Both the House and Senate must pass identical budget resolutions in order to unlock the reconciliation process. WASHINGTON—The House GOP will begin its process of passing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda through reconciliation the first week of February, said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Jan. 27. Reconciliation allows for Congress to pass legislation related
A Nigerian man was extradited to the U.S. after he was indicted in connection with the sextortion of a South Carolina teen who died by suicide, the Justice Department said Monday. Hassanbunhussein Abolore Lawal, 24, allegedly posed as a young woman on social media and got 17-year-old Gavin Guffey to send him “compromising photos,” the
The executive order covers a range of advanced missile and air defense capabilities. The United States will begin revamping its missile defense capabilities under a new executive order President Donald Trump signed on Jan. 27. Trump’s executive order called for a revamped set of layered missile defense capabilities to defeat ballistic, hypersonic, and advanced cruise
Police found guns and pro-Hamas materials in the home of two students, and the FBI arrested a third for plotting a terror attack on Israeli consulate L: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (Win McNamee/Getty Images) R: Anti-Semitism lawyer Kenneth Marcus (ed.gov) In recent weeks, local and federal law enforcement officials found guns and pro-terror materials in
Staff across the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered Monday to cut off all communications with the World Health Organization, multiple federal health officials confirmed to CBS News, to comply with President Trump’s executive order last week. Beyond calling for the U.S. to begin the yearlong process to formally withdraw from funding the
About a dozen Justice Department employees who worked for former special counsel Jack Smith on the investigation and prosecution of President Trump are being fired, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News. The federal prosecutors were informed of the decision to terminate their positions via a letter sent over email after Justice
The acting attorney general does not trust the officials to ’to assist in faithfully implementing the President’s agenda,’ a spokesperson said. The acting head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Jan. 27 fired officials who worked on former special counsel Jack Smith’s team, a department spokesperson said. “Today, Acting Attorney General James McHenry terminated