DHS Says It Will Reduce Wait Times for Religious Workers Outside the US

A Department of Homeland Security logo at a news conference in Washington, on Feb. 25, 2015. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Jan. 14 that it will reduce wait times for thousands of foreign religious workers to be readmitted to the United States, allowing them to return to

White House eyes prosecutor in deputy AG’s office for new fraud role, sources say

The frontrunner to oversee a new national counter-fraud push at the Justice Department in the wake of revelations of massive public benefits fraud in Minnesota is a top official in Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s office, sources familiar with the decision told CBS News.  Colin McDonald is being considered for the newly created position of

Trump Unveils New Health Care Affordability Plan

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with U.S. oil companies’ executives in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 9, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Jan. 15 released his administration’s new health care affordability plan, which aims to lower prices through marketplace reforms that include price negotiation,

Trump Asks Congress to Pass New Health Care Affordability Plan

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with US oil companies executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 9, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has asked Congress to ratify provisions of his health care affordability plan, which aims to lower prices through marketplace reforms

Bipartisan bill aims to make it a crime to share information about U.S. special forces

Washington — A bipartisan bill seeks to make it a crime to publicly share identifying information about special operations forces with the intent of threatening, intimidating or inciting violence against them. Republican Sen. Ted Budd of North Carolina and Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are introducing the bill, first shared with CBS News,