Jason Allen

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Jason Allen

El Paso, Texas — President Trump last week authorized the military to take control of a 700-mile-long and 60-foot-deep strip of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border stretching from California to New Mexico in an order that claims the U.S. is "under attack from a variety of threats."It's an attempt to get around the prohibition on using the military for domestic law enforcement because the land will now be an Army base.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Jason Allen

8 hours agoWhy do pro-Trump women have to look sexy during immigration raids? If the Trump administration has made a reality show out of its ICE raids, then Kristi Noem is the Kim Kardashian of the show. Noem, the U.S. secretary of homeland security and former South Dakota governor, certainly looks the …

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Jason Allen |Analisa Novak

A dozen living recipients of America's highest military decoration gathered Wednesday to commemorate the National Medal of Honor Museum, a landmark institution honoring the more than 3,500 service members who have received the prestigious award since the Civil War. The museum — which opens to the public on March 25 in Arlington, Texas — aims to tell their stories through personal artifacts and interactive exhibits.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Jason Allen

A woman who was expecting to hear hundreds of immigration cases a year – but was fired by President Trump the week before she was supposed to start – said she expects the immigration "caseload will balloon." In Boston and other cities, immigration cases stacked up as migrant crossings along the U.S. southern border surged.

Nov 6, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Jason Allen

ARLINGTON — A Catholic priest connected to an investigation into a nun and a violation of her vow of chastity, was granted his retirement this year, in good standing and with full faculties to act as a priest. The Diocese of Raleigh announced Rev. Philip G. Johnson had requested his retirement for medical reasons. It was effective July 31, with permission to exercise his priestly ministry "as health permits."The update on Rev.