House Democrats have taken their first procedural steps to try to force a House vote on a clean debt ceiling increase, multiple Democratic leadership aides tell CBS News, a long-shot effort that is unlikely to come to fruition but allows Democrats to argue that they are taking action to address …
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A federal appeals court has denied former President Donald Trump’s request to halt former Vice President Mike Pence’s testimony before a grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election. A three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Trump’s claims of executive privilege over Pence’s testimony. Pence …
Read More »Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, signed an executive order Tuesday to tighten the background check process in the state, citing recent “recent tragedies” like the Nashville shooting that left three children and three adults dead at a private religious school. The executive order requires responsible parties to ensure that …
Read More »Wisconsin voters went to the polls Tuesday to elect their next state Supreme Court justice in what could be the most consequential race of 2023. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated former Justice Dan Kelly, flipping control of a court that had a conservative majority for 15 years. The …
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Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman‘s office said Thursday that he is expected to return soon to the chamber, although Democratic leaders are giving no timeline five weeks after he sought inpatient treatment for clinical depression. Fetterman, 53, was weeks into his service in Washington and still recovering from the aftereffects of …
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Washington — More than three months after the FBI released incomplete data about documented hate crime incidents across the U.S., supplemental figures published Monday found that reports of bias-motivated attacks rose by nearly 12% in 2021. The FBI’s revised 2021 findings tell a different story than those originally released in December, …
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Washington — Former Rep. Liz Cheney, the Wyoming Republican who was ousted from House GOP leadership over her criticism of former President Donald Trump and lost a primary battle last year, is joining the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics as a “professor of practice,” the center announced Wednesday. “Preserving …
Read More »Washington —When former Vice President Mike Pence was subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith, who is investigating any involvement by former President Donald Trump in the events surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, he soon announced his opposition to testifying. He called the subpoena “unconstitutional,” arguing that under the Constitution, …
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Washington — Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, has made the panel’s first official requests for documents from President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and his brother, James Biden, over foreign business pursuits. In letters first obtained by CBS News, Comer informed …
Read More »A former prosecutor who’s planning to release a book about the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump he led for nearly a year was warned Monday to expect a lawsuit. Former Manhattan Special Assistant District Attorney Mark Pomerantz concluded Trump’s approach to business was similar to that of former …
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