Roger Carstens, the Biden administration’s top official for freeing Americans held overseas, on Friday arrived in Damascus, Syria, for a high-risk mission: making the first known face-to-face contact with the caretaker government and asking for help finding missing American journalist Austin Tice. Tice was kidnapped in Syria 12 years ago during the civil war and
Trump-backed government spending deal fails in House vote – CBS News Watch CBS News A new government funding bill proposed by Republican lawmakers and supported by President-elect Donald Trump failed Thursday in a House vote after a previous bipartisan agreement was scuttled Wednesday amid opposition from Trump. A Friday midnight deadline is looming to pass
How Trump is influencing decision-making on Capitol Hill – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk were able to derail the original spending bipartisan agreement which was negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson. Robert Costa examines why Trump opposed the original deal, and why he supports the new one. View
House Republicans tried and failed Thursday evening to fast-track a measure to keep the government funded through a maneuver that required a two-thirds majority, pushing the government closer to a shutdown. House GOP leaders can still bring it up through regular channels by sending it through committee, and this would enable them to try again
Deportations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement soared to a 10-year high in fiscal year 2024 under the Biden administration, surpassing the Trump-era high recorded in 2019, according to a government report released Thursday. ICE deported more than 271,000 unauthorized immigrants in fiscal year 2024, the highest tally recorded by the agency since fiscal year
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo filed a lawsuit Thursday against a former aide who alleged he sexually harassed her in 2020. His legal filing came just days after she withdrew her own lawsuit against him. In the filing, Cuomo’s lawyers claimed Charlotte Bennett, a former executive assistant in his office, lied about him making
Washington — House Republicans are moving forward with a new plan to keep the government funded through the spring, hinting at a possible resolution to avoid a shutdown before Friday’s deadline with a vote expected as soon as Thursday evening. The House descended into chaos Wednesday when a GOP revolt spurred by President-elect Donald Trump