RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA's top vaccine scientist  —  Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”  —  The Trump administration on Friday pushed out Peter Marks …

Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials  —  Defense secretary's wife is a former Fox News executive.  His handling of sensitive information is under fire after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a commercial messaging platform.

Hundreds of international students wake up to an email asking them to self deport for campus activism  —  Hundreds of international students in the US are getting an email from the US Department of State (DOS) asking them to self-deport owing to campus activism.

Judges partially block two executive orders targeting major law firms  —  Two federal judges partially blocked Trump's executive orders targeting law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale.  —  Federal judges have partially blocked President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting two major law firms …

The Democrats Are in Denial About 2024  —  Last year's election was close, despite President Trump's hyperbolic claims about his margin of victory.  Still, the Democratic Party clearly lost — and not only the presidential race.  It also lost control of the Senate and failed to recapture the House of Representatives.

Columbia University's President, Katrina Armstrong, Resigns  —  Katrina Armstrong is leaving the post a week after the university agreed to a list of demands from the White House.  —  Columbia University changed its president on Friday evening, one week after the university bowed to a series …

Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions  —  The defense secretary's office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.  —  The Pentagon and U.S. Naval Academy …

Trump officials, allies grow anxious about April 2 tariffs  —  The president continues to throw curveballs at businesses — and even his own team.  —  Top White House and administration officials have been promising businesses, consumers and fellow Republicans more “certainty” …

Taxpayers' Tab For Trump's Second-Term Golf Excursions Crosses $26 Million Mark  —  He has now traveled to one of his golf resorts on nine of the ten weekends since taking office in January.  It is his seventh trip to his Palm Beach, Florida, country club.  —  WASHINGTON — American taxpayers …

Hegseth's younger brother is serving in a key role inside the Pentagon  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's younger brother is serving in a key position inside the Pentagon as a Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser, Hegseth's office confirmed.

Collision warning sounds in cockpit of Delta plane due to close call with Air Force jet near Reagan National Airport  —  A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training …

In Cities' Rush to Clear Homeless Camps, People Have Been Crushed to Death  —  Atlanta's mayor began a drive to clear homeless encampments.  But when heavy equipment came to raze one, nobody noticed that Cornelius Taylor was still inside his tent.  —  Atlanta's mayor began a drive to clear homeless encampments.

Trump Accidentally Wrecks His Own Tariff Spin in Leaked Call Stunner … Faced with expert opinion predicting that his tariffs will jack up prices for American consumers, President Trump has carefully considered a wealth of evidence surrounding this complex matter, and after extensive consultation …

Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel.  It was taxpayers who were on the hook  —  As then-Gov. Kristi Noem crisscrossed the country — stumping for President Donald Trump and boosting her political profile beyond her home state — she refused to reveal what her extensive travel was costing taxpayers.

Journey From Biden Loyalist to ‘Full MAGA’ Ends in a Trump Pardon  —  Devon Archer used his knowledge about Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings to gain favor from Republicans and appeal for clemency.  —  In the weeks before the 2020 election, Devon Archer was on the precipice …

U.S. Institute of Peace staff receive termination notices, sources say  —  Staff members at the U.S. Institute of Peace were informed they were terminated effective immediately on Friday, three sources familiar with the situation told CBS News.  —  It was not immediately clear …

Will Michael Bennet Shift his Fight Against Trump to the State House?  —  The Colorado senator, raised to revere the world's greatest deliberative body, seems ready to give up on Washington.  —  Michael Bennet seemed destined for a lifetime appointment to the Senate.

Musk's xAI buys Musk's X social media platform for $33 billion  —  Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence firm has acquired Musk's X, the social media outfit formerly known as Twitter for $33 billion.  —  The all-stock deal announced on Friday consolidates two of Musk's multiple portfolio companies …

RFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources say  —  The entire staff of the federal government's Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy is expected to be laid off, multiple federal health officials told CBS News Friday.  The moves are part of a broader …

Trump Commutes Ozy Media Founder's Sentence Just Before His Surrender  —  Carlos Watson, who started the now-defunct digital media company, had been sentenced to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders.  —  President Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of Carlos Watson …

Brazil's Lula Says He'll Negotiate on Tariffs Before Retaliating  —  Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the country's first line of defense against US tariffs will be negotiation rather than immediate retaliatory measures.  —  A few days earlier, Lula said he could appeal …

Elon Musk stepping down from DOGE in May. Here's what he said  —  Elon Musk may be getting out of DOGE.  —  On Thursday, Musk said he plans to step down from his role in Donald Trump's administration this spring.  —  The head of Tesla and X owner said he plans on stepping down in May during …

Judicial rulings block Kari Lake's drive to shutter Voice of America  —  Trump adviser Kari Lake and the U.S. Agency for Global Media aren't just defendants in five federal court battles.  —  They're on the defensive.  —  In two temporary - but consequential - decisions this week …

US tells European companies to comply with Donald Trump's anti-diversity order  —  Move signals push by American president to widen his ideological campaign abroad  —  The Trump administration has sent a letter to some large companies in the EU warning them to comply with an executive order …