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President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that was billed as the beginning of the Department of Education's dismantling, but an act of Congress would be needed to shut the department down. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports.
Democratic and Republican voters are making their voices heard at town halls and meetings held by lawmakers as they visit their districts during the congressional break. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
President Trump is set to begin the dismantling of the Department of Education with an executive order Thursday afternoon. CBS News White House reporter Willie James Inman has more.
Benji Backer is the founder and CEO of Nature is Nonpartisan and wrote a book called "The Conservative Environmentalist." He joined CBS News to discuss the goals of his nonprofit and how he reconciles his politics with his push to save the environment.
President Trump is planning to sign an executive order Thursday that would lay the groundwork for the Department of Education's eventual shutdown. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more.
The judge who ordered the Trump administration to turn around deportation flights to El Salvador is giving the Justice Department until noon Thursday to provide details on those flights. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has the latest.
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday afternoon that would begin the dismantling of the Department of Education, though the department's full closure would require approval from Congress. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand reports on that and Mr. Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
During Wednesday's press briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt read out the White House's take on President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. CBS News correspondent Shanelle Kaul has more.
A federal judge says Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency may not have had the authority to make sweeping cuts at USAID, saying they "likely violated the United States Constitution in multiple ways." CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro has the latest.
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy both say the call they held Wednesday morning was good. It came a day after Mr. Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Russia's war in Ukraine. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports on the war and CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has the latest from the White House.
The Justice Department is fighting a judge's demand for more details about the Trump administration's deportation flights. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has the latest.
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone call Wednesday that Mr. Trump described on social media as "very good." Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at the New School, joined CBS News with her initial thoughts on their conversation and the ongoing war in Ukraine.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on transgender people serving in the military. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more.
President Trump again criticized the judicial branch Tuesday in an interview with Fox News, hours after a rare public statement from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rebuking Mr. Trump's call for the impeachment of a federal judge. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has the latest.
President Trump is speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Wednesday morning after holding a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about the war in Ukraine. CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro has more on Trump and Putin's call and Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at Syracuse University, joins CBS News with analysis.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he plans to speak with President Trump Wednesday in the wake of Mr. Trump's Tuesday call with Russian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more on that and the president's continued attacks against a federal judge who issued a court order to stop the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act to carry out deportations.
President Trump said Tuesday that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to immediately halt attacks "on all energy and infrastructure in Ukraine," but just hours after the call a series of Russian strikes damaged a hospital in Ukraine. Russia has also accused Ukraine of its own attacks on Russian infrastructure. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand reports on the war and former Ambassador William Taylor joins CBS News to provide analysis.
The Trump administration over the weekend carried out deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act despite a federal judge ordering them to stop. On Tuesday in a social media post, President Trump called for the judge's impeachment. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more.
President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin spoke for at least 90 minutes Tuesday about what it would take to end the war in Ukraine. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more.
President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held a call Tuesday about the war in Ukraine amid continued fighting there. CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro has more on what we know about the call and Nina Khrushcheva, a professor of international affairs at the New School, joined CBS News with analysis.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is defending his controversial pivot to support Republicans' spending bill last week, telling "CBS Mornings" on Tuesday that voting against the plan would be more damaging than supporting it. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.
The Trump administration has until noon Tuesday to share details with a federal judge about the deportation flights carrying undocumented Venezuelans. The White House carried out the flights even after a judge's order to have the planes return. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more on the flights and the law invoked by the administration to carry out most of the deportations.
Texas has made what appears to be its first arrest under the state's controversial abortion law. CBS News correspondent Michael George has more.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has faced criticism from other Democrats for his decision to break with the party and vote to advance a continuing resolution to fund the government last week. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports.
The Trump administration has until noon Tuesday to share details with a federal judge about the deportation flights carrying undocumented Venezuelans with alleged gang ties over the weekend. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
President Trump told GOP senators that "we must get the government back open soon and really immediately" on Day 36 of the shutdown. Follow live updates here.
Exit polls in the 2025 races in New Jersey, Virginia, New York City and California showed Trump and the economy were on the minds of voters.
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over whether a federal emergency powers law authorizes President Trump's most sweeping tariffs.
Mayor-elect Mamdani's win in New York is cheered by his London counterpart and a former mentor in Uganda, but draws a warning from Israel's U.S. ambassador.
The number of fatalities may increase after a UPS plane crashed Tuesday near the Louisville International Airport in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said.
Candidates from different wings of the Democratic Party won key races on Election Day 2025 in the biggest test since President Trump's victory last year.
Democrats are set to sweep Tuesday's gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, with Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger projected to win.
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum says the harassment she suffered from a drunk man near the government seat is an assault on all women.
Searches are underway in the U.K. for two men mistakenly released from prison, part of a growing trend that has put the government under fire.