After firing more than 200 probationary workers from the nation’s federal disaster relief agency, the Trump administration has taken its first step to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just months ahead of hurricane season. In an email labeled, “Hiring Update” and obtained by CBS News, FEMA informed employees on Friday night of a
President Trump on Friday night rescinded the security clearances of former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, several members of the Biden administration, and other prominent Democrats. The move comes after Mr. Trump had already announced last month that he was revoking former President Joe Biden’s security clearance. In a memo Friday, the
Officials at agencies throughout the Department of Health and Human Services say they are bracing for steep layoffs, as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his aides are nearing their final decisions on a sweeping restructuring of the department. Decisions by Kennedy and his team on the changes to the department’s makeup and organization are
The Trump administration will be revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants welcomed into the U.S. under a Biden-era sponsorship process, urging them to self-deport or face arrest and removal by deportation agents. The termination of their work permits and deportation protections under an immigration authority known as
The senior adviser with the West Wing office closest to the action — the Oval Office — in President Trump’s second term is Dan Scavino, one of his longest-serving inner circle aides. Influence with the president of the United States has often been a factor in the physical proximity of an adviser’s office to the
Columbia University has announced a new mask ban, the hiring of special officers and other new policies, some of which are in line with the Trump administration’s demands. Thursday marked the deadline that the Trump administration gave Columbia to comply with its list of demands before even discussing the $400 million in funding that the
Washington — A federal judge raised questions about the lack of due process for immigrants deported under a wartime authority and rebuked the Justice Department for ignoring his order to turn around two deportation flights last Saturday. “I made it very clear what you had to do,” D.C. Chief District Judge James Boasberg told Drew