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The White House has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado, the city of Denver and a list of local leaders. The suit claims state and city laws labeled as “sanctuary” policies are dangerous and hurting the Trump Administration’s efforts to deport people who are here illegally.   Donald Trump onstage in October 2024 during a presidential campaign rally at Gaylord Rockies Resort in Aurora. RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in Denver. It specifically mentions the controversial apartment complex in Aurora which President Trump claimed last year had been taken…

The Environmental Protection Agency’s science wing, the Office of Research and Development, faces major changes under the Trump administration. The office does research to understand how environmental contaminants affect human health. Its work feeds into regulations like the Clean Air Act. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP The Trump administration announced plans for a significant reorganization of the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, and signaled major cuts in staffing to come – especially for the agency’s scientific research arm. EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said the EPA expects to cut staff to levels similar to the 1980s, when President…

President Trump is considering an executive order to examine payments made to college athletes and whether they have created an unfair system, two people briefed on the matter said Friday.Mr. Trump’s focus on the issue — which he’s talked about in the past, one of the people briefed on the matter noted — was renewed after he spoke with Nick Saban, the famed former University of Alabama football coach, backstage at an event Thursday night in Tuscaloosa, where Mr. Trump delivered an address to graduates.The Wall Street Journal first reported on Mr. Trump’s consideration. The two people who were briefed…

In an emotional interview hours after Prince Harry lost his latest court battle over his security protection, the Duke of Sussex spoke about his future in the U.K., his relationship with his father and the U.K. High Court’s ruling on Friday.Harry’s security detail has been an issue between him and his family after protection was downgraded in 2020 when Harry chose to no longer be an official “working member” of the royal family and moved to the United States. Harry spoke to CBS News partner network BBC News on Friday in Southern California, where he lives with his wife, Meghan, and…

The chaos and cruelty of the Trump administration reaches new lows each week. Trump’s catastrophic “Liberation Day” has wreaked havoc on the world economy and set up yet another constitutional crisis at home. Plainclothes officers continue to abduct university students off the streets. So-called “enemy aliens” are flown abroad to a mega prison against the orders of the courts. And Signalgate promises to be the first of many incompetence scandals that expose the brutal violence at the core of the American empire. At a time when elite universities, powerful law firms, and influential media outlets are capitulating to Trump’s intimidation,…

A federal judge ruled on Friday that President Trump had exceeded his authority in targeting the law firm Perkins Coie and directed the government not to enforce an executive order that had threatened to upend its business.The ruling was the first time a court stepped in to permanently bar Mr. Trump from trying to punish a law firm he opposes politically.Skipping a trial and moving directly to a final ruling, Judge Beryl A. Howell of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia wrote that attempts to bring the firm to heel under the threat of retaliation amounted to…

Washington — Rwanda’s government and the Trump administration are discussing details about a potential agreement for Kigali to accept deportees from the U.S., including Africans and other non-Rwandan nationals, CBS News has learned. Decisions on potential financial compensation for taking in the deportees and other details would be discussed within the next two weeks, according to a Rwandan official. A U.S. official and a Rwandan official both confirmed the active talks about sending third-country deportees from U.S. soil to the east African nation. During a televised Cabinet meeting event earlier this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was actively searching…

While President Trump’s budget proposal seeks significant cuts in spending on homelessness programs, its larger impact would come from changes in how the money is spent.With homelessness at record levels, the plan would increase money for emergency shelters but end aid for permanent supportive housing, the focus of a decades-long movement to serve society’s most vulnerable.More than 300,000 people live in such housing, all chronically homeless and disabled. Many are veterans. Critics warn that the change would not only forestall the expansion of the permanent housing stock but force evictions of those it currently helps, who rely on the deep…

Temu, the Chinese e-commerce platform, has stopped shipping products from China into the United States, a spokesperson for the company said on Friday. Instead, all of its U.S. orders will be shipped from local warehouses in America.The change comes after the Trump administration closed a loophole that allowed products made in China and worth no more than $800 to enter the United States without import fees. The exemption, which President Trump has called a “big scam” that hurt American small businesses, ended Friday.Temu said last month that it would adjust its prices after Mr. Trump announced his intention to close…

Gregg Popovich, the winningest coach in the NBA, is stepping down as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs after nearly three decades, the team announced on Friday.”While my love and passion for this game remain, I’ve decided it’s time to step away as head coach,” Popovich said. “I’m forever grateful to the wonderful players, coaches, staff and fans who allowed me to serve them as the Spurs head coach and am excited for the opportunity to continue to support the organization, community and city that are so meaningful to me.”Popovich will remain as team president. Mitch Johnson was promoted to…