As U.S. senators grill Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week, President Trump’s pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services is expected to face sharp questions about his actions in an island nation half a world away. Kennedy’s 2019 visit to Samoa has recently brought fresh attention to his history of activism focused
Retired Gen. Mark Milley, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Trump and Biden administrations, has had both his security detail and his security clearance revoked, the Pentagon says. New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “informed General Milley today that he is revoking the authorization for his security detail and suspending
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for certain types of gender-affirming care for people under age 19, his latest move to roll back protections for transgender people across the country. “It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support
CBS News Live CBS News Minnesota Live MINNEAPOLIS — A tie at the Minnesota Senate has come to an end as the DFL’s Doron Clark is projected to win the special election for District 60 with 90.9% of the vote. Clark ran against Republican Abigail Wolters for the seat, which was left empty after Sen. Kari
Dozens of senior staff inside the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, have been placed on administrative leave until further notice, and hundreds of contractors have had their employment furloughed or terminated, multiple sources told CBS News. This followed Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s order last Friday that placed an immediate halt on virtually all
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to prioritize and free up federal funding for school choice programs, according to a White House document on an upcoming executive order obtained by CBS News. The executive order directs the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, to submit a plan to Mr. Trump for how military
The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to quit in September in a program meant to end work-from-home practices, senior administration officials told CBS News. A government-wide email President Trump’s aides planned to send Tuesday says employees have until Feb. 6 to decide whether to participate in a “deferred resignation program,” which