F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns  —  The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the Justice Department's handling of the shooting of Renee Good.  —  An F.B.I. agent who sought to investigate …

Trump's ICE Goons Detained a 5-Year-Old.  Then JD Vance Made It Worse.  —  In an administration that sometimes seems to lack a well-defined institutional role for JD Vance, he appears to be taking on a new function: putting a softer, more reasonable face on Stephen Miller's authoritarian police state.

General strike, rally, marches held in Minnesota Friday to protest ICE  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Hundreds of businesses in the Twin Cities are planning to close Friday to protest the presence of federal immigration agents in Minnesota.  —  Community members are asking for no work …

DHS pauses cuts to FEMA as massive winter storm barrels in  —  On Thursday night, the Department of Homeland Security's head of human resources sent an email saying FEMA decided that the agency would halt their process of non-renewing dozens of federally funded employees.

Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization  —  It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father.  The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Less than a month after demanding the release …

Prince Harry says Nato troops who served in Afghanistan deserve ‘respect’ in backlash against Trump's jibe  —  The Duke's remarks come after Sir Keir Starmer condemned Donald Trump's comments  —  The Duke of Sussex has said British soldiers who served and died in Afghanistan “deserve to be spoken about truthfully and with respect”.

Renée Fleming Won't Perform at Kennedy Center Concerts  —  The soprano, who previously resigned as an artistic adviser, was scheduled to sing with the National Symphony Orchestra in May.  —  The soprano Renée Fleming will not be part of two scheduled performances …

US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo  —  The ruling in federal court in Minnesota lands as Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces scrutiny over an internal memo claiming judge-signed warrants aren't needed to enter homes without consent.

Military conducts ‘lethal kinetic strike’ on alleged drug boat, leaving one survivor  —  The statement by U.S. Southern Command said it notified the Coast Guard “to activate the search and rescue system” for the survivor.  —  Listen to this article with a free account

Pentagon shifts focus away from China in new defense strategy  —  The previous National Defense Strategy - a document published every four years - identified China as the most significant strategic competitor to the U.S.  —  Listen to this article with a free account

German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump  —  A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.  Oke Göttlich, the president …

RNC takes steps toward a 2026 GOP midterm convention … The amendment was approved at the RNC's winter meeting with no objections.  An unusually high number of RNC members had already left the meeting to catch early flights ahead of winter storms bearing down on much of the country by the time the vote was brought up.

ICE Tells Legal Observer, 'We Have a Nice Little Database, and Now You're Considered a Domestic Terrorist'  —  Video taken this morning in Maine shows an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer taking pictures of a legal observer's car.  When she asks why he's doing that, he says …

FBI investigating death of Colts owner Jim Irsay  —  The FBI is investigating the death of Jim Irsay, the former owner of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, according to a new report.  —  The investigation, first reported by The Washington Post, centers on a doctor who provided Irsay …

Senate Democrat calls for investigation into TikTok deal  —  Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) called for an investigation Friday into a deal that saw TikTok's American business spun off into a separate entity in order to allow the app to continue operating in the U.S.

Unhinged Florida nurse fired after foul TikTok rant directed towards Karoline Leavitt goes viral  —  A Florida hospital has terminated a nurse who said she hoped White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt gets severely injured during childbirth.  —  “As a labor and delivery nurse …

Is This Who Trump Meant by the ‘Worst of the Worst’?  —  The columnist Jamelle Bouie argues that the Trump administration's immigration policy has more in common with ethnic cleansing than actual immigration enforcement.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement is obviously and technically an immigration enforcement agency.

California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast  —  California sued the federal government Friday for approving a Texas-based company's plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state's coast, escalating a fight over the Trump administration's removal …

Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional  —  Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person's right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users.  Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes  —  According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.