Justin Fulcher, a senior staffer at the Pentagon and adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been ousted, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News Saturday. Fulcher started at the Defense Department as a member of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. He was then later promoted to a post as senior
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday afternoon that it is eliminating its scientific division, known as the Office of Research and Development. The move to shutter the ORD comes one day after the agency said it was undergoing a reorganization involving several other EPA divisions. ORD conducts critical research to “safeguard human health and ecosystems
President Trump on Friday filed a libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal’s publisher and its leader, Rupert Murdoch, after the paper published a story on what it called a “bawdy” birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein that the paper alleged was signed by Mr. Trump. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of Florida, seeks
Trump sues Wall Street Journal over Epstein story – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump on Friday filed a libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal’s publisher and its leader, Rupert Murdoch, after the paper published a story on what it called a “bawdy” birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein that the paper alleged was
Why millions of Americans could see their health insurance rates rise – CBS News Watch CBS News Millions of Americans who take advantage of the Affordable Care Act could see their health insurance costs skyrocket next year due to multiple factors, including the expiration of COVID-era subsidies. The national health information nonprofit KFF found that
Trump signs GENIUS Act, first federal law regulating crypto – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump held a signing ceremony at the White House on Friday after Congress passed the GENIUS Act, a landmark federal law that will regulate cryptocurrency. Specifically, the GENIUS Act will set government guidelines for the cryptocurrency known as stablecoin.
Los Angeles — One construction site in Los Angeles has just about everything needed to build a traditional family home. Everything, that is, except enough workers. “We have probably three people on site, four people on site, and normally, we’d have about double, about eight to 10 people,” general contractor Jason Pietruszka told CBS News.