A look at Elon Musk and DOGE’s first 100 days A look at Elon Musk and DOGE’s first 100 days 08:19 Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been publishing every contract, grant and lease it claims to have canceled on its website for months. But DOGE’s “Wall of Receipts” can’t be searched, and its
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones. The Biden administration set the first federal drinking water limits for PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, finding they increased the risk of cardiovascular
President Trump met Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, highlighting the stunning reversal in fortunes for a former Islamist militant with ties to al Qaeda who spent years with a U.S. government bounty on his head. Al-Sharaa’s rebel forces led the charge on Damascus last year that toppled the decades-long, iron-fisted
OAK FLAT, Ariz. — Carrying eagle feathers and chanting prayers, Western Apache runners hit the road on a roughly 80-mile journey this month to try to save their sacred land from being fast-tracked by President Trump into a copper mine. This nationally watched battle, which hinges on religious freedom, awaits the U.S. Supreme Court. The
Cedar Rapids, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg, who served as transportation secretary under former President Joe Biden, appeared to acknowledge Tuesday that he believed Biden should not have run for a second White House term. When asked by reporters if the Democratic party would have been better off without Biden as the nominee, Buttigieg responded, “Maybe,
Popular Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker, who has more than 2 million followers on the live-streaming platform, said he was detained and questioned by federal authorities at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for more than two hours after arriving in the U.S. on an international flight. This happened as Piker, 33, was headed to speak
The U.S. Agency for International Development is trying to hire more lawyers to conduct investigations into employee misconduct, including “unauthorized communications with the media,” according to a job posting reviewed by CBS News. “Lawyers will be expected to conduct investigations into general employee misconduct, and more specifically violations of various federal government regulations and policies,