Graham Kates

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Graham Kates

Faced with a deadline to provide evidence in its deportation case against activist Mahmoud Khalil, lawyers for the federal government instead filed a memorandum by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to a Louisiana immigration court. In the memo, which was obtained by CBS News, Rubio wrote that Khalil's role in protests on the campus of Columbia University is in conflict with American foreign policy objectives. Rubio did not cite specific evidence against Khalil.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Graham Kates

Trump's trade chief testifies at hearing President Trump's debt to New York from a civil fraud judgment passed $500 million on Tuesday, as interest continues to accrue while he appeals. The figure has been growing ever since a lengthy civil fraud trial ended with Mr. Trump, two of his sons and a former Trump Organization executive ordered to pay back $364 million in disgorgement for "ill-gotten gains" and $100 million more in interest dating back years.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Graham Kates

4 hours agoAsked about the spat, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, "Boys will be boys, and we will let their public sparring continue." WASHINGTON — Elon Musk on Tuesday blasted President Donald Trump's top trade adviser, Peter Navarro, as a "moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks" in a spat …

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Graham Kates

Expert on $80M Wisconsin Supreme Court race Residents of the Badger State will have their last chance Tuesday to vote in an unusually high-stakes race for a seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court. The nonpartisan election pits Dane County Judge Susan Crawford, who is backed by the Democratic Party, against Republican-endorsed Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel in what has been the most expensive judicial election in American history.

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Graham Kates

The State Department on Friday moved to effectively halt operations at the embattled U.S. Agency for International Development, with a memo sent to global personnel that bore the subject line "USAID's Final Mission." The agency notified Congress of its plan to discontinue any USAID functions that do not align with Trump administration priorities and told USAID staff that it would eliminate all positions not required by law.