NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat

The National Security Agency sent out an operational security special bulletin to its employees in February 2025 warning them of vulnerabilities in using the encrypted messaging application Signal, according to internal NSA documents obtained by CBS News.  News of the NSA bulletin comes amid the continued fallout from an explosive article published Monday in The

Senate committee advances Oz’s nomination to lead Medicare, Medicaid agency

Concern over DOGE Treasury access Concern DOGE could stop Social Security, Medicare payments 05:22 Washington — The Senate Finance Committee is set Tuesday to vote on whether to advance the nomination of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the former heart surgeon and television host, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President Trump. Oz

U.S. pauses some green card applications as part of aggressive vetting effort

Washington — The Trump administration has quietly paused the processing of green card applications filed by certain individuals, including approved refugees, as part of a broader effort to more aggressively vet immigrants, multiple sources familiar with the move told CBS News. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, recently directed officials to suspend processing of

What to know about Signal, app used by Trump officials for war plans

An encrypted messaging app called Signal is drawing attention and questions after top Trump officials — including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance — allegedly used the service to discuss a highly sensitive military operation while inadvertently including The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, in the chat. On Monday, Goldberg published a piece

Social Security chief nominee vows to run agency “in the right fashion”

President Trump’s nominee to run the Social Security Administration, Frank Bisignano, was questioned about customer service improvements, erroneous payments and the potential privatization of the agency during a Senate hearing Tuesday morning.  Some Senators also tried to nail down Bisignano’s stance on efforts by the Elon Musk-helmed Department of Government Efficiency‘s efforts to cut costs at