Martin Van Buren should never have been president. That’s not an insult. America’s eighth chief executive belongs to a distinct phylum of presidents: those who possessed skills both extraordinary enough to elevate them to the White House and yet not quite aligned with what the nation actually needs from a commander in chief. James Madison,
Washington — The 170 million TikTok users in the U.S. were in for a rude awakening late Saturday night when the enormously popular video-sharing app became inaccessible because of a law passed by a bipartisan majority in Congress last year. TikTok voluntarily shut down service to its users ahead of Sunday’s ban. Users in the
Washington — About 750 feet above the nation’s capital, a brand-new state-of-the-art D.C. Police helicopter will be in sky over Monday’s inauguration. What will pilot Jeff Hertel be looking for? “The different crowd parameters and crowd control,” Hertel told CBS News. “And suspicious vehicles, maybe, outside the perimeter area, larger trucks and stuff, make sure
A congressional investigation found that EcoHealth Alliance and Daszak facilitated gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China, without proper oversight. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has formally banned pandemic research nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance and its former president, Peter Daszak, from receiving federal funding for five years. The House Oversight Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the
The swearing-in ceremony has been moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda because of expected inclement weather. WASHINGTON—Anti-scale fences are up, roadblocks are ready, and driving will be like navigating a maze as the nation’s capital prepares for President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. Trump’s inaugural team has put together a weekend of celebratory events that
What is Trump planning to change on Day 1 of his second term? – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump is moving into the presidency with a promise to bring drastic changes to Washington on Day 1 of his second term. Willie James Inman reports on his plans. View CBS News In Be
President-elect Donald Trump arrived in Washington Saturday to kick off days of pageantry heralding his second inauguration as president, four years after he departed the city under the shadow of an attack by his supporters on the Capitol. His plane landed at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., around 6:30 p.m. before he headed to Trump