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Foreign aid legislation advances, but could cost Speaker Mike Johnson – CBS News Watch CBS News The House Rules Committee advanced a foreign aid package that provides billions in stalled security funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, steering the measures closer toward passage this weekend. The legislation had been tied up for weeks. The progress
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Two U.S. officials told CBS News on Thursday night that an Israeli missile had struck Iran. The strike came less than a week after Iran’s unprecedented retaliatory drone and missile attack on Israel, to which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed to respond. The U.S. officials did not provide any information about the location or extent
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Trump trial next steps after full jury seated What happens now that Trump’s “hush money” trial has a full jury? 04:21 The judge in former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial has said he wants opening statements in the case delivered on Monday. In order to do that, he’ll need to seat five more
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Democrats took an unusual step Thursday and helped Republican leaders advance legislation to provide billions in stalled security funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, steering the measures closer toward passage this weekend. After about nine hours of recess, the House Rules Committee reconvened late Thursday night and moved GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson’s foreign aid
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CIA Director William Burns acknowledged Thursday that without military assistance from the U.S., Ukraine could experience significant setbacks in its war with Russia. Ukrainians are “at a tough moment on the battlefield right now,” Burns said during a Q&A session at the Bush Center Forum on Leadership in Dallas. With supplemental assistance from the
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A woman who was selected to serve on the jury in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York was excused Thursday after she expressed concerns about being identified publicly and questioned her ability to remain impartial. The juror, a young woman who was chosen to serve on Tuesday, said she “definitely has concerns
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Senate dismisses impeachment charges against DHS Secretary Mayorkas – CBS News Watch CBS News The Senate dismissed impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas shortly after his trial began Wednesday. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now
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New York — Former President Donald Trump met Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility of a second Trump term. The presumptive Republican nominee hosted Duda at Trump Tower, where the two discussed the war in Ukraine
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Over a dozen members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s family, including six of his siblings, are endorsing President Biden in Philadelphia Thursday even as he makes his own bid for Biden’s job as an independent candidate. Kennedy’s sister, Kerry Kennedy, is expected to praise Mr. Biden as a leader in the mold of her father,
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Arizona Republicans again block effort to repeal abortion ban – CBS News Watch CBS News For the second time, Republicans in the Arizona Legislature thwarted an effort to repeal the state’s 1864 abortion law, which was upheld last week by the state Supreme Court. This comes despite high-profile Republicans like former President Donald Trump saying
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