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Two people were arrested this weekend in connection with the Easter Sunday theft of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse, authorities confirmed Sunday. The first suspect was arrested in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, according to the U.S. Secret Service. Noem said Sunday that the man was in the country illegally. She called the suspect a “career criminal,” but did not specify any more details about the individual’s immigration status. Mario Bustamante Leiva, 49, has been arrested and charged with two counts of robbery. He also faces additional charges for an offense being investigated by the United States Secret Service, authorities said.Matt McCool,…

A member of the emergency medical services in Kansas City, Mo., died on Sunday after being stabbed by a patient who was being transported to a hospital in what officials said started out as a “routine medical call.”The patient stabbed the emergency worker, Graham Hoffman, a 29-year-old firefighter paramedic, in the chest, piercing his heart, city officials said in a news release.A suspect was in custody but had not been publicly identified. A motive for the attack was not immediately known.The episode began after Kansas City police officers were dispatched to a “routine medical call” early on Sunday to check…

Face the Nation: Lavrov, Shaheen, Homan – CBS News Watch CBS News Missed the second half of the show? The latest on…Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the occupation is a “done deal.” Russia does not “negotiate its own territory,” Lavrov said, Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, who voted against advancing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s nomination, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that Hegseth has “created chaos” at the Pentagon, and Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s border czar, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that he is “not aware”…

Anti-Monopolist / April 17, 2025 Tariffs and trade are not side issues, but a central front in the battle against monopoly power—and for self-government. Ad Policy A penicillin production line at China Meheco Kangli Pharma Company on October 17, 2022, in Haikou, China. The last US penicillin fermentation plant—which once produced 70 percent of the world’s supply—closed in 2004.(VCG / VCG via Getty Images) Donald Trump’s tariffs are a devastating blow to America, akin to the Covid-19 pandemic in their scope. They will spike consumer prices, hurt small businesses, bankrupt farmers, and have long-lasting extremely damaging macro effects. But there’s another…

Federal agents raided an underground nightclub in Colorado early Sunday morning and detained more than 100 people who they said were undocumented immigrants, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.The raid occurred at a club in Colorado Springs, about 70 miles south of Denver. Federal officials said there were more than 200 people inside the club at the time, including 114 who were in the country illegally. More than a dozen active-duty members of the U.S. military were detained as well, they said.Officials said agents found weapons and illicit drugs inside the nightclub, including cocaine, methamphetamine and a mixture of powdered…

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Investigators have arrested a person accused of being involved in the theft of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s handbag at an upscale Washington hamburger restaurant last weekend, the Secret Service said Sunday.Matt McCool, a special agent at the Secret Service, said in a statement that the suspect did not seem to have targeted Ms. Noem because of her position. He did not release the suspect’s name, but he described the person as “a serial offender” who had tried to use Ms. Noem’s credit card and gain access to her electronic devices.Ms. Noem’s purse was snatched from underneath her chair on…

A 4-year-old and a 7-year-old with U.S. citizenship were deported alongside their mother to Honduras last week, the family’s lawyer said, adding to the recent string of American citizens caught in the cross hairs of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.The children and their mother were put on a flight to Honduras on Friday, the same day another child with U.S. citizenship, a 2-year-old girl, was sent to that country with her undocumented mother. Lawyers for both families said the mothers were not given an option to leave their children in the United States before they were deported. In the case…

Washington — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Cory Booker voiced their opposition to the Republican budget plan key to enacting President Trump’s agenda as the sun rose on Sunday, holding a sit-in protest on the steps of the Capitol well into the afternoon. Shortly after 6 a.m., the pair began livestreaming their conversation, while Booker warned of a “moment of moral urgency” as Congress is set to return from a two-week recess on Monday. The New Jersey Democrat pledged to sit and discuss the coming fight for “a good number of hours.”Congressional committees are set to begin work this…

A Social Security Administration office is seen on March 6 in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP hide caption toggle caption George Walker IV/AP Jessica LaPointe has worked at a Social Security field office in Madison, Wis., for the past 16 years. And she says right now, the work is harder than ever. LaPointe says disruptions prompted by the Trump administration’s efforts to make deep cuts in the federal government workforce have left many remaining Social Security employees “burned out … and overwhelmed.” Field offices are the public-facing branch of a sprawling agency that provides retirement and anti-poverty benefits to 73…