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The U.S. government's decision to arrest a Maryland man and send him to a notorious prison in El Salvador appears to be "wholly lawless," a federal judge wrote Sunday in a legal opinion explaining why she had ordered the Trump administration to bring him back to the United States.

There is little to no evidence to support a "vague, uncorroborated" allegation that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was once in the MS-13 street gang, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis wrote. And in any case, she said, an immigration judge had expressly barred the U.S. in 2019 from...

A landmark Justice Department office created in the 1960's during the civil rights movement is marked for closure by the Trump administration, raising fears of a loss of generations of work tamping down and working to prevent unrest in the nation's major cities.

An internal Justice Department memo reviewed by CBS News said Trump appointees are considering closing the Community Relations Service, which was created as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The mission of the office is to be "America's peacemaker," tasked with "preventing and...

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he is not willing to make a deal with China unless the trade deficit of over $1 trillion is resolved first.

While speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump said with some countries there is a trade deficit of over a billion dollars, but with China, it is over $1 trillion.

"We have a $1 trillion trade deficit with China. Hundreds of billions of dollars a year we lose to China, and unless we solve that problem, I’m not going to make a deal," he said. "I’m willing to make a deal with China, but they have to...

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a stop in Texas on Sunday and visited the family of a 6-year-old girl who died of the measles virus in February.

Kennedy confirmed the visit to Texas in a post on X in which he encouraged people to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine amid rising measles cases.

"I came to Gaines County, Texas, today to comfort the Hildebrand family after the loss of their 8-year-old daughter Daisy," Kennedy wrote in the post. "I got to know the family of 6-year-old Kayley Fehr after...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., suggested on X this weekend that journalists would write "less false stories" if violence were still used to handle disputes, NBC News reported.

In the video, posted early Saturday, Mullin is in the Capitol and recounts how a reporter shot and killed Rep. William Taulbee there in 1890 a year after the Taulbee left office.

"There's a lot we can say about reporters of the stories they write, but I bet they would write a lot less false stories — as President Trump says, 'fake news' — if we could still handle our...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the epicenter of Texas' still-growing measles outbreak on Sunday, the same day a funeral was held for a second young child who was not vaccinated and died from a measles-related illness.

Kennedy said in a social media post that he was working to “control the outbreak" and went to Gaines County to comfort the families who have buried two young children. He was seen late Sunday afternoon outside of a Mennonite church where the funeral services were held, but he did not attend a...

U.S. stock futures plunged Sunday evening, an indication that the market turmoil that began last week will continue when trading opens Monday, NBC News reported.

Looming over the markets: The retaliatory actions that other countries are expected to enact as the American tariffs announced last week take effect.

As of early Sunday evening, S&P 500 futures had fallen 4.5%. Futures in the tech-heavy Nasdaq also fell 4.5% , while ones for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1,600 points in volatile trading. (Futures markets are a way for traders...

An undocumented immigrant attending an anti-Trump "Hands Off!" rally on Saturday said she was "unafraid" to flash her immigration status and sexual orientation publicly.

"I am an immigrant, I am undocumented, unafraid, queer and unashamed," Greisa Martinez Rosas, a longtime left-wing immigration activist, told those in attendance at the Washington, D.C., demonstrations over the weekend, according to a report in the New York Post.

The comments come as protests against the Trump administration’s immigration and cost-cutting policies have spread...

Wigs and beauty contests are big business in Ivory Coast, but the industry is facing change.

Apple will keep ByteDance-owned TikTok on its App Store for at least 75 more days after receiving assurances from Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to a report from Bloomberg News.

This comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to extend the TikTok ban deadline for the second time. TikTok will be banned in the U.S. unless China's ByteDance sells its U.S. operations under a national security law signed by former President Joe Biden in April 2024.

AG Bondi wrote in a letter to Apple that the company should act in...

Elon Musk slammed the alleged "puppetmasters" behind anti-Trump protesters this weekend after viral video showed protesters struggling to explain why they believe President Donald Trump is a "fascist."

"The problem is the puppetmasters, not the puppets, as the latter have no idea why they are even there," Musk posted to X on Sunday accompanied by video footage of protesters stumbling over what issues they have with Trump.

"He just does everything he wants… He's a convicted felon, you know, that's all I know," one protester in the video said after...

The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on April 6, 2025.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We're joined now by one of the top Republicans in the Senate, Wyoming's John Barrasso, the whip. Good to have you here in person Senator.

SEN. JOHN BARRASSO: Thanks. Great to be with you.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So I want to ask you about what the Secretary just laid out. He did not describe this as leverage to get to a deal. He said this, take them literally. The...

The US commerce secretary says a 10% "baseline" tariff on imports will definitely stay in place for weeks.

The African nation is "taking advantage" of the US by not accepting its citizens, says the top US diplomat.

Washington — Probationary workers were among the first victims of President Trump's second-term efforts to downsize the federal government. Mass firings across the federal government targeted thousands of them, but legal challenges over their termination have left them in an uneasy employment limbo after a pair of court rulings that cover employees at 20 agencies.

These are workers who are in their first year or two of federal service, depending on their position, although probationary workers can also include experienced U.S. government employees...