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Trump announced on Nov. 30 that he plans to name Kash Patel as his director of the FBI. Kash Patel speaks during a GOP campaign event on July 31, 2022, in Tucson, Arizona. BRANDON BELL / Getty Images Current FBI Director Chris Wray would have to voluntarily vacate the position or be fired by Trump if he
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South Korean parliament impeaches President Yoon Suk Yeol – CBS News Watch CBS News South Korea’s parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after his attempt to impose martial law sent shockwaves through the nation. He has promised to fight the removal. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking
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President-elect Donald Trump huddled with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday’s Army-Navy football game at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, taking in one of the most storied rivalries in college sports while spotlighting his emerging national security team. Navy defeated Army 31-13 on Saturday to take home the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy, CBS Sports reported.
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ABC News agreed to contribute $15 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential foundation and museum to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Trump against the network, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court on Saturday. Trump had accused ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos of acting “with actual malice or with a reckless disregard for
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Pelosi undergoes hip replacement surgery after fall Nancy Pelosi undergoes hip replacement surgery after fall in Europe 00:18 Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement after being hospitalized during a trip to Luxembourg, her office said Saturday. “Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement and is well on
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Many veterans, service members and officials in the Defense Department worry that decades of progress could be unraveled in a matter of months if Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, is confirmed by the Senate. Army veterans who spoke to CBS News are concerned Hegseth would seek to reinstate a ban that
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Chesebro reaches plea deal in Georgia election case Kenneth Chesebro reaches plea deal in Georgia election interference case 00:25 A Georgia judge has rejected former Trump campaign campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro’s push to invalidate his guilty plea in the Fulton County election interference case. Chesebro was one of 19 defendants charged in the August 2023
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Washington — President-elect Donald Trump said Republicans will try to end the decades-long ritual of changing the clocks twice a year, saying the GOP will push to eliminate daylight saving time. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving
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Nancy Pelosi hospitalized overseas Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after injury overseas 01:02 Washington — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after sustaining an injury during a trip to Luxembourg as part of a congressional delegation, her office said Friday. “While traveling with a bipartisan Congressional delegation in Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of
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Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump on Friday slammed a suggestion by Manhattan prosecutors that a judge should consider an option for Trump’s “hush money” case that is typically used when a defendant dies before sentencing. In a filing earlier this week, prosecutors had suggested that Justice Juan Merchan could terminate Trump’s criminal case “with a
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