The federal task force that shapes recommendations for cancer screenings, heart disease prevention and other preventive services has not convened in almost a year — and it’s unclear whether the panel will convene again. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, created in 1984, is an independent panel of volunteer doctors, nurses and public health experts … Read more
The Defense Department on Wednesday shot down a U.S. Customs and Border Protection drone in southwest Texas, federal officials confirmed. A U.S. official said a laser weapon was used to down the drone, which occurred in the area of Fort Hancock, a small community located on the U.S.-Mexico border. “This reported engagement occurred when the … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal prosecutor acknowledged Thursday that the decision to charge Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia two years after a routine traffic stop was “extraordinary,” while defending the human smuggling case as legally justified. Abrego Garcia, 31, has become a flashpoint in the national immigration debate since last … Read more
Protests broke out on Thursday in Manhattan after immigration agents arrested a student at Columbia University inside a residential building owned by the school. She was released a few hours later. CBS News immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more. Source link
The Federal Reserve has been mounting a closed-door effort to block the Justice Department’s subpoenas for chairman Jerome Powell, CBS News has learned. In January, Powell revealed that the Federal Reserve had received grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into him. The subpoenas threatened a criminal indictment … Read more
A Columbia University student taken into custody by federal immigration agents on Thursday has been released and has posted on social media that they’re “safe and okay,” but “in complete shock.” CBS News reporter Jared Ochacher has the latest. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration has moved to block the Venezuelan government from covering the legal expenses of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as he fights federal drug trafficking and weapons charges in New York, according to a court filing from his attorney. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The FBI subpoenaed Kash Patel‘s and Susie Wiles’ phone records in 2022 and 2023, when both were private citizens and as part of a federal probe into Donald Trump, Fox News has confirmed. Patel is currently FBI director and Wiles is White House chief of staff. Reuters … Read more
A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration’s policy to quickly remove people to a third country to which they have no previous connection is illegal and that individuals must receive meaningful notice and a chance to challenge their deportations. “This case is about whether the Government may, without notice, deport a … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that ExxonMobil can bring a defamation lawsuit against California’s attorney general over comments about the company’s plastic recycling efforts. U.S. District Judge Michael J. Truncale in the Eastern District of Texas said in a ruling earlier this month that California Attorney General Rob Bonta cannot … Read more