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US grocery prices rose in April, but gas spikes weren’t the only reason

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Americans paid more for their groceries last month, but high gasoline prices resulting from the Iran war were only one of the reasons why. Prices for food eaten at home rose 2.9% in April compared to the same month a year earlier, according to government figures released Tuesday. That was the highest year-over-year inflation rate … Read more

Border czar Tom Homan acknowledges “things weren’t perfect” in Minneapolis crackdown

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Border czar Tom Homan acknowledged “things weren’t perfect” in the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, but highlighted his efforts to make changes after President Trump sent him to the city following the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti. “Things weren’t perfect. We addressed it. We fixed it,” Homan told CBS News immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez in an … Read more

Tom Homan: “Things weren’t perfect” in Minneapolis crackdown, but ICE not backing down on mass deportations

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Phoenix — In an exclusive interview with CBS News, Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, conceded “things weren’t perfect” during the large-scale immigration enforcement crackdown in Minneapolis but stressed that the administration is not backing down from its mass deportation effort. “Things weren’t perfect. We addressed it. We fixed it,” Homan said when asked if … Read more

Mexico says 2 CIA agents killed in crash weren’t authorized to participate in local raid

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Mexico’s government said Saturday that two U.S. federal agents recently killed in a car crash in the country’s northern region were not authorized to participate in operations in Mexico. The two Americans killed in the crash were employees of the CIA, multiple people familiar with the matter told CBS News earlier this week. The CIA … Read more

Trump says he may try to pull U.S. out of NATO since allies “weren’t there for us” in Iran war

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President Trump has told Britain’s Telegraph newspaper he could attempt to terminate American membership in the NATO defense alliance that the U.S. helped create more than seven decades ago as a bulwark against the communist Soviet Union’s expansionist agenda in Europe. Mr. Trump has railed against NATO allies since the U.S. and Israel launched their … Read more

Rep. Leger Fernández on Cesar Chavez abuse claims: “We weren’t going to whitewash what he had done”

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Lawmakers and community leaders are responding to the sexual assault allegations against the late civil rights and labor icon Cesar Chavez. Many events honoring Chavez have been canceled, and California intends to rename his eponymous holiday to “Farmworkers Day.” Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico joins “The Takeout” to discuss. Source link