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A former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday as part of an agreement with prosecutors. He’s expected to plead no-contest to state charges, which carries the same legal effect as a guilty plea. Joseph Emerson told CBS News …

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly sending hundreds of immigration agents to Chicago in the coming weeks as part of an immigration “blitz,” with operations expected to begin as soon as this weekend. Federal agents — who are staying at the Great Lakes naval base — are expected to focus on making immigration arrests and conducting raids in …

Cato, N.Y. – Owners of a food manufacturing plant raided by over 50 federal agents and law enforcement officials Thursday said they were shocked and alarmed by the raid. Federal agents, some masked and wearing bullet-proof vests, swept in and took away about 70 of the 150 people working at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant in Cato, according to Jeff, …

PBS slashes 15% of its staff after federal funding cuts  Axios PBS cuts 15% of jobs in wake of federal funding cut  NPR PBS to Cut 15% of Its Staff  The New York Times PBS says it has cut about 100 positions because of loss of federal funding  NBC News PBS cuts nearly 100 employees after loss of federal funding  CBS News Source link

The Department of Homeland Security asked the Pentagon to accommodate roughly 250 federal agents and 140 vehicles at a military base in Illinois ahead of an expected increase in immigration roundups in the Chicago area, according to an internal government memo obtained by CBS News. In a request for assistance to the Department of Defense, a top Homeland Security official …

State and federal charges have been filed against a man for his alleged role in a high-speed chase and crash that killed two women and injured a 6-year-old boy Thursday morning in north Minneapolis. Troy Mike Payton, also known as Edward Tiki Arrington, faces two counts of fleeing a police officer resulting in death and fleeing a police officer resulting …

A federal magistrate judge on Thursday chastised prosecutors seeking to dismiss a case after a grand jury declined to indict a man charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump, citing a string of other cases they’ve brought recently that failed to return indictments. Judge Zia Faruqui said in an order Thursday that prosecutors had made the “inexcusable” attempt to …

A sign for the Public Broadcasting Service is seen on its building headquarters on Feb. 18, 2025 in Arlington, Va. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images PBS’s chief executive told public television officials Thursday that it was cutting about 15% of its jobs due to the move by Republicans in Congress to eliminate all federal funding …

National Guard Troops stand outside Union Station on Sept. 1, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images A little more than three weeks ago, President Trump placed the Washington, D.C., police under federal control and put the National Guard on the city’s streets to crush crime and “clean up” the nation’s capital. Although …

Federal appeals court blocks judge’s order shutting down Alligator Alcatraz  Politico Appeals court temporarily blocks judge’s order to dismantle ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  CNN Florida may lose $218M on empty ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as judge orders shutdown  AP News Appeals court allows Alligator Alcatraz to continue immigrant detention center operations  ABC News Trump Admin Scores Major Win in Florida  Newsweek Source link