The State Department will begin layoffs as early as Friday as it seeks to cut the size of its U.S. workforce by about 15%, CBS News has learned — part of the Trump administration’s sweeping plan to reorganize the department. The cuts will include layoffs, or reductions-in-force (RIF), as well as voluntary departures by State
President Trump on Thursday threatened to impose 35% tariffs on goods from Canada starting next month, hiking import duties on one of the U.S.’s largest trading partners. The president announced the 35% tax in a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney posted to Truth Social, citing Canada’s alleged “failure to stop the drugs from
A top Trump administration official accused Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell of leading an “ostentatious” office renovation project that may be “violating the law” on Thursday, a new broadside against the central bank chief as President Trump tangles with him over interest rates. “The President is extremely troubled by your management of the Federal Reserve
A 17-year former Justice Department official is warning of a wave of retribution inside the agency. Patty Hartman, who served as a top public affairs specialist at the FBI and federal prosecutors’ offices, told CBS News, “The rules don’t exist anymore.” Hartman, who was fired Monday via a letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi, is
Debate over Trump plan to increase logging on federal lands – CBS News Watch CBS News When the Trump administration announced executive actions aimed at increasing timber production on federal lands, Oregonians had mixed responses. Loggers and timber towns celebrated the attention from the White House, while environmentalists sounded the alarm over fears of deregulation
Explaining Trump’s latest tariff moves Explaining Trump’s latest tariff moves 01:16 A senior official in the Treasury Department has told colleagues she is leaving the Trump administration, in the midst of intensifying trade negotiations, to seek a role in the private sector, according to sources familiar with her plans. Julia Hahn, assistant secretary for public
Fired DOJ official warns “the rules don’t exist anymore” – CBS News Watch CBS News A 17-year Justice Department official is warning of a wave of retribution inside the agency. Scott MacFarlane spoke to Patty Hartman, who served as a top public affairs specialist at the FBI and federal prosecutors’ offices. View CBS News In