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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Pentagon next week is convening a meeting of top U.S. military leaders from across the globe. Multiple War Department officials confirmed to Fox News that top military commanders had been asked to ...

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 ...

The Fed sets interest rates that affect many types of debt. The next Federal Reserve policy committee meeting is scheduled for Oct. 28 and 29. The Fed is widely expected to cut the fed funds rate by a ...

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 ...

U.S. officials told ABC News they don’t know what the meeting is about. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a large number of general officers and admirals to gather next Tuesday at the Marine ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed numerous generals and admirals, as well as some of their staff, from around the world to come to Quantico, Virginia, next week, U.S. officials confirmed to ...