Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s move to begin a process to demote and cut his retirement pay “is about stifling people’s speech.” “This administration doesn’t like what I say. Now they’re talking about demoting me,” Kelly said on “CBS Mornings.” Hegseth said on Monday that the
European leaders released a joint statement Tuesday, outlining the importance of Arctic security, but stressing that “Greenland belongs to its people,” hours after White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller said it was “the formal position of the U.S. government… that Greenland should be part of the United States.” Miller also said,
Five years after the U.S. Capitol attack, some Senate Democrats are introducing new legislation to prevent taxpayer money from being awarded to convicted and now-pardoned rioters. One of the new Senate bills, reviewed Tuesday by CBS News, would outlaw the establishment of any compensation fund to award money to rioters. Another piece of legislation would
Washington — House Democrats plan to hold a hearing Tuesday marking five years since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers who were part of a since-disbanded special committee that investigated the riot and President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election will lead the hearing, which is set to begin at
Top Trump administration officials briefed leading members of Congress on the Venezuela operation on Monday, and lawmakers’ reactions fell along familiar partisan lines. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters the classified briefing, which included Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, “posed far more questions than it ever answered.” “Their
Following the action in Venezuela, the Trump administration is alluding to possible action elsewhere in the region. In remarks aboard Air Force One Sunday night, Mr. Trump mentioned Colombian President Gustavo Petro, saying Colombia is “very sick too, run by a very sick man.” Mr. Trump said he felt Petro is “not going to be
The Justice Department said late Monday it is still poring through millions of documents that may be related to Jeffrey Epstein, as the Trump administration grapples with a congressional mandate to release all of its files on the late sex offender. The legal deadline to make the records public was Dec. 12. But the department