After firing more than 200 probationary workers from the nation’s federal disaster relief agency, the Trump administration has taken its first step to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just months ahead of hurricane season. In an email labeled, “Hiring Update” and obtained by CBS News, FEMA informed employees on Friday night of a
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President Trump on Friday night rescinded the security clearances of former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, several members of the Biden administration, and other prominent Democrats. The move comes after Mr. Trump had already announced last month that he was revoking former President Joe Biden’s security clearance. In a memo Friday, the
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Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Sunday — five weeks after he was admitted for treatment for double pneumonia, the doctors treating the pontiff announced Saturday. He will return to the Vatican, but doctors said he will need at least two months of rest and rehabilitation after leaving Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. The 88-year-old
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The senior adviser with the West Wing office closest to the action — the Oval Office — in President Trump’s second term is Dan Scavino, one of his longest-serving inner circle aides. Influence with the president of the United States has often been a factor in the physical proximity of an adviser’s office to the
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London’s Heathrow Airport reopened on Saturday after a power outage at one of the world’s busiest airports the previous day caused widespread chaos and cancellations. A post on the airport’s website on Saturday said “flights have resumed at Heathrow, and we are open and fully operational. Teams across the airport continue to do everything they
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A lucky group of scientists were able to explore a never-before-seen part of the Antarctic after an ice shelf broke, revealing newly exposed seafloor and a previously inaccessible ecosystem hundreds of meters beneath the surface. A team from the Schmidt Ocean Institute were aboard the “R/V Falkor (too)” research vessel in January 2025 when a
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Columbia University has announced a new mask ban, the hiring of special officers and other new policies, some of which are in line with the Trump administration’s demands. Thursday marked the deadline that the Trump administration gave Columbia to comply with its list of demands before even discussing the $400 million in funding that the
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Officials at agencies throughout the Department of Health and Human Services say they are bracing for steep layoffs, as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his aides are nearing their final decisions on a sweeping restructuring of the department. Decisions by Kennedy and his team on the changes to the department’s makeup and organization are
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Paul Safarik, 32, of Lincoln, Nebraska, has worked in the food industry since he was 21, delivering for quick service restaurants like Raising Cane’s and stocking groceries at stores like Trader Joe’s. With his earnings, Safarik, who has Down syndrome, recently bought a treadmill to stay active when the weather’s bad and helped cover the
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