Washington — Attorney General Pam Bondi last week ousted the senior ethics attorney at the Justice Department who advised her and other senior officials on employee ethics, the latest firing that has come amid an ongoing purge of department employees. Joseph Tirrell, who was director of the Departmental Ethics Office, wrote in a post on
The Trump administration has dramatically curtailed the ability for those facing deportation to be released from immigration detention, its latest effort to expand the scope of its sweeping immigration crackdown, sources briefed on the policy change told CBS News. By reinterpreting an immigration law from the 1990s, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now instructing officials
Washington — Mike Waltz, President Trump’s former national security adviser, testified Tuesday at his Senate confirmation hearing to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, where he fielded questions about the administration’s foreign policy and his plans for the role if he is confirmed. The hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was the first
Washington — Mike Waltz, President Trump’s former national security adviser, is testifying Tuesday at his Senate confirmation hearing to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, where he is fielding questions about the administration’s foreign policy and his plans for the role if he is confirmed. The hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was
Russia has rejected President Trump’s “ultimatum” for Moscow to sign a ceasefire deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days on Tuesday as “unacceptable,” calling for continued negotiations and insisting that the invasion ordered by President Vladimir Putin would continue until its goals are achieved. In response to President Trump’s threat to impose
President Trump will be in Pittsburgh Tuesday to attend a major energy and AI summit at Carnegie Mellon University. The Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, organized and hosted by Republican U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, will also be attended by leaders of many of the country’s largest energy and technology companies. McCormick is set to announce
Washington — The Senate could move forward as soon as Tuesday on a request from the White House to claw back $9.4 billion in funds for international aid and public broadcasting as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act. In what’s known as a rescissions package, the White House in June requested that Congress cancel