President Trump said on Truth Social Wednesday that Venezuela will use the money that it draws from a recent oil sale deal with the U.S. on “ONLY American Made Products.” Those purchases could include agricultural products, medicines, medical devices and equipment needed to fix the country’s beleaguered electrical grid, Mr. Trump wrote. “In other words,
Washington — The Senate is expected to take a third vote today on another war powers resolution to limit President Trump’s ability to strike Venezuela as the U.S. leader continues to take unilateral action against the South American country. The vote, scheduled for late Thursday morning, comes days after the U.S. captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás
Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland will not seek reelection next year, a source familiar with his plans confirmed to CBS News — ending a career in Congress that stretches back to the early 1980s and included decades in Democratic leadership. Hoyer plans to formally announce his retirement in a speech on the House floor
President Trump spoke on the phone Wednesday with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, after months of tensions between the two leaders boiled over in recent days, with Mr. Trump calling Colombia a “sick man” and suggesting military action in the country “sounds good to me.” Mr. Trump said on Truth Social he “appreciated [Petro’s] call and
Tom Homan, President Trump’s former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director and current border czar, said he hasn’t seen any clear examples of excessive force displayed by ICE agents and officers. His comment comes on the day an ICE officer fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis. In the months since Mr. Trump’s crackdown on
President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan accused members of Congress of inciting violence against ICE after an officer with the law enforcement agency fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. In an interview with “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil on Wednesday, Homan watched a video of the deadly incident but declined to comment
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a 37-year-old woman Wednesday morning during an operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, local and federal officials have confirmed. The shooting comes as the Trump administration has deployed about 2,000 federal immigration agents to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area as part of a crackdown it says is in