President Trump said Monday that the release of thousands of photos from the government’s files on Jeffrey Epstein risked ensnaring “highly respected” people with no connection to the late sex offender’s crimes, in the president’s first public remarks since the files were released last week. The congressionally mandated releases brought to light images of former
A federal judge on Monday gave the Trump administration two weeks to submit a plan to either return a group of Venezuelan men previously held at a notorious Salvadoran prison to the U.S., or give them a hearing to contest allegations of gang membership. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg issued the order after finding
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is pushing for more information on a White House ballroom project championed by President Trump, sending a series of letters Monday to the project’s architect and some attendees of a fundraising dinner. The White House disclosed a partial list of those who attended the October 15 dinner, which was
The Justice Department released more of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein over the weekend. But the partial release, full of redactions, came after a deadline Congress set for releasing all of the files. Scott MacFarlane has the latest. Original CBS News Link</a
An elite unit of the Coast Guard seized control of a second tanker the U.S. said was carrying sanctioned oil in the waters off the coast of Venezuela. President Trump said he will not back down from his pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Willie James Inman reports. Original CBS News Link</a
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. said this weekend that he is working across the government to end all federally funded animal testing. “All the major agency heads are committed to ending animal experimentation,” he said in an interview with Lara Trump on Fox News, referring to research being conducted by the U.S.
President Trump on Monday announced plans to build a new fleet of Navy battleships, anchoring what he called the Pentagon’s “Golden Fleet.” The president said he approved plans to begin constructing “two brand-new, very large, largest we’ve ever built, battleships.” He later said he expects to build a total of 10 ships in short order,