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Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova says that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is "ready to be anywhere" as President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin plan to meet in Alaska without him to discuss the war in Ukraine.
August 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova says that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is "ready to be anywhere" as President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin plan to meet in Alaska without him to discuss the war in Ukraine.
Dr. Jerome Adams, who served as U.S. Surgeon General during President Trump’s first term, says “people are going to die” because of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s cuts to mRNA vaccine research. www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-trum...
August 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Dr. Jerome Adams, who served as U.S. Surgeon General during President Trump’s first term, says “people are going to die” because of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s cuts to mRNA vaccine research. www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-trum...
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on "Face The Nation" that President Trump “will test" Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Alaska this Friday.
August 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on "Face The Nation" that President Trump “will test" Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Alaska this Friday.
Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said in an interview on August 1 that tariff rates are "pretty much set" on more than 60 trading partners after President Trump's executive order last week. www.cbsnews.com/news/tariff-...
August 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said in an interview on August 1 that tariff rates are "pretty much set" on more than 60 trading partners after President Trump's executive order last week. www.cbsnews.com/news/tariff-...
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said that applications for a fund for rural hospitals will go out in "early September" in the wake of Medicaid cuts in President Trump's signature piece of legislation passed by Congress last month.
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August 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said that applications for a fund for rural hospitals will go out in "early September" in the wake of Medicaid cuts in President Trump's signature piece of legislation passed by Congress last month.
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Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says the bank's economists still expect no movement on interest rates or a recession this year, even after a weak jobs report last week. He said they expect that the U.S. economy "continues to grow," but at "a slow rate."
August 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says the bank's economists still expect no movement on interest rates or a recession this year, even after a weak jobs report last week. He said they expect that the U.S. economy "continues to grow," but at "a slow rate."
President Trump is "absolutely" going to renegotiate the USMCA, a trade deal he secured with Canada and Mexico in his first term, says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
July 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
President Trump is "absolutely" going to renegotiate the USMCA, a trade deal he secured with Canada and Mexico in his first term, says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons tells CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez that the agency is "100 percent" planning to hold employers accountable for hiring undocumented immigrants. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hea...
July 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons tells CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez that the agency is "100 percent" planning to hold employers accountable for hiring undocumented immigrants. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hea...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says he and a Democratic senator, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, are leading 85 cosponsors on a sanctions bill that he said would make a "sledgehammer available to President Trump to go after Putin's economy and all those countries who prop up the Putin war machine."
July 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says he and a Democratic senator, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, are leading 85 cosponsors on a sanctions bill that he said would make a "sledgehammer available to President Trump to go after Putin's economy and all those countries who prop up the Putin war machine."
One year after the attempted assassination of President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says "I think we aren’t going to know the motive" of the shooter.
Investigators “have tried their best,” Paul says.
“I don't think there's a secret answer that they’re not revealing to us.”
Investigators “have tried their best,” Paul says.
“I don't think there's a secret answer that they’re not revealing to us.”
July 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
One year after the attempted assassination of President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says "I think we aren’t going to know the motive" of the shooter.
Investigators “have tried their best,” Paul says.
“I don't think there's a secret answer that they’re not revealing to us.”
Investigators “have tried their best,” Paul says.
“I don't think there's a secret answer that they’re not revealing to us.”
As the deadline approaches this week for President Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" on other countries, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett says some negotiations may "push back past the deadline," even as the White House is expecting deals to be struck by Wednesday.
July 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As the deadline approaches this week for President Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" on other countries, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett says some negotiations may "push back past the deadline," even as the White House is expecting deals to be struck by Wednesday.
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) warns of rising inflation, growing health care costs, and high interest rates resulting from President Trump's "big, beautiful bill.”
"It's going to do a lot of things that are going to hurt a lot of people in our country," he says.
"It's going to do a lot of things that are going to hurt a lot of people in our country," he says.
July 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) warns of rising inflation, growing health care costs, and high interest rates resulting from President Trump's "big, beautiful bill.”
"It's going to do a lot of things that are going to hurt a lot of people in our country," he says.
"It's going to do a lot of things that are going to hurt a lot of people in our country," he says.
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) says House Republicans "know the peril they're in if they vote no" on President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," because "our base back home will not reelect us to office if we vote no on this."
June 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) says House Republicans "know the peril they're in if they vote no" on President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," because "our base back home will not reelect us to office if we vote no on this."
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), the top Democrat on the House China Committee, says the Trump administration's new plan to "aggressively" revoke student visas for Chinese students "is terribly misguided, and it appears prejudicial and discriminatory."
June 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), the top Democrat on the House China Committee, says the Trump administration's new plan to "aggressively" revoke student visas for Chinese students "is terribly misguided, and it appears prejudicial and discriminatory."
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says he has seen "no organized business interest" in his state for President Trump's tariffs, citing opposition he has heard from industries including farming, cargo, construction and bourbon.
June 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says he has seen "no organized business interest" in his state for President Trump's tariffs, citing opposition he has heard from industries including farming, cargo, construction and bourbon.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says he thinks there are now four Senate Republicans who would vote to block President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," and "I would be very surprised if the bill at least is not modified in a good direction."
June 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says he thinks there are now four Senate Republicans who would vote to block President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," and "I would be very surprised if the bill at least is not modified in a good direction."
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says "the math doesn't really add up" on President Trump's "one big, beautiful bill," as the bill's increases in federal spending "exceeds the DOGE cuts." www.cbsnews.com/news/rand-pa...
June 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says "the math doesn't really add up" on President Trump's "one big, beautiful bill," as the bill's increases in federal spending "exceeds the DOGE cuts." www.cbsnews.com/news/rand-pa...
Cindy McCain, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, says she has seen no evidence behind Israel's claims that Hamas carried out the looting of food trucks that entered southern Gaza en route to bakeries.
May 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Cindy McCain, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, says she has seen no evidence behind Israel's claims that Hamas carried out the looting of food trucks that entered southern Gaza en route to bakeries.
A provision tucked into President Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" that passed the House would restrict federal courts' ability to enforce some injunctions. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says that the Senate may take this out, but it was meant to restrict "activist judges."
May 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A provision tucked into President Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" that passed the House would restrict federal courts' ability to enforce some injunctions. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says that the Senate may take this out, but it was meant to restrict "activist judges."
Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S., says Russia's most recent attack on Kyiv was overnight, and that Russia has been using drones against "completely civilian targets."
"Every day, regardless of what Russia says, there are some attacks and there are civilian casualties."
"Every day, regardless of what Russia says, there are some attacks and there are civilian casualties."
May 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S., says Russia's most recent attack on Kyiv was overnight, and that Russia has been using drones against "completely civilian targets."
"Every day, regardless of what Russia says, there are some attacks and there are civilian casualties."
"Every day, regardless of what Russia says, there are some attacks and there are civilian casualties."
"Poorer people end up paying a disproportionate percentage of the tariffs, because they spend 100% of their paychecks on goods," says Gary Cohn, vice chairman of IBM and a former top economic adviser to President Trump in his first term.
"The tariffs are going to affect the poorer people more."
"The tariffs are going to affect the poorer people more."
April 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Poorer people end up paying a disproportionate percentage of the tariffs, because they spend 100% of their paychecks on goods," says Gary Cohn, vice chairman of IBM and a former top economic adviser to President Trump in his first term.
"The tariffs are going to affect the poorer people more."
"The tariffs are going to affect the poorer people more."
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says the Trump administration needs to "put up or shut up in court" regarding its accusation that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, is a member of the MS-13 gang.
April 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says the Trump administration needs to "put up or shut up in court" regarding its accusation that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, is a member of the MS-13 gang.
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) says he's not concerned about how President Trump's tariffs will affect Republicans in the 2026 midterms, as he believes Republicans will take measures to ensure the economy is "on the right track" by then.
April 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) says he's not concerned about how President Trump's tariffs will affect Republicans in the 2026 midterms, as he believes Republicans will take measures to ensure the economy is "on the right track" by then.
As a conservative group challenges President Trump's new tariffs in court, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is asked whether the dispute over the tariffs will ultimately be settled by the judiciary.
April 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
As a conservative group challenges President Trump's new tariffs in court, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is asked whether the dispute over the tariffs will ultimately be settled by the judiciary.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) says he will introduce legislation in the House to give Congress more control over tariffs, as a bipartisan effort for this is also happening in the Senate.
"We gave some of that power to the executive branch. And I think, in hindsight, that was a mistake."
"We gave some of that power to the executive branch. And I think, in hindsight, that was a mistake."
April 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) says he will introduce legislation in the House to give Congress more control over tariffs, as a bipartisan effort for this is also happening in the Senate.
"We gave some of that power to the executive branch. And I think, in hindsight, that was a mistake."
"We gave some of that power to the executive branch. And I think, in hindsight, that was a mistake."