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A recent CBS News story about injuries suffered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross before he fatally shot U.S. citizen Renee Good has caused an internal uproar among employees.That's according to a Thursday article in the Guardian, which reported that a Wednesday report from the network — in which two un

One federal judge recently struck down a move by President Donald Trump's administration to compel states to hand over sensitive data on registered voters, and criticized it as "unprecedented and illegal."In a Thursday ruling, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter (an appointee of former President Bill Clinton) granted a motion by California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to dismiss a lawsuit from the Trump administration over California's voter list. The administration had sued in an effort to sift through a list of more than 20 million voters in the most populous state in the U.S., aiming

Multiple agencies within President Donald Trump's administration have a habit of copying rhetoric from far-right extremist hate groups in posts to official social media accounts, according to CNN host Jake Tapper.In a Thursday segment, Tapper observed how the U.S. Department of Labor recently posted a video depicting President George Washington over various images from history with the text: "One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American." Tapper pointed out that this was "disturbingly similar to the Nazi slogan: 'Ein volk. Ein reich. Ein führer,'

During President Donald Trump's recent meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado – who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize — Machado confirmed that she gave Trump the Nobel medal he has openly coveted for more than a year."I presented the President of the United States the medal, the Nobel Peace Prize," Machado told reporters on Thursday.Despite Machado's gesture, it is effectively meaningless as the Nobel Institute has stated that the vaunted prize cannot be "revoked, shared or transferred to others." The Institute added tha

A Reagan-appointed federal judge declared that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem had “conspired” to chill First Amendment rights in a case involving pro-Palestinian student protesters.Senior Judge William Young of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, on Thursday said that Rubio and Noem had “failed in their duty to uphold the constitution,” as Politico’s Kyle Cheney reported.Judge Young’s remarks were reported in rea

President Donald Trump has entertained the idea of invoking the Insurrection Act as a means of cracking down on protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He may have initially gotten the idea from one of his own appointed Supreme Court justices.That's according to a Thursday article by the New York Times' Adam Liptak, who reported that Trump's recent flirtation with the 1792 law allowing presidents to deploy the military on U.S. soil may have come from the Supreme Court

CNN pundit Scott Jennings — a stalwart defender of President Donald Trump and his policies — was recently caught taking a quote from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) out of context. Now, both Jennings and his employer are being called out.Early Thursday morning, shortly after federal agents shot a man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gov. Walz posted a statement to X that read: "I know you're angry. I'm angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets. But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community and of peace. Don't give him what he wants."Several hours later, Jennings took one element of W

With a razor-thin margin, Speaker Mike Johnson is urging House Republicans to show up for work — in D.C., not their district offices — and warning their absences could hamper President Donald Trump’s agenda.“It’s dicey some days,” Johnson told reporters. “I told everybody … ‘no risk-taking, take vitamins and stay healthy and be here,’” The Washington Post reported.The White House is also keeping an eye on members’ attendance, and has instructed Republicans to forego appearing with President Trump if there is a House vote scheduled.“The pres

One prominent medical doctor is now claiming that President Donald Trump suffered a stroke several months ago and that his administration is refusing to disclose it to the public.The Daily Beast reported Thursday that Dr. Bruce Davidson – who is a professor at Washington State University's Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine — listed "lines of evidence" backing up his assertion that the 79 year-old president expe

President Donald Trump sent the military into Venezuela to seize the then-sitting president and he has since decided that the U.S. will takeover the Arctic island Greenland. Now, the ambassador is making alleged jokes about Iceland, but the founding NATO member nation isn't laughing. Politico reported Thursday that the Icelandic ambassador from the U.S. has been called to explain himself to those in Reykjavík fearful that they're next after Greenland. Billy Long, who served as the head of the IRS for 53 days before he was shifted to the am