Washington — The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered a batch of documents to be unsealed Wednesday in response to a request from a media coalition that includes CBS News. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said seven records must be be made available on the public docket for Abrego Garcia’s case,
Washington — The acting top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked President Trump on Wednesday for information about Elon Musk’s alleged drug use during the 2024 presidential campaign and whether he was consuming illicit substances while serving as a top adviser to the president in the White House. Rep. Stephen Lynch
Could Trump relationship with Musk sour? Could Trump’s relationship with Musk sour after his budget bill criticism? 02:35 Washington — Republicans’ sweeping policy bill aimed at advancing President Trump’s second-term agenda would increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to a new estimate prepared by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The
Beijing hit back Wednesday at Secretary of State Marco Rubio for saying the world will “never forget” the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, describing his remarks as an “attack” on China. Chinese troops and tanks forcibly cleared peaceful protesters from the square in the capital on June 4, 1989 after weeks-long demonstrations demanding greater
A Republican-backed budget package includes a new restriction for the federal Child Tax Credit that could strip the benefit from millions of children who are U.S. citizens or legal residents, according to policy experts. The proposed tax and spending legislation — which proponents have dubbed the “one big, beautiful bill” — includes a requirement that both
The United States doubled its steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% Wednesday, casting a pall on a gathering of OECD ministers as President Trump’s intensifying trade war weighs on the world economy. The boosted levies went into effect at midnight EDT. Mr. Trump’s sweeping tariffs on allies and adversaries alike — including ones on imported
Police in Florida arrested a man who allegedly climbed a fence and tried to enter President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club early Tuesday, the Secret Service said. The alleged intruder — described only as an adult male — “scaled a perimeter fence and triggered alarms” shortly after midnight on Tuesday, a Secret Service spokesperson said in a