Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is scheduled to visit Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10 and meet with President Trump at the White House, Tom Barrack, the U.S. envoy to Syria and U.S. ambassador to Turkey, confirmed to CBS News on Saturday. This would mark the first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House, and
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he told Ontario’s premier not to run an anti-tariff ad that prompted President Trump to end trade talks with Canada. Carney also confirmed that he apologized to the president during a dinner at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit this week because Mr. Trump was “offended.” Ontario’s television advertisement that aired in
Rep. Nancy Mace allegedly berated and cursed at police officers tasked with escorting her through Charleston International Airport in South Carolina on Thursday, allegedly saying they were “[expletive] incompetent,” according to an incident report. According to a police incident report, officers with the Charleston County Aviation Authority Police Department were assigned to meet the Republican
Washington — Two federal judges on Friday said the Trump administration must tap into contingency funds to make payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown, ruling against the government in a pair of suits over the imminent benefits lapse. Roughly 42 million Americans rely on SNAP to help buy food. In a case
The Trump administration announced it would set the lowest refugee admissions cap in U.S. history, allocating just 7,500 spots for this fiscal year, mostly for Afrikaners who it has claimed are facing racial discrimination in South Africa for being White. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has details. Original CBS News Link</a
President Trump sat down with Norah O’Donnell on Friday for an exclusive interview airing Sunday on 60 Minutes. O’Donnell’s wide-ranging conversation with Mr. Trump touched on Chinese President Xi Jinping, Venezuela, Israel, the government shutdown, immigration and the National Guard. This is Mr. Trump’s first interview with 60 Minutes in five years — and his
President Trump has opened the door for sanctions to be imposed on Nigeria for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country. Mr. Trump announced Friday that he would designate Nigeria “a country of particular concern” as it relates to religious freedom, a move that had been pushed by