The Justice Department said Thursday it was seeking to end more than 50 long-standing consent decrees dating back decades that sought to curb unlawful racial segregation that was prevalent during the Jim Crow era. Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said her office was “ending prolonged federal oversight…
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina spoke with Tony Dokoupil on Thursday about President Trump’s state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese coordination with Iran, the Taiwan arms race and more. Source link
Millions of people on the East Coast could see power outages and severe weather conditions over the weekend. Meanwhile, a tropical storm is threatening Hawaii. CBS New York chief weathercaster Lonnie Quinn has the forecast. Source link
Washington — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis questioned President Trump’s judgment in hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state dinner at the White House this week, saying he’s “worried about the trend of spending more time with despots and less time with democratic leaders of nations.” “It’s a WTF moment,” the retiring North Carolina senator…
What to expect from Trump-Xi summit at White House – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday ahead of welcoming the leader to the White House for his state visit. Nancy Cordes has more. Source link
Among the various proposals for bolstering Security is raising the retirement age at which Americans can claim full benefits. One lawmaker instead wants to lower it. Rep. Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat, on Thursday introduced the Blue Collar Social Security Fairness Act, which would reduce the retirement age for workers in construction, nursing, manufacturing and other physically…
The Pentagon is investigating how a shipment of F-35 fighter jet parts on its way to the U.S. from overseas was diverted, and the military is now trying to retrieve the parts, a defense official confirmed to CBS News. A source briefed on the incident told CBS News a shipment was diverted to Hong Kong….
U.S. troops helped Ecuador dismantle a local branch of Mexico’s notorious Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), arresting more than 30 members, Ecuador’s interior minister said Thursday. Quito, a Washington ally, is enthusiastically cooperating with Donald Trump’s crackdown on organized crime across Latin America. Thursday’s early-morning operation “was conducted jointly with U.S. troops and the Drug…
The bond market is flashing red. The yield on the 30-year Treasury note reached 5.44% on Wednesday, its highest level since 2004, before slipping slightly on Thursday morning. The 10-year Treasury, which influences mortgage rates, briefly neared 5.15% on Thursday morning, a level it last reached in 2001. Yields had already risen amid concerns about inflation…
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated the state’s election law by ordering his deputies to seize more than 650,000 ballots tied to the Proposition 50 special election. The justices ruled unanimously in two cases against Bianco, stating that he violated the law when he seized the ballots and also ignored…
