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President Trump delivers the longest State of the Union address in recent history, followed by the Democratic response from Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger. CBS
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2026 list of nominees, and it mixes pop, rap, metal, R&B and more. CBS
More than 40 million people were under blizzard warnings along 700 miles of the East Coast from Maryland to Maine. CBS
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The Senate failed to advance a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, 11 days into a partial government shutdown with no apparent end in sight. CBS
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Hours before President Trump's State of the Union address, House Speaker Mike Johnson said the U.S. economy is on the right track — but inflation hasn't been "completely fixed yet." CBS
Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level since 2022 last week, but demand from homebuyers declined as well, as they continue to struggle with affordability. CNBC
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Apple is expanding a facility in Houston as part of a $600 billion commitment to U.S. manufacturing. CNBC
Trump administration sues UCLA alleging campus fostered hostile antisemitic environment for Jewish employees following nationwide campus protests. FOX News
Video captures a vehicle plowing into a crowd outside a California bar, sparking gunfire and leaving four hospitalized in what police believe was attempted vehicular homicide. FOX News
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A Louisiana FedEx driver is accused of stealing $62,000 worth of packages found in a storage unit. Police discovered Nike boxes and cigars during the raid. FOX News
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas' DEI ban in Houston, Katy and Plano school districts, impacting student clubs and diversity programs. FOX News
On the grim fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for an immediate, full and unconditional cease-fire. UPI
A three-judge federal court panel in Utah denied state Republicans' bid to overturn the state's court-ordered redistricting map favoring Democrats. UPI
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The security crisis in the Mexican state of Jalisco continued, with 23 inmates still at large, at least 41 people detained iand new highway blockades. UPI
The Supreme Court's ruling to limit President Donald Trump's use of emergency powers to impose tariffs is forcing the administration to look to different statutory authorities to carry out its trade policy. UPI
President Donald Trump awarded the nation's highest military decoration to two American service members during Tuesday night's State of the Union address. UPI
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At first glance, some of the language looks familiar. A letter sent to state officials in Rhode Island by the Justice Department in June included a reminder that federal civil rights law "prohibits an employer from discriminating against an individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." Trump has to get it straight.
But that letter is part of a Trump administration initiative that upends 60 years of efforts by the federal government to prevent discrimination against minority groups in the U.S. Several former Justice Department employees who spoke with CBS News said the department's focus is shifting: it will seek to protect White people against alleged "reverse discrimination."
The dramatic shift was crystallized by President Trump's statement earlier this month in an interview with the New York Times. Mr. Trump said civil rights protections and programs have hurt White people. "I think that a lot of people were very badly treated," he told the Times. "White people were very badly treated, where they did extremely well and they were not invited to go into a university or a college."
The Justice Department's inquiry letter to Rhode Island says it is investigating whether the state is engaging in discrimination in its state government hiring in implementing an affirmative action plan that's been used nationwide to ensure diverse workforces and student groups. The Rhode Island inquiry is the latest in a series of probes by the Trump administration's Justice Department into organizations or governments that use diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Last week, the agency also filed a lawsuit against Minnesota, in an effort to bring down the state's affirmative action hiring policies for its agencies. The suit asserts Minnesota law, which mandates affirmative action programs for state civil service, is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
