Washington — President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday requiring states to impose stricter mail-in voting rules and directing his administration to create a list of confirmed U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote in each state. The additional requirements, made without any action by Congress, are all but certain to face challenges in the courts.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 31, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—U.S. forces could conclude combat operations against Iran in as few as two weeks, President Donald Trump said on March 31.
An oil tanker passes at sunrise while a man fishes in Port Aransas, Texas, on Aug. 9, 2025. Eric Gay/AP Photo In a rare meeting of the federal Endangered Species Committee on March 31 over national security concerns, Trump administration cabinet members voted unanimously to grant an exemption to shield oil and gas production in
3/31: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News Gas prices top $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022; Trump says he’s not ready yet to end efforts to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before {
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