Nicole Sganga

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Nicole Sganga

Frankfort, Kentucky — For more than two centuries, the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfurt, Kentucky, has bottled up scores of spirits on its 400-acre campus. But America's oldest-running distillery ground to a halt last month amid historic and deadly flooding, when Buffalo Trace master distiller Harlen Wheatley says the nearby Kentucky River rose to over 48 feet.  "Every building that you see had four or five feet of water in it, all over…the site," Wheatley told CBS News.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Nicole Sganga

A man was arrested Saturday in connection with the Easter Sunday theft of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's purse, authorities confirmed Sunday. Noem said Sunday that the suspect was in the country illegally. Noem called the suspect a "career criminal," but did not specify any more details about the individual's immigration status. Mario Bustamante Leiva, 49, has been arrested and charged with two counts of robbery.

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Nicole Sganga

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's purse was stolen Sunday night at a Washington, D.C. restaurant, which at the time contained a number of sensitive personal items including Noem's driver's license, passport, DHS access badge, checks and roughly $3,000 in cash, according to three sources briefed, including two law enforcement officials.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Margaret Brennan |Nicole Sganga |CBS Mornings

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is facing significant cuts amid the administration's broader effort to pare down the federal workforce, CBS News has learned. As many as 1,300 agency employees could be pushed out or incentivized to leave, three sources familiar with the plans said. CISA employed nearly 3,400 people as of the most recent data.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Nicole Sganga |CBS Mornings

How Trump administration is targeting visa holders A British-Gambian student at New York's Cornell University whose visa was revoked over his involvement in last year's pro-Palestinian protests chose to self-deport, an official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed Tuesday. Momodou Taal, 31, announced Monday he had left the United States voluntarily days after a judge declined to temporarily block the government from taking steps to deport him.