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Washington — The Trump administration has quietly paused the processing of green card applications filed by certain individuals, including approved refugees, as part of a broader effort to more aggressively vet immigrants, multiple sources familiar with the move told CBS News. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, recently directed officials to suspend processing of … Read more

PLEASANTVILLE, Iowa — Zach Mecham has heard politicians demand that Medicaid recipients work or lose their benefits. He also has run into a jumble of Medicaid rules that effectively prevent many people with disabilities from holding full-time jobs. “Which is it? Do you want us to work or not?” he said. Mecham, 31, relies on … Read more

An encrypted messaging app called Signal is drawing attention and questions after top Trump officials — including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance — allegedly used the service to discuss a highly sensitive military operation while inadvertently including The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, in the chat. On Monday, Goldberg published a piece … Read more

President Trump’s Ukraine and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff was in Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, when he was included in a group chat with more than a dozen other top administration officials — and inadvertently, one journalist — on the messaging app Signal, a CBS News analysis of open-source flight … Read more

The Trump administration invoked a state secrets privilege Monday and refused to give a federal judge any additional information about the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under war authorities.  U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is weighing whether the government defied his order to turn around planes carrying migrants after he blocked deportations of … Read more

During his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, Frank Bisignano, President Trump’s nominee to run the Social Security Administration (SSA), is likely to face a barrage of questions about where he stands on the future of a government agency that provides retirement, disability and other benefits to more than 70 million Americans.  Like other federal agencies, the … Read more

The sister of Medal of Honor recipient Master Sgt. John Chapman, an elite combat controller who died on a mountainside during the Battle of Takur Ghar in Afghanistan, is angered by the way the new National Medal of Honor Museum is handling her brother’s story. The museum in Arlington, Texas, which pays tribute to more than 3,500 … Read more

A once-every-four-year report card on the upkeep of America’s infrastructure gave it a “C” grade on Tuesday, up slightly from previous reports, largely due to investments made during former President Joe Biden’s administration. The report from the American Society of Civil Engineers, which examined everything from roads and dams to drinking water and railroads, warns that … Read more

President Trump on Monday announced that he is appointing longtime ally Alina Habba to be New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor. She has been a personal attorney to Mr. Trump for years, known for her pugnacious defense of him against the media and in courtrooms. Mr. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social, his social media … Read more

Washington — A number of lawmakers expressed outrage Monday after the editor of The Atlantic reported that he was accidentally included in a group chat involving top Trump administration officials about the United States’ highly sensitive war plans in Yemen.  Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle criticized the security breach, though Democrats took … Read more