
Caitlin Huey-Burns
Political Correspondent at CBS News
CBS News Political Correspondent, Boy Mom x 2 👦👶, [email protected]
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Caitlin Huey-Burns
The House Republican bill to enact President Trump's domestic policy agenda contains a provision that has prompted opposition from the Mexican government — a tax on cash payments sent by non-U.S. citizens to family members in their home countries. The payments, known as remittances, would be subject to a 5% excise tax that would encompass more than 40 million people, including green card holders and nonimmigrant visa holders, such as people on H-1B, H-2A and H-2B visas.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Madeleine May |Caitlin Huey-Burns
At least half a dozen USAID employees who spoke to reporters after they thought they had been fired by the Trump administration have now received notices from the foreign aid agency's internal human resources office that they are facing investigation for participating in interviews.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Madeleine May |Caitlin Huey-Burns
2 hours agoThe "privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended at a time of invasion. So I would say that's an action we're actively looking at," Miller told reporters outside the White House. Top Trump adviser Stephen Miller told reporters Friday that the administration is “looking at” ways to end …
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Feb 21, 2025 |
aol.com | Caitlin Huey-Burns
National test results released last month show that not a single state scored above pre-pandemic levels in both math and reading, despite nearly $190 billion given to schools in federal pandemic relief funds. At Kramer Middle School in Washington, D.C., eighth grader Aiyden Wiggins told CBS News he struggled with math after coming back to full-time in-person learning. He and his classmates spent about 1.5 years in remote learning through the pandemic.
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Feb 20, 2025 |
cbsnews.com | Caitlin Huey-Burns |Nikole Killion
As the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, implements sweeping cuts across the federal government, Republican lawmakers are worried about the impact on jobs and industry in their states. But very few are directly criticizing President Trump or DOGE's leader, Elon Musk, and are instead taking a quieter approach. But the concerns raised nonetheless underscore the clash between shrinking government and parochial interests. Alaska Republican Sen.
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RT @daveweigel: Biden era mysteries: D gave up on getting min wage increase thru senate when parliamentarian blocked $15 wage from reconcil…

The federal minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2009. It currently sits at $7.25 an hour. Many states have moved to raise their wages, including Hawley's home state of Missouri, which raised to $15 through a ballot measure.

Scoop: Republican Senator @HawleyMO is introducing a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour. Puts him at odds with traditional GOP stance as he pushes his party to embrace working class shift under Trump: https://t.co/hqDjCudjpZ

RT @CBSEveningNews: EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Sen. Josh Hawley plans to introduce legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per ho…