Trump surveys deadly storm damage in Texas – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump and first lady Melania Trump traveled to Central Texas Friday, where they surveyed damage from the flooding, which has claimed the lives of well over 100 people. They met with families of some of the victims, along with rescue workers
David Gergen, a veteran of Washington politics and an adviser to four presidents from both parties, has died. He was 83. Gergen died on Thursday, his son Christopher confirmed to CBS News. Gergen’s career in politics spanned decades, working in the administrations of former Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Over
A Justice Department review of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation has sparked a clash between Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, fueling an atmosphere of uncertainty and recrimination at the department, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Bongino did not show up to work on Friday, according to the sources.
Washington — President Trump expressed the “anguish of our entire nation” Friday after he and first lady Melania Trump met with families of the victims of last week’s deadly flooding in Central Texas. The president and first lady surveyed the devastation in Kerrville, Texas, and met with first responders, local officials and survivors. The death
Washington — The State Department on Friday began laying off more than 1,300 staffers as it seeks to cut the size of its U.S. workforce by about 15%, part of the Trump administration’s sweeping plan to reorganize the department. The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a
A divided federal appeals court on Friday threw out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him the risk of execution for al Qaeda’s 2001 attacks. The decision by a panel of the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., undoes an attempt to
Washington — President Trump and first lady Melania Trump landed in Central Texas on Friday to survey the devastation wrought by last week’s deadly flooding, as first responders and family members continue their search for the missing. The Trumps are speaking with local officials and first responders in Kerrville, Texas, as the death toll in