The United States will remove transgender troops from the military unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon said in a Wednesday memo. The Pentagon stated that unless transgender members receive a waiver on an individual basis, the United States will remove them from the service.(Reuters) The memo became public as part…
Nonprofits cited halts to funding from U.S. institutions including the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the National Endowment for Democracy. Activists and nonprofit executives say the shutdown—led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency—is forcing nongovernment organizations to suspend or stop their research on everything from human-rights abuses to socioeconomic indicators…
The Trump administration is threatening to punish some immigrants in the U.S. illegally with criminal penalties, including jail time and fines, if they fail to sign up for a government registry, as it ramps up its far-reaching immigration crackdown. The move, announced Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security, applies to immigrants over the age…
Washington — A bubble is quickly forming inside the obscure but powerful U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, which handles appeals from federal workers who have been terminated or allege they were victims of prohibited actions by their employers. A CBS News review of agency records shows the board has experienced a surge in new…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday that the White House press office will choose which outlets get to cover the president in close quarters, replacing the decision-making authority that has long rested with the 100-year-old White House Correspondents Association. This development followed the White House announcement last week that it was removing the…
Topline The White House said Tuesday agency leaders can decide whether employees are required to respond to an email from the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency asking what work they completed in the last week—the latest development over the emails after a growing number of agency heads, including Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, told…
Over the last month, the U.S. government has worked quickly to pause, disband and dismantle the U.S. effort to fight foreign meddling in elections, raising concern among federal lawmakers and election officials across the country who rely on the federal cybersecurity agency and its counterparts to warn them about attacks on election systems. First came…
Washington DC: Ahead of the Monday deadline, the Trump administration in the United States is reportedly backing off from Elon Musk’s weekend mandate for all government employees to submit five things they accomplished in the last week or face dismissal. President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Musk on Saturday posted on his social media platform, X,…
US President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy says China is the top US competitor in both areas and warned the future depends on who leads in key sectors. “China has emerged as both our preeminent geopolitical rival and our most formidable technological and scientific competitor,” nominee…
Some federal employees told not to respond to Musk ultimatum to document work or resign – CBS News Watch CBS News An email from the Office of Personnel Management went out to millions of federal employees directing them to document what they accomplished last week. On social media, billionaire Elon Musk warned that “failure to…