Just over a month ago, retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster received an unexpected call on his personal cell, four sources told CBS News. It was from the White House and he was instructed by the voice on the other end to stand by for the president. McMaster, who had served as national security adviser during
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson delayed a vote on a Republican budget plan, lacking enough GOP support to get it over the finish line on Wednesday. Several House Republicans have resisted increasing pressure from President Trump to swallow a blueprint that’s key to extending his tax cuts, which are set to expire this year.
President Trump on Wednesday announced a 90-day pause on most of his new tariffs, and a lowering of the “reciprocal tariff” rate to 10%, effective immediately, he said on Truth Social. The U.S. stock market surged immediately after the president’s announcement. At the same time, the president said he’s increasing the tariff rate on goods imported
The Justice Department seeks to drop its criminal case against a Virginia man accused of being the “East Coast leader” of the MS-13 gang, weeks after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced his arrest in a nationally televised press conference last month. Bondi referred to Henrry Villatoro Santos as “one of the top members and
As attorney general of Oklahoma, Gentner Drummond has personally attended nine executions. Since taking office in 2023, he’s approved of every death row case in the state — except one. “I believed it my duty to look at…every person on death row,” he told CBS News. “When I stumbled across Richard Glossip, it was different.
Washington — Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily halted lower court decisions that voided President Trump’s firing of a member of the National Labor Relations Board and a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Roberts issued an administrative stay that gives the Supreme Court more time to consider a Justice Department request to allow Mr.
Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams told senators in testimony Wednesday on Capitol Hill that the social media company worked “hand in glove” with the Chinese government to censor its platforms, according to her written remarks obtained by CBS News. Wynn-Williams began working at Meta, then known as Facebook, as the director of Global Public Policy in