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Snippets from a 2023 interview that led Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur to describe former President Joe Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory” were obtained and published by Axios Friday, showing Biden’s halting tone of voice and difficulty remembering dates. CBS News has confirmed the audio matches the transcript of the…
Why Trump’s budget plan is hitting resistance from his own party – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s domestic policy bill hit a major snag after conservatives blocked it from advancing out of the House Budget Committee. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports and Marc Goldwein joins for analysis. Be the first to know Get browser notifications…
Washington — Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska said the U.S. government halted cyber operations against Russia for one day in February as President Trump was trying to negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, confirming CBS News reporting at the time and undercutting statements of denial from the Defense Department. “I actually dug into…
Russian President Vladimir Putin believes it’s his destiny to recreate the Russian empire and won’t back down in Ukraine, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” Gates said Putin’s aims can be unclear, even in one-on-one meetings. “I’m not sure even in a face to face…
The White House on Friday touted a Republican-backed tax bill as delivering “PERMANENT tax cuts and bigger paychecks.” Yet experts say the legislation would disproportionately benefit the highest income earners, while offering far more modest gains to Americans lower down the ladder. If the bill is passed, households with more than $1 million in annual…
Robert Gates says he isn’t sure you can judge Putin’s intentions in face-to-face meeting – CBS News Watch CBS News Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan that he isn’t sure if you can judge Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intentions in a face-to-face meeting. In the interview airing Sunday,…
President Trump suggested Friday his swipe at Taylor Swift last year has hurt her popularity. “Has anyone noticed that, since I said “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,” she’s no longer “HOT?”,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post Friday, as he flew back from the Middle East to the U.S. after the first major overseas…
WASHINGTON — The World Pride 2025 welcome concert, with pop icon Shakira performing at Nationals Stadium, isn’t until May 31. But for host city Washington D.C., the festivities start with a string of localized Pride events beginning with Trans Pride on Saturday. Hundreds of LGBTQ+ rallies, seminars, parties, after-parties and after-after-parties are planned for the…
A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move her family says a hospital told them was required under the state’s strict anti-abortion law. With her due date still more than…
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will continue to block the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan men detained in northern Texas while they pursue a challenge to their removals under the wartime Alien Enemies Act. The order from the high court grants an emergency injunction sought by lawyers for a group of…