Washington — Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump’s joint address to Congress next week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday. “Nothing short of a rising star in our party — she’s dedicated her life to our country,” Schumer said in a post on X announcing the move.
Several female athletes who stood next to President Trump three weeks ago to celebrate an executive order banning transgender participation in women’s sports were not invited to a White House event Thursday for a briefing on women’s sports after they criticized the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s new policy, sources told CBS News. Among those who
London — As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets President Trump at the White House Thursday, he’s expected to try to ensure the storied “special relationship” forged during World War II does not go up in flames, while also trying to play a friendly game of defense on behalf of Britain’s weak economy under the shadow
The U.S. will begin removing transgender troops from the military within 30 days unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon said in a Wednesday memo. The memo became public as part of a court filing in a case challenging President Trump’s late January executive order that was aimed at barring military
Washington — Congress is barreling toward a deadline to avert a government shutdown in just over two weeks, with Democrats and Republicans at odds over whether there should be guardrails on President Trump’s ability to withhold funding approved by Congress. Democrats want to insert language in the funding bill to ensure that the administration
Washington — A Senate committee voted to advance former GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination to lead the Labor Department under President Trump on Thursday with the help of a trio of Democrats. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 13 to 9 on Thursday to advance Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination for a vote in
The U.S. will begin removing transgender troops from the military within 30 days unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon said in a Wednesday memo. The memo became public as part of a court filing in a case challenging President Trump’s late January executive order that was aimed at barring military