Top advisers have sent President Trump a plan to create a government-run investment fund, a request the president made earlier this year — but the White House has rejected parts of the proposal, CBS News has learned. Mr. Trump asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to jointly develop a proposal for
A mob of Columbia University radicals stormed a campus library Wednesday afternoon, forcing out dozens of students studying for their final exams. Police were called after about four hours, resulting in roughly 80 arrests. Video footage shows around 100 masked radicals in dark clothing storming Butler Library around 3 p.m., pushing their way past a
President Trump will nominate Dr. Casey Means to serve as U.S. surgeon general, he announced Wednesday — shortly after the White House withdrew the president’s earlier pick of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for the key public health post. Mr. Trump said in a Truth Social post that Means “has impeccable ‘MAHA’ credentials” — referring to the
Means, who is aligned with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., replaces Trump’s original nominee for the role. President Donald Trump announced on May 7 that Dr. Casey Means—a functional medicine physician aligned with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—to be his new nominee for surgeon general after withdrawing
Means, who is aligned with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., replaces Trump’s original nominee for the role. President Donald Trump announced on May 7 that Dr. Casey Means—a functional medicine physician aligned with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—would be his new nominee for surgeon general after he
The White House has withdrawn President Trump’s nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for U.S. surgeon general, and Mr. Trump announced a new pick on social media Wednesday. Nesheiwat’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee had been scheduled for Thursday. The office of Sen. Bernie Sanders, the ranking Democrat on the
OJ Oleka, CEO of the State Financial Officers Foundation, said President Donald Trump's executive order ending DEI programs in the federal government has returned power to the people.