President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to prioritize and free up federal funding for school choice programs, according to a White House document on an upcoming executive order obtained by CBS News. The executive order directs the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, to submit a plan to Mr. Trump for how military
Caroline Kennedy sent a letter to lawmakers urging them not to confirm her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services, calling him "a predator" and arguing he is "unqualified" both professionally and personally.
The White House said the move would align spending with Trump’s agenda. Critics said it’s unconstitutional. The Trump administration’s pause on federal aid raises legal questions and has prompted Democrats to level charges of overreach. Matthew J. Vaeth, acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, issued a memo on Jan. 27
The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to quit in September in a 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 says employees have until Feb. 6 to decide whether to participate in a “deferred resignation program,” which
The tally to enact cloture on The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act was 54–45, six votes short of the 60 votes needed. The Senate failed on Jan. 28 to clear a procedural hurdle on a bill that would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) over issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s controversial pick to head the federal Department of Health and Human Services, will appear Wednesday before a Senate panel that is crucial to advance his nomination. Kennedy is due to appear first at the Senate Committee on Finance, the panel that will ultimately be the committee with the deciding
The candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a special congressional election to replace former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida.