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Thune elected Senate Republican leader John Thune elected Senate Republican leader as Mitch McConnell steps down 02:39 Washington — Sen. Mitch McConnell, the outgoing Republican leader in the Senate, suffered a fall on Capitol Hill after a lunch with colleagues and suffered minor injuries, his office said Tuesday. “Leader McConnell tripped following lunch. He sustained
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Washington — The House task force investigating the assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump released a final report on its probe on Tuesday, presenting a series of recommendations to combat future security failures, including reducing the number of officials it protects during campaign season. “The Task Force found that the tragic and shocking events in
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New York prosecutors say President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House should not undermine the decision of 12 jurors who found him guilty of dozens of felonies in May, telling the judge overseeing the case that the conviction should stand. “This Court should reject [Trump’s] motion to ‘immediately’ dismiss the indictment and vacate the
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The Justice Department failed to follow department policy and ignored some established protections when seeking records from members of Congress, dozens of congressional staffers and members of the media during the first Trump administration, an internal watchdog found. A report by the department’s Office of Inspector General released on Tuesday focused on numerous leak investigations
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President-elect Donald Trump called Canadian Prime Minister “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada” on Tuesday, after threatening to impose massive tariffs on imports from Canada. “It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” Trump wrote on Truth Social early Tuesday. “I look
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12/8: The Takeout: Camilo Montoya-Galvez – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez chats with Major Garrett about how President-elect Donald Trump could impose mass deportations and the economic impact those deportations may have across the U.S. on this week’s episode of “The Takeout.” View CBS News In Be the first
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Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump, set to return to the White House. Among those possibilities is replacing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, whom Trump tapped to be the next secretary of state. If Rubio is
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President-elect Donald Trump plans to act on the “first day” of his presidency on the cases of some Jan. 6 defendants and said he believes the House members on the select Jan. 6 committee who investigated the 2021 Capitol riot, including Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson and former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, “should go to jail.”
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Trump discusses key priorities in new interview – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump sat down for an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” to discuss his priorities for his second term. Trump was pressed on his tariff threats and plans for mass deportations. Nikole Killion has more. View CBS News In Be
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Biden responds to fall of Assad regime – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden expressed cautious optimism over the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, but also noted the situation presents a “moment of considerable risk.” Charlie D’Agata has more on the U.S. response. View CBS News In Be the first to know
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