Last protester in immigration detention after Trump’s campus crackdown has been released

ALVARADO, Texas — A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administration’s 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses was freed Monday after a year in custody. Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old from the West Bank who has lived in New Jersey since 2016, had been held in … Read more

An Afghan man who worked with the US military dies in ICE custody

HOUSTON — An Afghan immigrant whose family said he had been evacuated from his home country after working for years with U.S. forces died at a Texas hospital after immigration authorities detained him, according to authorities. Federal immigration officials called Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal a “criminal” who had been arrested for alleged fraudulent use of food … Read more

Man who attacked a Michigan synagogue was suicidal, ex-wife told police in 911 call

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. — The man who drove his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue was described as suicidal in a 911 phone call to police by his former wife that day, a TV station reported Monday. The call to Dearborn Heights police came around the same time last Thursday that Ayman Ghazali attacked Temple … Read more

UN expert: Haiti has a chance now to tackle gang violence as new international force deploys

UNITED NATIONS — Haiti has a chance now to tackle pervasive gang violence with a U.S.-initiated international force starting to deploy and a prime minister committed to providing alternatives for young gang members, the United Nations’ expert on human rights in Haiti said Monday. “We’re in a place now where the next few months are … Read more

Minnesota bill would ban warrants allowing police to collect data from devices near a crime scene

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A bipartisan group of Minnesota lawmakers has proposed a bill seeking to ban warrants allowing law enforcement to gather data revealing which cellphones and other devices that were near a crime scene at a specific time. Democrat state Sen. Erin Maye Quade introduced a Senate bill to … Read more

Hundreds killed in Pakistani strike on rehab hospital in Afghanistan, Taliban says

The Taliban in Afghanistan claim that a Pakistani military airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul has killed over 400 people and injured 250 others. The attack occurred around 9 p.m. on Monday at a facility located in Kabul’s Police District 9, according to Taliban officials. “The Pakistani military regime bombed a 2,000-bed drug … Read more

Illinois Senate primary race is test of Pritzker’s sway, Democrats’ views of ICE, outside spending

The race to fill the seat of retiring Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin has been heating up in the days leading up to Tuesday’s 2026 Democratic primary and could set the tone for other midterm primaries on issues like President Trump’s deportation policies and outside spending. And another factor in the race is Gov. JB Pritzker’s … Read more

Notable Deaths in 2026

White House aide Alexander Butterfield at the swearing-in before the Senate Watergate Committee in July 1973. | Steve Northup/Getty Images A look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who’d touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity. By CBSNews.com senior producer David Morgan. The Associated Press contributed to this gallery. In … Read more

Rep. Greg Casar confronts Sen. John Cornyn at Austin airport over DHS funding

Democratic Rep. Greg Casar and Republican Sen. John Cornyn got into a confrontation at an Austin, Texas, airport over the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. CBS News congressional reporter Taurean Small has the latest on where negotiations stand. Source link