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The sweeping layoffs that hit the State Department last week have triggered confusion and disruption at the agency, gutting some offices unexpectedly and forcing staff to scramble, multiple sources told CBS News.  The significant reductions and wholesale elimination of several key offices have heightened meaningful risks to U.S. national security, current and former officials said.  … Read more

Washington — Internal friction with the Justice Department team that fights monopolies has led to private conversations in the Trump administration about whether to push out some staff in the antitrust division or to work to smooth out the issues, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. Gail Slater, who in March took charge … Read more

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor and the daughter of ex-FBI director James Comey, according to three sources, including one former Justice Department prosecutor. She was given a memo informing her of the firing, two sources said. According to one source, the memo stated in part that she was being dismissed … Read more

President Trump campaigned on a vow to round up the “worst of the worst” offenders among the criminals who were living illegally inside the United States. But CBS News has obtained deportation data that indicates the Trump administration’s deportation push has ensnared many undocumented immigrants without violent criminal records. Of the estimated 100,000 people who … Read more

Fighting elderly loneliness – CBS News Watch CBS News For many people who have outlived their friends and family, their final years can be lonesome. Lilia Luciano reports on companionship programs aiming to change that. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On