Kathryn Watson

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Kathryn Watson |Tracy Wholf

President Trump plans to overhaul the Endangered Species Act to make it easier to build in the U.S. where endangered species live, a White House official confirmed Wednesday. The president has voiced frustration with the 1973 law and similar environmental protections, saying environmentalists are impeding growth. Real Clear Politics first reported Mr. Trump's plans to overhaul the law. A White House source was granted anonymity as the announcement is not official.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Scott MacFarlane |Kathryn Watson

Peter Carr, a longtime Justice Department spokesman, has been fired by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Carr told CBS News. Carr did not say why he was terminated, but said it was the deputy attorney general who fired him. Carr was a career employee of the department's office of public affairs. In that role, he served as spokesman for special counsels Jack Smith and Robert Mueller. Smith brought two federal criminal cases against President Trump after the president's first term.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Caitlin Yilek |Kathryn Watson

Washington — The House on Thursday adopted a budget blueprint for President Trump's agenda after Republican leaders scrambled to convince GOP holdouts who want deeper spending cuts to back it. The resolution was adopted in a 216-214 vote, with two Republicans joining all Democrats to vote against it. About a dozen House conservatives ultimately flipped their opposition after receiving assurances from leaders that the Senate would pursue $1.5 trillion in savings, at a minimum.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Kathryn Watson

President Trump on Wednesday announced a 90-day pause on most of his new tariffs, and a lowering of the "reciprocal tariff" rate to 10%, effective immediately, he said on Truth Social. At the same time, the president said he's increasing the tariff rate on goods imported from China to 125%. "Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World's Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately," he wrote.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Kathryn Watson

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aimed at reversing policies that transitioned the country away from coal production and aimed at boosting America's "beautiful clean coal industry," the White House says. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the order, which the president will sign Tuesday afternoon, is meant to help the U.S. achieve affordable and reliable energy.