Trump on cryptocurrency tycoon he pardoned: “I don’t know who he is”

President Trump told 60 Minutes in a wide-ranging interview that he doesn’t know the billionaire cryptocurrency exchange founder who he recently pardoned. Mr. Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, a Chinese-born Canadian founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, last month, suggesting he was a victim of political prosecution by the Biden administration. “I don’t know who he

Latino voters cite affordability, economy as top concerns in new poll

A sweeping new survey of 3,000 registered Latino voters across the country finds that economic anxiety continues to dominate the political mood heading into the 2026 midterm elections, with cost of living, jobs, and housing far outpacing other issues as top priorities for the nation’s second-largest voting bloc. The new survey finds that while immigration

Trump administration will use contingency fund to pay partial SNAP benefits

Washington — The U.S. Department of Agriculture told a federal court that it will tap into a contingency fund to allow states to issue partial November benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown. In a declaration submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Patrick Penn, a

Trump: “Hard for me” to give money to NYC if “communist” Mamdani is mayor

President Trump weighed in on the closely watched race for New York City mayor in an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes, again suggesting he may withhold federal funding to New York if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani is elected. The 34-year-old Queens assemblyman has proposed policies he says address affordability in the city, like free child

Government shutdown nears record for longest ever as Senate returns

President Trump late Sunday called again for the Senate to do away with the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold needed to advance most legislation. The comments come after he urged Republicans late last week to take “the Nuclear Option” to reopen the government without Democratic votes. “TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, NOT JUST FOR THE SHUTDOWN, BUT FOR

China denies Trump’s claim that it’s testing nuclear weapons

China’s Foreign Ministry responded on Monday to President Trump’s assertion that Beijing has conducted clandestine nuclear weapons testing with a flat denial. “China’s testing ’em too,” Mr. Trump told CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell in an interview for 60 Minutes. “You just don’t know about it.” “Russia’s testing, and China’s testing, but they don’t talk