USAID putting nearly all staff on leave; overseas missions shuttering

Washington — Nearly all staff for the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, will be placed on leave Friday night, the agency announced on its website Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, all overseas missions for USAID had been ordered to shut down, and all staff recalled by Friday, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News. 

Trump: ‘US Will Take Over the Gaza Strip’ to Rebuild

President Donald Trump made the remarks after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. WASHINGTON—After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump suggested the United States could “take over” the Gaza Strip to rebuild it. Trump doubled down on his previous idea that today’s Gazans

Withdrawing the United States from and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.  The United States helped found the United Nations (UN) after World War II to prevent future global conflicts and promote international peace and security.  But some of the

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects Safety, Fairness, and Dignity in Women’s Sports

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order keeping men out of women’s sports. The Executive Order upholds the promise of Title IX and ends the dangerous and unfair participation of men in women’s sports. The order requires DOJ to abide by the nationwide vacatur of the previous

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Maximum Pressure on Iran

RESTORING MAXIMUM PRESSURE ON IRAN: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) restoring maximum pressure on the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, denying Iran all paths to a nuclear weapon, and countering Iran’s malign influence abroad. The NSPM establishes that: Iran should be denied a nuclear weapon and

National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-2

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE              THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY              THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE              THE ATTORNEY GENERAL              THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY              THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR              THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY              THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OF STAFF              THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE              THE UNITED STATES PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE                 UNITED