The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to quit in a buyout program meant to end work-from-home practices, senior administration officials said. Source
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Denver metro area among next target for stepped-up ICE arrests
CBS News has learned that the Denver metro area is among the next targets for the stepped-up immigration arrest operations that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been conducting under the Trump administration. Source
Senate Democrats block bill to sanction International Criminal Court
Democrats said that as written, the ICC sanctions bill would backfire on U.S. allies and companies. Source
Kansas faces record tuberculosis outbreak
Kansas officials are mitigating a tuberculosis outbreak, but concerns of risk to the public remain low. Dr. Dana J Hawkinson, a medical director at the The University of Kansas Health System, joins CBS News with more. Source
Conflict in Congo over Rwanda-backed rebels
Protesters have attacked embassies in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kinshasa over Rwanda-backed rebels fighting in Goma. Elian Peltier, an international correspondent for The New York Times, joins CBS News with the latest. Source
Do debt collectors get paid if you file for bankruptcy?
The bankruptcy process can be confusing — but there are a few things that can occur after you file. Source
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Trump’s press secretary debuts in her first White House press briefing as the youngest person to serve in the role. Source
Medicaid, Head Start, health centers locked out of federal funding site
The online system for federal health funding now warns of delays due to executive orders after the Trump administration announced a freeze. Source
First White House press briefing of Trump’s second term
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held the first briefing of President Trump’s second term. Leavitt discussed a memo calling for a pause to federal assistance, the New Jersey drones saga, Mr. Trump’s immigration edicts and more. Source
House Democrats launch review of firing of Jack Smith’s team
Top House Democrats say that the way in which Jack Smith’s staffers were fired “very likely violated longstanding federal laws.” Source