Politics

Emily Scott is a Job Corps student in Los Angeles who is also a caretaker for her disabled mother. She is four months away from graduating from the Job Corps program as a licensed nurse.  Andrea Watts of Las Vegas was homeless before finding her way to a Job Corps …

Washington — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Tuesday that the federal Bureau of Prisons must continue providing hormone therapy and social accommodations to transgender inmates while they pursue a legal challenge to President Trump’s executive order that sought to restrict access to the treatments. U.S. District Judge Royce …

Washington — President Trump said he would pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who are in prison for charges that include bank fraud and tax evasion, in an emotional call with their children on Tuesday.  “Your parents are going to be free and clean. I hope we can …

Washington — The federal judge overseeing the criminal case involving former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of sensitive government records agreed to postpone the first pretrial conference scheduled in the proceedings to next week. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said in a brief order Tuesday that the conference, which involves …

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a controversial theory that would have given state lawmakers unfettered power to set the rules for federal elections in their states, ruling that the so-called “independent state legislative theory” is inconsistent with the Constitution. In declining to embrace the idea, which stems …

President Biden referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping as a dictator while speaking to supporters at a private fundraising event in Northern California Tuesday evening. The comment came on the heels of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s in-person meeting with Xi Monday during a rare diplomatic trip to China. Mr. …

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke by phone Saturday evening as the White House and Republican congressional negotiators continue to work toward a debt ceiling agreement.  Biden and McCarthy spoke by phone at about 6 p.m. Eastern time, CBS News learned. Biden spoke earlier with Democratic Senate Majority …

As negotiating teams for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy work on hammering out a deal to raise or suspend the debt ceiling — with under two weeks until a possible U.S. default — each side has demands, and so-called red lines have been drawn. Democrats want “clean” legislation, a …

After reviewing thousands of records subpoenaed from four banks, the House Oversight Committee said in an interim report that some Biden family members, associates and their companies received more than $10 million from foreign entities, including payments made during and after President Joe Biden’s vice presidency. But the White House …

Washington — Chatter on Capitol Hill about ethical standards at the Supreme Court has reached a fever pitch following the steady stream of revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas’s relationship with a Republican real estate magnate. But despite the growing chorus of voices calling for a binding code of conduct for …