President Trump ordered an investigation Wednesday into whether former President Joe Biden’s administration used an autopen machine to sign key presidential documents like pardons — months after Mr. Trump claimed his predecessor’s pardons were illegitimate. In a memo signed Wednesday night, Mr. Trump told Attorney General Pam Bondi and the president’s counsel to probe what
What the CBO says about Trump’s proposed tax cuts and the national debt – CBS News Watch CBS News The political headwinds stalling President Trump’s massive tax extension and budget cuts were hit by a powerful dose of accounting. The Congressional Budget Office reports the current budget package would add more than $2 trillion to
Is Tren de Aragua gang overwhelming police in Aurora, Colorado? – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump has claimed an infamous Venezuelan gang known as Tren de Aragua is overwhelming police in multiple U.S. cities, including Aurora, Colorado. Lilia Luciano reports to get a reality check from local authorities there. View CBS News In
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has asked Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary “to review the latest data on mifepristone,” raising questions about the drug commonly referred to as the abortion pill. A spokesperson for the FDA confirmed the plans in a statement to CBS News Tuesday, but did not
Trump’s steel tariffs hit baby products like “soft-bite” spoons, Munchkin CEO warns – CBS News Watch CBS News When it comes to President Trump’s 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum, big ticket items such as cars, washing machines and heavy machinery often come to mind, but as Jo Ling Kent reports, they’re hitting smaller, everyday
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, says he agrees with Elon Musk’s characterization of President Trump’s domestic policy bill as a “disgusting abomination,” torching what he called a “Republican civil war” among GOP lawmakers in an interview with CBS News. “What Elon Musk said is the stone-cold reality,” Jeffries said in an
The Trump administration is preparing to end a federal domestic surveillance program for travelers that’s meant to ferret out terrorist threats but has sometimes ended up saddling Americans with inconvenient or invasive searches at U.S. airports. President Trump plans to discontinue the Transportation Security Administration’s “Quiet Skies” program, multiple sources told CBS News. An announcement