Billionaire Elon Musk said he plans to hold a rally in Wisconsin to “personally hand over” $2 million to a pair of voters who have already cast their ballots in the state’s hotly contested Supreme Court race, despite a state law that prohibits giving anything of value in exchange for voting. Musk posted late Thursday
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order targeting funding for programs at the Smithsonian Institution that contain what he characterizes as “divisive, race-centered ideology” in his latest broadside against a liberalism that has critiqued Western culture and values. The president said in the order that there has been a “concerted and widespread” effort over the past decade to
Washington — Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance are headed to a U.S. base in Greenland, as the Trump White House eyes the semi-autonomous Danish territory despite opposition from residents and leaders. National security adviser Mike Waltz will join the Vances, sources familiar with the planning told CBS News. Waltz will travel
Court upholds pause on some deportations Court upholds temporary block on Trump administration’s use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations 03:46 Washington — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to lift lower court orders blocking deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under the wartime Alien Enemies Act. The Justice Department made the
In its latest move to dismantle environmental regulation under the Trump Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it would speed up the process by which industry can bypass provisions of the Clean Air Act and other rules designed to limit air pollution with a simple offer: email us for a presidential exemption. Businesses
Chicago — Steve Walter’s family has been fixing cars on Chicago’s North Side for 70 years. “I’m fourth generation,” Walter said. “My grandfather worked on pre-war Italian race cars.” Walter’s mechanics replace metal more often than they repair it, so he’s bracing for the impact of President Trump’s newly announced 25% tariffs on all vehicles
Washington — National security adviser Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have so far survived the disclosure that they ran a high-level meeting on a military operation via a non-government app and inadvertently included a journalist. But President Trump continues to privately vent his irritation about it and is closely monitoring the news to