Washington — The House passed the latest bipartisan funding package Wednesday, moving one step closer to fully funding the government through September. Congress is rushing to beat a Jan. 30 deadline to pass the annual appropriations bills to avoid another government shutdown. Top lawmakers on the Senate and House appropriations committees released a two-bill package
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will stop giving out visas to nationals of dozens of countries who are seeking to move to the U.S. permanently, escalating its broad crackdown on legal immigration. The State Department, which oversees visa processing at U.S. embassies and consulates, said it would indefinitely pause the issuance of immigrant visas
The first U.S. sale of Venezuelan oil, valued at $500 million, has been completed, according to an administration official. The details of the sale haven’t yet been disclosed, although the official said more sales are expected in the coming days and weeks. President Trump has said the U.S. will sell 30 million to 50 million
The Trump administration’s push to change the Defense Department’s name to the Department of War could cost nine figures, according to a new estimate by Congress’ budget watchdog. President Trump signed an executive order last September to start the process of renaming the federal government’s largest employer. The agency now refers to itself as the Department
A federal three-judge panel for the U.S. Central District Court of California upheld Prop 50, ruling that Democrats can proceed in using their newly redrawn congressional maps in the state for the 2026 midterm elections. The court found “that the evidence presented reflects that Proposition 50 was exactly what it was billed as: a political gerrymander
Thousands of federal grants supporting mental health and addiction treatment programs were suddenly terminated late Tuesday, sources told CBS News. The abrupt cancellations at the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration impacted 2,706 of the agency’s discretionary grants valued at around $1.9 billion, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News. President
Washington — The U.S. and Denmark still have “fundamental” differences over the future of Greenland, but will continue to talk, Denmark’s foreign minister said after a White House meeting Wednesday amid President Trump’s push to take over the Arctic island. Denmark’s foreign minister, Lars Loekke Rasmussen, met with Greenland’s minister for foreign affairs, Vice President