Washington — Congress is aiming to withhold part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget until the Pentagon hands over footage of the strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela. The provision was tucked into a compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense policy bill that has passed every year for more six
In a federal civil lawsuit filed in Washington Monday, a dozen former FBI agents are seeking to get their jobs back, claiming they were fired during the second Trump administration for their efforts in 2020 to head off a riot in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. The former agents say they
In a last-minute shake-up, Democrat Colin Allred announced Monday morning he is dropping out of the U.S. Senate race in Texas, as Rep. Jasmine Crockett is set to enter the Democratic primary for the race. Instead, Allred said he is going to file paperwork to run for a newly drawn Congressional seat in Dallas County,
President Trump on Sunday hosted the Kennedy Center Honors after presenting the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees with their medals during a ceremony in the Oval Office on Saturday, hailing the slate of artists as “legendary in so many ways.” “Billions and billions of people have watched them over the years,” Mr. Trump, the first president to command
President Trump on Sunday was set to host the Kennedy Center Honors after presenting the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees with their medals during a ceremony in the Oval Office on Saturday, hailing the slate of artists he was deeply involved in choosing as “perhaps the most accomplished and renowned class” ever assembled. This year’s recipients are actor
Calls grow for video of second U.S. strike on alleged drug boat – CBS News Watch CBS News Some lawmakers are calling for the release of video showing the second strike that killed survivors of an initial U.S. military attack last September against an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. Willie James Inman reports. link.lazyload
The U.S. Department of Transportation is waiving part of a fine assessed against Southwest Airlines after the company canceled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022. Under a 2023 settlement reached by the Biden administration, Southwest agreed to a $140 million civil penalty. The government said at the time that the penalty was