Teams handling Freedom of Information Act requests at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration were gutted Tuesday as part of the widespread job cuts ordered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., multiple officials said. The process of fulfilling FOIA requests from reporters, advocacy groups
The Trump administration admitted in a court filing Monday that an “administrative error” and an “oversight” resulted in a Salvadoran man’s deportation and imprisonment in a supermax prison in El Salvador, despite a legal order prohibiting his removal there. Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office director Robert Cerna said that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was
President Trump’s controversial choice to be the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., Ed Martin, faces an uncertain future, as a Senate Democrat plans to put an indefinite hold on his nomination. Martin, a “Stop the Steal” advocate and former defense attorney who represented U.S. Capitol riot defendants, is Mr. Trump’s nominee to be U.S.
Washington — President Trump’s string of executive orders in recent weeks that target major law firms mark the latest front in his effort to settle long-held scores with political opponents. But the broadside has been met with alarm about the damage the punishments could do to the viability of the firms and, crucially, the threat
Sen. Cotton on China, TikTok Republican Sen. Tom Cotton on China, TikTok and the risks he sees for America 06:11 President Trump will consider a final proposal for TikTok on Wednesday, sources familiar with the planning tell CBS News. The administration is finalizing plans for potential investors that could include Blackstone and Oracle, as well
Washington — The House on Tuesday defeated an effort that would have effectively killed a push to allow new parents to vote remotely around the birth of their child, an embarrassing loss for House Speaker Mike Johnson. Nine Republicans joined all Democrats during a procedural vote to help sink it. Johnson called the outcome “disappointing,”
Washington — President Trump has claimed his pick to serve as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Caine donned a MAGA hat as proof of loyalty, but Caine told the Senate Armed Services committee on Tuesday that never happened. Mr. Trump may have been speaking about someone else, Caine said.