Trump’s outreach to Putin marks stark shift from Biden administration policy – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump held a lengthy phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and directed members of his national security team to “immediately” begin negotiations aimed at ending Russia’s war with Ukraine. Trump and Putin also agreed
Elon Musk, a man absent from the proceedings, was a major focus—but possible solutions to waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid were addressed too. At the first hearing of the House’s Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its leader Elon Musk drove many of the charged
A top-ranking scientist at the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Lawrence Tabak, was forced to retire this week, multiple people familiar with the move say, marking the highest-profile departure of a health official under the Trump administration so far this year. Tabak’s retirement, which he told colleagues was effective Tuesday, ends a decades-long tenure serving
President Trump called the Department of Education a "con job" and called for it to close immediately after learning the U.S. ranks 40th in education and first in cost per pupil.
The judge had issued a temporary hold on the program. A federal judge has removed a block he had previously placed on the Trump administration’s buyout program for federal workers and denied unions’ request for further relief. Massachusetts Judge George O’Toole said in a Feb. 12 order that the plaintiffs lacked standing and the court
‘The world has taken advantage of the United States for many years,’ Trump said from the Oval Office. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on Feb. 12 that he would soon unveil his highly anticipated “reciprocal tariffs,” imposing levies on a wide range of countries, as he had previously warned. Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office,
Representatives from both parties leveled accusations at each other during heated hearing on improper payments by government. News Analysis Republicans and Democrats on the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) sparred on Feb. 12 about the hundreds of billions of tax dollars lost annually to improper payments, but little was said about the