Trump’s tariff hike on steel causes fresh uncertainty – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump on Friday announced a doubling of tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%, which could threaten to impact the prices of cars, appliances and even construction supplies. Taurean Small has details. View CBS News
Proposed Gaza ceasefire deal thrown into doubt – CBS News Watch CBS News Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, called the response from the militant group Hamas to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire proposal “totally unacceptable,” adding that it “only takes us backward.” Imtiaz Tyab reports from Tel Aviv. View CBS News In Be
What to know about Trump’s flurry of pardons – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump flexed the power of his office this week, issuing a blitz of pardons and commutations. The president also said he would consider pardoning the men convicted in a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Ali Bauman has
The White House is pulling the nomination for billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, President Trump’s pick to lead NASA, just days before a Senate confirmation vote was set to take place, CBS News confirmed on Saturday. White House spokeswoman Elizabeth Huston told CBS News in a statement that the next administrator for NASA will “help lead
During an Oval Office send-off Friday marking the end of his formal role with the Trump administration, Elon Musk lashed out when asked about a New York Times report alleging he was a frequent user of the drug ketamine during the 2024 campaign. “The New York Times. Is that the same publication that got a
Germany’s Merz elected chancellor Germany’s Friedrich Merz wins second vote to become chancellor 02:40 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington next week to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, with the war in Ukraine and trade tensions among the items on the agenda, the German government said Saturday. Merz’s office said the new German
Washington — Transgender military service members must come forward and voluntarily leave active-duty service next week, by June 6, according to Defense Department guidance issued by Secretary Pete Hegseth. After that, the military is expected to begin involuntary separations for active-duty trans service members who remain. One of the service branches, the Army, on Wednesday issued more