‘Should I Fire Him?’  Inside Trump's Deliberations Over the Fate of Michael Waltz  —  In public, President Trump has defended his national security adviser.  But behind the scenes, he has been casting around for advice.  —  For much of this week, President Trump was consumed by a single question.

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 …

Pete Hegseth's wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials  —  Defense secretary, already under fire for chat group blunder, faces new scrutiny for having wife in high-level meetings  —  The wife of the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, attended two meetings …

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.

White House Correspondents' Association cancels comedian headliner for annual dinner  —  The group's board unanimously decided it would no longer feature a comedic performance, WHCA President Eugene Daniels wrote in an email Saturday  —  The White House Correspondents' Association …

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.

Danish Prime Minister to Visit Greenland Next Week  —  Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen plans to visit Greenland next week to bolster the commonwealth between the two countries, as the US ramps up its rhetoric about taking over the Arctic island.  —  Frederiksen will start a three …

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 …

Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints  —  An internal guidance memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focuses on deterring China's seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense.  In some instances, the document is nearly a word-for-word facsimile of a report …

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 …

How Colleges Are Cracking Down on Students Now  —  Colleges are using surveillance videos and search warrants to investigate students involved in pro-Palestinian protests.  Experts say it's a new frontier in campus security that could threaten civil liberties.

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.

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 …

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 …

Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers' jobs with children: 'It's insane, right?'  —  Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage  —  Beneath the smugness of Ron DeSantis, at Florida leading the nation …

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 …

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.

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 …