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Washington — On Wednesday, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio said Vice President Kamala Harris “can go to hell” over the Biden administration’s handling of the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. The remark stemmed from an “incident” during former President Donald Trump’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to mark three years since a suicide bombing
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Trump staffers involved in incident with Arlington National Cemetery employee – CBS News Watch CBS News Defense Department officials tell CBS News that some Trump staffers got aggressive both verbally and physically Monday in a confrontation with an Arlington National Cemetery official. The incident occurred when former President Donald Trump visited the cemetery to mark
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FBI releases new evidence in Trump rally shooting investigation – CBS News Watch CBS News The FBI has released new details in its investigation into the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last month. Among the findings were the FBI has found no evidence that the gunman conspired
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Washington — The FBI on Wednesday released four new photos from its investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, as well as new information about what the bureau has learned about the shooter. The FBI’s investigation into the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13 remains ongoing, and
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to reinstate the Biden administration’s latest plan to cancel student debt for millions of borrowers, leaving them in limbo while the appeals process plays out. The justices turned down a request from the Justice Department to lift a sweeping appeals court order that blocked the program, known
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Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday in which he again accused Trump of resisting the peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 presidential election. Smith narrowed the allegations after a landmark Supreme Court ruling on presidential power earlier this year. The new 36-page charging
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Michael Sparks, who was the first defendant to breach the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 53 months in prison Tuesday for felony and misdemeanor charges. U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly warned that the assault on the Capitol has created uncertainty around how America will conduct its next transfer of
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The Trump campaign confirmed on Tuesday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was running as an independent until he suspended his campaign last week, and Tulsi Gabbard, a former progressive Democrat who backed Trump on Monday, have been named to his transition team. “As President Trump’s broad coalition of supporters and endorsers expands across partisan
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Texas AG accused by civil rights organization of targeting voter registration efforts – CBS News Watch CBS News The largest Latin American civil rights organization wants a federal investigation of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming his office authorized illegal searches at the homes of its volunteers in an attempt to target voter registration efforts.
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Judge blocks policy granting legal status to undocumented immigrants married to Americans – CBS News Watch CBS News A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked a major Biden administration immigration policy that could clear a path to citizenship for half a million undocumented immigrants. The order applies to a policy announced in June that would
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