In a whirlwind of negotiations over three days, Democrats asked for multiple billions in government funds to be released in exchange for a vote on a batch of nominees President Trump wanted confirmed before lawmakers left for their August break, sources told CBS News. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was negotiating with GOP leadership for
This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” President Trump’s top trade negotiator, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, joins to discuss as the U.S. has imposed strict tariffs on key trading partners. Meanwhile, Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, explains what’s ahead for Americans after the passage of Mr. Trump’s
Democratic state legislators fled Texas on Sunday in an attempt to deny a quorum to Republicans hoping to vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors the GOP even more than current districts. “For two weeks, while families in the Hill Country mourned the loss of over 130 Texans in catastrophic floods, Democrats fought
Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said in an interview that aired Sunday that tariff rates are “pretty much set” on more than 60 trading partners after President Trump’s executive order last week. “So these, these tariff rates are pretty much set,” Greer said in an interview Friday with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.
Washington — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said Sunday that applications for a fund for rural hospitals will go out in “early September” in the wake of Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s signature piece of legislation passed by Congress last month. “We’re putting $50 billion. The president wants this, the
Ryan Crosswell’s campaign for a U.S. House seat features the hallmarks of many traditional political operations. His website shows him in shirtsleeves talking about his military service and growing up in a coal town. His campaign video features images of the nearby Pennsylvania community of Pottsville, festooned in red, white and blue bunting. His campaign
Washington — The Smithsonian said Saturday that it would update an exhibit at the National Museum of American History to reflect all impeachment proceedings in U.S. history after a placard was removed last month. “As the keeper of memory for the nation, it is our privilege and responsibility to tell accurate and complete histories,” the