EPA Eliminates Credits for Auto Start-Stop Feature in Cars

President Trump is joined by Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Feb. 12, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ended a greenhouse gas credit program that incentivized auto manufacturers to include automatic start-stop systems in vehicles, the agency said in a

Ruemmler resigning as Goldman Sachs’ general counsel after appearing in Epstein files

Kathryn Ruemmler, who served as White House counsel under former President Barack Obama, is stepping down from her role as general counsel of financial giant Goldman Sachs after the Justice Department’s newly released files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein offered additional details on her relationship with Epstein. Ruemmler told CBS News that she is

Health Secretary Announces Changes to Management Team to Promote MAHA Agenda

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a press conference in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 8, 2025. Heather Diehl/Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Feb. 12 that nearly a handful of members on his management team have received expanded responsibilities and titles. Four officials will receive new titles

Gov. Moore dismisses Trump’s “not worthy” snub: “I will bow down to no one”

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore shrugged off President Trump’s comment that he was “not worthy” to attend an annual White House dinner featuring governors from both parties, telling CBS News the president does “not determine my worthiness.” Moore said that “if the point of the meeting is to turn it into name-calling … I will not

CBP officer allegedly harbored unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer is facing federal criminal charges over allegations he harbored an immigrant who officials say is in the country illegally and is also the officer’s girlfriend and niece. The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson was living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had

DOJ drops charges against men accused of assaulting ICE, citing “inconsistent” evidence

The Justice Department moved to drop federal charges against two men charged with assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis last month, including one Venezuelan defendant who was shot in the leg by an officer, citing “newly discovered evidence” that was “materially inconsistent” with the allegations against them. The filing, entered Thursday by U.S.

NATO Allies Pledge More Than a Billion to Supply Ukraine With US-Made Weapons

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (R) speaks with French Defense Minister Catherine Vautrin during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council’s Defense Ministers Session at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Feb. 12, 2026. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Photo NATO member nations on Feb. 12 announced new financial support to purchase U.S. military hardware for Ukraine, reaffirming