The 12-month rolling deficit topped $2 trillion. The data show the U.S. government is still borrowing ‘at an alarming rate,’ said one analyst. According to new Treasury Department data, the U.S. government registered a $840 billion budget deficit in the first four months of fiscal year 2025, up 58 percent from the previous year. In
A former official at the U.S. Agency for International Development called out USAID's green energy programs as especially harmful for developing nations at a U.S. House hearing.
NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke out after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed an extradition warrant for a New York doctor indicted by a grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online. Hochul has previously said she would not cooperate with any extradition order for Dr. Margaret Carpenter. Prosecutors said a mother ordered the pill online and
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, while making a stop in Ireland on his way back from Ukraine, signed the airport welcome book with a simple, yet powerful, two-word message.
Manhattan’s top career federal prosecutor resigned after attorneys in her office were directed to drop their criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, three sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News. Danielle Sassoon stepped down from her role as acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York on Thursday,
Trans executive orders from Trump Trump to sign executive order banning trans athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports 03:45 Washington — A federal judge in Maryland agreed Thursday to temporarily halt President Trump’s executive action that restricts access to gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19, according to the groups challenging the
‘The department will not stand idly by while Jewish students are attacked and discriminated against,’ McMahon tells Senate committee (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department, sailed through her confirmation hearing Thursday, pledging to tackle anti-Semitism and end diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. In her opening remarks, McMahon,