U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink intends to resign from her post early, three sources told CBS News. The State Department confirmed her intent to step down Thursday afternoon. “Ambassador Brink is stepping down. She’s been the ambassador there for three years – that’s a long time in a war zone. And frankly, the war has
A Senate committee heard from several experts Thursday on setting a year-round time standard, a few months after President Trump vowed to get rid of daylight saving time. “Time is always complicated and the system we have is complicated, but it’s complicated because it’s a human creation,” said Scott Yates, the founder of the Stop
As President Trump announced a pause to his sweeping reciprocal tariffs Wednesday, his trade representative, Jamieson Greer, was in the middle of testifying at a House hearing on the administration’s trade policy. Greer appeared to learn of the president’s decision to pause the tariffs for 90 days the same time the public did, as he
Washington — The House on Thursday adopted a budget blueprint for President Trump’s agenda after Republican leaders scrambled to convince GOP holdouts who want deeper spending cuts to back it. The resolution was adopted in a 216-214 vote, with two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of Indiana — joining all
Russia released Ksenia Karelina, a dual U.S.-Russian national who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for treason in August last year, in a new prison swap on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed her release in a social media post early Thursday, but offered no information about the terms of her release.
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Thursday morning that they now “believe they have the votes” to adopt a budget blueprint for President Trump‘s agenda after failing to muster a majority Wednesday night. He plans to move forward later in the morning with a vote in the lower chamber. Negotiations had continued into Wednesday night,
Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was laid off this month, multiple officials tell CBS News, wiping out teams working on research about adults with cognitive disabilities and sickle cell disease. Work likely to be halted by the cuts includes the collection of data