As President Trump prepares to shut down the Kennedy Center for renovations, sources told CBS News there has been no discussion of demolishing or gutting the building. The president told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday he plans to create a “brand new” Kennedy Center using the 55-year-old arts institution’s existing steel and some
All federal immigration agents in Minneapolis will begin wearing body cameras, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Monday, as the department faces intense scrutiny over a pair of fatal shootings by federal agents in the Twin Cities. “Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis,” Noem said
Washington — The U.S. is launching a $12 billion stockpile of critical and rare earth minerals for non-military civilian purposes, President Trump announced Monday, in an effort to slash reliance on Chinese rare earths and curb Beijing’s leverage in trade talks. “Today we’re announcing the creation of the U.S. strategic critical minerals reserve, the first-ever
Ed Martin has been removed from his role as the head of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Weaponization Working Group, multiple sources told CBS News. Martin, a close ally to President Trump, was tapped to lead the working group after he failed to garner enough support from the Republican-controlled Senate to win confirmation as D.C.’s U.S.
Washington — President Trump says he wants the new triumphal arch he’s commissioning as a gate to Washington, D.C., to be the “biggest one of all” in the world, even though the proposed site is situated along a flight path for nearby Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. The Washington Post reported over the weekend
Washington — President Trump announced Monday that he and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to a trade deal that will lower tariffs on products from India to 18% and halt India’s purchase of Russian oil. In a post on Truth Social, the president said Modi also committed to buy American products at a
Washington — President Trump is launching a $12 billion stockpile of critical and rare earth minerals, a White House official confirmed, in an effort to slash reliance on Chinese rare earths and curb Beijing’s leverage in trade talks. The endeavor, coined “Project Vault,” would be funded by a $10 billion loan from the U.S. Export-Import