President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were advanced by two Senate panels on Jan. 23. Former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), who Trump tapped to helm the VA, was advanced with bipartisan support by the Senate Veteran Affairs Committee on Thursday, one day after
Senate Budget Committee concentrates on the power of the purpose during second confirmation hearing. Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), was questioned over a series of executive orders signed this week that targeted approved congressional funding. Hours after taking office on Jan. 20, Trump signed executive
Authorities carried out the searches on a U.S.-based person who later pleaded guilty to attempting to provide support to a terrorist group. The federal government’s method of searching through information incidentally collected on U.S.-based individuals violates the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment, a federal judge has ruled. “To countenance this practice would convert Section 702 into
The new secretary of state also promised to reward ‘performance and merit,’ including within the State Department ranks. Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled his key priorities under the new Trump administration on Jan. 22 while vowing to build a more “innovative, nimble, and focused” State Department as part of efforts to advance the national
During the pause, federal officials will review the effects of wind projects on wildlife and consider whether wind energy is viable without federal subsidies. President Donald Trump ordered a halt to new leases and permits for wind projects on his first day back in the White House. In addition to temporarily suspending leases in the
‘I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,’ the president said on Wednesday. President Donald Trump suggested changes may be coming to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) because he would rather see states handling disaster response rather than the federal government. When asked about the agency by Fox News’s Sean Hannity
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, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News. The trip, expected to be his first overseas as the top U.S. envoy, is poised to include a stop in Panama to meet with