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Democrats in Congress demand training, vetting information on ICE agent who killed immigrant in Maine

The top Democrats on two congressional panels are demanding details and records about the training and vetting of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed a Colombian immigrant in Maine earlier in July, according to a letter obtained by CBS News. California Rep. Robert Garcia and Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal posed a…

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North American nations reject Infantino’s World Cup investment plan after UEFA’s boycott threat

North America’s soccer body on Thursday rejected FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors, joining European nations in opposition. The 41-member Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football held an urgent meeting Thursday after UEFA, the European soccer body, had agreed to boycott the…

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Afghan woman plans to fight DOJ efforts to deport her over allegation she is an “alien terrorist”

A court-appointed lawyer for an Afghan woman and U.S. permanent resident whom the Justice Department alleges is an “alien terrorist” vowed Thursday to vigorously fight the government’s efforts to deport her, telling a federal judge that the entire legal process is unfair and unconstitutional. In the first-ever test case before the secretive and never-before-used Alien…

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Secret Service warns of sharp rise in threat levels ahead of rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Days ahead of the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Secret Service officials warned nationwide threats have reached an unprecedented level — with agents opening roughly 10,000 protective intelligence cases since January, a nearly 40% increase from the same period last year. “The numbers are numbers that this agency and certainly I have never seen in…

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Trump’s personnel agency says it will remove some identifying info as it sweeps up medical records

The Trump administration is forging ahead with a controversial plan to collect the medical records of millions of federal workers and retirees, as well as their family members. The Office of Personnel Management said in a notice posted last month that it will begin routinely collecting identifiable, personal health information on more than 8 million…

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