Scoop: Trump likely to make leadership changes involving 2 more top roles at Justice Dept, per sources. The changes will affect Harmeet Dhillon, asst AG for Civil Rights Division -- a promotion -- as well as Stanley Woodward, No. 3 official at DOJ -- demotion for him www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...

White House is expected to shake up more leadership roles at Justice Department, sources say

The changes were likely to affect Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, the No. 3 official at the Justice Department and Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Div...

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Scoop: Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement, sources familiar with the decision told @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

Hegseth ousts Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George

One of the sources said Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement President Trump and Hegseth's vision for the Army.

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Hundreds of US Special Ops military personnel, including Navy SEALs and Army Rangers, now in Middle East, as well as Marines and Army paratroopers, sources tell @cbsnews.com. We reported on some of the preparations March 20. The deployments give Trump options in Iran including with Strait of Hormuz.

BREAKING via @cbsnews.com: About a dozen U.S. service members were injured in an attack on Prince Sultan airbase in Saudi Arabia, according to multiple U.S. officials. A small number sustained very serious injuries; others were considered seriously injured. @JimLaPorta @ellee_watson and me.

New: The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier will deploy to U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility, the major combatant command overseeing American military operations against Iran, sources told @JimLaPorta @ellee_watson and me. @cbsnews.com

🚨News: The Iranian response to the U.S. peace proposal is expected later today, sources familiar with the matter told @margbrennan and me. President Trump and top White House officials have been told that Iran's counter-proposal would likely arrive Friday via interlocutors. @cbsnews.com

News: An agreement that would allow the federal government to use voter registration data for immigration and criminal investigations is close to being done, sources told @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...

Justice Dept. close to finalizing deal to hand over states' voter roll data to Homeland Security, sources say

DOJ plans to turn over voter data it's collecting from states to DHS for use in immigration and criminal investigations, sources say.

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BREAKING: A Trump official refers New York AG Letitia James for prosecution after a previous case was dismissed.

Trump official refers New York AG Letitia James for prosecution after a previous case was dismissed

A Trump administration official has made new criminal referrals against New York Attorney General Letitia James to federal prosecutors in Miami and Chicago for two cases of possible homeowner's insurance fraud, sources told CBS News.

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Scoop: White House rejected an offer from Elon Musk to cover TSA workers' pay. Suggestion was taken seriously by Trump officials, but they believe partial shutdown is likely to end soon. And there could be legal challenges for Musk to fund the pay, even indirectly, because of his govt contracts.

NEWS: Trump has been strategizing methods to secure or extract Iran's nuclear materials, sources told @cbsnews.com. The timing of any such an operation – if he were to order it – remained unclear Friday night. But planning has centered on JSOC, an elite military unit www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-i...

Trump is strategizing means to seize Iran's nuclear stockpiles, sources say

The Trump administration has been strategizing methods and options to secure or extract Iran's nuclear materials, according to multiple sources, as the military campaign against Tehran enters a more u...

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NEWS: Pentagon officials have made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran, multiple sources told @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...

Trump administration making heavy preparations for potential use of ground troops in Iran

It is unclear under what circumstances President Trump would authorize the use of U.S. troops on the ground in Iran.

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Scoop: FBI and IRS agents are forming a new initiative to investigate nonprofit organizations over suspected possible links to domestic terrorism, sources briefed on the matter told @SarahNLynch and me. @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-irs...

FBI and IRS to investigate nonprofit groups for domestic terrorism links, sources say

In December, Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered law enforcement officials to prioritize efforts to probe and prosecute groups and individuals belonging to the antifa movement or are deemed "extremist....

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Multiple US and state law enforcement and intel officials told @cbsnews.com there is no credible intelligence underpinning the bulletin distributed on the unverified possibility that Iran could retaliate for American attacks by launching drones at the West Coast. "This is not actionable," one said.

NEWS: An Iranian drone attack in Kuwait that killed US service members in the early hours of war was more severe than previously known. 30+ remained in hospitals yday. About 20 arrived at Landstuhl Tuesday with injuries the military designated “urgent." @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/strike-...

Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say

About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

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Streets around the White House are temporarily shut down with police tape and a surge of law enforcement officials due to a suspicious vehicle, CBS News reports. The driver of the car has been detained and was being questioned by US Secret Service.

Iran came up when Trump met with @FIFAWorldCup's Gianni Infantino and White House FIFA task force's @AndrewHGiuliani on Tuesday evening. Trump told Infantino it's ok for Iran's team to play in the tournament in the U.S. @cbsnews.com

Trust breaking between Pentagon and Anthropic over use of their AI model. Hegseth gave them til week's end to grant full access to Claude. Anthropic wants to place guardrails. Hegseth said when govt buys Boeing planes, the company has no say in how they're used www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

Hegseth demands full military access to Anthropic's AI model Claude and sets deadline for end of week

The Pentagon may decide to officially designate Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" to push them out of government, sources say.

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US played role in Mexico-led operation that killed drug kingpin El Mencho--a Pentagon joint task force regularly works with the Mexican military, CBS reports. The killing triggered violence in Puerto Vallarta and other areas, with reports the cartels are burning road blocks and vehicles @cbsnews.com

CBS looked at prosecutions of people threatening high-ranking govt officials--number charged in 2025 was double number from 2022. 41 cases involved threats against Trump, Biden, Obama. "There has been a very marked decline in civility..." @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/threats...

Inside the surge of threats against public officials fueling a rise in prosecutions: "It's too much"

A CBS News analysis found 126 cases that were brought by federal prosecutors last year arising out of threats to public officials.

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"This is a problem we want to fix," Karoline Leavitt tells me, referring to sewer pipe that collapsed and is dumping sewage into Potomac River. "Because it will be an ecological and environmental disaster if the federal government does not step in to help."

NEWS: Goodbye to the Kennedy-era paint colors on exterior of aircraft executive fleet. New Trump colors will appear on donated Qatari jet and two planes Boeing is converting as AF1. Some blue-and-whites already being repainted in dark navy blue, deep red and gold www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-air...

U.S. Air Force VIP fleet being repainted in Trump's preferred palette, sources say

The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.

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SCOOP: The unexpected airspace closure in El Paso stemmed from disagreements over anti-drone tests. Pentagon using high-energy laser to practice taking out cartel drones. Earlier this wk, tech used to shoot down what appeared to be foreign drones. Was a party balloon www.cbsnews.com/news/airspac...

Airspace closure followed spat over drone-related tests and party balloon shoot-down, sources say

Pentagon officials had undertaken planning to use military technology near Fort Bliss, in El Paso, to practice downing drones.

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Scoop from @cbsnews.com: A 26-year-old man from Maryland is facing attempted murder charges after he showed up at OMB director Russ Vought's home wearing a surgical mask and gloves. He was arrested Jan. 22 by Arlington County Police. www.cbsnews.com/news/marylan...

Maryland man facing attempted murder charges after showing up at OMB Director Russell Vought's home

Colin Demarco was arrested in January, months after he was seen in a Ring camera image at Vought's door, wearing a surgical mask and gloves.

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Scoop: White House anti-fraud task force targeting abuse in California and other states will be led by VP Vance. Trump intends to sign an EO in coming days. Andrew Ferguson will be vice chair. @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...

Trump anti-fraud task force targeting California and more states to be led by JD Vance, sources say

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order putting JD Vance and Andrew Ferguson in charge of the group.

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Scoop: Drug addiction and an effort to coordinate federal govt response is on Trump agenda. 4:30 pm announcement will be EO on early intervention and grants for recovery. RFK and Kathryn Burgum will chair the effort, called the Great American Recovery Initiative. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...

Trump to sign order launching new initiative to address drug addiction

President Trump will sign an executive order Thursday afternoon to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction.

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At an event in DC, Nicki Minaj says she is Trump's "number one fan" and "that's not going to change, and the hate or what people have to say, it does not affect me at all." Trump joked: "I said, I'm going to let my nails grow, because I love those nails."

NEW from @CBSNews: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has faced internal scrutiny in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of protester Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, sources familiar with the matter say, but Noem is expected to keep her job. www.cbsnews.com/news/kristi-...

Kristi Noem facing scrutiny from White House in wake of Minneapolis shooting but isn't likely to be fired, sources say

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is facing internal scrutiny after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, multiple sources told CBS News, but she is expected to keep her job.

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Scoop: Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint bringing charges against Don Lemon in connection with the church protest on Sunday, sources tell @camiloreports @SarahNLynch @MacFarlaneNews and me. @cbsnews.com

Trump has left Davos. Meanwhile, the locals are outside chilling in the sunshine.