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Politics / Hiding in Plain Sight / April 29, 2025 This isn’t a government of, by, and for the people; it’s a government of, by, and for American oligarchs. Ad Policy President Donald Trump and White House senior adviser andTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shake hands while attending the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship on March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.(Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images) As we reach Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office (again), two leitmotifs stand out. Number one is the in-your-face corruption of these people—Trump’s cabinet and inner circle of advisers, including many of the…

Within two minutes of speaking at a rally near Detroit to celebrate 100 days of his second term, President Trump told a lie: that he won Michigan “three times.” In fact, he lost the state in the 2020 election.What followed on Tuesday was an hour and a half filled with many familiar falsehoods and exaggerations about his accomplishments, including on tariffs, immigration and his rollback of Biden administration policies.Mr. Trump claimed an 87 percent decrease in the price of eggs and gas below $2 a gallon in three states. Both claims were overstated. The wholesale price of eggs has fallen…

From the archives: Ed Bradley’s escape from Vietnam during the evacuation of Saigon – CBS News Watch CBS News From 1975, Ed Bradley’s harrowing report on the evacuation of Saigon ahead of its fall and his escape from Vietnam. Following Bradley’s report, Hughes Rudd interviews the correspondent about his experience. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Late last month, President Trump began grumbling — first quietly and privately, then publicly — that the Senate was moving too slowly to confirm his picks to fill highly sought ambassadorships around the world.Mere weeks later, Senate Republicans have vastly stepped up their pace in approving his nominees, installing nearly a dozen mostly wealthy loyalists as envoys to key countries and moving more quickly than other presidents have in the past few decades.The flurry of confirmations — 10 in Mr. Trump’s first 100 days in office — has already outpaced his most recent predecessors and that of his first term,…

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s action-packed first 100 days in office set a new yardstick for all presidents who followed. Here are highlights of the first 100 days of the past 15 presidents, as well as Gallup approval ratings at that stage for those who were elected starting in the 1950s.Franklin D. RooseveltAssumed office in the depths of the Great Depression and rescued the banking system, took the nation off the gold standard and established the foundation of the New Deal by signing 15 major bills into law affecting agriculture, industry, energy production and social welfare.Harry S. Truman82 percent approval rating at…

Senate Democrats have asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to review the FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal travel on government aircraft, according to GAO and congressional sources.  The review will examine Patel’s use of the FBI’s private fleet of jets, as well as every director’s approach since 2013, when the GAO last studied the issue. Investigators at the congressional watchdog agency are expected to examine Patel’s flight records to determine the purpose of his travel, how much the bureau spent and whether Patel reimbursed the government for personal trips.  Last week, both CBS News and the New York Times reported…

An awning with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ seal marks the entrance to the department’s headquarters a block from the White House on March 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images For Stephan Fihn, the reward was seeing how Veterans Affairs research changed his patients’ lives. “A big one was the management of prostate enlargement. You know, when I went into practice, the standard treatment for men with prostate symptoms was surgery,” he told NPR. Then VA research revealed that medication was just as effective as surgery. “So instead of sending a…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised parents of newborns to “do your own research” before vaccinating their infants during a televised interview in which he also suggested the measles shot was unsafe and repeatedly made false statements that cast doubt on the benefits of vaccination and the independence of the Food and Drug Administration.Mr. Kennedy made the remarks to the talk show host Dr. Phil in an interview that aired Monday on MeritTV to mark the 100th day of the Trump administration. He said, as he has in the past, that “if you want to avoid spreading measles, the…

4/29: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Furloughed Michigan auto workers react to Trump’s tariff moves; All-Black female WWII unit receives Congressional Gold Medal Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Politics / April 29, 2025 The party can’t break its addiction to the politics of technocratic managerialism. Ad Policy House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), accompanied by Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), speaks following a Democratic leadership meeting at the US Capitol on April 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) “What leverage do we have?” If this question had been asked by anyone other than House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, it would be an earnest expression of the Democratic Party’s dilemma. Instead, it betrayed its impotence. Let the word go forth: Democrats can’t help you.…