Washington — President Trump met Wednesday with key conservative holdouts to the massive budget package containing his second-term agenda, before GOP leaders made concessions to fiscal hawks and blue-state Republicans — as leadership aims to hold a vote on the bill possibly within hours. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, returned from the meeting
The Senate is set to vote this week on revoking three vehicle emissions waivers in California, in a controversial move that the chamber’s parliamentarian says Republican lawmakers may not have the right to do. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the planned vote “the nuclear option.” The three waivers the Senate is looking to revoke
Miami — Before sunrise on a recent May day, workers at the Miami-area food bank Feeding South Florida move, load and stack pallets of food and household goods onto trucks. With the help of volunteers, this flurry of activity has allowed the organization to distribute food to 1.2 million people throughout four Florida counties. The
The leaders of the United States Institute for Peace regained control of their offices Wednesday, weeks after they were ejected from their positions by the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency in March. The dramatic turn of events happened in the wake of U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell’s ruling on Monday that the
Why Republican hardliners aren’t backing Trump’s budget bill – CBS News Watch CBS News The House Rules Committee is holding a marathon hearing to try and pass President Trump’s massive budget plan to the floor for a vote. A small but influential group of hardline Republicans are refusing to fully back the bill. View CBS
Trump, South African president clash over disputed White genocide claim – CBS News Watch CBS News Differences between President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa came to a head in a tense exchange in the Oval Office, as Mr. Trump confronted him over whether White genocide is taking place in South Africa. Mr. Trump
Less than two weeks until the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, Federal Emergency Management Agency acting Administrator David Richardson has rescinded the agency’s strategic plan, a comprehensive policy document that outlines the disaster relief agency’s priorities. In a short memo sent to FEMA employees on Wednesday and obtained by CBS News, Richardson wrote,