Jennifer Jacobs
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CBS News senior White House reporter. Reporting what I know, not what I think. @Bloomberg and @DMRegister alum. Email me: [email protected] 💕Iowa
Scoop: Trump has hired a new architect for the White House ballroom. The current one, James McCrery, will remain on the team, despite some clashes with the president, sources tell @cbsnews.com
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Trump hires new architect for ballroom
The current architect, with whom President Trump has some disagreements, will remain on the White House ballroom team, sources said.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Scoop: Trump has hired a new architect for the White House ballroom. The current one, James McCrery, will remain on the team, despite some clashes with the president, sources tell @cbsnews.com
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NEWS: Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect is Brian Cole, 30, of northern Virginia, per sources.
Previous scoop on FBI clearing an innocent woman whose name was falsely tied to the case by amateur sleuths:
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December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NEWS: Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect is Brian Cole, 30, of northern Virginia, per sources.
Previous scoop on FBI clearing an innocent woman whose name was falsely tied to the case by amateur sleuths:
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Today's breaking news via @cbsnews.com:
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Scoop: Military officials on Weds presented Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including land strikes, per sources. Hegseth, Caine at White House yday afternoon for briefings. No final decision made, two of the sources told @cbsnews.com
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Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days
The potential operations for Venezuela presented to Trump included options for strikes on land, multiple sources said.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Scoop: Military officials on Weds presented Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including land strikes, per sources. Hegseth, Caine at White House yday afternoon for briefings. No final decision made, two of the sources told @cbsnews.com
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Scoop: Some financial industry execs have been invited to dinner at White House tomorrow night with Trump, including Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman and JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, per sources. It comes a couple months after Trump hosted a dinner for tech CEOs on Sept. 4. @cbsnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Scoop: Some financial industry execs have been invited to dinner at White House tomorrow night with Trump, including Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman and JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, per sources. It comes a couple months after Trump hosted a dinner for tech CEOs on Sept. 4. @cbsnews.com
Scoop: The secretary of state, treasury sec and White House personnel office director were sitting in a London restaurant during Trump's state visit. "All of a sudden this guy walks in," Rubio recalled. "I'm like, 'Oh my God, that's Mick Jagger.'"
Tales from a roast:
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Tales from a roast:
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Senior Trump officials roast Sergio Gor, the new U.S. ambassador to India
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump officials told stories about Gor, the former White House presidential personnel director who is now ambassador to India.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Scoop: The secretary of state, treasury sec and White House personnel office director were sitting in a London restaurant during Trump's state visit. "All of a sudden this guy walks in," Rubio recalled. "I'm like, 'Oh my God, that's Mick Jagger.'"
Tales from a roast:
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Tales from a roast:
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Scoop: Saudi Arabia is hosting a U.S.-Saudi investment summit Weds. Nov. 19 in DC during MBS's visit to meet with Trump, sources told @cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Scoop: Saudi Arabia is hosting a U.S.-Saudi investment summit Weds. Nov. 19 in DC during MBS's visit to meet with Trump, sources told @cbsnews.com
NEW: The proposal for a 50-year mortgage wasn't fully vetted by top Trump admin officials. One source said President Trump was lukewarm about idea but announced it “to get Pulte to shut up about it.”
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White House officials unhappy about 50-year mortgage idea released by top housing official, sources say
Over the weekend, top federal housing official Bill Pulte floated the idea of a 50-year mortgage with President Trump.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEW: The proposal for a 50-year mortgage wasn't fully vetted by top Trump admin officials. One source said President Trump was lukewarm about idea but announced it “to get Pulte to shut up about it.”
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News: Apple calls out EU officials in a heated letter, arguing regulations have made its platform less safe. "risks to users on our devices will inevitably increase." It's latest complaint from a US co. about alleged overreach from EU's powerful digital laws. via CBS
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November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
News: Apple calls out EU officials in a heated letter, arguing regulations have made its platform less safe. "risks to users on our devices will inevitably increase." It's latest complaint from a US co. about alleged overreach from EU's powerful digital laws. via CBS
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Scoop: Some White House ballroom contractors go underground. via @cbsnews.com
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Some White House ballroom contractors go underground
Some firms involved in the White House ballroom project appear to be trying to lower their online profiles.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Scoop: Some White House ballroom contractors go underground. via @cbsnews.com
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Scoop: US has organized a military operation in South China Sea meant to send a signal pushing back against China's expanding presence in region, sources told @CBSNews.
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U.S. plans "show of force" against Chinese aggression in South China Sea as Trump, Xi to meet, sources say
The move, if it occurs, would be in response to China's escalating hostilities near disputed waters as Trump is poised to meet with Xi, sources say.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Scoop: US has organized a military operation in South China Sea meant to send a signal pushing back against China's expanding presence in region, sources told @CBSNews.
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The red and gray truck carrying bits of the East Wing crossed from DC into Maryland and exited the highway. It entered a scrap yard that sits next to railroad tracks...
@ArdenFarhi on the final resting place. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...
@ArdenFarhi on the final resting place. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...
Where is debris from the White House East Wing demolition being taken?
A red and gray scrap truck carried remnants of the East Wing about six miles from the White House.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The red and gray truck carrying bits of the East Wing crossed from DC into Maryland and exited the highway. It entered a scrap yard that sits next to railroad tracks...
@ArdenFarhi on the final resting place. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...
@ArdenFarhi on the final resting place. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...
LATEST: Portion of White House East Wing that is being knocked down as a part of ballroom project includes 1st lady’s office on 2nd floor and dozens of other workspaces. East Wing will be rebuilt. The theater, Booksellers Hall haven't yet been disturbed, but could be. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...
Here are the White House East Wing offices Trump is demolishing, according to sources
The first lady's office and several other offices will be demolished as a part of the project to add a massive new ballroom.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
LATEST: Portion of White House East Wing that is being knocked down as a part of ballroom project includes 1st lady’s office on 2nd floor and dozens of other workspaces. East Wing will be rebuilt. The theater, Booksellers Hall haven't yet been disturbed, but could be. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...
News: Trump will receive the "Architect of Peace" award today from the Nixon Foundation. Among those who will be at White House to present it are Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia Nixon Cox, ex national security advisor Robert O'Brien, Jim Byron, the acting archivist of the US, sources tell CBS News
October 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
News: Trump will receive the "Architect of Peace" award today from the Nixon Foundation. Among those who will be at White House to present it are Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia Nixon Cox, ex national security advisor Robert O'Brien, Jim Byron, the acting archivist of the US, sources tell CBS News
News: Nov. 18 is the date Trump and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman will meet at White House, sources tell CBS News. Officials intend to have a signing event. MBS last at White House more than 7 years ago, although the two leaders met in May.
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Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman to visit White House on Nov. 18, sources say
Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, was last at the White House in March 2018.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
News: Nov. 18 is the date Trump and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman will meet at White House, sources tell CBS News. Officials intend to have a signing event. MBS last at White House more than 7 years ago, although the two leaders met in May.
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Trump officials creating Bluesky accounts today to message to the left
October 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Trump officials creating Bluesky accounts today to message to the left
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Breaking: Donald Trump says he just commuted the sentence of George Santos in his federal fraud case.
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Breaking: Donald Trump says he just commuted the sentence of George Santos in his federal fraud case.
INSIDE dinner to thank people/companies who gave $ for White House ballroom: Guest list included Nvidia's Ned Finkle, OpenAI's Greg Brockman. After meal of Beef Wellington and butterscotch ice cream, donors mobbed Trump. In Congress, Mark Takano introducing two bills
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Trump looks to cement his architectural legacy as Democrats bristle
The new White House ballroom is likely to be bigger than initially planned as Democrats look to put guardrails on Trump's signature architectural pursuit.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
INSIDE dinner to thank people/companies who gave $ for White House ballroom: Guest list included Nvidia's Ned Finkle, OpenAI's Greg Brockman. After meal of Beef Wellington and butterscotch ice cream, donors mobbed Trump. In Congress, Mark Takano introducing two bills
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Scoop: A Gaza stop was discussed but that has now officially been ruled out, sources tell me. It's still fluid but the peace deal travel plan is for President Trump to go to Israel and Egypt on Sunday/Monday. He likely will not overnight in the Middle East. @cbsnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Scoop: A Gaza stop was discussed but that has now officially been ruled out, sources tell me. It's still fluid but the peace deal travel plan is for President Trump to go to Israel and Egypt on Sunday/Monday. He likely will not overnight in the Middle East. @cbsnews.com
“We need you to approve a post on Truth Social soon so you can announce deal first," said the note Rubio handed to Trump, per photo by AP's Evan Vucci
October 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“We need you to approve a post on Truth Social soon so you can announce deal first," said the note Rubio handed to Trump, per photo by AP's Evan Vucci
Antifa "is just as sophisticated" as Hamas, MS-13, Tren de Aragua, ISIS, Hezbollah, @Sec_Noem said. Noem said Antifa's advanced networks have "infiltrated our entire country and we're seeing them play out with their tactics from city to city, and how they have built out their funding mechanisms."
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Antifa "is just as sophisticated" as Hamas, MS-13, Tren de Aragua, ISIS, Hezbollah, @Sec_Noem said. Noem said Antifa's advanced networks have "infiltrated our entire country and we're seeing them play out with their tactics from city to city, and how they have built out their funding mechanisms."
TRUMP says he might head to Middle East this weekend. Final negotiation with Hamas "seems to be going well" on Gaza.
October 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
TRUMP says he might head to Middle East this weekend. Final negotiation with Hamas "seems to be going well" on Gaza.
"What I'd heard so far was that they think it was likelier an accident, but that's not official yet," Stephen Miller tells me at the White House when asked if he has heard a cause of the fire at South Carolina judge's Diane Goodstein's home.
October 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"What I'd heard so far was that they think it was likelier an accident, but that's not official yet," Stephen Miller tells me at the White House when asked if he has heard a cause of the fire at South Carolina judge's Diane Goodstein's home.
Scoop: The head of a presidential library resigned this week after a tug-of-war with the Trump admin over a sword and gift selection for King Charles, sources told @CBSNews.
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Head of Eisenhower library resigns after sword spat with Trump administration
A dispute over a gift given by President Trump to King Charles forced out the museum boss, sources say.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Scoop: The head of a presidential library resigned this week after a tug-of-war with the Trump admin over a sword and gift selection for King Charles, sources told @CBSNews.
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Scoop: The press secretary is back in the press secretary's office in White House. Karoline Leavitt is reclaiming the roomy space with a fireplace that Taylor Budowich occupied until he left the admin this week. Leavitt will take over some duties that Budowich handled, along with Steven Cheung.
October 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Scoop: The press secretary is back in the press secretary's office in White House. Karoline Leavitt is reclaiming the roomy space with a fireplace that Taylor Budowich occupied until he left the admin this week. Leavitt will take over some duties that Budowich handled, along with Steven Cheung.
Scoop: The post of United Nations ambassador isn't a Cabinet position, sources familiar with the matter told @CBSNews, as Trump signals the decreased importance of the U.N. to his administration. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-n-amb...
U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz isn't part of Trump's Cabinet, sources say
President Trump has decided the position will not be a Cabinet-level post, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Scoop: The post of United Nations ambassador isn't a Cabinet position, sources familiar with the matter told @CBSNews, as Trump signals the decreased importance of the U.N. to his administration. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-n-amb...