Senators question experts during a hearing on national security and trade implications surrounding the Panama Canal. An international law expert testifying before the U.S. Senate on national security threats to the Panama Canal said that “foreign operation” of the canal is prohibited and that China’s de facto control of ports on both ends of the
A White House memo ordering a broad freeze on federal grants and loans by 5 p.m. Tuesday has ordinary Americans who depend on such aid, as well as seasoned budget experts, scratching their heads. The memo suspending the federal funding was vague in its wording, causing confusion within federal assistance programs, at nonprofits and among
The Trump administration told federal employees in an email that they are required to return to the office, and for those who don't, they will be offered buyouts.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services will appear before two panels on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will appear on Jan. 29 at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee
The judge ordered a brief administrative stay on portions of the freeze. A federal judge temporarily blocked part of President Donald Trump’s directive to pause federal loans, grants, and other financial assistance on Jan. 28, hours after advocacy groups and several Democratic state attorneys general filed lawsuits against the administration. During a Tuesday afternoon hearing
The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to quit in a buyout program meant to end work-from-home practices, senior administration officials told CBS News. A government-wide email President Trump’s aides planned to send Tuesday will say employees have about a week to decide whether to participate in a “deferred resignation program.” It
Trump’s Treasury secretary became the highest-ranking openly gay official to be confirmed by the Senate (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made history as the nation’s highest-ranking gay official after the Senate confirmed him to the cabinet post on Monday. But the confirmation has gone unmentioned by the country’s top LGBT groups, which effusively