Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
CBS News senior White House reporter. Reporting what I know, not what I think. @Bloomberg and @DMRegister alum. Email me: [email protected] 💕Iowa
Philippines' Marcos to meet Trump hoping to secure trade deal reut.rs/40Z2kwn
President Donald Trump told NFL team the Washington Commanders to change its name back to the Redskins, or face potential action reut.rs/4m2lIkj
Extreme weather drives food price surges across the globe on.ft.com/46fJrZK
Aug. 1 is 'hard deadline' for Trump's tariffs, Commerce Secretary Lutnick says cnbc.com/2025/07/20/tru…
More concern about drone attacks on US targets:
US airfields are also extremely vulnerable to such an attack. All are surrounded by PRC – owned “farmland”. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Chinese drones are already here & the 30K CCP Biden-released “asylum” seekers are trained & ready to operate them. centerformaritimestrategy.org/publications/t…
President Trump says his first six months as President are being “hailed as one of the most consequential periods of any President.” “Six months is not a long time to have totally revived a major Country.”
“Nobody had to explain that to me,” Trump says, regarding WSJ reporting Bessent privately laid out the case against firing Jay Powell— including, possible effects on the economy and markets.
President Trump is "absolutely" going to renegotiate the USMCA, a trade deal he secured with Canada and Mexico in his first term, says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. "He doesn't want cars built in Canada or Mexico when they can be built in Michigan and Ohio. It's just better…
No decison on canceling recess, but there has been some discussion of canceling the first week. (This is also something that gets threatened in order to encourage a deal on noms) Rs also think it's important for their members to be back home in August selling the OBBB
Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed. We need them badly!!! DJT (TS: 19 Jul 22:35 UTC)
Saudi Arabia’s NEOM is considering significantly cutting its workforce and relocating more than 1,000 employees to Riyadh as the kingdom tries to control costs and improve oversight semafor.com/article/07/18/…
NEW: Following Israel’s bombing of Syria last week, the chatter in the West Wing grew louder: Benjamin Netanyahu is out of control, @BarakRavid reports. "Bibi acted like a madman. He bombs everything all the time," one White House official told Axios. axios.com/2025/07/20/isr…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the president privately in recent days that ousting Jerome Powell entailed risks, including possible effects on the economy and potential legal and political obstacles wsj.com/economy/centra…
Biden aides increasingly look to Fifth Amendment as autopen probe widens - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
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Dow Jones spox: "We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit." variety.com/2025/biz/news/…
The leaders of Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire following recent Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital, a U.S. envoy said Friday, as he urged all sides in war-torn Syria to lay down arms. cbsn.ws/3ICOkCe
A US official sends @scrippsnews this list of the Americans released today from Venezuela. This has been reported to Congress.
Ten Americans are are their way home from detention in Venezuela! Thanks to @POTUS, @SecRubio, @usembassyve, @aboehler and many others for your support bringing Americans home