The Environmental Protection Agency has terminated 388 probationary employees and placed nearly 200 employees on leave. The White House has clarified remarks made by President Donald Trump during his first Cabinet meeting on Feb. 26, after he said Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin plans to initiate massive job cuts at the agency. White
Many congressional Republicans have emphasized that Trump has the right, as the commander-in-chief, to dismiss those military officials. Five former Pentagon chiefs signed an open letter calling on Congress to hold immediate hearings on President Donald Trump’s firings of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other defense officials. In the letter, former
The decision follows Trump’s Feb. 11 executive order asking agencies to prepare for ‘large-scale reductions in force.’ The Social Security Administration (SSA) is set to lay off a large number of employees, with workers being offered incentives of up to $25,000 for voluntary separation, the department said in a Feb. 27 statement. Offices that perform
President Trump is planning to sign an executive order making English the official language of the United States, multiple White House sources tell CBS News. English is already the most commonly used language in the country, but the U.S. has never had an official language at the federal level. The Wall Street Journal first reported
The congressman says U.S. District Judge Amir Ali is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) has filed an article of impeachment against the federal judge who temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s suspension of all foreign aid amid pending litigation. The impeachment resolution, filed on Feb. 27, seeks U.S. District Judge Amir
The extent of the rollback is not yet clear. President Donald Trump has eased restrictions on airstrikes and military raids, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Feb. 28. “Correct,” Hegseth wrote on social media platform X, confirming a media report. The extent of the rollback isn’t clear as of yet. The Department of Defense declined
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting President Trump at the White House Friday, where the two leaders are expected to sign an agreement regarding U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals. Mr. Trump mentioned earlier this week that the U.S. had reached a deal with Zelenskyy on a broad framework for sharing Ukraine’s mineral resources,