Washington — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to require California election officials to separate out mail ballots received from roughly 20,000 people it claims are not U.S. citizens. The decision from U.S. District Judge David Carter is the latest setback for the Trump administration in its efforts to exert more…
The Justice Department moved to terminate more than a dozen decades-old school desegregation cases without asking the court first to review whether the district successfully ended its past discriminatory practices, a watchdog group has found. A new analysis released by Red Line for Civil Rights, an oversight project of Democracy Forward run by former DOJ…
Washington — The Trump administration sharply criticized a legal complaint filed in Lebanon against the country’s ambassador to Washington over her reported outreach to her Israeli counterpart, accusing Hezbollah-linked actors of seeking to obstruct U.S.-led efforts to foster diplomatic contacts between the two countries. The complaint against Lebanese Ambassador Nada Hamadeh Moawad was filed with…
Major French supermarket chains on Monday said they were hit by a cyberattack that caused their refrigerators to shoot up in temperature in hundreds of stores, forcing spoiled food to be thrown away and raising concerns about food security. Top retailers E. Leclerc, Intermarché and Cooperative U confirmed to AFP they suffered a cyberattack that…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming Democratic New Hampshire Senate candidate Rep. Chris Pappas Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer of Palantir Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026…
The following is the full transcript of the interview with Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer of Palantir, a portion of which aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 11, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: And we’re joined now by the Chief Technology Officer of Palantir, Shyam Sankar. Welcome to Face the Nation. SHYAM SANKAR:…
A New Mexico jury on Friday found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the social media platform. It is now up to the judge to determine how much the company would pay, with attorneys representing the state asking for the maximum $5,000 penalty per violation. The two-week trial in Santa Fe centered…
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…
London — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called the ban on alcohol in the stands at high-level men’s soccer matches in the U.K. “discrimination,” teasing fellow fans with a possible reversal of a more than 40-year-old ban. “I don’t think it’s fair for football fans to be singled out,” Burnham told reporters in New…
The Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board voted to immediately close the institution for renovations, a source familiar with the vote said, after President Trump and his allies on the board repeatedly warned of financial and physical ruin for the center if no action is taken. Earlier Tuesday, a federal judge again blocked the board — which…
