NOAA could face 25% budget cut, slashing climate research, in draft proposal
An internal government document proposes significant changes for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, hitting its research functions hardest.
Trump headlining $1 million a person super PAC dinner as stocks sink
Donors attending the Mar-a-Lago candlelight fundraising dinner Friday are being charged $1 million a plate.
DHS gutting offices that offer civil rights and immigration liaison services
The Department of Homeland Security said the offices "function as internal adversaries that slow down operations."
USPS to cut 10,000 workers through voluntary early retirement program
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy confirmed that the Elon Musk-led DOGE is now working with USPS.
Michelle Obama not attending Trump's inauguration
Former first lady Michelle Obama is skipping Donald Trump's inauguration. She also did not attend Jimmy Carter's funeral last week.
Lockheed Martin donates $1 million to Trump inaugural committee
Recent major donors to Trump's inaugural committee include Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Amazon, Apple's Tim Cook, and OpenAI's Sam Altman.
Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates
President Biden is granting clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences. Their sentences will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Biden's top hostage envoy travels to Syria to ask for help in finding Austin Tice
Hostage envoy Roger Carstens traveled to Syria Friday, making the first known U.S. in-person contact with the caretaker government, and seeking help in finding missing American Austin Tice.
Trump says support for Hegseth's nomination is "strong and deep"
Trump's pick for defense chief, Pete Hegseth, has been meeting with GOP senators, amid allegations of alcohol abuse, sexual misconduct and mismanagement of two veterans' organizations he ran.
4 Trump administration picks have sexual misconduct allegations in their past
Four men chosen by President-elect Donald Trump for top positions have been accused of varying degrees of sexual misconduct.
U.S., Europe investigating devices detonated at DHL air cargo hubs
Officials are investigating whether the devices were part of a larger operation directed by Russia or outside individuals acting in the interests of Russia, a source said.
Biden remark about Trump "garbage" rally angers GOP
Biden was responding to a joke made at a Trump rally by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, in which Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage."
Evangelical leader pitches Trump to followers as divinely chosen to lead country
Lance Wallnau's revival gatherings for Trump are "the most targeted and tactical voter mobilization effort by Christian nationalists ever," one expert said.
U.S.-Russia prisoner swap frees Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan
The Biden administration announced the release of three U.S. citizens from Russia, including Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, as part of a complex 24-person prisoner swap.
Trump and Biden's first presidential debate of 2024, fact checked
Here's CBS News' fact check of statements made by Biden and Trump during the first 2024 presidential debate.