The Trump administration on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said environmentalists’ lawsuits threatened to hobble domestic energy supplies as the U.S. wages war against Iran. Critics said the move by the government’s Endangered Species Committee could doom a rare
Society of Professional Journalists will honor scandal-plagued ex-WaPo writer at ‘hall of fame’ ceremony in June (Karen Attiah/Bluesky) Karen Attiah, the radical beefcake columnist who lost her job at the Washington Post after “endangering” colleagues with her inflammatory posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has repeatedly denounced mainstream journalism as a racist industry in
An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress takes off in support of Operation Epic Fury, on March 22, 2026. U.S. Air Force The top U.S. general on Tuesday said that B-52 bombers are flying over Iranian airspace as the conflict with Iran has continued for more than a month. Gen. Dan Caine, head of the Joint Chiefs
White House officials have privately discussed their concerns about recent internal and public polling on the economy and President Trump and have been trying to drum up new strategies to prevent GOP losses in the midterm elections, sources briefed on the conversations told CBS News. Senior aides, including chief of staff Susie Wiles and deputy
Architect Shalom Baranes shows a site plan for the White House ballroom during a meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission in Washington on Jan. 8, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A federal judge issued an order March 31 halting for the time being the ongoing ballroom construction project at the White House that was ordered
Washington — In a finding that puts to rest months of partisan suspicion, the inspector general for the National Archives and Records Administration concluded that the improper release of New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s largely unredacted military records during last year’s governor’s race was the result of human error, not political design. While the disclosure
President and CEO of National Public Radio Katherine Maher (L) and President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Service Paula Kerger are sworn in before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 26, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A federal judge on March 31 ordered federal agencies not