MadAboutPolitics.com - Featured News

The sweeping layoffs that hit the State Department last week have triggered confusion and disruption at the agency, gutting some offices unexpectedly and forcing staff to scramble, multiple sources told CBS News.

The significant reductions and wholesale elimination of several key offices have heightened meaningful risks to U.S. national security, current and former officials said.

"It is frustrating that someone who does not know the worth of what they're breaking, breaks it," a U.S. official who was laid off Friday told CBS News.

The Trump...

The ruling comes after Lee Jae-yong was acquitted of all charges in two earlier trials.

For the first time, the Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation confirms deaths at one of its sites.

It comes as Friedrich Merz makes his first official visit to the UK as German chancellor.

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., got in on TikTok’s "aura farming" trend, posting a clip of himself dancing solo in the congressional subway, captioned "omw to hold this administration accountable."In the short clip, Subramanyam appears on the House subway wearing sunglasses, striking poses and waving his arms before locking in on the camera.

Subramanyam's "aura farming" appears to have backfired, with some commenters calling it out as tone-deaf, hypocritical and "cringe."

Left-leaning viewers frustrated with perceived inaction from Democrats under...

Washington — Internal friction with the Justice Department team that fights monopolies has led to private conversations in the Trump administration about whether to push out some staff in the antitrust division or to work to smooth out the issues, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.

Gail Slater, who in March took charge of lawsuits against Capital One, Apple, Google and other major companies as head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, still has support from some top officials in the administration, but she and some...

President Trump campaigned on a vow to round up the "worst of the worst" offenders among the criminals who were living illegally inside the United States. But CBS News has obtained deportation data that indicates the Trump administration's deportation push has ensnared many undocumented immigrants without violent criminal records.

Of the estimated 100,000 people who were deported between January 1 and June 24 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 70,583 were convicted criminals, according to an ICE document obtained by CBS News. However, the data...

A fresh wave of deadly sectarian violence has rocked Syria, highlighting the country's fragile security landscape.

It is not clear why Maurene Comey was removed from her job at the elite justice department office in Manhattan.

Footage on social media shows flames ravaging the Belgian festival's main stage, just two days before it opens.

The meteorite was discovered in Niger in November 2023 and is 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars recovered on Earth.

The former US president appeared on the IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson podcast and video show.

The eruption near the capital Reykjavik is the 12th volcanic eruption in the country since 2021.

Iran has until the end of August to agree to a nuclear deal with the United States and its allies, Fox News has learned.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom set the de facto deadline, according to three sources with knowledge of a call Wednesday among the officials.

If Tehran fails to agree to a deal, it would trigger the "snapback" mechanism that automatically reimposes all sanctions previously imposed by the United Nations Security Council.

IRAN'S LEADER THREATENS 'EVEN BIGGER...

Critics are ripping apart the latest campaign ad for New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo, which shows the former Empire State governor helping a fellow New Yorker by giving his vehicle a jump-start on the side of a city street.

"New Yorkers, start your engines…Together, we can fix this city!" Cuomo said in a post on Instagram that included the campaign video. "We can be there for each other. We help. We do. And we will — together."

The accompanying video begins with Cuomo looking down into the open engine compartment, while appearing to...