Washington — Soon after the revelation that the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic had inadvertently been added to a Signal chat with top Trump administration officials about Yemen attack plans, some of those officials began changing or deleting their Venmo accounts. At least one account remained public for a day after the Atlantic report. Venmo, an
The Trump administration plans to shrink the workforce of the Department of Health and Human Services by nearly a quarter, the department announced Thursday, as part of a major restructuring of the department. “When combined with HHS’ other efforts, including early retirement and Fork in the Road, the restructuring results in a total downsizing from
Washington — The Signal group chat that conveyed details of the timing and weapons descriptions of a planned attack against the Houthis in Yemen included the names or initials of 18 Trump officials and, of course, Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who published his account of the messages. A spokesperson for the National Security Council has
The Trump administration plans to cut about 10,000 full-time employees from the Department of Health and Human Services, the department announced Thursday, cutting around a tenth of the staff at the nation’s federal health agencies. “When combined with HHS’ other efforts, including early retirement and Fork in the Road, the restructuring results in a total
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since their removal from the United States. The tour included two crowded cell blocks, the armory and an isolation unit. Noem’s trip to the prison — where inmates
Proposed cuts to global foreign aid, including slashing programs in the United States, could lead to millions of HIV deaths and soaring rates of infections around the world in the coming years, according to a new study. Published Wednesday in The Lancet HIV journal, the modeling study estimates that by 2030, there could be between 4.4
The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency is no longer publishing details of canceled U.S. Agency for International Development contracts due to what’s described as “legal reason[s]” on its website. The change is “related to ongoing litigation,” a White House administration official told CBS News. It is not clear which litigation challenging the dismantling of