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A federal judge on Saturday night temporarily blocked President Trump from removing immigrants under a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 after the president announced earlier in the day that he would enforce the law. The judge’s ruling was in response to a federal civil lawsuit filed Saturday by a group of five
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President Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to order the swift detention and deportation of all Venezuelan migrants suspected of being members of the Tren de Aragua prison gang, treating them like wartime enemies of the U.S. government. In his proclamation, the president argued the Venezuelan gang was “perpetrating, attempting, and
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The U.S. launched strikes Saturday in Yemen as President Trump said the U.S. would use “overwhelming lethal force” until Houthis cease shipping attacks. “Today, I have ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen. They have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism
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All full-time employees with the government-funded Voice of America, the nation’s largest international broadcaster, were informed Saturday that they have been placed on administrative leave, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News Saturday. The employees were notified in an email sent out by Crystal G. Thomas, director of human resources for the U.S. Agency of Global
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The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, U.S. Central Command and the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday. “The Iraqis continue their impressive victories over the forces of darkness and terrorism,” Prime
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Alan Simpson, former Wyoming senator, dies at 93 – CBS News Watch CBS News Former Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming died Friday at the age of 93. Simpson was from a bygone era: A conservative who supported gay rights and said abortion was so personal men shouldn’t even have a vote on it. View CBS
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Reporter’s notebook: Are Trump’s sweeping firings an abuse of power? – CBS News Watch CBS News The government must follow certain rules. Not lying is one of them. Two federal judges sent that message to the Trump administration this week when they ordered it to rehire employees fired for what the administration said was poor
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Trump makes rare visit to Justice Department headquarters – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump visited the headquarters of the Justice Department Friday, where he addressed employees in a campaign-style speech. The address comes amid a purge that’s accelerated inside the Justice Department, in which prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 cases and Trump investigations
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Washington — The Senate passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline Friday, following days of consternation from Senate Democrats over an uncomfortable choice — to allow the GOP bill to pass or let the government shut down. The Senate passed the bill in a 54 to 46
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President Trump delivered a rambling campaign-style speech at the Justice Department on Friday to lay out his vision for the department, in which he aired his grievances over the federal investigations into him and vowed retribution against his political foes. Mr. Trump referred to a “corrupt group of hacks and radicals within the ranks of
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