Residents demand answers after EPA stores toxic debris from L.A. fires in park – CBS News Watch CBS News The Environmental Protection Agency is working on an expedited timeline to clear combustible paints, household chemicals and other toxic debris from the Los Angeles fires. After the waste began arriving at a park 15 miles from
FBI agent involved in Jan. 6 probes says Trump review is “demoralizing” – CBS News Watch CBS News Another federal judge has blocked the Justice Department from releasing a list of FBI agents involved in investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Scott MacFarlane spoke to one of those agents, who says many at the bureau
Washington — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Russ Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget after Democrats held the floor through Wednesday night and into the day Thursday to oppose his confirmation. In a 53 to 47 vote, the Senate confirmed Vought’s nomination along party lines. Vought, 48, served as OMB director toward
President Trump on Thursday repeated an unfounded claim on Truth Social that billions of dollars had “been stolen at USAID, and other agencies” and given “to the fake news media” to write favorable stories about Democrats. He said Politico had received $8 million. Trump’s claim mischaracterizes the federal government’s spending on subscriptions. Data from USAspending.gov,
Washington — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday temporarily prevented the Justice Department from disclosing information about FBI agents who fear they will be targeted because of their work on cases involving President Trump and the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ordered that the Justice Department
Abdul Fatorma, chief executive of the Campaign for Human Rights and Development International, had been working on expanding democracy in Sierra Leone for seven years. Civil war had plagued the West African coastal nation for decades, ending in 2002 — and slowly, peace had returned, helping to reduce migration and violence. Essential to that progress,
Millions of federal workers have more time to ponder their next career move after a judge on Thursday temporarily suspended the Office of Personnel Management’s deadline for them to accept or reject the agency’s “deferred resignation” offer. The cutoff to take the deal had been set to expire at on Thursday at midnight Eastern time before