Washington — Standing beside President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Elon Musk defended the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to drastically cut spending and dismiss workers across the federal government, insisting that Americans voted for major change and the Trump administration is delivering. Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, took questions for the first
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, of lying under oath at his confirmation hearing last month. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said he has “highly credible information” that Patel is behind the firings at the bureau, though he is not yet the FBI director.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that El Salvador’s president offered to incarcerate deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, including U.S. citizens, but the deal came the same day as a less-publicized offer from the United States: nuclear power. El Salvador’s Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill Tinoco said a civil nuclear cooperation agreement
CBS News Live CBS News Sacramento Live A satirical online petition is catching the attention of both Californians and Danes alike. As of Tuesday, the “Denmarkification” petition – which calls for the country of Denmark to buy the state of California – has collected more than 200,000 signatures. The petition comes in response to President
Washington — President Trump hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday and renewed his suggestions that Gaza could be emptied of residents, controlled by the U.S. and redeveloped as a tourist area — a plan that could likely only work if the Arab nation agrees to accept more refugees. The pair
More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists — filed a federal court lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship. The lawsuit, filed in
CBS News Live CBS News 24/7 Live Washington — The White House announced Tuesday that it has negotiated the release of Marc Fogel, an American schoolteacher who had been behind bars in Russia since 2021. “Today, President Donald J. Trump and his Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are able to announce that Mr. Witkoff is leaving