A group of current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency officials warned Congress on Monday that the Trump administration’s sweeping changes to the disaster relief agency could reverse decades of reforms made after Hurricane Katrina. The open letter was released as the U.S. this week marks 20 years since Katrina’s 2005 landfall — sparking one
President Trump said Monday he has fired Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors — a dramatic move after months of public attacks against the central bank. The president announced Cook’s removal from the Fed board in a letter posted to Truth Social that accused Cook of making false statements on mortgage documents,
Why did Trump back U.S. government stake in Intel? – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump called the government’s recent 10% in semiconductor chipmaker Intel a good deal. The administration converted nearly $9 billion in federal grants to the company into Intel stock. Jo Ling Kent has more. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before
What’s next for Kilmar Abrego Garcia after judge blocks deportation to Uganda – CBS News Watch CBS News A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda without having that deportation argued in court. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the latest. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; }
President Trump on Monday floated returning the Department of Defense to its prior name, the Department of War — arguing the name it has held since the 1940s is “too defensive.” “We want to be defensive, but we want to be offensive, too, if we have to be,” the president told reporters during a Monday
Washington — The Republican leader of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has issued a subpoena to the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein seeking documents and other material as part of its ongoing examination of the government’s investigation into Epstein. The subpoena issued by Rep. James Comer of Kentucky demands the co-executors
Washington — President Trump signed an executive order Monday that seeks to punish people who burn the American flag, accusing those who do so of displaying hostility and contempt toward the United States. Mr. Trump has for years threatened to crack down on flag burning. In 2016, he wrote on social media that anyone who