President Trump’s Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon will appear before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Thursday as the future of the agency that she could potentially lead hangs in the balance. Mr. Trump has long teased the possibility of closing the Department of Education, but he could be closer to
‘This bill allows us to streamline the process and repeal multiple burdensome regulations at once rather than one by one,’ said Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.). The House of Representatives passed legislation on Feb. 12 that would increase the powers of Congress to undo regulations pushed through in the final year of the Biden administration. Dubbed
The social media platform X will pay President Trump $10 million to settle a lawsuit over the nearly two-year-long suspension of his account in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, a person familiar with the matter told CBS News Wednesday. The White House declined to comment when reached by CBS News. X, then
President Donald Trump was elected Kennedy Center chair as the board replaces leadership, marking a major shift at the Washington arts institution. President Donald Trump has been elected chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by its newly constituted board of trustees, marking a sweeping leadership shakeup at the Washington-based arts
President Donald Trump lost his appeal of a stay granted by a judge, keeping Hampton Dellinger as head of the White House whistleblower office for another day. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit refused on Feb. 12 to hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a court stay, allowing the head
The president’s plans to reduce government waste and cut costs are being challenged by nearly two dozen states. President Donald Trump’s plan to freeze federal spending while reviewing government expenditures received another setback Wednesday, as a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled against the administration’s request to allow the payment pause to continue. Judge John
Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel was confirmed as the 67th lieutenant governor of Ohio Wednesday. Legendary Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel is now the lieutenant governor of Ohio. The Ohio state House of Representatives and state Senate voted to confirm Tressel on Wednesday. Tressel, who served as head coach of the Buckeyes