The head of FEMA’s National Response Coordination Center — a position responsible for the government’s response to storms — submitted his resignation letter Wednesday and will formally depart the agency in two weeks. Jeremy Greenberg’s planned departure comes less than two weeks into hurricane season and amid a major leadership …
Read More »Layoffs loom at Pentagon
Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent personnel cuts in the Pentagon office responsible for weapons testing has halted all work and cleared the way for potential layoffs at the Pentagon-funded think tank that supports it, the Institute for Defense Analyses, or IDA. In a letter obtained by CBS News, …
Read More »Justice Department reverses position, won’t support shielding Trump in original E. Jean Carroll lawsuit
The Justice Department on Tuesday reversed its position that former President Donald Trump was shielded from a 2019 defamation lawsuit filed by the writer E. Jean Carroll. The government had originally argued that Trump was protected from liability by the Westfall Act, because he was acting as a federal employee. …
Read More »Judge limits Biden administration’s contact with social media companies
A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech,” a decision called “a blow to censorship” by one of the Republican officials whose lawsuit prompted the ruling. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty of Louisiana granted the …
Read More »Horses at Arlington National Cemetery will be suspended for a year for rehab
The Army is extending the suspension of horses leading caissons during funerals at Arlington National Cemetery through June 2024 due to their health. The initial pause, which began in May, for the caisson platoon was scheduled to last 45 days. But during that time, veterinarians recommended significantly extending the pause …
Read More »Congress shouldn’t get paid until debt ceiling is addressed, Rep. Abigail Spanberger says
Washington — Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia is calling for the House’s chief administrative officer to prepare to withhold pay for members of Congress until the looming crisis over the debt ceiling is resolved. “If the American people and the American economy are suffering as a result of congressional …
Read More »Tim Scott to name longtime aide Jennifer DeCasper to run likely presidential campaign
As South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott prepares for a likely 2024 presidential bid, CBS News has exclusively learned he would name longtime aide and former chief of staff Jennifer DeCasper to be his campaign manager. DeCasper would make history as the first woman of color to run a Republican presidential …
Read More »Dominion’s case against Fox News goes to trial: What to know about the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit
Update: Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement just as the trial was getting underway. Read the latest here. Our earlier story is below. Washington — Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News are squaring off in Delaware state court when the voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit heads to trial, …
Read More »Delaware judge sanctions Fox News lawyers in Dominion lawsuit
Washington — The Delaware judge overseeing the defamation case involving Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News sanctioned lawyers for the network Wednesday after learning they may have withheld evidence showing that its hosts and executives knew there was no support for baseless claims made about Dominion’s voting equipment and software …
Read More »Biden administration proposal would bar full ban on transgender athletes but allow exceptions
Washington — Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday from the Biden administration, but teams could create some limits in certain cases — for example, to ensure fairness. The proposed rule sends a political counterpunch toward …
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