President Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the federal government. “THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE ‘NUCLEAR OPTION,’ GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER,” Trump posted Thursday night on his social media site, Truth Social. The filibuster is a long-standing tactic
Members of the U.S. National Guard patrol in Lafayette Square near the White House on Aug. 29, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration is intensifying its push to combat high levels of crime in the nation’s capital, revealing on Oct. 30 a new recruitment campaign soliciting elite federal officers for the streets
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted star athletes, princesses, dinosaurs and at least one Trump impersonator at the White House’s annual Halloween event Thursday. Hours after the president returned from a days-long trip to Asia, the first couple — sans costumes — spent just under an hour handing out full-size chocolate bars to
A TikTok building in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo China has approved a transfer agreement with the United States for the popular TikTok social media app, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Oct. 30. Chinese leader Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump at the beginning of their meeting
The Justice Department is investigating whether donations to the national Black Lives Matter foundation were misused by the group’s leadership in the wake of an influx of gifts during nationwide racial justice protests in the summer of 2020, according to a source familiar with the investigation. The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc., which
President Trump held his first face-to-face meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in six years. While no formal agreements were announced, there were signs of progress. Clark Packard, trade policy research fellow at the Cato Institute, joins to discuss. Original CBS News Link</a
Trump orders Pentagon to restart nuclear weapons testing – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump directed the Pentagon to resume testing of nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with other countries’ tests, possibly ending a decades-long U.S. pause that stretches back to the end of the Cold War. Ed O’Keefe has details. link.lazyload {