Treasury secretary says Americans can already see refunds as Trump’s tax breaks kick in

Treasury secretary says Americans can already see refunds as Trump’s tax breaks kick in – CBS News Watch CBS News Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Americans are already seeing record refunds as President Trump’s new tax breaks start to kick in. Nancy Cordes reports. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile

Melania Trump Urges Foster Care Reforms as ‘Moral Imperative’ Before House Committee

First Lady Melania Trump (C) speaks alongside committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) (L) and Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) during a House Ways and Means Committee roundtable discussion on advancing legislation protecting American foster care children, her second major legislative initiative of the second Trump administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 15, 2026.

Swalwell Accuser’s Allegations Corroborated by Campaign Disbursements, Raising Fresh Legal Questions

‘ActBlue, I want my money back,’ says Swalwell donor Lonna Drewes in foreground (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Disbursements from Eric Swalwell’s campaign accounts corroborate the allegations leveled by a woman who says the former congressman sexually assaulted her in 2018, raising the prospect that Swalwell used campaign contributions to facilitate his alleged sexual misconduct. Beverly Hills

4/15: CBS Evening News

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GOP Senators Push To Prohibit US Funding for UNRWA

The UNRWA bill would codify President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze funding for the Hamas-tied UN agency GAZA, GAZA STRIP – JULY 23: Palestinian refugees receive flour from a branch of UNRWA(Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images) A coalition of Republican senators led by Rick Scott (Fla.) is pushing a bill that would prohibit the United

Duke Suspends Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter Over Illustration Depicting ‘Zionism’ as Pig Holding Star of David

The image, originally published in a Black Panther Party newspaper in 1970, included another pig labeled ‘U.S. Imperialism’ and holding the Statue of Liberty’s torch L: antisemitic illustration promoted by Duke SJP R: Duke SJP logo (@duke_sjp/X) Duke University suspended and froze funding for its campus Students for Justice in Palestine chapter after the anti-Israel

New York Marks America’s 250th With Turn to Taxation Without Representation

Hochul, Mamdani tout ‘pied-à-terre tax’; mayor attacks Ken Griffin by name and address From left, French UC Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman, Columbia professor Joseph Stiglitz, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and New York City Commissioner of International Affairs Ana María Archila at an April 15, 2026 event in New York City. (Screenshot via Youtube) April 15, 2026