The Environmental Protection Agency is considering terminating its $7 billion Solar for All program that was designed to bring renewable and affordable energy to low-income communities, two sources confirmed to CBS News. The Solar for All program provides funding to 60 grant recipients that planned to create or expand existing low-income solar programs, with the
Washington — Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Wednesday announced a bid for Tennessee governor, pledging to make the state “America’s conservative leader for this generation and the next.” “Trump is back, America is blessed and Tennessee — better than ever,” Blackburn said in a video announcement Wednesday. “Here in the Volunteer State, we always lead
Former Department of Government Efficiency staffer Edward Coristine was allegedly assaulted in an attempted carjacking in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, according to police records obtained by CBS News — an incident that led President Trump to threaten to put the nation’s capital under federal control. 19-year-old Coristine — who is known for his online
The federal government is calling off around $500 million worth of vaccine development projects that use mRNA technology, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday. The 22 now-terminated projects were funded through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA. Most of the projects that were cancelled were for
Abbott says FEMA needs improvements Abbott says FEMA needs improvements after deadly Texas floods 02:47 A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to reallocate more than $4 billion in federal funding geared toward natural disaster mitigation projects, arguing the transfer could lead to “irreparable harm” to flood-prone areas. The injunction
Border Patrol agents have new orders to stop deporting migrants under President Trump’s asylum ban, which he signed earlier this year. The directive comes after a federal court limited the president’s order last week. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more. Original CBS News Link</a
Elon Musk boasted about how much he’d saved taxpayers when he was running the Department of Government Efficiency. CBS News took a close look at some of the numbers and found the money saved doesn’t line up with what DOGE is saying. Nancy Cordes reports. Original CBS News Link</a