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A heated online debate among President-elect Donald Trump's supports is exposing what being called a "MAGA civil war." Trump's tech allies like billionaire Elon Musk and his longtime base are clashing over visas for high-skilled immigrant workers, with the feud exposing cracks in the coalition. It also provides a preview into the possible challenges over immigration, one of Trump's signature issues.
President-elect Donald Trump's incoming "border czar" Tom Homan told The Washington Post that under the incoming administration, immigration authorities will again put families with children in detention centers, a policy halted by the Biden administration in 2021. He also acknowledged that some children of undocumented immigrants were born in the U.S., making them citizens who can't be deported. Homan said it will be the parents' choice whether to let their families be separated.
CBS News has obtained a final draft of the House Ethics Committee report on former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz. The findings in the report allege Gaetz had sex with a minor, engaged in illicit drug use and violated multiple state laws while in office. Gaetz has denied all wrongdoing.
President Biden announced he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the nation's 40 federal death row inmates to life without the possibility of parole. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has the latest.
President-elect Donald Trump made the promise of mass deportations a pillar of his re-election bid. He's pledged to deport millions of immigrants — including some who are living in the United States legally. In Springfield, Ohio, the city whose Haitian immigrant community became the epicenter of hateful rhetoric and misinformation during the campaign, many fear what this could mean for them.
A government shutdown was averted at the eleventh hour. Congress approved a hastily revised short-term government funding bill after a previous attempt failed to pass the House this week. The earlier bill was upended by President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk. The new bill funds federal operations and disaster aid, but does not address Trump's demands to raise or abolish the debt ceiling. President Biden is expected to sign the bill today.
In a phone interview with Robert Costa, President-elect Donald Trump outlines his key demands as the shutdown deadline looms.
With hours left to avert a shutdown, a plan backed by President-elect Donald Trump was killed after dozens of Republicans joined Democrats to vote against it. This is House Speaker Mike Johnson's second attempt at a deal.
Reality TV star Paris Hilton celebrated a legislative victory in Washington as lawmakers approved a bill to regulate youth treatment facilities. Hilton, who says she was abused as a teenager in such a center, has championed this cause for years.
A bipartisan plan to prevent a government shutdown collapsed after President-elect Trump came out against the plan after Elon Musk denounced it. The setback casts doubt on House Speaker Mike Johnson's leadership. Scott MacFarlane is on Capitol Hill with more.
