Trees growing on forest land adjacent to Mount Rainier National Park are shown near Ashford, Wash., on Nov. 23, 2015. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren The Trump administration is moving ahead with its plan to possibly release 2.5 million acres of some of the world’s most productive timberland in western Oregon, the U.S. Bureau of Land
Michael Romano, a former federal prosecutor, is used to asking the questions in court, but now he’s finding himself on the other side, fielding the questions from witness tables at congressional hearings. Twice already this year, he’s served as a witness at congressional hearings, warning that the Trump administration’s efforts to demote or fire Justice
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday ordered the Justice Department to prioritize animal welfare enforcement, in a move she said will entail stepping up prosecutions and even doling out grants to animal welfare groups, according to a new memo sent to all staff. As part of the plan, Bondi said the government would create a
A potential military strike on Iran could happen as soon as Saturday, according to top national security officials. President Trump has been putting military pressure on Iran to work out a nuclear deal by sending U.S. warships and fighter jets to the region. Ed O’Keefe reports. Original CBS News Link
A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber taxis after conducting a combat mission at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, on April 16, 2025. Anthony Hetlage/U.S. Air Force U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 18 urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to retain control of Diego Garcia, saying the island territory could help deter
“Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools—Again” is the headline over Thomas Friedman’s latest column in the New York Times. I read the “again” part as an admission by Friedman that he’s been writing the same column for decades. It’s been consistently wrong, so the real “fools” are any remaining readers who take what
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a news briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 18, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The White House on Feb. 18 dismissed a Democratic counterproposal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as “very unserious,” as the