Thousands of federal workers get layoff notices in a government shutdown first – CBS News Watch CBS News Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is hoping for peace in his country’s war with Russia after speaking to President Trump over the phone. Taurean Small has the latest. Source link
A federal appeals court Saturday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area amid ongoing protests at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities that the Trump administration has vowed to crack down on. The court ruled, however, that the National Guard troops can remain under federal control. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine like he did in the Middle East during a phone call on Saturday, the Ukrainian leader said. “If a war can be stopped in one region, then surely other wars can be stopped as well — including the Russian war,” Zelensky wrote in…
Trump announces additional 100% tariff on China starting next month – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump says the U.S. is imposing an additional 100% tariff on imports from China starting Nov. 1. Today’s announcement follows heavy losses on the stock market. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O’Grady reports. Source link
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to unleash new tariffs on China and cast doubt over a potential meeting between him and Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month in South Korea, further escalating a now monthslong trade spat between the two powers. Trump’s threats came after China sharply expanded its export controls for…
President Trump on Friday threatened to raise U.S. tariffs on China over its new restrictions on rare-earth elements. “They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to Countries throughout the World, that they want to impose Export Controls on each and every element of production having to do with Rare Earths, and virtually anything else…
Another year, another failed attempt. U.S. President Donald Trump’s inability to secure this year’s Nobel Peace Prize was predictable. The odds that he will ever win the prize remain slim. Yet this latest knockback is only likely to redouble Trump’s desire to win in future years, putting renewed energy behind one of the most important…
Federal workers who are either furloughed or required to keep working without pay during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown express concern about the impact on their finances, their colleagues and the American public. Roughly 750,000 of the more than 2 million federal workers are furloughed during the government closure, which began on Oct. 1, when Congress failed to…
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the two counts of lying to Congress being brought against him by the Trump administration. On the same day, ABC News reported that the prosecutors who were working on the Comey case — who were fired for their refusal to charge him — believed…
Oil prices fell in early morning trade on Thursday in Asia as Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in fighting and a hostages-for-prisoners exchange, under a framework advanced by the Trump administration. Under the agreement, Hamas will release as many as 20 living hostages this weekend, and Israel will pull back forces to a…