Top Democrats on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee are sounding the alarm about cuts to a little-known but rapidly expanding space office within NOAA as part of the hundreds of recent layoffs at the agency. NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce is tasked with helping to manage commercial and military satellite traffic in space
Stefanik U.N. ambassador nomination news Stefanik’s U.N. ambassador nomination may be in jeopardy over House’s slim majority 03:09 Washington — Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is in jeopardy as GOP pressure mounts for her to back away from the position. Multiple sources told CBS News there are ongoing
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