Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday demanded a New York judge delay the president-elect’s sentencing in his “hush money” criminal case, which is scheduled to take place at the end of the week. Trump intends to appeal a Jan. 3 ruling by Justice Juan Merchan rejecting a motion to dismiss and upholding Trump’s conviction on…
The Pentagon has reached a historic legal settlement with more than 35,000 gay and lesbian military veterans who were dismissed because of their sexual orientation, and in many cases denied an honorable discharge and the array of services they had earned, CBS News has learned. Under the terms of the agreement, veterans whose discharge papers…
A stack of employment offer letters is expected to go out Monday to political appointees in the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter, with just two weeks to go before the inauguration. The Trump transition had set a goal of bringing on as many as 2,000 political appointees…
What to know after U.S. seizes Maduro’s plane What to know after U.S. seizes Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s plane 04:16 President Biden is expected Monday to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González at the White House ahead of Venezuela’s Friday inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term after their highly-contested election, a…
1/5: The Takeout: Arthur C. Brooks – CBS News Watch CBS News Author Arthur C. Brooks joins The Takeout podcast to discuss happiness and his behavioral science research on finding happiness, purpose in life and human emotions. Brooks and Major Garrett also discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human behavior and the one…
President Biden is taking executive action to protect more than 625 million acres of the American ocean from offshore drilling, the White House announced early Monday. The move to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters includes the entire East Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific off the…
2m ago Biden on Jan. 6: “We cannot forget” In an op-ed for the Washington Post published Sunday evening, President Biden accused Trump and his allies of trying to rewrite history when it comes to the attack on the Capitol. “An unrelenting effort has been underway to rewrite — even erase — the history…
Washington — When Congress convenes on Monday to count Electoral College votes from each state and finalize President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the November presidential election, the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted the joint session four years ago will be looming over the proceedings. But unlike on Jan. 6, 2021, when then-Vice President Mike…
While Congress meets Monday to count the Electoral College votes and affirm President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, the roughly 1,500 people accused of storming the Capitol four years ago will be focused on what happens next. Charged as part of the largest Justice Department’s investigation in history, they have been waiting to…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had a surprise meeting with President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday at Mar-a-Lago, becoming the latest world leader to meet the incoming president as he is set to take office later this month. Meloni stayed the whole evening, including a screening of a Trump-friendly documentary about John Eastman, one of his…
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