Senate set to vote on advancing Pentagon funding bill amid shutdown

Washington — The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on advancing an individual year-long appropriations bill to fund the Pentagon as GOP leaders pursue an alternative approach to restart some funding as the government shutdown has stretched into a third week. Senate Majority Leader John Thune teed up consideration of the full-year Defense Department appropriations

States jostle over $50 billion health fund as Medicaid cuts trigger scramble

Washington — Nationwide, states are racing to win their share of a new $50 billion rural health fund. But helping rural hospitals, as originally envisioned, is quickly becoming a quaint idea. Rather, states should submit applications that “rebuild and reshape” how health care is delivered in rural communities, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official Abe

Senate fails to advance GOP funding bill for 9th time as shutdown enters Day 16

  10:48 PM CDC scientist laid off during shutdown warns RIF layoffs will mean “more preventable deaths” A scientist laid off by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said “the everyday American should be very concerned” by reductions in force amid the government shutdown. “It’s going to mean more deaths, more preventable deaths,”

Trump hosts tech companies and business titans as he raises money for ballroom

President Trump hosted dozens of business titans on Wednesday as he seeks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to add a ballroom to the White House. The guest list for the East Room dinner included representatives from almost two dozen corporations, including tech firms like Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft and Palantir, tobacco companies

Trump says he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela

Trump says he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump confirmed that he has authorized the CIA to go into Venezuela and conduct covert operations. Ed O’Keefe reports. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: calc(100vw – 40px); } View CBS