Abortion expected to play a key role in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Abortion has been top of mind for many voters casting early ballots in the race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Abortion has been top of mind for many voters casting early ballots in the race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to "activist judges" two weeks before the state's pivotal Supreme Court election.
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans to build more fighter jets a day after the president signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. Trump also denied a report he briefed Elon Musk on top secret war plans.
Organizers with the Democratic Party of DuPage called the protest a “Tesla takedown.” It is intended as a protest against President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.
The protesters said they are fighting against Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, and its cuts to government services.
Wisconsin voters are casting the first ballots in a pivotal state Supreme Court race that will determine whether liberal or conservative justices control the highest court in the crucial presidential battleground.
Candidates in a race that will determine ideological control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will square off in their only scheduled debate before the April 1 election.
Back in Chicago, Ed, who asked us not to use his last name, was parked on Lakeshore Drive last month when he said his blue Tesla was vandalized with a clear message to Tesla's co-founder Elon Musk.
CEO Elon Musk's controversial role in the White House is causing the company and vehicle owners to suffer.
Musk posted on x that he thinks "a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved."
President Trump put some of his new tariffs on pause for U.S. automakers, while also dealing with new developments in some of the topics he hit on in his Tuesday night speech to Congress.
Some Illinois Democrats have invited fired federal workers to President Trump's speech to protest the Trump administration's sweeping cuts to the federal government.
Some 880 employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were laid off on Thursday, a congressional source told CBS News.
President Trump said he plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting next week, while also doubling existing tariffs on China. Meantime, the president also is doubling down on his Department of Government Efficiency’s bid to slash federal spending and chop the workforce.
The Trump administration has already laid off many federal workers who were in their first year of employment. Now they're working to cut employees who have more tenure.
President Trump's first cabinet meeting on Wednesday includes a seat at the table for billionaire adviser Elon Musk, as the administration prepares to more significantly trim the federal workforce.
There is confusion among federal workers about whether they are required to respond to an email from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk, who is heading up White House's efforts to slash the size of the government. It's just the latest job-cutting effort from Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
Federal workers are facing mixed messages from the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk. Frustration remains after an email asking employees to list their accomplishments over the past week.
A coalition of federal workers and contractors who were fired by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency are protesting in Washington, D.C., staging a “job fair’ with sit-ins at Senate offices to pressure senators to rein in Musk. It comes as federal employees still on the job are confused about an email sent by Musk, telling them to send a list of work accomplishments, but some federal officials are telling employees not to respond.
Workers in Chicago said there has been much discussion about what they're supposed to do, with some being told not to respond.
Federal workers are to submit five bullets of what they've accomplished last week by midnight Monday. On his social media platform X, Elon Musk warned that "failure to respond will be taken as a resignation."
Presidential adviser Elon Musk warned that a failure to respond to the email would be taken as a resignation, but a number of state agencies asked staffers to pause on any response for now. Cristian Benavides reports.
Elon Musk wrote, “A failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.” However, not every agency is cooperating with Musk's new demand.
In an email Saturday, announced first by Elon Musk with a post on X, federal workers were given until Monday to explain “what they got done last week” or lose their jobs. Cristian Benavides reports.
Elon Musk is telling federal workers to document the work they've done or they'll be out of a job. He is giving federal employees, including some judges and prison staff, until 11:59 p.m. Monday to meet his demand.
