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President Trump and administration officials are standing behind Pete Hegseth despite new scrutiny over the defense secretary's use of the messaging app Signal. Molly Ball, senior political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, and Patrick Svitek, politics breaking news reporter for The Washington Post, join "America Decides" to discuss.
CBS News has learned that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently asked to retrofit a space next to the Pentagon press briefing room with a makeup studio to prepare for television appearances. CBS News senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs has the details.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under fire again amid reports that he shared Yemen attack plans with his wife, brother and personal attorney on the messaging app Signal. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata has the details.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under heavy scrutiny after CBS News and other outlets learned he shared attack plans in a second Signal group chat with his wife, brother and personal attorney on the same day a different chat inadvertently included a journalist. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.
President Trump told reporters Tuesday he has "no intention of firing" Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, one day after Mr. Trump called Powell a "major loser." Stef Kight, politics reporter at Axios, and Jake Traylor, White House reporter at Politico, join "America Decides" to discuss the president's comments and more.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing some calls to resign over a second Signal chat where he reportedly discussed sensitive military plans with his wife, brother and personal attorney. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports how the Trump administration is processing it all.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under fire again for sharing Yemen attack plans in a Signal group chat, this time with his wife, brother and personal lawyer. Hegseth is blaming "leakers" for the scandal. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is pushing back against accusations that he sent his wife and brother details on a Signal chat about a U.S. military strike in Yemen. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata and Olivia Rinaldi have the latest.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is pushing back on new reports about his apparent use of the Signal texting app to share sensitive information with family members. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports.
President Trump is publicly standing by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid scrutiny over his use of a Signal chat. It was revealed that Hegseth used his personal phone to share details about impending strikes in Yemen on a private thread that included his wife, brother and personal attorney. His brother and attorney have official positions at the Pentagon. The Defense Department doesn't deny the reports, but says no classified information was shared.
The messages were sent the same day Hegseth shared similar details in a separate Signal chat that inadvertently included The Atlantic's editor-in-chief.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details about impending U.S. airstrikes in Yemen with a private Signal group that included his wife, brother and personal attorney, according to sources familiar with the messages. Weijia Jiang has the latest.
CBS News has learned that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details about U.S. airstrikes on Yemen in a second group chat on Signal with his wife, brother and personal lawyer. CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson has more.
President Trump says he and first lady Melania Trump will attend Pope Francis' funeral in Rome. The president paid his respects to the late pontiff during an Easter egg roll at the White House on Monday. CBS News White House reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.
Hegseth's chief of staff Joe Kasper is moving to a new job, the latest staffing shift after days of upheaval at the Pentagon.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defiant following allegations that he shared details of an impending air strike in a Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer. Barbara Starr, longtime Pentagon correspondent, and James LaPorta, national security coordinating producer for CBS News, join with more.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Trump on Monday brushed off questions about a report that Hegseth shared details on an impending attack against Yemen in a second Signal group chat with his wife, brother and personal lawyer. CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson has the latest.
Dakota Meyer, a Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Afghanistan War, is reenlisting in the the military and will serve in the Marine Reserves.
The Pentagon put a third top Defense Department official on administrative leave pending an investigation into possible information leaks. Sources told CBS News that Colin Carroll, the chief of staff to the deputy secretary of defense, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Wednesday. CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson has more.
A female Army Ranger for the first time competed in the annual Best Ranger Competition, finishing the event with her two-soldier team in 14th.
President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The U.S. is urging Russia to accept a long-term ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says China is threatening the Panama Canal with investments in the region. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul reports.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is not ruling out using the military to secure the Panama Canal against China's interference. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired another top-ranking military official, Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield. Chatfield had been assigned to NATO. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata has the details.
Sources tell CBS News that national security adviser Mike Waltz meant to add a spokesman and not a journalist to a chat on Signal where Trump administration officials were discussing plans to bomb Yemen. Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado joins "America Decides" with his take on the debacle, Trump's tariffs and the state of his party.
Trump's approval rating ticks back up; support for tariffs declines as some pull back buying.
South Korea says it reached a deal with the U.S. to release more than 300 South Koreans detained in an immigration enforcement raid at a Georgia Hyundai plant.
In her first TV interview since joining the Supreme Court in 2020, Justice Amy Coney Barrett also discusses her vote in the 2022 Dobbs abortion case.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, said President Trump "essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation."
Saturday's jackpot had an estimated cash value of $826.4 million, Powerball said.
At least 2.5 million students across the country are using Yondr pouches, as 35 states have laws or rules limiting cellphones in schools.
Russia attacked Ukraine with 810 drones and decoys – the largest aerial attack on the country since the war began, Ukraine's Air Force said.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took office in October.
Three people survived the incident and were rescued, and "a search is ongoing in the hope of finding the missing victims," an official said.