Richard Escobedo covers economic policy at CBS News and is a coordinating producer at Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. He joined CBS in 2018 and is a graduate of Texas Christian University in ...

President Trump is slated to attend an unusual meeting of military leaders Tuesday in Virginia organized by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The meeting, which is reportedly expected to bring together ...

Democratic Sens. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.) and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) in a Saturday letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for transparency regarding the meeting he will hold Tuesday with top ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Trump, Sept. 5. (Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Reuters) Hundreds of the U.S. military’s top generals will gather on Tuesday for a rare in-person ...

President Donald Trump will attend the last-minute meeting of the military's top brass in northern Virginia on Sept. 30. The president's plans add another layer to the already mysterious and likely ...

President Donald Trump has contradicted his Vice President JD Vance over the significance of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth organizing a meeting with military officials. Speaking to reporters on ...

Donald Trump canceled a planned meeting with Democratic congressional leaders, the president announced on social media Tuesday. Trump said that “after reviewing the details of the unserious and ...

Hundreds of US generals and admirals around the globe have been called to Virginia for a meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth next Tuesday, several US officials told CNN, though the reason for ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed a comparison of his leadership style to Hitler’s after Hegseth ordered top military officials across the globe to appear in person for a meeting at Quantico in ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump pulled out of an expected meeting with top Democrats in Congress to avoid a government shutdown, calling their demands "unserious and ridiculous." "I have decided ...

Washington — President Trump said Tuesday that he won't meet with Democratic leaders in Congress until they "become realistic" with their demands in the ongoing fight over funding the government, with ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is convening hundreds of high-ranking officers on short notice for a meeting in Virginia on Tuesday to give a speech on his views of the “warrior ethos” amid his ...