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Attorney General Pam Bondi has rolled back a constraint on leak inquiries that the Justice Department imposed more than a decade ago, making it easier for investigators to get around a legal bar on search warrants to seize news gathering records.The safeguard was imposed in 2013 after the revelation that the F.B.I. had portrayed a Fox News reporter as a criminal to bypass restrictions on seizing reporters’ emails.The change was part of a revised regulation Ms. Bondi issued this week involving leak inquiries. Most of the discussion has focused on how investigators can once again use court orders, subpoenas and…

How DOGE cuts may impact response to oil spill off Louisiana – CBS News Watch CBS News Former federal disaster response specialists and national environmental groups warn that DOGE job cuts may hamper the response to a major oil spill off Louisiana’s Gulf Coast this week, a leak that is fast contaminating marshlands and threatening vital wildlife habitats and fisheries. Kati Weis reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

As the supporters of speaking truth to power celebrate World Press Freedom Day, Trump seeks to defund public media in the United States. Ad Policy A $50 bill is seen in US President Donald Trump’s back pocket as he boards Air Force One prior to departing from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on May 1, 2025.(Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images) Donald Trump’s Thursday-night order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to “cease federal funding for NPR and PBS…to the maximum extent allowed by law” came just hours before advocates for democracy-sustaining media mark World Press Freedom Day on Saturday.…

The Trump administration and Maine reached an agreement that restored funding for schoolchildren, Maine’s attorney general said Friday, part of a feud between the president and the state’s governor over policies on transgender athletes.The state’s attorney general, Aaron M. Frey, said his office had withdrawn a lawsuit it filed in objection to the funding freeze, which had held up around $3 million, he estimated, and was initiated by the Agriculture Department last month. The federal dollars, Mr. Frey said in an interview, pay for food preparation in schools and child care centers, and also assist in feeding disabled adults in…

5/2: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Diner owner feeling the pinch as costs rise and customers cut back; Hundreds form a human chain to move a Michigan bookstore by hand Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

The two largest U.S. oil companies reported their lowest first-quarter profits in years on Friday as they braced for the economic fallout from President Trump’s trade war, which has weakened consumer confidence and pushed oil prices down.U.S. crude prices slipped under $60 a barrel this week, a threshold below which many companies cannot make money drilling new wells. Crude oil is now about $20 a barrel cheaper than it was just before Mr. Trump took office. Not only is oil fetching less, companies are paying more for steel and other materials because of tariffs the president has imposed.There are signs…

Federal transportation safety officials were investigating on Friday after two commercial flights aborted landings because an Army helicopter had entered the airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, where helicopter traffic has been restricted since a fatal collision in January.Air traffic controllers instructed Delta Air Lines Flight 1671 and Republic Airways Flight 5825 to abort their landings around 2:30 p.m. Thursday because of the helicopter’s presence, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which has begun an investigation along with the National Transportation Safety Board.The helicopter was a Black Hawk headed to the nearby Pentagon, the safety board said.Both planes later…

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…