence Council, a team…

A sign outside of the Voice of America headquarters in Washington, DC, US, in March, shortly after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing the scope of eight federal agencies as part of his campaign to downsize the US government, including the US Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg A federal appeals court on Thursday dashed the hopes of journalists and free-press advocacy groups seeking to stave off the near-total dismantlement of Voice of America by the Trump White House. The administration, led…

The Trump administration wants to kickstart wealth creation for American children by creating $1,000 “Trump accounts” for babies born during President Trump’s second term in office. Originally called “money account for growth and advancement,” or “MAGA” savings accounts, the renamed accounts would be managed by banks or investment firms, and operate like traditional investment accounts. Here’s what to know about the proposed “Trump accounts” for newborns. What are they called?House Republicans on Wednesday submitted an amendment to Mr. Trump’s domestic policy bill to ditch the original “Maga” acronym and rename the accounts “Trump accounts,” after the president himself.Who would get one?Every child born…

Last night, the president’s destructive spending bill passed the House by a single vote. Ad Policy Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump speak to members of the press as they depart a House Republican meeting at the US Capitol in May.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) It wasn’t quite the dead of night, but in the bleary dawn of Thursday morning, the House GOP conference rallied to pass President Donald Trump’s signature domestic spending bill, by the narrowest of margins, with a vote of 215 to 214. House Speaker Mike Johnson scheduled a floor vote as the…

Woman shot outside CIA headquarters CIA security shoots woman outside agency headquarters 00:25 A woman was shot by CIA security Thursday morning after she drove up to a gate at the agency’s headquarters, and failed to stop, sources said. The woman was taken to a medical facility with what law enforcement officials believed was a non-fatal gunshot wound to the upper body.”There was a security incident that law enforcement responded to outside CIA Headquarters,” a CIA spokesperson said. “The main gate is currently closed until further notice. Additional details will be made available as appropriate.”The CIA and FBI were looking into…

The victims of a fatal shooting outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., have been identified as a young couple who worked at the Israeli Embassy and were on the verge of getting engaged. The Israeli Foreign Ministry identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, and referred to them both as embassy staff members. The Israeli Embassy said the pair were “in the prime of their lives.” “No words can express the depth of our grief and horror at this devastating loss,” the embassy said in a statement on social media. “Our hearts are with their families, and the…