A USAID deputy administrator has been put on leave after issuing memos that said that the organization had failed to implement humanitarian assistance due to “political leadership” at USAID, the Department of State and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). He wrote it will “will no doubt result in preventable death, destabilization, and threats to
Accelerating semiconductor innovation with AI and data insights Accelerating semiconductor innovation with AI and data insights 08:38 Washington — President Trump on Monday will announce that a leading Taiwanese semiconductor chip company plans to invest $100 billion in new manufacturing plants in the U.S., two sources tell CBS News. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC,
Washington — The Supreme Court is set to consider Tuesday whether to block the Mexican government’s effort to hold U.S. gun companies accountable for the havoc and violence the country has experienced at the hands of drug cartels armed with firearms trafficked across the southern border. The legal battle marks the first time that the
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether university “bias-response teams” chill students’ speech in violation of the First Amendment, sidestepping a clash of free speech rights and university efforts to root out bias on campus. Justice Samuel Alito said he would take up the appeal from the organization Speech First, an
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, voiced support for the measles vaccine Sunday amid a deadly outbreak in the Southwest, mainly in Texas. An unvaccinated child who died in late February in Texas was the first U.S. fatality from the highly contagious disease in a decade. Recently confirmed
President Donald Trump’s historic Jan. 20 pardons of the U.S. Capitol rioters freed prisoners and ended the legal cases of nearly 1,600 people, shutting down the largest federal prosecution in U.S. history. But one case with a connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol remains, and the Texas woman involved still faces
Multiple U.S. officials tell CBS News that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a directive to U.S. Cyber Command to pause planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions. The duration of the pause is unclear, and the reasoning behind it is unknown at this time. The change comes amid President Trump’s efforts to negotiate an