The Trump administration is expected to tap Susan Coller Monarez, the deputy director of a federal health research agency, to serve as the acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, multiple health officials tell CBS News. Picking Monarez would close an unprecedented leadership gap atop the CDC, which is tasked with tracking
New Hegseth allegations emerge New Hegseth allegations emerge 01:38 Washington — Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department, told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that he paid $50,000 to a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2017, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News. Hegseth has repeatedly denied
The Trump administration has pulled the security detail from former Trump CIA director and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as well as former Trump special envoy on Iran Brian Hook. CBS has learned that Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed off on the removal of the Diplomatic Security detail, according to a source familiar.
Trump orders troops to border Trump orders troops to the border to crack down on immigration 05:54 Washington — The Trump administration is shutting down processing offices in Latin America that the Biden administration set up to give migrants legal immigration options and dissuade them from crossing the southern border illegally, according to internal government
President Trump signed an executive order to declassify any remaining documents related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by James Earl Ray. The announcement came Thursday, Jan. 23, just days after Mr. Trump’s inauguration. As he signed the order — which will also lead to the release of files pertaining to the assassinations
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to declassify any remaining files from the investigation into President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. After a release of some of the files in 2022, the National Archives and Records Administration said 97% of the roughly 5 million pages in its collection related to the JFK assassination were public.
CBS News Live CBS News 24/7 Live President Trump announced that he’ll declassify any remaining files from the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. He signed an executive order at the White House Thursday. After an aide announced the president was signing the executive action “ordering the declassification of