Washington — President Trump’s dismantling of the government-funded Voice of America will pave the way for America’s adversaries to have greater influence abroad, predicted the agency’s director Michael Abramowitz. After Mr. Trump signed an executive order that seeks to make sweeping cuts at the nation’s largest international broadcaster, about 1,300 employees, including Abramowitz, learned over
Voice of America director says Trump’s dismantling of agency is “self-inflicted blow” – CBS News Watch CBS News Voice of America, the government-funded news agency launched during World War II to counter Nazi propaganda, stopped broadcasting over the weekend after its employees were put on leave or terminated by the Trump administration. Nancy Cordes spoke
White House defends decision to deport alleged gang members amid legal fight – CBS News Watch CBS News Over the weekend, the Trump administration cited a rarely-used 18th-century law to justify the deportations of suspected gang members. As Ed O’Keefe reports, the president’s moves sparked a legal fight where minutes mattered. View CBS News In
Washington — President Trump on Monday said he was revoking Secret Service protection for former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, “effective immediately.” Biden’s daughter, Ashley Biden, will also lose her Secret Service detail, Mr. Trump said. “Hunter Biden has had Secret Service protection for an extended period of time, all paid for by the United
President Trump announced that tens of thousands of pages of the JFK assassination files would be released to the public Tuesday. “People have been waiting decades for this,” the president said of the release of files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Mr. Trump, who was speaking at the Kennedy Center Monday, added
More than 130 probationary employees fired last month from the nation’s top cyber defense agency will be reinstated Monday, after the Trump administration scrambled to comply with a sweeping court order issued last week. The employees — all of whom were hired or promoted within the past three years — won’t immediately return to the
Hearing canceled for Brown University doctor deported to Lebanon Hearing canceled for Brown University doctor deported to Lebanon 00:45 A federal judge canceled a Monday morning hearing for a doctor who was deported to Lebanon after demanding to know whether U.S. Customs and Border Protection had “wilfully” disobeyed his order to keep her in the