‘If there’s a shutdown, it’s only because of the Democrats,’ Trump said, while Schumer announced he would vote to keep the government open. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump met with Republicans from the Senate Finance Committee at the White House on March 13 to discuss a budget proposal that outlines the president’s policy priorities, including extensions of
A judge in Maryland has blocked for now the mass firings of probationary federal workers and ordered thousands of fired probationary workers to be reinstated, marking the second decision of its kind in a day. The order from U.S. District Judge James Bredar came late Thursday in a lawsuit filed by 19 states and the
The sanctions come days after U.S. immigration agents arrested a former Columbia University graduate student who led pro-Palestinian protests last year. Columbia University said on March 13 that it has expelled or suspended some students who took over its Hamilton Hall last year amid pro-Palestinian protests, and temporarily rescinded the diplomas of others who have
‘We understand that there’s some introspection that is needed,’ Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas said at a retreat with other House Democrats outside Washington. LEESBURG, Va.—At an issues retreat outside Washington, House Democrats from multiple wings of the party said they needed to improve their communications strategy after the 2024 election. Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas),
Reporter’s notebook: Reexamining the Swiss cheese model – CBS News Watch CBS News Renowned psychology professor James Reason, who popularized what is known as the Swiss cheese model, has died. Mistakes, Reason theorized, were really a series of vulnerabilities lining up, like a single hole might in a stack of individual slices of Swiss cheese.
Columbia students hit with multi-year suspensions, expulsions, and temporary degree revocations, a week after Trump admin cancels $400 million in federal funds Anti-Israel protesters barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall at Colombia University (Alex Kent/Getty Images) Columbia University disciplined radical student activists nearly a year after they stormed a campus building, imposing multi-year suspensions, expulsions, and
Trump’s fraught relationship with NATO – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump met with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte Thursday in the Oval Office. The meeting comes as the president has repeatedly scolded NATO allies for what he sees as inadequate defense spending, which has caused some European allies to fret about whether the U.S.