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
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s controversial pick to head the federal Department of Health and Human Services, will appear Wednesday before a Senate panel that is crucial to advance his nomination. Kennedy is due to appear first at the Senate Committee on Finance, the panel that will ultimately be the committee with the deciding
Judge blocks directive to freeze federal assistance – CBS News Watch CBS News A memo from the White House budget office sent Monday called for a spending freeze on federal assistance beginning Tuesday night, causing chaos and confusion about the scope of the order. But just as the freeze was set to kick in, a
The White House blamed an “outage” for locking out a wide range of organizations and agencies on Tuesday from the online systems responsible for drawing down federal health dollars. Multiple state Medicaid programs reported late Tuesday they have been able to resume accessing their payment systems after the nationwide lockout. The interruption had sparked outcry
A White House memo ordering a broad freeze on federal grants and loans by 5 p.m. Tuesday has ordinary Americans who depend on such aid, as well as seasoned budget experts, scratching their heads. The memo suspending the federal funding was vague in its wording, causing confusion within federal assistance programs, at nonprofits and among