Trump to reshape military with new exec orders; Colombia bends to tariff threat: Live

According to a fact sheet on the order obtained by CNN, President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today that would begin the process of creating a “next-generation” missile defense shield for the U.S.

The order calls for an “Iron Dome” for America, borrowing the name of the vaunted short-range Israeli missile defense system that has been used for years to intercept launches from Gaza. The U.S. provided billions of dollars in funding to Iron Dome, and the U.S. Army has its own system.

“The Executive Order directs implementation of a next generation missile defense shield for the United States against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles, and other next generation aerial attacks,” the fact sheet states, calling such potential attacks as a “catastrophic threat.”

This order calls for an advanced space-based series of systems to detect and shoot down launches against the U.S. — something of a throwback to President Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” initiative from the 1980s to thwart a Soviet attack that never came to fruition.

No timeline or estimated cost is mentioned in the fact sheet.

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The Air Force restored the use of training material referring to the storied Tuskegee Airmen after a temporary delay to edit its courses to meet the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, the service said, resolving an issue roiling as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth began his first day at the Pentagon.

Hegseth said in a post on X on Sunday that any move to cut the training was “immediately reversed.” But the swirl of confusion reflects an ongoing struggle as leaders across the Defense Department try to purge diversity mentions from their websites and training.

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The White House says Colombia has agreed to President Donald Trump’s terms following a weekend dispute over deportation flights from the United States using military aircraft, averting a trade war within the first week of Trump’s presidency.

Trump threatened Colombia with “decisive retaliatory measures” including tariffs and visa sanctions after Colombia denied entry to two U.S. flights on military planes carrying people who were allegedly living in the country without legal permission.

Gustaf Kilander and Alex Woodward report.

Lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.

RFK Jr., a known vaccine-sceptic, faces his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Andrew Georgeson reports.

The Trump administration has directed officials to stop allowing immigrants into the U.S. through parole programs and to stop extending their status if that is how they came into the country, per an internal Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by CBS News.

This will impact Ukrainians with U.S. sponsors who fled the war in their home country, as well as Afghan evacuees and others.

The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.S. partner.

Long close partners in anti-narcotics efforts, the U.S. and Colombia clashed Sunday over the deportation of migrants and imposed tariffs on each other’s goods in a show of what other countries could face if they intervene in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. The White House held up the episode as a warning to other nations who might seek to impede his plans.

Earlier, the U.S. president had ordered visa restrictions, 25% tariffs on all Colombian incoming goods, which would be raised to 50% in one week, and other retaliatory measures sparked by President Gustavo Petro’s decision to reject two Colombia-bound U.S. military aircraft carrying migrants after Petro accused Trump of not treating immigrants with dignity during deportation. Petro also announced a retaliatory 25% increase in Colombian tariffs on U.S. goods.

Trump said the measures were necessary because Petro’s decision “jeopardized” national security in the U.S. by blocking the deportation flights.

Here’s Gustaf Kilander’s report on Sunday’s tussle between the two leaders: