Washington — Senate Republicans are forging ahead with a narrower budget proposal focused on defense, border security and energy priorities, despite President Trump’s decision on Wednesday to endorse a competing plan put forward by House Republicans. The Senate began what’s known as a “vote-a-rama” on the GOP budget blueprint Thursday evening, in which senators can
Members of Elon Musk’s private security detail have been deputized by the U.S. Marshals Service, granting them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents, four sources familiar with the move confirmed to CBS News Thursday. The move comes after several people within Musk’s orbit relayed a heightened concern about safety for the tech
DOGE cuts 9/11 research program funding DOGE cuts 9/11 research program funding 02:10 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has restored a $257,000 contract for 9/11-related cancer research after the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, tried to cancel it, officials say. The contract pays for data processing to compare cancer incidence
DOGE cuts 9/11 research program funding DOGE cuts 9/11 research program funding 02:10 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has restored a $257,000 contract for 9/11-related cancer research after the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, tried to cancel it, officials say. The contract pays for data processing to compare cancer incidence
The top official in charge of food safety and nutrition at the Food and Drug Administration resigned this week, protesting the dozens of scientists and other health officials now being let go across the agency’s foods program. In his resignation letter, James Jones warned that the “indiscriminate” cuts would add “one more roadblock” to the
Washington — Last month, Katie Sandlin uprooted her life in Carbon Hill, Alabama, a town of 2,000, to work at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, outside Washington, D.C. “I wiped out my savings account, I maxed out my credit card, I had to take out a loan,” Sandlin told CBS News. But she called
Washington — Last month, Katie Sandlin uprooted her life in Carbon Hill, Alabama, a town of 2,000, to work at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, outside Washington, D.C. “I wiped out my savings account, I maxed out my credit card, I had to take out a loan,” Sandlin told CBS News. But she called