President Trump is planning on gutting the White House Office of National Drug Control and Policy by slashing more than $340 million from its budget, a Trump administration source confirmed to CBS News. The cuts proposed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are part of plans to effectively […]
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Two families united in fight for childhood cancer research funding
Our continuing series, A More Perfect Union, aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. Only about four percent of federal funding for cancer research is set aside specifically for childhood cancers. The grim reality is that 17 percent of kids who […]
Vice President Pence in Egypt amid government shutdown
CAIRO — Vice President Mike Pence left behind the U.S. government shutdown and readied for security and counterterrorism talks Saturday with Egypt’s leader. Pence arrived in Cairo hours after the U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump failed to reach agreement on a plan to avert a partial federal closure. Pence […]
Trump tweets on shutdown, says Democrats wanted to give him “nice present”
President Donald Trump took to Twitter Saturday morning to blame Democrats for the government shutdown that began hours earlier, after Senate Republicans failed to capture enough votes to move toward a short-term funding bill. A vote late Friday night that would have prompted a vote on a continuing resolution, or […]
Paul Bocuse, master of French cuisine, dead at 91
PARIS — Paul Bocuse, the master chef who defined French cuisine for nearly half a century and put it on tables around the world, a man who raised the profile of top chefs from invisible kitchen artists to international celebrities, has died at 91, France’s interior minister announced Saturday. Minister […]
Manson follower Leslie Van Houten denied parole
LOS ANGELES — The governor of California once again denied parole Friday for Leslie Van Houten, the youngest follower of murderous cult leader Charles Manson who blamed herself at her parole hearing for letting him control her life. Gov. Jerry Brown said in his decision that Van Houten still lays […]
Women’s March rallies underway amid shutdown
NEW YORK — Across the globe, people are hitting the streets on the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, marching against his policies and in support of the #MeToo movement against sexual assault and harassment. A protest in New York was among more than 200 such actions planned for […]
Women’s March rallies mark first anniversary of Trump’s inauguration
NEW YORK — Across the globe, hundreds of thousands rallied Saturday at the second Women’s March on the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration and in support of the #MeToo movement against sexual assault and harassment. In Morristown, New Jersey, the state’s new first lady told a hushed crowd she was a victim […]
Women returning to the streets with new focus
Activists are returning to the streets a year after a million people rallied worldwide at marches for female empowerment, hoping to create an enduring political movement that will elect more women to government office. Hundreds of gatherings are planned Saturday and Sunday across the U.S. and in places such as […]
North Korea to have 22 athletes in 5 Olympic sports, IOC says
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The IOC said 22 North Korean athletes will compete in the Pyeongchang Olympics next month and both Korean teams will march together in the opening ceremony on February 9. IOC President Thomas Bach said the North Koreans will compete in five sports disciplines, including a unified women’s […]