Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency during the Biden administration, said her appointment to a position at West Point was “unfortunately” rescinded. Easterly referred CBS News to a LinkedIn post she wrote on Thursday: “Unfortunately, the opportunity to serve again at my alma mater was rescinded —a casualty of casually
Washington — A trio of federal judges on Thursday publicly detailed threats and harassment they have endured in recent months after handing down decisions against the Trump administration or speaking out against attacks on the federal judiciary, including receiving pizzas that purported to be sent from the late son of a New Jersey federal judge
The family of Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most well-known sex trafficking accusers, expressed shock after President Trump said Giuffre was one of the employees Epstein “stole” from the spa at the president’s Mar-a-Lago club. Giuffre, who had accused Britain’s Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked
The Trump administration announced Thursday that a 90,000-square-foot ballroom with a capacity for 650 people will be constructed in the White House’s East Wing. The approximately $200 million project will be funded by President Trump and other private donors, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said. “The White House is one of the most beautiful and
Justice Brett Kavanaugh defended how the Supreme Court is handling an unprecedented number of emergency appeals from the Trump administration, saying that as presidents push the limits of their power, courts will have to respond. Speaking before a group of lawyers and judges Thursday in Kansas City, Missouri, Kavanaugh said presidents in both parties, stymied
Washington — A federal appeals court on Thursday sharply probed President Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner, as higher duties are set to snap into place Friday for countries that have not yet reached trade deals with the administration. The U.S. Court of Appeals for
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure — the Personal Consumption Expenditures, or PCE — ticked higher last month, signaling that President Trump’s tariffs are pushing some prices higher. Prices rose 2.6% in June compared with a year ago, the Commerce Department said Thursday, up from an annual pace of 2.4% in May. Excluding the volatile