Washington — President Trump is threatening to withhold federal disaster aid for the Los Angeles area if California doesn’t change the way it manages water in the state. Mr. Trump said he plans to head to Southern California on Friday to visit the communities affected by the fire. In an interview that aired Wednesday on
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is preparing to travel to Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and other Central American and Caribbean nations in the coming weeks, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce confirmed to CBS News. The trip, expected to be his first overseas as the top U.S. envoy, will include a stop in Panama to meet
The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with a bipartisan coalition of 15 states for fueling the opioid crisis, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. The settlement bars the Sackler family from selling opioids in the U.S. and ends its control
Washington — The Senate is poised to confirm John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in President Trump’s administration amid delays by Democrats. Senate Democrats slowed Ratcliffe’s confirmation after his nomination advanced out of committee earlier this week, forcing procedural maneuvers to extend consideration of his
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is preparing to travel to Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and other Central American and Caribbean nations in the coming weeks, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News. The trip, expected to be his first overseas as the top U.S. envoy, is poised to include a stop in Panama to meet with
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia‘s crown prince said Thursday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Trump put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip. Mr. Trump’s 2017 trip to Saudi Arabia upended
California Senate Insurance Committee remains without chair amid corruption probe California Senate Insurance Committee remains without chair amid corruption probe 04:51 As California faces the largest insurance crisis in the state’s history, there is still no leader of the state Senate Insurance Committee. Democratic Sen. Susan Rubio was the Senate Insurance Committee chair for the past six years.