CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies
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Half of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — a group known as the CDC's "disease detectives" — were among the cuts made Friday by the Trump administration, multiple health officials tell CBS News.
The cuts are among the thousands of probationary workers being let go this week across the federal government as part of efforts to shrink the federal workforce overseen by President Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, task force headed by billionaire Elon Musk.
The CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service or EIS officers are hired in annual classes through a competitive process.
President Donald Trump is expected to visit the Kennedy Center for a board meeting on Monday, two sources familiar with the planning tell CBS News
UCLA is the top overall seed in the women's NCAA Tournament. The Bruins were joined by South Carolina, Southern California and Texas as the No. 1 seeds that the NCAA revealed Sunday night.
A sleepy Selection Sunday this was not.
The Trump administration and Israel approached the governments of Sudan and Somalia, and have also been interested in Syria, as potential places to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, according to three sources familiar with the effort.
On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan:
United States Customs and Border Protection has awarded a construction company roughly $70 million to a extend the wall along the southern border, in the first such contract of President Trump's second term.
Washington — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that U.S. airstrikes in Yemen on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels are targeting the group's ability to strike global shipping and attack the U.S. military, and are "doing the world a favor."
When British novelist J.B. Priestley visited the Grand Canyon in the 1930s, he described it as "all of Beethoven's nine symphonies in stone and magic light."
It was a remarkable moment last Tuesday: President Trump standing beside a shiny electric car at the White House making a pitch for the car's maker, Elon Musk: "This man has devoted his energy and his life to doing this. I think he's been treated very unfairly by a very small group of people."
Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts.
On the morning of Oct. 8, 2022, the serene Mississippi River town of Bellevue, Iowa, population about 2,500, woke up to a calamity — news of an apparent homicide, the first in nearly a decade. 911 OPERATOR: 911, where is your emergency? 911 OPERATOR: Ma'am, where are you at? 911 CALL (male voice): F*** you. ANGELA PRICHARD (911 call): Will you please get out of here! Chris!" "August 23rd text message. Calling me names. Saying it's gonna get real f****** ugly." LORI BLASER (911 call): I see that you guys are looking for Chris Prichard. 911 CALL: (Chris Prichard's voice in background): "F*** you."
This story originally aired on Sept, 21, 2024.
At least eight people died after more than 55 vehicles were involved in a crash due to a dust storm in Kansas, authorities said Saturday.