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““60 Minutes” on Sunday aired its story about Trump administration deportations that was abruptly pulled from the newsmagazine’s lineup a month ago, a move that had triggered an internal battle about political pressure that spilled out into the open. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi made no reference to her dispute with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss in the story about deportees who had been sent to El Salvador’s notoriously harsh CECOT prison. When the segment was struck from the Dec. 21 episode on Weiss’ orders, Alfonsi told her “60 Minutes” colleagues that it “was not an editorial decision, it was a political one.” Weiss had argued that the story did not sufficiently reflect the administration’s viewpoint or advance reporting that had been done by other news organizations earlier. The story shown Sunday included no on-camera interviews with Trump administration officials. But it did include statements from the White House and Department of Homeland Security that were not part of what Alfonsi had used before her story was pulled. Some of statements, which were carried in full on the “60 Minutes” website, were dated prior to Dec. 21. “Since November, ‘60 Minutes’ has made several attempts to interview key Trump administration officials on camera about our story,” Alfonsi said. “They declined our requests.” Alfonsi did not immediately return a message from The Associated Press on Sunday. She said in her email that the administration’s refusal to consent to on-camera interviews was a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. CBS says it was always going to air the piece CBS News, in a statement said, that its “leadership has always been committed to airing the ”60 Minutes” CECOT piece as soon as it was ready. Tonight, viewers get to see it, along with other important stories, all of which speak to CBS News’ independence and the power of our storytelling.” Alfonsi’s report was the second of three on Sunday’s show, with the lead story being Cecilia Vega’s report from Minneapolis about ICE enforcement efforts and the protests to its tactics. The initial decision to sideline Alfonsi’s CECOT story became a flashpoint for critics who said the appointment of Weiss, founder of the Free Press website who had no previous experience in television news, represented an attempt by the network’s new corporate leadership to curry favor with Trump. Media Dec 23, 2025 Postponed '60 Minutes' segment on Salvadoran prison is streamed by Canadian outlet Television Dec 22, 2025 '60 Minutes' holds off on airing critical piece on Trump deportation policy While pulled from the broadcast in December, Alfonsi’s original story mistakenly became available online. CBS News had fed a version of the newsmagazine to Global Television, a network that airs “60 Minutes” in Canada, which posted it on its website before the last-minute switch removing the piece. That enabled sharp-eyed viewers to see what Weiss had rejected, offering the opportunity to compare it to what “60 Minutes” eventually put on the air. The body of the story was unchanged. It included a brief clip of President Donald Trump saying the prison operators “don’t play games,” and one from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying that “heinous monsters, rapists, murderers, sexual assaulters, predators who have no right to be in this country” were sent there. Alfonsi’s introduction was updated to lead with the Jan. 3 U.S. raid that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, currently held in U.S. custody. She changed the end of the story to include the administration comment, including its explanation for not providing detailed records on the migrants sent to El Salvador. The administration also provided photos of tattoos worn by the two migrants Alfonsi interviewed, including one swastika that the interviewee said he had gotten as a teen-ager not knowing what it meant. The…

It’s almost time to crown a national champion. The College Football Playoff national championship game is set for Monday as the unbeaten No. 1-seeded Indiana Hoosiers (15-0) take on the No. 10 Miami Hurricanes (13-2). This is the first national title game appearance in the CFP era for both programs. Curt Cignetti’s Hoosiers are looking to complete a perfect season and secure their first-ever national title. Indiana boasts the No. 2 scoring offense and No. 2 scoring defense – both of which have been on full display in the CFP. The Hoosiers won their first two playoff games by a combined score of 94-25. They returned from a first-round bye with a 38-3 Rose Bowl blowout win over the No. 9 Alabama Crimson Tide before rolling past the No. 5 Oregon Ducks 56-22 in the Peach Bowl. Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and projected No. 1 overall NFL draft pick Fernando Mendoza had more touchdown passes (8) than incompletions (5) over the two bowl victories. Indiana now meets a Miami team that will get to play for the national title at its home stadium. Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, is the site of this year’s championship game. Mario Cristobal’s Hurricanes received a controversial first-ever CFP bid, but they’ve certainly shown they belong among college football’s elites. Miami’s stout defense powered its first two playoff wins, as the Hurricanes defeated the No. 7 Texas A&M Aggies 10-3 before bouncing the defending champion No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes 24-14 in the Cotton Bowl.  And then it was the Hurricanes’ offense that came up clutch in a 31-27 Fiesta Bowl victory, as Miami and the No. 6 Ole Miss Rebels combined for 25 points in a roller-coaster fourth quarter that saw four lead changes. Carson Beck engineered a 15-play, 75-yard go-ahead drive, which was capped by the quarterback scrambling for a touchdown inside the final 20 seconds. So, will Indiana finish off a perfect championship season? Or will Miami celebrate its first national title in decades on its home field? Here’s how to watch the CFP national championship: When is the Miami vs. Indiana CFP national championship game? The Hoosiers and Hurricanes will meet on Monday, Jan. 19. What time does the CFP national championship game start? The national title game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT/4:30 p.m. PT. What TV channel is the CFP national championship game on? ESPN will air the national championship. College Football Playoff Jan 15 Here's how much tickets to the Miami vs. Indiana CFP national championship cost College Football Dec 19, 2025 Who has the most College Football Playoff appearances, championships? Where to stream the CFP national championship game live online It will also be available to stream on ESPN.com and the ESPN app. How many football national championships have the Indiana Hoosiers won? The Hoosiers are seeking their first national championship. How many football national championships have the Miami Hurricanes won? The Hurricanes own five national championships, most recently claiming a BCS championship in the 2001 season. Miami was also an outright national champion in 1983, 1987 and 1989, while earning a title share with Washington in 1991.

Spanish police said Monday that at least 39 people are confirmed dead in a high-speed train collision the previous night in the south of the country. Efforts to recover the bodies are continuing and the death toll is likely to rise. Some bodies were found hundreds of meters from the crash site, Andalusia regional president Juanma Moreno said. The crash occurred Sunday at 7:45 p.m. when the tail end of a train carrying 289 passengers on the route from Malaga to the capital, Madrid, went off the rails at 7:45 p.m. It slammed into an incoming train traveling from Madrid to Huelva, another southern Spanish city, according to rail operator Adif. The head of the second train, which was carrying nearly 200 passengers, took the brunt of the impact, Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente said. That collision knocked its first two carriages off the track and sent them plummeting down a 4-meter (13-foot) slope. Puente said that it appeared the largest number of the deaths occurred in those carriages. Authorities said all the survivors had been rescued in the early morning while work remained to recover and identify the dead. Moreno said Monday morning that emergency services were still searching. “It is likely (that there will be more dead people found) when you look at the mass of metal that is there. The firefighters have done a great job, but unfortunately when they get the heavy machinery to lift the carriages it is probable we will find more victims.” “Here at ground zero, when you look at this mass of twisted iron, you see the violence of the impact,” Moreno said. Moreno said that authorities are also searching the area near the accident for possible bodies. “The impact was so incredibly violent that we have found bodies hundreds of meters away,” Moreno said. Various Spaniards who had loved ones traveling on the trains posted messages on social media saying they were unaccounted for and pleading for any information. Spain’s Civil Guard opened an office in Cordoba, the nearest city to the crash, for family members of the missing to seek help and leave DNA samples to be used to possibly identify bodies. Video and photos showed twisted train cars lying on their sides under floodlights late on Sunday. Passengers reported climbing out of smashed windows, with some using emergency hammers to break the windows, according to Salvador Jiménez, a journalist for Spanish broadcaster RTVE, who was on board one of the derailed trains. He told the network by phone Sunday that “there was a moment when it felt like an earthquake and the train had indeed derailed.” Authorities said 159 people were injured. As of Monday, that included 11 adults and one child in critical condition. The collision took place near Adamuz, a town in the province of Cordoba, about 370 kilometers (about 230 miles) south of Madrid. A sports center was turned into a makeshift hospital in Adamuz and the Spanish Red Cross set up a help center offering assistance to emergency services and people seeking information. Members of the Civil Guard and civil defense worked on site throughout the night. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed his condolences to the victims’ families. “Tonight is a night of deep pain for our country,” he wrote on X. The prime minister will visit the accident site on Monday, according to his office. Officials call accident ‘strange’ Transport Minister Puente early Monday said the cause of the crash was unknown. He called it “a truly strange” incident because it happened on a flat stretch of track that had been renovated in May. He also said the train that jumped the track was less than 4 years old. That train belonged to the private company Iryo, while the second train, which took the brunt of the impact, was part of Spain’s public train company, Renfe. According to Puente, the back part of the first train derailed and crashed into the head of the other train. When asked by reporters how long an inquiry into the crash’s cause could…

The FBI has asked agents from field offices across the United States to voluntarily travel to Minneapolis for temporary assignments as the city reels from anti-ICE protests and the fatal shooting of Renee Good, according to two sources. The request was first reported by Bloomberg and confirmed by a law enforcement official familiar with the messages and another source familiar with the requests who has seen the messages. It isn’t clear what the exact assignment would be for volunteers who do relocate, but the second source told NBC News that the agents will investigate AFO cases — an FBI designation to identify and charge suspects accused of assault on a federal officer. Agents are also needed to investigate vandalism and theft of property from FBI vehicles, the second source added. It comes as there’s been a surge of federal immigration personnel in Minnesota and protests have rocked the state in outrage over the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Good in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. At the moment, the request call is voluntary, and there’s not a mass surge of FBI agents to Minneapolis, the sources said. A spokesperson for the FBI declined to comment. The scale of the immigration enforcement presence in Minneapolis — with roughly 3,000 federal immigration officers— appears to be greater than prior operations in blue cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles. Residents have described the swell of officers as “an invasion,” with agents seen in unmarked cars idling on neighborhood streets, at stores and parking lots, and going door to door. Local officials including Mayor Jacob Frey have called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to leave the city. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump last week threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to protesters, calling them “professional agitators and insurrectionists.”

Bruce Springsteen lambasted the federal crackdown on immigrants during a performance Saturday, as he dedicated a song to the memory of Renee Nicole Good, who was killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. Springsteen characterized federal law enforcement participating in the Trump administration’s crackdown as “heavily armed, masked federal troops invading an American city, using Gestapo tactics against their fellow citizens.” Springsteen was performing at Light of Day Winterfest at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, New Jersey, Saturday night when he dedicated his 1978 song “The Promised Land” to Good’s memory, according to cellphone video from the performance shared by NJ.com. In the video, Springsteen said he wrote the song “as an ode to American possibility,” and added that the United States’ ideals and values are “being tested as it has never been in modern times.” He told the crowd he hoped his message would reach President Donald Trump. “If you believe you don’t deserve to be murdered for exercising your American right to protest, then send a message to this president. And as the mayor of that city has said: ‘ICE should get the f— out of Minneapolis,” Springsteen told a supportive home state crowd, echoing the words of Mayor Jacob Frey. Good was behind the wheel of an SUV in a residential street when she was fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross. Ross was near the front, driver’s side corner of Good’s vehicle when it began pulling away and he fired three rounds, killing the mother of three and setting off a firestorm of criticism. Cellphone video of the shooting showed Good turning the steering wheel away from Ross as she began to drive. Federal officials said the shooting was a defensive action in the face of a potentially deadly weapon, the SUV, moving in the officer’s direction. Ross walked away from the scene unassisted, video showed, but Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said he was later treated and released from a hospital after being struck by the vehicle. A DHS official told NBC News that Ross suffered internal bleeding, but did not elaborate on his injuries. Noem said shortly after the shooting that what Good had done was “domestic terrorism,” and Trump, without offering any evidence to support the claim, called Good and her partner “professional agitators.” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Frey, both Democrats, have been at odds with federal officials who have justified Good’s shooting. They have also questioned why the FBI has cut out local authorities from the investigation into the shooting. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson responded to Springsteen’s criticism in a statement first published by The New York Times. “Unfortunately for Bruce, no one cares about his bad political opinions,” Jackson said. “And if he actually believed in ‘the power of the law,’ he would understand that criminal illegal aliens should be deported, that impeding federal law enforcement operations is a crime, and that officers have a right to act in self defense if an individual is using their car as a deadly weapon.” The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday. Donald Trump May 20, 2025 ‘Dried out prune'? ‘Corrupt' and ‘incompetent'? Springsteen vs. Trump feud gets messy Music & Musicians May 21, 2025 Bruce Springsteen releases politically charged live EP, fueling Trump feud Music & Musicians May 16, 2025 Bruce Springsteen opens U.K. tour by calling Trump ‘unfit' for office Springsteen followed U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., podcaster Joe Rogan and others in comparing current ICE tactics to those of the Gestapo. The Gestapo was the secret police force of Nazi Germany that helped round up Jews and send them to their deaths at concentration camps. They were characterized by cruelty, torture and an accountability-free reign. Good’s death came amid a federal immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota that has…