A significant number of diplomats in leadership roles at the State Department were told to step aside just before President Trump took office, two sources tell CBS News. The shakeup has affected at least 20 State Department officials, including career diplomats and political appointees serving in leadership roles, who received notification as early as Friday,
After President Trump criticizes California Gov. Newsom over the Los Angeles area wildfires during his inauguration address, the Democratic governor says he'll look for "common ground" with the new administration.
Some onlookers observed that President Donald Trump didn’t place his hand on the Bible when sworn in at his inauguration, prompting questions about how the Bible traditionally factors into the ceremony. While it is common for incoming presidents to place their hand on a Bible while taking the oath of office, it’s not a legal
Some onlookers observed that President Donald Trump didn’t place his hand on the Bible when sworn in at his inauguration, prompting questions about how the Bible traditionally factors into the ceremony. While it is common for incoming presidents to place their hand on a Bible while taking the oath of office, it’s not a legal
After four years of lawfare against President Donald Trump and in the waning hours of his failed presidency, Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to his family members and political allies to protect them from the turnabout to which they were now exposed having failed to jail Trump or stop his return to the White
A sweeping federal cost-cutting effort led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is facing multiple lawsuits, with the litigation coinciding with President Trump’s January inauguration. One suit, filed Monday by a public interest law firm called National Security Counselors, claims DOGE is operating as a federal advisory committee. That puts
A public interest law firm that touts its connections to left-wing groups filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s waste-cutting plan, nicknamed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), within minutes of Trump’s inauguration. According to the suit, filed by National Security Counselors, DOGE violates the Federal Advisory Committee Act, a 1972 law that requires federal