President Trump confirmed Wednesday that he has authorized the CIA to go into Venezuela and conduct covert operations. Asked by CBS News senior White House correspondent Ed O’Keefe why he did so, the president said he had two reasons: First, “they have emptied their prisons into the United States of America” and “allowed thousands and
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet in the Oval Office on Feb. 13, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that India has pledged to stop purchasing oil from Russia within a short period, a decision that would help cut off funding for Moscow’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel (L) speaks as Attorney General Pam Bondi and President Donald Trump look on during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 15, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel announced that crime crackdowns resulted
The Pentagon is seen from a flight taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Nov. 29, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. The Pentagon is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense and the world’s largest office building. Alex Wong/Getty Images/TNS President Donald Trump issued a new memorandum on Oct. 15 directing the Pentagon
Blank U.S. Treasury checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia on July 18, 2011. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images With the government shutdown now into its third week, Social Security beneficiaries have been assured that their monthly checks will continue to arrive. But if the budget stalemate stretches into
Days after hundreds of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees were laid off, former CDC officials are warning it has left the agency more unprepared to keep Americans healthy and safe. While 1,300 CDC employees initially received reduction-in-force notices on Friday, about 700 were later notified their terminations were revoked, union officials said. Some of the RIF
U.S. Navy warship USS Lake Erie crosses the Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal amid a U.S. naval deployment near the coast of Venezuela in Panama City on Aug. 29, 2025. Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Oct. 15 that his administration is considering land strikes targeting Venezuelan drug cartels, an escalation