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President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order officially creating the Department of Government Efficiency, the cost-cutting initiative helmed by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The executive order included fresh details about DOGE’s goals and structure, such as a mandate to upgrade the government’s IT systems. Mr. Trump first announced DOGE in November with a statement that said the effort would “provide advice and guidance from outside of Government.” The goal, he added in November, would be to provide recommendations to “slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure federal agencies.” Musk and Ramaswamy wrote in a November Wall Street…

The head of the elite New York law firm that cut a highly criticized deal with President Trump last week asserted on Sunday that he made the agreement because the firm was unlikely to survive a protracted legal fight with the Trump administration.Brad Karp, the managing partner of the firm, Paul, Weiss said in an email to its lawyers that it was initially prepared to fight an executive order Mr. Trump had signed that essentially crippled the firm’s ability to represent clients.But the firm’s clients were deeply concerned that even if Paul, Weiss won in court, it would still be…

Critics see the no-confidence vote as part of broader moves to weaken judicial checks on Netanyahu’s government.Israel’s cabinet has passed a vote of no confidence against Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, the country’s justice minister has said, in a first step in the removal of yet another vocal critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government. The vote on Sunday comes just two days after the government dismissed Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Bet, the country’s internal security agency – a decision later frozen by the Supreme Court. Baharav-Miara, the country’s most senior legal official, is accused of…

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: National Security Adviser Mike WaltzRep. Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of ConnecticutDr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissoner CBS News correspondents Camilo Montoya-Galvez and Scott MacFarlane Click here to browse full transcripts from 2025 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”   MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m Margaret Brennan in Washington.And this week on Face the Nation: The tsunami of activity shaking up Washington and beyond continues. And President Trump prods Ukraine and Russia toward peace.Overnight, the U.S. pounded Iranian-backed Houthi targets in Yemen again. And the backlash grows over the…

US stocks have recovered from early losses after US President Donald Trump signalled there will be flexibility on tariffs due to begin in April.

Terrifying bystander footage shows the moment an experienced stuntman’s act went awry in front of a shocked crowd of onlookers at a California fair earlier this month. Chachi Valencia, whose stage name is The Rocketman Valencia, was performing his death-defying human cannonball act at the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival in Indigo when a strong gust of wind blew him off course on March 2. “Taking it day by day with my faithful pup by his side,” David Valencia wrote in an update to Chachi’s GoFundMe page. “Grateful for time to heal and soak up all the love and snuggles.…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size More than a dozen people set up outside a Tesla dealership in Langley, B.C., on Saturday for what they called a “Tesla Takedown.” The small but noisy crowd had a clear message for car buyers and Canadians.“I think Elon Musk is evil. I was going to buy a Tesla last year myself and I was so glad that I didn’t,” said protester Joanne Fry. “But I feel so bad for people who did and have to live with this, but I think we have to stand up as Canadians.”“I think everybody needs…

“He’s getting rice. That’s what we asked for and it’s cooked perfectly. Correct according to Filipino taste,” said Sara Duterte. He was asking for his personal clothes and a supply of diet cola, she said. Sara Duterte had earlier Sunday addressed a crowd of several thousand gathered in spring sunshine on the Malieveld in The Hague. Supporters shouted “bring him home”, with pro-Duterte demonstrators believing the former president was “kidnapped” to face the ICC. His lawyer Salvador Medialdea told the court on March 14 his client had been “abducted from his country”. “He was summarily transported to The Hague. To lawyers it’s extrajudicial rendition.…

Pope Francis, looking frail and with belabored breathing that made it difficult for him to speak, made his first appearance in more than six weeks Sunday, appearing briefly on the balcony of a Rome hospital to greet hundreds of people gathered in the square in front.“Thank you, everyone,” he said in a wisp of a voice. The pope later left the hospital to briefly stop at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, which has an icon of the Virgin Mary he is devoted to, before heading to the Vatican guesthouse where he lives.“I see a woman with yellow flowers,” Francis…

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said he approves of President Donald Trump’s handling of fentanyl and border security.”I mean, I think cracking down on fentanyl, making sure our borders are stronger,” Sanders told ABC’s Jonathan Karl during a pre-taped segment that aired on Sunday’s “This Week.””Look, nobody thinks illegal immigration is appropriate,” Sanders said. “And I happen to think we need comprehensive immigration reform, but I don’t think that it’s appropriate for people to be coming across the border illegally. So we’ve got to work now on comprehensive immigration reform.”Sanders’ stance seems to be a departure from his 2020 presidential campaign…