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“Rev. Jesse Jackson Hospitalized Amid PSP Diagnosis Updates

By Minyvonne Burke The Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized on Wednesday and is under observation for a neurodegenerative condition, his organization, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, said in a statement. Jackson, 84, has been managing the condition, called progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), for over a decade, according to the organization he founded. “He was originally diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease; however, last April, his PSP condition was confirmed,” the organization said. “The family appreciates all prayers at this time.” The disorder damages certain areas of the brain and affects a person’s walking, swallowing, balance and eye movements, according to the Mayo Clinic. The condition worsens over time

“Charlotte Immigration Raid Sparks Fear in Hispanic Community”

By Nicole Acevedo, Ryan Chandler, Suzanne Gamboa and Julia Ainsley Jonathan Ocampo has called this Southern city home for six years, but, after immigration enforcement descended here over the weekend, the American citizen of Colombian descent said he doesn’t leave the house without his U.S. passport. “I’m carrying it here right now, which is sad,” he told NBC News. Ocampo said he worries that his father, a citizen who has been in the country for 40 years, could be targeted because of being Hispanic-looking and speaking what he described as very broken English. “It’s just scary,” he said. According to the Department of Homeland Security,

National Guard Drawdowns Follow Court Blocks in Chicago, Portland

By Juliana Kim The Defense Department is scaling back the number of federalized National Guard troops in Chicago and Portland, Ore., as weekslong court battles have stalled their deployments. A defense official, not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed to NPR that 200 California National Guard members in Oregon and 200 Texas National Guard members in Illinois will return to their home states in the coming days. The troop withdrawals were first reported by ABC News. On Friday night, the military’s Northern Command hinted on X that changes were to come in order to “ensure a constant, enduring, and long-term presence in each city.”

FAA Ends Flight Restrictions After Shutdown, Normal Ops Resume

The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed at 40 major airports during the country’s longest government shutdown. Airlines can resume their regular flight schedules beginning Monday at 6 a.m. EST, the agency said. The announcement was made in a joint statement by Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford. Citing safety concerns as staffing shortages grew at air traffic control facilities during the shutdown, the FAA issued an unprecedented order to limit traffic in the skies. It had been in place since Nov. 7, affecting thousands of

Judge Orders Release After ICE Violates Consent Decree

By Sabrina Franza, Darius Johnson, CBS Chicago A federal judge has ordered that hundreds of people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement be released from federal facilities in the next week because their arrests by ICE were possibly unlawful and in violation of a federal court order.Attorneys with the National Immigrant Justice Center and ACLU of Illinois say federal agents have arrested thousands of people in Chicago and Illinois during Operation Midway Blitz without a warrant or probable cause.Immigration advocates argue federal agents violated a court order issued in 2022. The Castañon Nava Consent Decree limits ICE from making arrests simply out of fear

Military Seeks Legal Advice on Trump-Era Strikes, Deployments

Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them. The strikes against alleged drug traffickers and deployments to U.S. cities have sparked a debate over their legality. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Frank Rosenblatt, president of the National Institute of Military Justice, which runs The Orders Project. Amna Nawaz: Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them. The U.S. strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats and deployments to American cities have sparked a firestorm of debate over

MacKenzie Scott Donates Record Gifts to HBCUs in 2025

On Wednesday, Winston-Salem State University announced it had received a historic $50 million gift from Scott, whose current net worth is roughly $36 billion. Scott acquired much of her wealth from her 2019 divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and she has pledged to give away most of her wealth. So far, she’s donated well over $19 billion. “This gift is truly life-changing for our students and our community,” WSSU Chancellor Bonita J. Brown said in a statement. Her gift “transform[s] lives, not just today, but for generations. Her investment empowers us to make a high-quality education accessible, affordable, and within reach for students who never believed

DHS to Award $10K Bonuses to TSA Staff After Shutdown

By Caitlin Yilek Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Thursday that TSA agents with “exemplary service” during the government shutdown will receive a $10,000 bonus check.Noem said the bonus checks, on top of their back pay, are “for stepping up, taking on extra shifts, for showing up each and every day.” She announced the bonuses at a press conference in Houston flanked by agents, and said others across the country would be recognized. “We will be continuing to not only recognize employees across the country, but we will be looking at every single TSA official who helped serve during this government

House Targets Senate Phone-Record Provision in Funding Bill

ByKatherine Faulders, Lauren Peller, and Allison Pecorin Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday the House will hold a standalone vote next week on stripping out a Senate provision in the government funding bill that allows senators to sue the government if their phone records are investigated without notifying them. Eight Republican senators had their phone records subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith as part of his investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The provision would allow them to seek hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. The provision was debated in the House Rules Committee on Tuesday night before the funding bill

Trump Signs Bill Ending 43-Day Government Shutdown

By David Morgan, Nolan D. McCaskill, Bo Erickson and Gram Slattery, President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, hours after the House of Representatives voted to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air-traffic control system. The Republican-controlled chamber passed the package by a vote of 222-209, with Trump’s support largely keeping his party together in the face of vehement opposition from House Democrats, who are angry that a long standoff launched by their Senate colleagues failed to secure a deal to extend federal health insurance subsidies. Trump’s signature on the bill,

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