CIA sends buyout offers, USAID places direct hires on leave

Live updates: Trump admin to offer federal employees buyout

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s plan to freeze federal aid minutes before it was set to go into effect late Tuesday afternoon. The "brief administrative stay" came shortly ...

The Hill - Jan. 28

Trump administration to offer buyouts to all federal workers ahead of return to office

The Trump administration is offering all 2 million federal employees what amounts to a buyout if they do not intend to return to work in person later this year, sources confirmed to The Hill. Four ...

The Hill - Jan. 28

Details on Trump executive orders directed at military

President Trump has issued more executive orders, aimed at the military, that range from the elimination of DEI policies to directives on policies about transgender military members. CBS News ...

CBS News - Jan. 28

Trump administration puts about 60 USAid officials on leave after aid freeze

Memo said some actions in agency ‘appeared to be designed to circumvent’ Trump’s orders and ‘America First’ policy. The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the ...

The Guardian - Jan. 28

More than 50 career civil servants at USAID are placed on administrative leave

The action targeted senior leadership across the agency, including top lawyers, three sources told NBC News.

NBC News - Jan. 28

Why the CIA has "low confidence" in its COVID origin assessment

The CIA has "low confidence" it its assessment that the COVID-19 virus more likely came from a lab rather than natural transmission. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder reports.

CBS News - Jan. 27

CIA now says COVID most likely originated from a lab leak

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory.

CBS News - Jan. 27

NFL coach, GM interview tracker, updates: Cowboys hire Brian Schottenheimer, leaving Saints as lone vacancy

The latest news, rumors and updates for NFL coaching changes and searches

CBS Sports - Jan. 27

CIA now backs lab leak theory to explain origins of Covid-19

Analysis released by new director, John Ratcliffe, suggests the agency believes totality of evidence makes a lab origin. The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic most ...

The Guardian - Jan. 26

CIA says Covid-19 probably leaked from Chinese laboratory

US intelligence agency changes assessment of pandemic’s likely origins

Financial Times - Jan. 26

CIA says lab leak most likely source of Covid outbreak

But the US intelligence agency cautions it has "low confidence" in this new determination.

BBC News - Jan. 26

CIA shifts theory on COVID origin: Reports

The Central Intelligence Agency said COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak in China in a Saturday statement, pivoting from a previously neutral stance just a few days after Director John ...

The Hill - Jan. 26

McConnell sends a message

With a vote against Pete Hegseth, the former GOP leader makes clear he will be an unreliable ally of Donald Trump.

Politico - Jan. 24

Liam Coen hired as Jaguars head coach: Buccaneers OC leaves after one season for 'opportunity of a lifetime'

Coen took himself out of consideration for the job, but changed course after GM Trent Baalke got fired

CBS Sports - Jan. 24

Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to be Trump's CIA director

The Senate voted to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director approving the second high-level appointment for the Trump administration.

NBC News - Jan. 24

Federal workers placed on leave by Trump's DEI order are angry and fearful of what lies ahead

Longtime federal workers say they have become pawns in a battle for political control, that their DEI work is misunderstood and that they are under surveillance.

NBC News - Jan. 23

John Ratcliffe sworn in as Trump's CIA director

Vice President JD Vance swore in John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director under President Trump's administration. This comes after the Senate voted 74-25 to approve the former congressman.

NBC News - Jan. 23

Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as CIA director

The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in his administration amid delays by Democrats.

CBS News - Jan. 23

Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as Trump's CIA director

The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in overwhelming bipartisan fashion, making him the second member of President Trump’s national security team ...

The Hill - Jan. 23

Bears fan sends CEO Kevin Warren drink and note asking to hire Johnson

While dining at "Old Pueblo Cantina" in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, a drink was sent over to Chicago Bears CEO Warren with a note.

ESPN - Jan. 23

All federal DEI employees placed on leave

All federal employees who hold roles in diversity, equity and inclusion programs have been placed on paid leave as President Trump, immediately after taking office this week, signed executive ...

CBS News - Jan. 22

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Wired - Jan. 22

Federal DEI employees to be placed on paid leave

The Trump administration has directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) employees be placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening. In a Tuesday memo, the U.S. Office of Personnel ...

The Hill - Jan. 22

Trump orders all federal DEI employees placed on paid leave starting Wednesday

The Trump administration is ordering all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening, according to a new memo from the Office of Personnel ...

NBC News - Jan. 22

Ratcliffe moves closer to CIA chief confirmation

John Ratcliffe took a step closer to being confirmed to lead the CIA on Monday as the Senate Intelligence Committee advanced his nomination. The panel advanced his nomination 14 to 3 shortly after ...

The Hill - Jan. 20

The kindness of strangers: dazed, confused and far from home, a train worker offered me a place to stay

I was a sobbing country kid, stranded without luggage at a big-city train station, when a voice inquired: ‘Can I help you?’. Read more in the kindness of strangers series I grew up in Wagga ...

The Guardian - Jan. 20

Climate scientist: "There's no place that's safe"

Experts discuss the increased intensity we can expect from destructive weather events due to climate change, while an amateur meteorologist explains how he helped sound the alarm as wildfires ...

CBS News - Jan. 19

Wild Place Kirill Kaprizov On LTIR

Kirill Kaprizov has been placed on the Long-Term Injury Reserve.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 17

Supreme Court leaves TikTok ban in place

The Supreme Court announces it has declined to stop a ban on TikTok, which is set to go into effect Sunday. NBC’s Laura Jarrett weighs in on the future of the popular app.

NBC News - Jan. 17

Ratcliffe edges closer to CIA confirmation with Democratic support: 5 takeaways

John Ratcliffe emerged largely unscathed from a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee that appeared to pave the way for him to serve as the next director of the Central Intelligence ...

The Hill - Jan. 15

Trump's pick for CIA chief pledges not to let politics skew intelligence findings

John Ratcliffe, Trump’s choice for CIA director, promised senators he would not inject partisan politics into the spy agency’s work or impose political litmus tests on employees.

NBC News - Jan. 15

Watch Live: John Ratcliffe's confirmation hearing for CIA director

The former Texas congressman previously led the nation's spy agencies as director of national intelligence in the last months of the first Trump administration.

CBS News - Jan. 15

Italy’s hot spots are being overwhelmed with tourists. These hidden places offer an escape without the crowds

Yahoo News - Jan. 14

AI is taking the US in a strange new direction

It will drive the market to new heights and boost growth, but bring with it more political and social disruption

Financial Times - Jan. 12

Private equity targets Europe for big buyout deals

Total value of large private equity deals in Europe increased at twice the rate of the rest of world in 2024