Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, has continued to slash through federal agencies, firing workers and canceling contracts. But as it tallies its savings online, there are continuing indications that the group, which President Trump has referred to as Musk’s team of “super geniuses,” is overstating its achievements. The latest sign of
President Trump is tapping Alice Johnson, the 69-year-old grandmother he granted clemency in his first term over long-ago drug offenses, to be his “pardon czar.” The president made the announcement during a Black History Month event in the White House East Room Thursday afternoon. Johnson spent over 21 years in prison for nonviolent drug-related crimes
More than 10% of the staff working for the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration were fired this month as part of the government-wide cuts to recently hired federal workers ordered by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, task force. The cuts amounted to around 100 probationary workers, multiple current and
Washington — Dozens of lawsuits have been filed in the past month challenging executive actions President Trump has taken since the start of his second term in office, and federal courts from coast to coast have started scrutinizing the president’s plans. The challenges are aimed at unwinding many of the president’s policies, which they believe
Washington — Senate Republicans adopted a narrower budget proposal focused on defense, border security and energy priorities after a marathon series of votes that stretched into the early hours of Friday. The GOP senators forged ahead with the proposal despite President Trump’s decision on Wednesday to endorse a competing plan put forward by House Republicans. The
Last fall, before being named the senior U.S. health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances — ending the federal agency’s “war on public health,” as he put it. In fact, the FDA can’t even require that supplements
The anthem singer who performed the Canadian anthem prior to the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game Thursday night changed a lyric in “O Canada” as a rebuke to President Trump’s repeated remarks about making the country the 51st state. Publicist Adam Gonshor confirmed to CBS News that Chantal Kreviazuk changed the lyric from “in all