The Trump administration has determined the U.S. is in a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels it has designated as terrorist organizations, it said in a notification to Congress viewed by CBS News. The administration delivered the notification after a mid-September strike on an alleged drug boat hailing from Venezuela. It was the second of
The White House is asking nine U.S. universities to sign an agreement pledging to uphold the Trump administration’s higher education priorities, or risk losing out on preferred access to federal funding. The demands are outlined in a nine-page document, title the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” that asks schools to freeze their tuition
Trump declares U.S. in “armed conflict” with drug cartels – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump has declared the U.S. is in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels as the White House calls drug runners “unlawful combatants.” Charlie D’Agata has more. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before {
Federal officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, a regulatory formality that quickly triggered pushback from anti-abortion groups and politicians aligned with the Trump administration. Drugmaker Evita Solutions announced on its website that the Food and Drug Administration signed off on its low-cost form of the pill, which is approved to
The National Park Service’s 474 national monuments, memorials, and parks remain reliant on skeleton crews in the wake of the federal government shutdown. Operational capacity of each site’s staff was reduced to an absolute minimum after thousands of employees were furloughed. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different
Washington — While President Trump billed the federal law enforcement surge in the nation’s capital as an effort to crack down on violent crime, internal government data obtained by CBS News shows nearly 40% of over 3,500 arrests made since the operation began in early August were strictly immigration-related. The federal government statistics indicate that,
Pessimism about the U.S. economy and its direction continues this month — negative ratings have persisted for years — along with net-negative ratings for the U.S. job market, specifically. And in a year that has seen plenty of announcements about AI innovations and implications, there is also plenty of public suspicion that the job market may