U.S. sending nonviolent migrants to Guantanamo, officials say

"Low-risk" migrant detainees who lack serious criminal records or any at all are being sent to Guantanamo Bay as part of President Trump's deportation program, according to U.S. officials and internal documents. This comes after Mr. Trump said the military facility would house the "worst" migrants. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.

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Trump administration sending nonviolent migrants to Guantánamo Bay

President Trump has said the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay would house what he called the "worst" migrants. Still, according to both internal government documents and U.S. officials, the ...
CBS News - 3h
At least one U.S. citizen released from Belarus, Trump official says

Adam Boehler, the U.S. envoy for hostages, disclosed the release Wednesday.
CBS News - 3h
U.S. Is Releasing Russian Cybercriminal to Moscow, Officials Say

The release is part of a swap with the Kremlin that freed an American schoolteacher being held in a Russian prison.
The New York Times - 5h
U.S. sending "low-risk" migrants to Guantanamo, despite vow to send "the worst"

While the Trump administration has highlighted transfers of dangerous criminals to Guantanamo Bay, it is also sending nonviolent, "low-risk" migrants.
CBS News - 6h
Advocates ask court to give migrant detainees at Guantanamo access to lawyers

A group of advocates filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to require the Trump administration to give migrant detainees at Guantanamo Bay access to lawyers.
CBS News - 6h
Return to pre-2014 Ukraine borders ‘unrealistic’, says US defence secretary

Pete Hegseth also dismisses Kyiv’s goal of joining Nato
Financial Times - 11h
Trump Says He Wants to 'Clean Out' Gaza, Send Refugees to Egypt and Jordan

The president, calling the heavily bombed enclave “a demolition site,” proposed relocating Palestinians temporarily or long-term, a move rejected by Arab countries since the war began.
The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 26
FEMA claws back migrant housing funds, drawing battle with NYC officials

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) clawed back $80 million it gave to New York City to house migrants as the Trump administration seeks to crack down on the program. City officials, ...
The Hill - 4h
Advocates ask court to give migrant detainees at Guantanamo access to lawyers

A group of advocates filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to require the Trump administration to give migrant detainees at Guantanamo Bay access to lawyers.
CBS News - 6h
At least one U.S. citizen released from Belarus, Trump official says

Adam Boehler, the U.S. envoy for hostages, disclosed the release Wednesday.
CBS News - 7h
U.S. citizen, two others released from Belarus, official says

A Trump administration official says three people have been released from detention in Belarus, including one U.S. citizen. This comes as news emerges of President Trump holding a call with Russian ...
CBS News - 7h
U.S. sending "low-risk" migrants to Guantanamo, despite vow to send "the worst"

While the Trump administration has highlighted transfers of dangerous criminals to Guantanamo Bay, it is also sending nonviolent, "low-risk" migrants.
CBS News - 11h
US no longer ‘primarily focused’ on Europe’s security, says Pete Hegseth

US defence secretary says Europe should lead in defending Ukraine and that restoring pre-2014 borders is unrealistic. Europe live – latest updates Donald Trump’s newly appointed defence ...
The Guardian - 12h
US to remain in Ukraine arms initiative, says UK

Donald Trump had previously warned that he could suspend US shipments to Kyiv
Financial Times - 13h
Russian held in US to be freed in exchange for Fogel release, Kremlin says

Detained in Russia since 2021, Fogel landed back in the U.S. on Tuesday.
ABC News - 14h
Top FEMA Official Is Fired Over Payments for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters

The Trump administration fired the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s chief financial officer and three others after Elon Musk misleadingly claimed the agency had used disaster relief funds for ...
The New York Times - 1d
FEMA officials fired after Musk claims they paid to house migrants in 'luxury' hotels

After Elon Musk complained about federal spending for housing migrants in New York, the Department of Homeland Security announced four FEMA officials have been fired.
ABC News - 1d
US border officials tour USAid building amid speculation of office takeover

Agency staffers observe CBP representatives conducting ‘walkthrough’ of space as they remain barred from entering. US politics live – latest updates Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ...
The Guardian - 1d
Migrants’ bodies in Libya mass graves had gunshot wounds, IOM says

Some of the bodies of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya bore gunshot wounds, the International Organization for Migration said Monday, adding that one of the sites is thought to contain up ...
NBC News - 1d
US justice department official seeks dismissal of charges against Eric Adams

Federal prosecutors ordered to drop charges against New York mayor, who has cultivated relationship with Trump. A top official at the US Department of Justice has ordered federal prosecutors to ...
The Guardian - 2d
Pope's envoy worried over USAID cuts, US migrant crackdown

The Vatican's charity is voicing outrage at what it calls the “reckless” and “unhuman” U.S. plans to gut USAID
ABC News - 2d
Court blocks Trump administration from sending three migrants to Guantánamo

A federal court on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from sending three migrants to the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. U.S. District Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales temporarily halted ...
The Hill - 2d
UN official says Sudan paramilitary group is preventing life-saving aid from famine-hit Darfur

The United Nations’ top humanitarian official in Sudan says the paramilitary group at war with the military in Sudan is preventing life-saving aid from reaching many people in the famine-hit Darfur ...
ABC News - 2d
US committed to buying and owning Gaza, says Trump

There has been global condemnation of his plan to take over the strip and move its Palestinians out.
BBC News - 2d
US officials are bound for Europe for top-level talks on Ukraine

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz says that top administration officials are traveling to Europe this week
ABC News - 3d
Bodies of migrants found in Libya mass grave, authorities say

It comes just days after another mass grave with 19 bodies was found on a farm nearby.
BBC News - 3d
Dozens of Maoist Guerrillas Killed in Central India, Officials Say

Rebels known as Naxalites have waged an insurgency that has ebbed and flowed over decades, but government operations have given them less space to maneuver.
The New York Times - 3d
Kurdish officials fear Islamic State revival as US aid cuts loom

Humanitarian groups worried north-east Syrian camps holding suspected IS members will lose basic facilities. Kurdish officials have warned of an Islamic State resurgence if US foreign aid cuts take ...
The Guardian - 3d
Israeli official says force withdrawal from key Gaza corridor has begun, as part of ceasefire deal

An Israeli official says that Israeli forces have begun withdrawing from a key Gaza corridor, part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas that is moving ahead
ABC News - 3d
Can Trump actually fly migrants to Guantanamo Bay daily?

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is visiting Guantanamo Bay on Friday to survey the Trump administration's efforts to transform the Naval station into a massive migrant detention center. ...
CBS News - 5d
All USAID humanitarian work has effectively stopped, officials say

Current and former USAID officials blasted the Trump administration's gutting of the agency, saying it has left critical partners in the lurch and staff in limbo.
ABC News - 5d
Trump says Nippon Steel has dropped plan to buy US Steel

US president warns he could hit Japan with tariffs after vowing to place levies on imports from Canada and Mexico
Financial Times - 5d
USAID Turmoil Threatens Key Aid Supplies to Gaza, Officials Say

Washington has funded roughly a third of the aid sent to the enclave since the war began. With most agency workers set to be put on leave, officials say that those supplies are under threat.
The New York Times - 5d
A Russian spy ship caught fire off Syria, officials say. Here's what it broadcasts

The Associated Press has obtained audio of what military officials say is a broadcast from a Russian spy ship that suffered a fire and drifted uncontrolled off Syria's coast last month
ABC News - 5d
Guatemala gives Rubio a second deportation deal for migrants being sent home from the US

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from the United States
ABC News - 6d
Guatemala strikes deal with Rubio to accept migrants from other countries deported from the US

Guatemala’s president says his country will accept migrants from other countries being deported from the United States
ABC News - Feb. 5