During a meeting last week between President Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, the president sought to underscore what he said is a “very simple” request: “Interest rates have to come down.” That wish isn’t likely to be granted when the Fed announces its next interest rate decision on Wednesday. Economists put the probability of
President Trump opened a new golf course bearing his name in Scotland on Tuesday, capping a five-day foreign trip designed around promoting his family’s luxury properties and playing golf, and agreeing on a major trade deal framework with the EU. “Let’s go. 1-2-3,” Mr. Trump said before he cut the red ribbon. Mr. Trump and
The “missing minute” from the surveillance video at the Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Center where Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 may not be missing after all, CBS News has learned. When the Justice Department and FBI released nearly 11 hours of footage earlier this month, the time code on the screen jumped forward one minute just
The Trump administration on Monday told federal workers they can talk about religion at work, including by trying to “persuade others of the correctness of their own religious views.” In a memo to the heads of federal agencies, the Office of Personnel Management — the government’s human resources arm — said public employees have the
As public school districts prepare for a new school year, there are concerns about dwindling resources stemming from federal funding cuts, with many states sounding the alarm about grants for mental health counselors and social workers. Andrea Tarsi, one of 19 mental health staffers serving 6,500 students in a rural northwest Connecticut district, may
Video of an 18-year-old U.S. citizen being violently arrested in Florida by immigration agents back in May has drawn heavy scrutiny, with advocates saying the expansion of state and local law enforcement’s role in illegal immigrant crackdowns contributed to the incident. Border Patrol and the Florida Highway Patrol were conducting immigration enforcement on May 2 when they
The Justice Department on Monday filed a misconduct complaint against U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg, who has sparred with the Trump administration for months over its deportations of Venezuelan men to El Salvador. The complaint accuses Boasberg of “making improper public comments about President Trump and his Administration,” according to a copy obtained