CBS News Live CBS News Minnesota Live MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced on Thursday that she will not run for reelection next year. “This job has been the honor of a lifetime. For the rest of my term, I’ll work as hard as I can for Minnesotans and our country,” Smith
The Education Department made department-wide cuts on Wednesday, including in its civil rights office, according to multiple sources familiar with the move, a day after President Trump said he’d like to see the department eliminated. The terminations were primarily sent to newer probationary employees hired within the last year, sources said. Layoff letters were emailed
The President of the United States of America, The Honorable Donald J. Trump hosted the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi for an Official Working Visit in Washington, DC on February 13, 2025. As the leaders of sovereign and vibrant democracies that value freedom, the rule of law, human rights, and pluralism, President
President Donald Trump's Education secretary nominee Linda McMahon faces fiery questioning from senators about the president's goal of dismantling the department.
The Trump administration is aiming to remedy unfair global trade with reciprocal tariffs. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Feb. 13 signed off on a plan to enact reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners, citing countries’ unfair barriers to trade against the United States. Trump said at the Oval Office that reciprocal tariffs mean “whatever countries charge
The Trump administration is aiming to remedy unfair global trade with reciprocal tariffs. President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order that raises U.S. tariffs to rates matching other countries. “Three great weeks, perhaps the best ever, but today is the big one: Reciprocal tariffs!!! Make America Great Again!!!” Trump wrote in all caps
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of Communications ________________________________________________________________ REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR., DURING SWEARING-IN CEREMONY Oval Office (February 13, 2025) 2:45 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good. Thank you very much. And thank you all for being here on this very exciting