Newly released House oversight committee texts show Jeffrey Epstein coached Steve Bannon during a six day stretch in August 2018, shaping TV performances and political messaging to defend Donald Trump and boost Bannon’s media ventures. The exchange captures banter, production notes, and talking points on tax cuts, immigration, and security...
War Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled Operation Southern Spear, naming U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force Southern Spear to dismantle narco terror networks across the Western Hemisphere. He said the mission protects the homeland and chokes off deadly drugs. The Pentagon logged a 20th strike on alleged drug boats this...
The Trump administration is upending homelessness policy, cutting long-term housing to fund transitional programs that require work and addiction treatment. HUD says the shift will 'restore accountability' and target root causes, noting overall funding will rise from $3.6 billion to $3.9 billion. Critics warn as many as 170,000 people could...
Most Republican senators whose phone records were accessed in the investigation that led to special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 probe are backing away from a new statute in the shutdown-ending bill signed by President Donald Trump that would let them sue the government for up to $500,000 per instance...
Republicans defused a 43 day shutdown but face a closing window on health care, with enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expiring Dec. 31 and premiums more than double for tens of millions. House leaders are assembling bills that avoid renewing subsidies, while the White House weighs a conservative plan aligned...
Last week, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood in the Oval Office and praised President Trump’s drug pricing deal for weight loss drugs, thanking the chiefs of Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. The move marked a sharp turn from his past attacks on such medications and their makers. The...
After fisherman Alejandro Carranza vanished on a September trip, his family and President Gustavo Petro say he died in a U.S. strike on Sept. 15, one of 20 boat attacks since then. The Trump administration says the targets carried drugs but has shown limited evidence, while legal experts call the...
President Trump’s recent moves, from dining with Wall Street titans and backing visas for skilled foreigners to approving a $20 billion Argentina bailout during the shutdown, are fraying his populist brand and stirring dissent inside his MAGA ranks. Tensions rose as he resisted further Epstein disclosures while Congress released emails....
Erik Bottcher, a Democratic city councilman from downtown Manhattan, entered the race to succeed Representative Jerrold Nadler in New York’s 12th District, joining a crowded primary that includes Jack Schlossberg, Micah Lasher, Alex Bores and others. Framing his bid through his L.G.B.T.Q. activism and personal mental health story, Bottcher highlighted...
More than 1.4 million federal workers could start seeing paychecks as soon as this weekend, after a 43-day shutdown ended with House passage of a funding package that President Trump signed. An OMB schedule, first reported by Semafor and confirmed to CBS News, aims to clear back pay by Nov....
