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5/5: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation,” South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem kicks off her book tour after the viral excerpt about shooting a dog to death. Plus, Margaret Brennan speaks to Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

The long-awaited budget for the administration may end up scuttling key aspects of the president’s agenda. Ad Policy Donald Trump gestures while speaking during an executive order signing event in the Oval Office of the White House.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) As our ever more unpopular president continues shuffling through a series of new shticks—meme-ifying himself as a pontiff in waiting, promising to make the maximum-security prison at Alcatraz, uh, great again, and vowing to enact crushing tariffs on foreign film studios in spite of possessing no authority to do so—Congress is flirting with the business of actual legislating. For…

Hasan Piker, a popular Turkish American online streamer, said he was stopped and questioned for hours about his political beliefs by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after flying back to the United States from overseas on Sunday.Mr. Piker, 33, said in a live broadcast on Monday that he was asked about his job, his beliefs on Gaza and President Trump and other topics he discusses on his livestreams while being held for two hours at an airport in Chicago.Mr. Piker, who was born in the United States, said he was passing through Global Entry, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection…

Dalton, Georgia — Local authorities in Dalton, Georgia, on Monday dismissed the traffic charges that led Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain a 19-year-old Mexican-born college student who has lived in the United States since she was 4.Ximena Arias Cristobal, who is in the country without authorization, was taken into ICE custody earlier this month after a May 5 traffic stop in Dalton, where she lives with her family. Local police cited her for making an improper turn and driving without a license before booking her into the Whitfield County Jail in Dalton, where she was picked up by ICE…

House Republicans on Monday proposed a series of sharp restrictions on the federal anti-hunger program known as food stamps, seeking to limit its funding and benefits as part of a sprawling package to advance President Trump’s tax cuts.The proposal, included in a draft measure to be considered by the House Agriculture Committee this week, would require states to supply some of the funding for food stamps while forcing more of its beneficiaries to obtain employment in exchange for federal aid. The moves could result in potentially millions of low-income families losing access to the safety net program. But G.O.P. leaders…

The credentials committee of the Democratic National Committee voted on Monday to void the results of the internal party vote that made David Hogg a party vice chair, ruling that the election had not followed proper parliamentary procedures.The decision — which came after roughly three hours of internal debate and one tie vote — will put the issue before the full body of the Democratic National Committee. It must decide whether to force Mr. Hogg and a second vice chair, Malcolm Kenyatta, to run again in another election later this year.Mr. Hogg, 25, an outspoken survivor of the 2018 school…

Why a new ICE facility is nearly empty – CBS News Watch CBS News The first ICE detention center to open under the Trump administration holds just 152 people, despite being built to hold 1,000. Nicole Sganga reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

A control room at the Arizona PBS offices in Phoenix is seen Friday, May 2, 2025. Earlier this month, President Trump issued an executive order claiming to direct CPB’s board to end federal funding to PBS and NPR. Katie Oyan/AP hide caption toggle caption Katie Oyan/AP Less than a day after President Trump attempted to fire three Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members last month, DOGE staffers also attempted to assign a team to review its operations. CPB leaders denied that request, citing federal law that establishes the independent nonprofit outside of the control of the federal government. The request…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.Rock Creek, which flows through much of Northwest Washington, is used to drain excess sewage and storm water during rainfall. The creek has widespread “fecal” contamination and high levels of bacteria, including E. coli, and the city has banned swimming in all of its waterways for more than 50 years because of the widespread contamination of Rock Creek and other nearby rivers.“Rock Creek has high levels of…

Saying that there are no more excuses, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday released a model ordinance for local municipalities to address homeless encampments, along with announcing new funding for treatment and housing.Newsom discussed the ordinance at a news conference Monday annoucing a “statewide funding announcement” regarding California’s mental health and homelessess issues.At the news conference, the governor called out cities and counties to do their part in in addressing encampments., saying the state is providing resources.”It is time to disabuse ourselves that you can continue with the same talking points of 5 to 10, 15 years ago,” Newsom said.…