Washington — President Trump is visiting the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington Thursday, a week after indicating that Fed chair Jerome Powell’s handling of an extensive renovation project on two Fed buildings could be grounds for firing. Mr. Trump has criticized Powell for months because the Fed has kept the short-term interest rate the Fed
London — President Trump is due to arrive Friday for what the White House is calling a “working visit” to Scotland. It’s expected to include a mix of both personal time, and political business. As was the case during his last visit as president in 2018, he is likely to be greeted by protests everywhere he
House Speaker Mike Johnson told CBS News he wants “full transparency” in the case of Jeffrey Epstein, as the Trump administration faces pressure — including from some Republicans — to release more information on the late child sex offender. “We want full transparency. We want everybody who is involved in any way with the Epstein
North Carolina Senate race moves to toss up Cook Political Report moves North Carolina Senate race to toss up 06:48 Washington — Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley is preparing to enter the race for the open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina, one of the top battleground contests of the 2026 cycle, according to
Melbourne, Australia — Australia announced it will reduce restrictions on U.S. beef imports in a move President Trump’s administration claimed as a major victory over “non-scientific trade barriers” to trade. Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said Thursday that relaxing the restrictions designed to keep Australia free of mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy
The Trump administration instructed Customs and Border Protection officials this week to offer migrant teenagers the option of voluntarily returning to their home countries, instead of being sent to government-overseen shelters, upending longstanding U.S. immigration policy, two U.S. officials told CBS News Wednesday. For many years, U.S. immigration officials were required to transfer all unaccompanied
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday declassified additional materials on the intelligence community’s assessment of Russia’s actions in the 2016 election, claiming in a social media post and at a White House press briefing that they showed Obama administration officials “manufactured” information in order to undermine then-candidate Donald Trump. Her statement on X