Oct 07 Hurricane Priscilla strengthens to a Category 2 storm as it runs along the Pacific coast of Mexico By Associated Press The National Hurricane Center reports that Priscilla is about 260 miles west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch 9:21 Oregon governor calls Trump’s actions ‘an abuse of power and threat to our democracy’ By Geoff Bennett, Elizabeth Summers, Matt Loffman, Ali Schmitz, Alexa Gold President Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard troops to U.S. cities is setting up a new showdown in federal courts over the limits of his authority. Illinois sued the administration to stop plans to send in 400 troops from Texas. Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch 9:19 A look at Colorado’s conversion therapy ban as it faces a Supreme Court challenge By Stephanie Sy, Ali Schmitz, Sam Lane The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a challenge to bans on so-called conversion therapy for youth. The Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to such bans in the past, but as Stephanie Sy reports, this case is… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch 6:57 What Paramount’s shake-up of CBS News leadership means for the media landscape By Amna Nawaz, Azhar Merchant Paramount announced it is acquiring The Free Press, the independent news and commentary website founded in 2021 by Bari Weiss. As part of the deal, Weiss will also take a new role at CBS News as editor-in-chief. Weiss describes herself… Continue watching
Oct 06 How American views on Israel and antisemitism have changed since Oct. 7 By Maya Sweedler, Associated Press Nearly two years after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel and the county’s ensuing invasion of the Gaza Strip, Americans are more divided on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than they were before the war – and concerns are mounting about… Continue reading
Oct 06 Chicago and Illinois sue to stop Trump’s National Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling By Christine Fernando, Associated Press Illinois leaders went to court Monday to stop President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops to Chicago, escalating a clash between Democratic-led states and the Republican administration during an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the nation’s third-largest city. Continue reading
Oct 06 ICE spends millions on ads to recruit police for mass deportation efforts By Thomas Beaumont, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on TV recruitment ads targeting officers frustrated by local restrictions on immigration enforcement. Continue reading
Oct 06 Government shutdown threatens WIC food program used by millions of families By Moriah Balingit, JoNel Aleccia, Associated Press Experts say a food aid program that helps 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money unless the government shutdown ends within two weeks. Continue reading
Oct 06 Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city. Continue reading
Oct 06 Where things stand with federal law enforcement in Chicago and Portland By Associated Press Illinois has followed California and Oregon in filing lawsuits to stop President Donald Trump from sending in hundreds of National Guard troops to Democrat-led big cities. Continue reading