Trump Admin’s Proposed Budget Guts Renewable Energy, Trims Nuclear Development Spending

House panels gets first glimpse of Department of Energy’s $45 billion spending request, which is nearly 10-percent less than this year’s enacted budget. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 Department of Energy $45.1 billion budget guts $19.3 billion in dedicated funding for Biden-era “green energy” initiatives, including slashing three-quarters of approved allocations for energy efficiency and

Energy Budget Blueprint Cuts $19.3 Billion From Biden-Era Initiatives

House panels gets first glimpse of Department of Energy’s $45 billion spending request, which is nearly 10-percent less than this year’s enacted budget. The Trump administration’s proposed budget for the Department of Energy cuts $19.3 billion in dedicated funding for Biden-era “green energy” initiatives. Overall, the Department of Energy’s $45.1 billion spending request is 9.4

Bessent and Lutnick sent plan for U.S. sovereign wealth fund — but White House has pushed back

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

Columbia Radicals Take Over Campus Library, Forcing Out Students Studying for Finals

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

Dr. Casey Means, Trump’s new surgeon general nominee, is RFK Jr. ally

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

Trump Nominates MAHA-Aligned Dr. Casey Means as Surgeon General

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