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13+ min ago (75+ words) A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia again. The 30-year-old Salvadoran national returned to his Maryland home Thursday night after being held for months at an immigration detention facility in Pennsylvania. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the latest. Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia again Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia again...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (67+ words) Stocks dipped lower on Friday as tech and AI companies came under pressure from President Trump. He signed an executive order on Thursday to stop state regulation of artificial intelligence, arguing that a patchwork set of rules could hold the U.S. back from dominating the competition. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has more. Breaking down what Trump's executive order to block state AI regulations means...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago (36+ words) Jurors began deliberations Friday in Brian Walshe's murder trial. Walshe is accused of killing his wife Ana, a charge he denies. Legal analyst Jennifer Roman joins to discuss. Jury begins deliberations in Brian Walshe murder trial...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago (397+ words) Judge William Waggoner, 34, was arrested Wednesday in Montgomery County, where he recently announced he would be running for a Justice of the Peace office in 2026. Court records show that a Conroe municipal judge who was arrested earlier this week for allegedly driving while intoxicated has faced similar charges before. Judge William Waggoner, 34, was arrested Wednesday in Montgomery County on charges of DWI and unlawfully carrying a weapon. According to court documents, Waggoner allegedly had a handgun in his possession when he was arrested for suspicion of DWI. Waggoner was elected in June 2022 after defeating Meloney Turner in a runoff election prompted by the retirement of Judge Mike Davis. Waggoner's recent arrest came a week after he announced that he would be running for Montgomery County Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1 in 2026. RELATED: Here's who will be on March primary…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago (726+ words) The study " which was intended to address pay disparities across the county's 62 departments " yielded incomplete and inconsistent results, according to a county executive's review of the findings." Harris County commissioners on Thursday slammed a consulting firm over the results of a costly pay equity study they said was riddled with errors. Gallagher Benefit Services was selected last year to conduct the study, for $1.2 million, that reviewed more than 20,000 county positions and provided recommendations for implementing a department-wide equitable pay structure. On Thursday, commissioners raised concerns about the methodology that was used, bashing the firm for the study they called "subpar." Though the county was set to implement pay structure changes by February, the concerns raised by commissioners and during meetings with county departments could delay the schedule. The discussion came weeks after the firm presented its findings of the study,…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago (65+ words) Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado tells "Face the Nation" she plans to return home to Venezuela, where she says the current regime has "turned even more violent" because "they know their days are numbered." Watch more of the Venezuelan opposition leader's interview Sunday on "Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan. Nobel Prize winner Maria Corina Machado says Venezuela's "criminal regime is falling apart"...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago (312+ words) The Skipper was seized amid growing tensions between the Trump administration and Venezuelan President Nicol's Maduro in a conflict that has implications for the oil industry in Houston and beyond. The oil tanker seized by the United States near the coast of Venezuela earlier this week is headed to the Houston region, according to multiple national news outlets. NBC News and Reuters both reported that the tanker " known as the Skipper " is planned to be held at a Houston-area port. The crew will be released upon docking, according to the reports. The tanker's seizure comes amidst growing tensions between the Trump administration and Venezuelan President Nicol's Maduro. Francisco Monaldi, the director of the Latin America Energy Program at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, said the conflict has implications for the oil industry in Houston and beyond. "Refiners are…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago (879+ words) Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath makes remarks at the "History Heroes" press conference in Alamo Plaza on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. Morath announced Thursday that the TEA is replacing the elected school boards of the Beaumont,Connally and Lake Worth school districts. The Texas Education Agency is replacing the elected school boards of the Beaumont,Connally and Lake Worth school districts, Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced Thursday. State law allows Morath to either close a campus or appoint new leadership if at least one school in the district receives five consecutive failing grades in Texas" academic accountability system. Each of the districts met that threshold. Pending appeals, the commissioner plans to replace each district"s school board with a state-selected board of managers. Morath will also appoint a conservator with governing authority over current district and campus leaders during the transition,…...

2+ hour, 52+ min ago (170+ words) Today: We talk with The Daytripper's Chet Garner, learn about Christmas Village at Bayou Bend, break down President Trump's financial aid package for American farmers, and more. On today's Hello Houston, we're joined by Chet Garner, host of the six-time Emmy Award-winning travel series, The Daytripper, who tells us more about the series and where you and your family can travel during this holiday season. Then, Daniel Ackermann, Director of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens at MFAH, joins us to tell us all about Christmas Village at Bayou Bend and how the museum's historic mansion is transformed into an immersive holiday experience. In the second hour of the show, Russell Boening, President of the Texas Farm Bureau, helps break down President Trump's $12 billion aid package for American Farmers, and whether this aid package will be enough to support farmers dealing…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago (413+ words) Updated on: December 12, 2025 / 2:41 PM EST / CBS News A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth's solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA researchers." The exoplanet's low density has surprised and baffled scientists, NASA said. It may have an unusual composition from planets in Earth's solar system. It could also be surrounded by a thick atmosphere, which would not be expected on an exoplanet with these features. But the James Webb Space Telescope helped scientists gather data that showed that unlikely scenario might be the case. " Researchers used the telescope's Near-Infrared Spectrograph to measure the exoplanet's dayside temperature. If the exoplanet has no atmosphere, scientists estimated its dayside temperature would be about 4,900 degrees Fahrenheit. But the spectrograph found TOI-561b's temperature closer to 3,200 degrees Fahrenheit, far cooler than expected." Just determining the temperature of the exoplanet doesn't…...