The White House is trimming and restructuring the National Security Council, sources told CBS News on Friday — weeks after President Trump replaced his national security adviser and gave Secretary of State Marco Rubio the powerful post. Some NSC staff are moving elsewhere inside the administration, but not all, the sources said. Aides were informed
Military air traffic controllers briefly lost contact with an Army helicopter as it neared the Pentagon on the flight that caused two commercial jets to abort their landings in early May at a Washington airport, the Army confirmed Friday. An Army official confirmed that on May 1, the Pentagon tower lost contact with the Black
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block is unconstitutional and permanently blocked the administration from enforcing it — a second setback in Mr. Trump’s push to punish certain law firms. U.S. District Judge John Bates, who was appointed by President George W. Bush and is
Trump says U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel will enter “partnership” Trump says U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel will enter “partnership” 00:24 President Trump said Friday that U.S. Steel will keep its headquarters in Pittsburgh as part of what he called a “planned partnership” between the iconic American steelmaker and Japan-based Nippon Steel, which has sought
In his Oval Office meeting Wednesday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President Trump made allegations of persecution of White farmers in South Africa, which he used to justify granting refugee status to a group of Afrikaners earlier this month. Ramaphosa has denied there is a genocide, and some Afrikaners say Mr. Trump is being lied to
Washington — Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily halted Friday lower court orders that required the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency to turn over information to a government watchdog group as part of a lawsuit that tests whether President Trump’s cost-cutting task force has to comply with federal public records law. Roberts issued a temporary
Security for Trump administration border czar Tom Homan costs more than $500,000 a month, multiple sources within the administration told CBS News, an amount that has drawn attention from allies of President Trump who have been seeking to shrink government spending. The total cost of Homan’s security — with roughly $500,000 in salaries for agents