U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the creation of a new IRS task force and other measures to combat fraud, underscoring the Trump administration’s focus on Minnesota amidst the immigration crackdown. “Minnesota is going to be the protocols, procedures and investigative techniques and collaboration. Minnesota is going to be the genesis for a national rollout,”
President Trump disclosed U.S. jobs data the day before the Department of Labor released hiring numbers for December, a closely watched economic report on Wall Street that can sway financial markets. At 8:20 p.m. EST on Thursday, Mr. Trump posted a graph depicting changes in private and government employment since January 2025. When the full jobs report
The Justice Department on Friday announced to employees it is creating an artificial intelligence taskforce to challenge state-level regulations so that AI companies can “be free to innovate without cumbersome regulation,” according to an internal memo reviewed by CBS News. The memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi cites President Trump’s executive order last month aimed
Newly obtained cellphone video taken by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent involved in the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis shows a different angle of the encounter and the moments leading up to Wednesday’s shooting. The video, which has been obtained by CBS News, was recorded by the ICE agent who fired the shots, Jonathan
56m ago Trump says “ultimately, it will be democracy” in Venezuela During a meeting with oil executives at the White House, a reporter asked President Trump if it’s more important to him to establish stability or democracy in Venezuela. “Well, you’re talking about maybe the same thing,” Mr. Trump responded. “You’re talking about stability
37m ago Trump dismisses press, says he has an idea of the deal he wants The public portion of the meeting wrapped up when the president dismissed the press to allow administration officials and the executives to speak more privately. “I have an idea of what I want, what I think we should have,”
Colombia’s left-wing President Gustavo Petro told CBS News on Thursday predicted Venezuela would “implode” if the U.S. is in charge of the South American nation for years, as President Trump recently suggested. Petro’s remarks came in response to Mr. Trump’s remark to the New York Times that he expected U.S. oversight of Venezuela to last “much