The Trump administration is pulling a federal watchdog off the beat in Washington, effective Wednesday, stripping funding from the Council of Inspectors General. Removing the council’s funding will mean a further hollowing out of the work of federal inspectors general and internal government investigators who are supposed to root out waste, fraud, abuse and misconduct
For the first time since 2018, an impasse on federal spending is likely to shut down the government at midnight. The Congressional Budget Office estimates over 750,000 workers will be furloughed. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports the impact will ripple across the U.S. economy. Original CBS News Link</a
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer debate government funding on Senate floor on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. Senate TV Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer got into a rare direct back-and-forth on the Senate floor ahead of the shutdown deadline. “Democrats have a choice to make. They can
Washington — A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Tuesday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio violated the First Amendment by targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation in order to strike fear into international students and curb lawful speech. In a 161-page decision, U.S. District Judge William Young delivered a blistering
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer debate government funding on Senate floor on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. Senate TV Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer got into a rare direct back-and-forth on the Senate floor ahead of the shutdown deadline. “Democrats have a choice to make. They can
Washington — The federal government will begin shutting down at 12 a.m. on Wednesday if lawmakers do not reach an agreement to extend government funding, an outcome that appears more and more likely as the deadline approaches. Republicans and Democrats have been at odds over how to fund the government as Democrats have pushed for
Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations discovered an additional 200,000 SIM cards at a location in New Jersey, law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News. This follows last week’s discovery by U.S. Secret Service of a sprawling telecommunications network in the New York Tri-State area that investigators said could potentially have caused a serious disruption