Washington — President Trump on Friday celebrated the signing of a U.S.-brokered peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, marking what the Trump administration hopes will be the end of a deadly conflict that has spanned nearly three decades. The agreement brokered by the Trump administration …
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Rep. Kat Cammack said late Wednesday her offices were evacuated due to “imminent death threats” against her and her family. The Florida Republican said on X the threats began after a recent Wall Street Journal story about her experience with an ectopic pregnancy last year. She told the paper that …
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Washington — Senate Republicans on Monday released details on the most contentious elements of the sweeping legislation to enact President Trump’s second-term agenda. The Senate Finance Committee unveiled its portion of Mr. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which makes changes to the tax and Medicaid provisions in the version that narrowly …
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When the Trump administration swept into the Department of Justice on Jan. 20, it moved swiftly to purge, demote, transfer and otherwise sideline career lawyers not perceived to be team players or sufficiently committed to the MAGA legal agenda. Amid the upheaval and exodus of longtime federal prosecutors, one quiet …
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Washington — President Trump said Wednesday that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone for over an hour, and Putin told him that he plans to respond to Ukraine’s drone strike on Russian air bases. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded hours later that “if the powerful do not …
Read More »Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa defended herself Monday after drawing attention for telling a town hall attendee worried about proposed changes to Medicaid that “we all are going to die.” “I’m very compassionate, and you need to listen to the entire conversation,” Ernst told CBS News on Monday. Ernst’s …
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FBI analysts conducted improper searches on a U.S. senator and two state officials using a foreign intelligence database, according to a declassified court opinion released Friday, despite wide-ranging procedural and accountability reforms the bureau recently instituted to curb possible misuse. According to an April 2023 opinion of the Foreign …
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Washington — The Senate on Thursday passed legislation to suspend the debt ceiling and limit federal spending, sending the bill to President Biden’s desk to avoid a U.S. government default that would have caused economic chaos. The Senate adopted the bill, known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, by …
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Amid growing concerns of security risks to members of Congress, over 50 senators have been issued satellite phones for emergency communication, people familiar with the measures told CBS News. The devices are part of a series of new security measures being offered to senators by the Senate Sergeant at Arms, …
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Washington — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating how an intruder managed to enter the home of national security adviser Jake Sullivan in April without being detected by his security detail, the agency said Tuesday. The incident occurred in late April, when an unknown man, apparently intoxicated, walked into Sullivan’s …
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