Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during a news conference on Wednesday evening that the ICE officer who shot the woman was involved in an incident with an “anti-ICE rioter” in June. “The very same officer who was attacked today had previously been dragged by an anti-ICE rioter who had rammed him with a car
In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil, border czar Tom Homan declined to comment about the deadly shooting of a woman in Minneapolis, calling for an investigation to “play out.” When asked more broadly about allegations of excessive force, Homan said he hasn’t seen any examples of it under President Trump so
President Trump on Wednesday proposed setting U.S. military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.” The 2026 military budget is set at $901 billion. Mr. Trump’s proposal would represent a 66% jump in funding. Mr. Trump called for the massive surge in spending days after he ordered a U.S. military operation
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he froze $10 billion in federal funding to five Democrat-led states because they wouldn’t show the Trump administration plans for eliminating fraud. “The best way to help poor families is to end the fraud,” he told CBS News in an interview Wednesay, saying that the
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. weighed in Wednesday on the decision to rename the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center, distancing himself from the move after several members of his own family publicly criticized it. In an interview with CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes, Kennedy acknowledged he understood relatives
Washington — It may be a “better thing” if fewer children receive the flu vaccine, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told CBS News, after the Trump administration announced sweeping changes to childhood vaccine recommendations. This week, the Centers for Disease Control announced vaccines to fight respiratory syncytial virus, meningococcal disease, flu, and COVID
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told CBS News on Wednesday that one key goal of the Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines is to encourage protein consumption, defending the new food pyramid against criticism that it could lead to more saturated fat consumption. “What we’re stressing is that people should be