President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 15, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed he has authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela. The decision would expand U.S. assets deployed to Venezuela, placing added pressure on the regime of Venezuelan
President Trump hosted dozens of business titans on Wednesday as he seeks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to add a ballroom to the White House. The guest list for the East Room dinner included representatives from almost two dozen corporations, including tech firms like Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft and Palantir, tobacco companies
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (L) gestures to President Donald Trump as he speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 15, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images FBI special agents will receive their paychecks despite the government shutdown, according to President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel. The
The federal government shutdown enters a third week as the Senate again failed to pass a continuing resolution to provide a temporary extension of funding, which expired on Sept. 30. Democrats refuse to authorize additional funding until Republicans negotiate over their health care proposals. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or
More than a decade after the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, and just two years after it declined to unravel another piece of the law, the Supreme Court will convene on Wednesday to hear a legal battle over Louisiana’s congressional map that could reverberate throughout the nation. Jessica Levinson
The Main Green at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on March 17, 2025. Scott Eisen/Getty Images Brown University became the second of nine schools to decline the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. In an Oct. 15 letter to the White House, Brown President Christina H. Paxson said the agreement has “no
Trump says he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump confirmed that he has authorized the CIA to go into Venezuela and conduct covert operations. Ed O’Keefe reports. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: calc(100vw – 40px); } View CBS