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JD Vance defends “childless cat ladies” comments – CBS News Watch CBS News Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, has been facing intense criticism for comments he previously made criticizing the prominence of childless people in politics. In an interview Friday, he attempted to defend those remarks. Robert Costa has the latest. View
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Washington — The FBI stated Friday that former President Donald Trump was injured by a bullet after FBI director Christopher Wray testified earlier this week that there was still “some question” about what grazed Trump’s right ear during the assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month. “What struck former President Trump in the
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7/26: CBS News 24/7 Episode 2 7/26: CBS News 24/7 Episode 2 43:20 Former FBI special agent Peter Strzok reached a $1.2 million settlement with the Justice Department over claims that the department violated his privacy and the Privacy Act when it released text messages during the Trump administration between him and former FBI employee Lisa
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Washington — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance defended his comment about “childless cat ladies” on Friday as he faces backlash after his 2021 remarks recirculated this week. “Obviously, it was a sarcastic comment,” he said in an interview on “The Megyn Kelly Show” on SiriusXM. “I’ve got nothing against cats. I’ve got nothing against
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In the days after President Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him in the 2024 presidential race, several Republican lawmakers suggested she had become the presumptive Democratic nominee on the basis of her gender and race. Republicans referring to Harris as “DEI” hire GOP Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee called Harris a “DEI
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2024 presidential race enters a new phase 2024 presidential race enters a new phase 11:17 Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris accused former President Donald Trump of walking back his previous agreement to a Sept. 10 presidential debate, telling reporters, “I’m ready.” “I’m ready to debate Donald Trump. I have agreed to the previously agreed
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New York prosecutors urged a Manhattan judge to uphold Donald Trump’s criminal conviction, saying a recent Supreme Court decision has little bearing on a unanimous jury’s decision finding the former president guilty of falsifying records. In a 69-page memo filed Wednesday and made public Thursday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and prosecutors from his office
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Washington — North Korean hackers allegedly targeted a number of U.S. hospitals and healthcare systems with ransomware as part of an illegal scheme to fund a covert information exfiltration campaign against American military and scientific entities, federal investigators revealed Thursday. The international hacking campaign began in May 2021, when a hacking group tied to North
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Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris condemned demonstrators who voiced support for Hamas and burned an American flag near the U.S. Capitol to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Wednesday, saying in a statement that “hate and violence of any kind have no place in our nation.” Harris, now the likely
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Steward Health Care’s CEO Ralph de la Torre has for years avoided publicly responding to accusations that he profited at the expense of patients at the dozens of community hospitals around the country owned by the Dallas-based company. Now, he’ll have to face those questions on Capitol Hill after a bipartisan group of senators voted
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