The former NFL player still needs approval of the full Senate. Scott Turner’s nomination for Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary will advance to the Senate floor after receiving the green light from the necessary committee on Jan. 23. “It’s time to undo the Biden administration’s far-left policies and burdensome regulations that have put the
Washington — President Trump is threatening to withhold federal disaster aid for the Los Angeles area if California doesn’t change the way it manages water in the state. Mr. Trump said he plans to head to Southern California on Friday to visit the communities affected by the fire. In an interview that aired Wednesday on
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is preparing to travel to Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and other Central American and Caribbean nations in the coming weeks, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce confirmed to CBS News. The trip, expected to be his first overseas as the top U.S. envoy, will include a stop in Panama to meet
A memo sent out Wednesday said that there will be ‘adverse consequences’ for failing to report obfuscated programs. The Trump administration on Wednesday sent memos that called on federal government employees to provide information about any agencies’ attempts to hide diversity programs, after he ordered government employees in offices administering such programs to be placed
The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with a bipartisan coalition of 15 states for fueling the opioid crisis, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. The settlement bars the Sackler family from selling opioids in the U.S. and ends its control
CNN announced it is laying off around 210 employees—6 percent of its workforce—just days into President Donald Trump’s second term, as part of a cost-cutting move to prioritize digital expansion. The staff cuts, which CEO Mark Thompson detailed in a Thursday memo, will help CNN reduce production costs and consolidate teams as it restructures its
Washington — The Senate is poised to confirm John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in President Trump’s administration amid delays by Democrats. Senate Democrats slowed Ratcliffe’s confirmation after his nomination advanced out of committee earlier this week, forcing procedural maneuvers to extend consideration of his