2/23/2025: The Justice Department; CFPB; John Oliver

First, a report on the upheaval at the Justice Department. Then, a look at why the CFPB is under fire by President Trump, DOGE. And John Oliver: The 60 Minutes Interview.

CBS News - 9h

The history of Voice of America

The Congressionally funded broadcaster is both a global information source and an American foreign policy tool. Now, with an executive order, the Trump administration silenced VOA for the first ...

CBS News - 4h

SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever

Scandal surrounding the Trump administration’s Signal group chat has led to a landmark week for the encrypted messaging app’s adoption—its “largest US growth moment by a massive margin.”

Wired - 3d

Elon Musk’s xAI Acquires X, Because of Course

Social platform X struggled after Elon Musk took over, but its fortunes improved dramatically after US President Donald Trump won reelection. Now it will be become part of Musk's AI startup xAI.

Wired - 2d

‘It is about vulnerable guys’: violent far-right groups in Sweden recruit boys as young as 10

Validated by Trump, Musk and the manosphere, far-right extremists pull in boys online and use bodybuilding and fight clubs to further their white supremacist agenda. Driving through western Sweden, ...

The Guardian - 19h

Goldberg dismisses Waltz’s Signal leak defense: ‘Numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones’

Atlantic editor says Trump adviser’s defense for accidentally adding him to war plans chat was implausible. Atlantic magazine editor Jeffrey Goldberg has dismissed the explanation offered by ...

The Guardian - 14h

Mar 26: CBS News 24/7, 1pm ET

The Atlantic releases new texts from the Signal group chat that included top Trump administration officials and an Atlantic journalist; Connecticut woman accused of imprisoning stepson appears in ...

CBS News - 13h

3/30: Face the Nation

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Major Garrett speaks to UAW president Shawn Fain as the Trump administration deals with upcoming tariffs with the markets sliding up and down ...

CBS News - 10h

Republicans look to avert humiliation in Florida special election

Republicans are pulling out all the stops ahead of the special election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District as worries of a narrower-than-expected margin grow in the district President Trump ...

The Hill - 11h

White House to remove magnolia tree dating to Andrew Jackson

The White House will remove from its property a magnolia tree planted nearly 200 years ago with seeds said to have been brought from former President Jackson’s home in Tennessee. President Trump ...

The Hill - 10h

Ron Johnson calls on John Roberts to ‘rein’ in ‘activist judges’

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) called on Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to “rein those judges in” who have issued orders blocking parts of President Trump’s agenda. “You’ll notice the activist ...

The Hill - 6h

3/30/2025: Hostages; Voice of America; Left Behind

First, freed Israeli hostage Yarden Bibas speaks out. Then, a report on what Trump's silencing of Voice of America means for listeners worldwide. And, a look at California wildfires cleanup ...

CBS News - 5h

Vance’s posturing in Greenland was not just morally wrong. It was strategically disastrous | Timothy Snyder

Thanks to Trump’s administration, the US could soon have to fight wars to get things that, just a few weeks ago, were there for the asking. No one would allow that he could not see these ...

The Guardian - 3h

Elon Musk hands out $1m checks to voters amid Wisconsin supreme court election race

Musk denied he was buying votes but said the court election outcome would be critical to Trump’s agenda and ‘the future of civilization’. Elon Musk gave out $1m checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin ...