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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said federal immigration authorities were arresting the "worst of the worst" in raids targeting criminal illegal immigrants in the first week of the Trump administration.

Noem, who was confirmed Saturday, joined an immigration enforcement raid in New York City Tuesday morning in which officers picked up an alleged ringleader of the violent Tren de Aragua gang.

"We are picking up the worst of the worst in this country that are making our streets so dangerous," Noem told Sean Hannity on "Hannity." "The...

A California man is leading the charge to have the state split from the United States.

The office of California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said Marcus Evans can begin collecting signatures to put the questions to voters.

"Should California leave the United States and become a free and independent country?" the question reads.

LA FIRES: 'MILLION DOLLAR LISTING' STARS RAISE ALARM ABOUT ILLEGAL PRICE GOUGING

To qualify for the November 2028 ballot, Evans must collect the signatures of at least 546,651 registered voters by July 22. If...

Six transgender members of the military are suing the Trump administration over an executive order pertaining to trans troops.

The lawsuit was filed by six current military servicemembers and two people who want to enlist. On Monday, President Trump signed an order stating the "adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life."

"A man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this...

Caroline Kennedy, the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and a former U.S. ambassador, sent a letter to lawmakers urging them not to confirm her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who she referred to as a "predator" and said was "unqualified" both professionally and personally to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

RFK Jr. is set to sit before two Senate committees on Wednesday and Thursday this week, during which lawmakers will get a chance to probe him about various issues related to his nomination as Health and...

The order is in response to a lawsuit that says the freezing of billions of dollars in already approved funding violates the law.

Dozens of senior staff inside the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, have been placed on administrative leave until further notice, and hundreds of contractors have had their employment furloughed or terminated, multiple sources told CBS News. This followed Secretary of State Marco Rubio's order last Friday that placed an immediate halt on virtually all U.S.-funded foreign aid assistance globally.

CBS News spoke to a dozen current and former USAID staff and contractors who were granted anonymity to speak openly.

An email obtained by...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to restrict gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19.

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to prioritize and free up federal funding for school choice programs, according to a White House document on an upcoming executive order obtained by CBS News.

The executive order directs the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, to submit a plan to Mr. Trump for how military families can use Defense Department funds to send their kids to the school of their choosing.

More broadly, it directs the Department of Education to prioritize school choice programs through its discretionary grant programs...

The candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a special election Tuesday to replace former GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida's 1st Congressional District.

The Associated Press projects that Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis will win the GOP nomination in the district, located in the northwest corner of the state in the Panhandle region.

He will face gun safety advocate Gay Valimont, who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.

IT'S PRIMARY DAY IN PARTS OF THIS CRUCIAL STATE

Patronis, also endorsed by...

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Tuesday that about five dozen people had been detained within a day of ordering cooperation between Charleston and federal immigration authorities.

By midday on Tuesday, 58 people in the Mountain State were detained within the Regional Jail system pending verification of their immigration status.

More detentions are likely imminent, Morrisey said as he repeatedly pledged his full support for President Donald Trump's illegal immigration crackdown.

Morrisey, a Republican, and only two weeks into his...

After an election win which has been widely criticised as illegitimate, Alexander Lukashenko faced questions from the BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.

A memo from the White House budget office sent Monday called for a spending freeze on federal assistance beginning Tuesday night, causing chaos and confusion about the scope of the order. But just as the freeze was set to kick in, a federal judge paused the directive. Nancy Cordes has more.

Phone calls from concerned tenants in an apartment complex woke up the Bronx building’s manager at around 6 a.m. Tuesday.

“They were telling me that ICE was there,” the building manager, who declined to be identified, told NBC News.

New York was among the latest cities where Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted raids, grabbing the attention of residents and business owners who were surprised by the early morning activity — which is part of the Trump administration’s heightened push to boost deportations and make them very visible...

The candidate endorsed by President Trump on Tuesday won the Republican primary in a special election in Florida's 6th Congressional District in the race to replace former GOP Rep. Michael Waltz.

Waltz stepped down from his House seat last week to serve as national security adviser in Trump's second administration.

The Associated Press projects that state Sen. Randy Fine will win the GOP nomination in the Republican-leaning district, which stretches from Daytona Beach to the southern suburbs of Jacksonville along Florida's Atlantic coast.

Fine...

The Trump administration's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally withdrew a proposed rule seeking to ban menthol cigarettes, after the Biden administration said it intended to make the ban become a reality after years of advocacy from anti-smoking groups.

Efforts to ban menthol cigarettes have been ongoing for multiple administrations, but, in April 2021, the Biden administration's FDA announced plans to finalize the rule. The move was met with praise from anti-smoking advocates, such as the Truth Initiative, which argue that menthol in...