The ousted head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) said his removal by President Trump is among a series of firings that have taken a wrecking ball to oversight of his administration. Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger, unaffiliated with the office that investigated Trump, spoke to CBS News after ending his legal battle to remain in his job. “I...
House Republicans over the weekend rolled out a short-term government funding plan, kicking off a crucial stretch for GOP leadership to lock down support ahead of Friday's shutdown deadline. The plan released Saturday seeks to keep the government funded through September at mostly fiscal year 2024 levels, in lieu of a bipartisan agreement to pass...
A Florida teenager was arrested Sunday after a video emerged of him apparently threatening to carry out a mass shooting on the local high school. The Sanford Police Department, about 25 miles outside of Orlando, said it received an anonymous tip Saturday “regarding a video of an unknown male threatening to shoot up Seminole High...
Donald Trump and his pet program DOGE have been looking for ways to reduce the deficit. The president’s latest idea is a “gold card” visa program, which he claims would reduce deficit spending by generating additional revenue.
Former Rep. Joe Walsh (III.), an ex-GOP member-turned-pundit, speculated Sunday that President Trump could "stop" the midterm elections scheduled for next fall, or even run for president again in 2028. "He tried to overthrow an American election four years ago. I have no doubt that he could try to stop the midterm elections," Walsh said of Trump...
President Trump’s former economic adviser, Stephen Moore, criticized the president’s approach to tariffs, saying the strategy does not provide the boost the already “wobbly” U.S. economy needs. “I think that the president’s emphasis on tariffs right now is misguided,” Moore said in an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy.” “We...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a new app where migrants can indicate they plan to “self-deport.” The CBP Home app appears to replace the Biden-era CBP One app, where migrants could make appointments at a port of entry to seek asylum. The CBP Home app instead has features for migrants to indicate...
An outage on the social media platform X appeared to impact thousands of users on Monday morning. According to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com, more than 37,000 users reported problems with the platform shortly before 10 a.m. ET on Monday. Issues were first reported around 5:30 a.m. ET, hitting a high of nearly 21,000 reports shortly before...