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The Trump administration is holding more than 150 migrant detainees at Guantánamo Bay. A dozen military flights carrying migrants have landed there since President Trump’s return to office. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details on the future of Guantánamo Bay and its role in immigration policy.
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It’s Presidents Day, the holiday that started in honor of George Washington — the president with an enormous birthday candle on the Mall. But do we revere the father of our country too much? It was a question from the very birth of the presidency. John Dickerson discusses.
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More federal employees are finding themselves out of a job this week as the Trump administration continues to make massive cuts to its workforce. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett has more.
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Some National Nuclear Security Administration employees have been asked to return to their posts after being laid off by the Trump administration. Scott Roecker, the vice president of the Nuclear Materials Security Program at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, joins CBS News with more.
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In “1923” Season 2, Brandon Sklenar’s character, Spencer Dutton, faces even darker challenges and an emotional finale.
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President Trump’s administration wants the Supreme Court to allow the ousting of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel’s leader. Hampton Dellinger oversees the agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson weighs in.
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Dangerous storms bring heavy rain and intense winds to the South. Also, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns not to trust Russian President Vladimir Putin amid ongoing peace talks between the U.S. and Russia. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener.
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A New York mother whose baby died in a Fisher Price product that was later recalled says she is still fighting for justice nearly a decade later. Child and baby product recalls recently hit an all-time high with one study finding more than 84 million items were recalled in 2023. CBS News’ Nikki Battiste has more.
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President Trump has terminated the heads of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board, sparking legal challenges over their removal.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Sunday to discuss Middle East policy. Rubio and Netanyahu appeared to signal they will move ahead with the controversial plan to try to move the entire population of Gaza out of the territory. Chris Livesay reports.
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