The impact of Trump firing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump announced on Friday that he will replace Gen. Charles Q. Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Other senior Defense Department officials were also ousted. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie
Hochul says Democratic governors won’t “sit idly by” as Trump threatens retaliation – CBS News Watch CBS News New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she and her fellow Democratic governors won’t “sit idly by and let our rights be attacked” by the Trump administration. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser
The president said on Friday that he did not think it was necessary for Zelenskyy to attend negotiations. President Donald Trump is confident in striking a deal with Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine, potentially ceasing the three-year-long war as early as this week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Feb. 22.
The following is the transcript of an interview with Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Feb. 23, 2025. MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to Trump’s clash with Democratic governors. Joining us now from Albany, New York, is the governor, Kathy Hochul, good morning to
President Donald Trump is using tariffs—essentially taxes paid by foreign companies to access the U.S. market—as a primary tool to achieve his America First agenda. And it has delivered results for him so far. Canada and Mexico both struck deals with the president after he vowed 25 percent tariffs on the two countries unless they
More than a half-century ago, during Watergate, President Richard Nixon had a stand-off with the Justice Department, and the courts. On October 20, 1973, the president demanded that attorney general Elliot Richardson fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Richardson refused, and resigned. His deputy, William Ruckelshaus, also refused, and resigned. The tensions brought a certain phrase
Trump nominated retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John D. Caine to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff after firing Gen. Charles Q. Brown. President Donald Trump has named retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John D. Caine to serve as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking uniformed leader in