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7/21: CBS Evening News – CBS News

Reporter USJuly 22, 2026

7/21: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Storms bring flash flooding across Northeast in “dangerous and life-threatening situation”; RFK Jr. says cyclosporiasis outbreak is “under control.”

Judge temporarily blocks officials from deporting witness of deadly Houston ICE shooting

Reporter USJuly 22, 2026

A federal judge in Texas this week temporarily barred immigration authorities from deporting one of the witnesses in the fatal shooting of Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month in Houston. U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison issued an order Monday blocking ICE from deporting Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego without […]

Democratic lawmakers slam Trump “vanity projects” in shadow hearing

Reporter USJuly 22, 2026

Congressional Democrats held a shadow hearing Tuesday to heap scorn on President Trump’s construction projects around Washington. Republicans did not participate. Lawmakers hammered the president for bulldozing norms in pursuit of his construction goals and imposing his likeness on buildings, coins and passports. They focused their ire on what one congressman called the president’s “vanity […]

Mexican man struck and killed by truck after ICE encounter in Florida was on vacation, officials say

Reporter USJuly 21, 2026

A Mexican man who was struck and killed by a tractor trailer in Florida after running from federal immigration officers was vacationing in the U.S. and had a tourist visa, according to a Mexico official and a group assisting his wife. Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, 28, died July 14 after authorities said he darted across […]

Ex-U.S. attorney in Seattle sues Trump over firing, arguing removal was unlawful

Reporter USJuly 21, 2026

Washington — The former U.S. attorney in Seattle who was fired from his post soon after federal judges in the area installed him in the role has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing that his removal was unlawful. Roger Rogoff is asking the federal district court in Seattle to void his firing last […]

New Jersey says software error improperly registered 6,600 noncitizens to vote

Reporter USJuly 21, 2026

About 6,600 people who indicated they were noncitizens while obtaining New Jersey driver’s licenses and other state IDs were improperly registered to vote in 2023 and 2024, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said on Tuesday. The governor, a Democrat who took office this year, blamed a Motor Vehicle Commission system software error but said a preliminary analysis […]

Senate committee advances Jay Clayton’s nomination for intelligence chief over Democrats’ opposition

Reporter USJuly 21, 2026

Washington — The Senate Intelligence Committee advanced Jay Clayton’s nomination for director of national intelligence on Tuesday, despite opposition from Democrats following his confirmation hearing earlier this month. In a 9 to 8 vote, the committee voted along party lines to advance Clayton’s nomination to the floor, GOP Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, the committee […]

Trump administration halts billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of fraud crackdown

Trump administration halts $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of fraud crackdown

Reporter USJuly 21, 2026

Washington — The Trump administration is pausing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of its crackdown on fraud in federal programs, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday. The pause comes after reviews conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, […]

Hegseth and Caine to testify before Senate panel amid escalating Iran war

Reporter USJuly 21, 2026

Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will testify before a Senate committee Tuesday amid escalations in the war with Iran in recent days. With a focus on the Trump administration’s supplemental funding request, the hearing comes as at least two U.S. soldiers were killed […]

Arizona Republicans vote for a candidate to take on Gov. Katie Hobbs, and more races to watch today

Reporter USJuly 21, 2026

Arizona voters will go to the polls Tuesday to choose who will take on Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, and key congressional districts are also holding primaries as the heated battle to control the House continues. Arizona has traditionally been a heavily Republican state, and six of its nine House representatives are Republicans. But the state […]

Trump blames Minnesota cyber attacks on its governor, not Iran

DOJ drops case against former Olympian accused of damaging Reflecting Pool

DOJ moves to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism charges against David Hearn, says damage due to “botched installation”

U.S. investigating if Iran was behind cyberattack on water systems in 7 states, including Minnesota

Ukrainian ambassador tracks how Kyiv’s relationship with Washington has evolved, saying “overall dynamics” have shifted

Blanche’s nomination for attorney general on hold over fate of DOJ’s “anti-weaponization fund”

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7/21: CBS Evening News – CBS News

Judge temporarily blocks officials from deporting witness of deadly Houston ICE shooting

Democratic lawmakers slam Trump “vanity projects” in shadow hearing

Mexican man struck and killed by truck after ICE encounter in Florida was on vacation, officials say

Ex-U.S. attorney in Seattle sues Trump over firing, arguing removal was unlawful

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