What we know about Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops to Chicago – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump is promising to send the National Guard into Chicago despite strong opposition from state and local officials in Illinois. It’s the latest in Mr. Trump’s federal attempt to crackdown on crime. Scott MacFarlane has
President Trump suggested Tuesday he’s planning to send National Guard troops to Chicago, in what could be the latest salvo in his controversial push to use federal forces to address crime, drawing pushback from local political leaders. “We’re going in. I didn’t say when, we’re going in,” Mr. Trump said in an Oval Office event,
Washington — The U.S. military on Tuesday struck a drug-carrying boat hailing from Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, as tensions spike between the Trump administration and the Venezuelan government. President Trump announced the strike in an unrelated Tuesday afternoon Oval Office event, saying the military had “shot out” the boat “moments ago.” He
President Trump announced Tuesday afternoon that U.S. Space Command headquarters is moving from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama. In 2018 he had signed an order reestablishing U.S. Space Command, after it had been absorbed in 2002 into U.S. Strategic Command. Its main goal is to find ways to defend U.S. interests in space. In
Washington — Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, filed a discharge petition on Tuesday to attempt to force a House vote on compelling the release of files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, resurfacing the saga upon Congress’ return. Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, introduced legislation in July that would require the Justice Department
An international group of more than 85 climate experts on Tuesday published a 439-page review arguing that a report by the Trump administration’s Energy Department fails to “adequately represent the current scientific understanding of climate change,” and it “exhibits pervasive problems” by misrepresenting scientific literature and cherry-picking data. The Department of Energy’s 151-page report, “A
Washington — Nine former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention penned an op-ed Monday condemning Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership in the aftermath of the firing of the CDC director last week, claiming he is “endangering every American’s health.” “What the health and human services secretary, Robert