Musk says administration is on verge of shutting USAID

Washington — The U.S. Agency for International Development is on the cusp of being shuttered, according to the Trump administration’s billionaire adviser and X, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who’s been wrestling for control of the agency in recent days. Early Monday, Musk held a live session on X Spaces, previously known as Twitter … Read more

CDC staff ordered to cut off communication with WHO

Staff across the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered Monday to cut off all communications with the World Health Organization, multiple federal health officials confirmed to CBS News, to comply with President Trump’s executive order last week.  Beyond calling for the U.S. to begin the yearlong process to formally withdraw from funding the … Read more

Greenland leader says his people don’t want to be Americans amid Trump interest: “We want to be Greenlandic”

Greenland’s prime minister said Friday that the mineral-rich Arctic territory’s people don’t want to be Americans, but that he understands U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s interest in the island given its strategic location and he’s open to greater cooperation with Washington. The comments from the Greenlandic leader, Múte B. Egede, came after Trump said earlier this … Read more

Trump says he won’t rule out military force to take Greenland

Trump says he won’t rule out military force to take Greenland – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump held a wide-ranging news conference Monday in which he reiterated his insistence that the U.S. should take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, adding that he wouldn’t rule out the use of military force … Read more