The State Department may begin laying off hundreds of Washington, D.C.,-based employees as soon as this Friday, according to internal correspondence among staff that was shared with CBS News, amid an effort by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to streamline what he has called a “bloated” bureaucracy. The precise timing of the cuts could be
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Planned Parenthood’s challenge to South Carolina’s attempt to bar the organization from participating in its Medicaid program, clearing the way for the state to strip the organization of Medicaid funds. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic to find
General Dan Caine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Thursday released video of the tests of the type of “bunker-buster” bombs that were dropped on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend as he and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the severity of the strikes amid the leak of an initial intelligence report.
Stephanie Ivory counts on Medicaid to get treated for gastrointestinal conditions and a bulging disc that makes standing or sitting for long periods painful. Her disabilities keep her from working, she said. Ivory, 58, of Columbus, Ohio, believes she would be exempt from a requirement that adult Medicaid recipients work, but she worries about the
Rep. Kat Cammack said late Wednesday her offices were evacuated due to “imminent death threats” against her and her family. The Florida Republican said on X the threats began after a recent Wall Street Journal story about her experience with an ectopic pregnancy last year. She told the paper that emergency room doctors were hesitant
Miami — Ten-year-old Sofia of Havana recently recorded a plea for President Trump, asking him to reconsider the partial travel ban he issued for Cuba and several other countries earlier this month. “President Trump, I ask you to please reconsider family reunification for residents,” Sofia says in her video posted to social media. Sofia’s mother,
Expert warns Senate tax cut plan could add far more to the deficit than expected – CBS News Watch CBS News Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he expects a Senate vote on President Trump’s massive tax cut and spending plan before the July Fourth recess. Marc Goldwein, senior policy director at the Committee for a