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FBI agents who worked on the bureau's probes of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and the federal investigations into President Trump's handling of classified records and his post-2020-election conduct could be fired as soon as Friday, multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News.

The potential personnel changes were initiated by the Justice Department, which informed FBI leadership. Currently, Acting Attorney General James McHenry and Acting Deputy General Emil Bove are leading the Justice Department.

The moves would expand an ongoing...

A federal judge in Rhode Island has formally blocked the Trump administration's spending freeze, saying in it is likely a violation of the Constitution.

A 5-year-old boy was killed and his mother was injured after a hyperbaric chamber exploded at a medical facility in Troy, Michigan.

Employees at multiple federal agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures by Friday afternoon, according to internal memos obtained by ABC News.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick for FBI director, claimed Thursday that he won't stand for federal law enforcement needing a warrant for surveillance in some scenarios because it's plainly impractical in real-time practices. Despite lawmakers’ surprise at his opposition, legal experts say his take is far from unusual within the law enforcement arena.

Patel was peppered with questions Thursday on a provision called Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. When asked if he believed that a warrant requirement is "practical...

A documentary about bridging the political divide in one of the most hotly contested battleground counties in the United States debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this week, leading some to conclude that the historically liberal festival is moving toward the center.

"One of the things that is fascinating about ‘Bucks County, USA’ being chosen as an official selection at Sundance is it appears, in the era of Trump being re-elected, the well-known left-leaning Sundance Film Festival is moving to the middle," Paul Martino said. "There is a new...

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The White House is blasting House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries after pledging to fight Republicans' agenda "in the...

California Democrats are attempting to make state oil and gas companies pay for damage caused by the Los Angeles wildfires, claiming that fossil fuel emissions are to blame for the deadly disaster.

A new Democrat-introduced bill, the Affordable Insurance and Climate Recovery Act, if passed, would allow for "victims of climate disasters," such as the L.A. fires, and insurance groups to sue oil and gas companies for damages under the claim that their emissions fueled the raging fires.

Democrat state Sen. Scott Wiener, who introduced the bill this...

Western officials say North Koreans have suffered heavy losses since being sent to fight for Russia.

There were jubilant scenes in the West Bank, as more Palestinians were released from Israeli jails under the ceasefire deal.

The Defense Department will no longer reimburse service members for travel out of state to get reproductive health care, including abortions and fertility treatments, according to a new memo.

The directive signed this week eliminates a rarely used Biden administration policy enacted in October 2022, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and more states began to impose increased abortion restrictions.

Signed on Wednesday by Jeffrey Register, the director of the Pentagon's human resources department, the memo simply shows red lines crossing...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday is scrubbing a swath of HIV-related content from the agency’s website as a part of President Donald Trump’s broader effort to wipe out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the federal government.

The CDC’s main HIV page was down temporarily but has been restored. The CDC began removing all content related to gender identity on Friday, according to one government staffer. HIV-related pages were apparently caught up in that action.

CDC employees were told in a Jan 29. email from...

Trump Media this week gifted thousands of shares of company stock to President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, to Trump's eldest son and to four other board members, new regulatory filings show.

The company awarded 25,946 stock shares each to Patel, Donald Trump Jr. and the president's pick for Education secretary, Linda McMahon, who all serve as Trump Media directors, the filings Thursday reveal.

Three other directors — former U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer, Eric Swider and Kyle Green — received the same number of...

The Pentagon's intelligence arm has issued a memo pausing any activities related to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Black History Month, LBGTQ+ Pride Month and Holocaust Remembrance Day, among other "special observances," according to a defense official who confirmed the authenticity of the memo.

The memo listed 11 such observances that employees are no longer supposed to recognize with office activities or events.

The move by the Defense Intelligence Agency is meant to comply with President Trump's executive actions to end federal...

Several sources told ABC News that the Trump administration is compiling a list of FBI agents who they believe should be fired or forced to resign in the coming days.