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Biden in New York for massive fundraiser – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden is in New York City for a fundraiser with former Presidents Obama and Clinton at Radio City Music Hall. The event is expected to bring in some $25 million, increasing the fundraising gap between Mr. Biden and his presumptive opponent,
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Washington — House Republicans are set to present the articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate after Congress returns from recess next month, kickstarting a clash over an impeachment trial in the upper chamber that Democrats are expected to work to quickly quash. Speaker Mike Johnson and the
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Washington — The Republican-led House Oversight Committee has invited President Biden to testify publicly as the panel’s monthslong impeachment inquiry has stalled after testimony from the president’s son failed to deliver a smoking gun. In a seven-page letter to the president on Thursday, Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the committee’s chairman, asked Mr. Biden to
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Lawmakers on Capitol Hill remember longtime former Sen. Joe Lieberman – CBS News Watch CBS News Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are mourning the loss of Joe Lieberman, 82, a longtime senator from Connecticut who was once the Democratic Party’s nominee for vice president in 2000. He died Wednesday in New York City from complications from
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The family of Ryan Corbett, an American humanitarian who has been imprisoned without charge by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers since August 2022, said a brief, “disturbing” phone call from him this week has them increasingly concerned about his declining mental and physical health. Anna Corbett, Ryan’s wife, said in a statement that she and their three
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg addresses economic toll of Baltimore bridge collapse – CBS News Watch CBS News In the aftermath of the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg talks about the significant repercussions on national supply chains. View CBS News In Be the first to know
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Increase in migrants trying to cross U.S.-Mexico border in states farther West – CBS News Watch CBS News There’s been a dramatic shift in routes of migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, with a big drop in Texas and an increase in states farther West like Arizona and California. View CBS News In Be
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore discusses bridge collapse, recovery – CBS News Watch CBS News Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks about the recovery efforts and what’s ahead after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed on Tuesday. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and
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Washington — Nearly three years ago, Vice President Kamala Harris stood alongside the then-president of Guatemala in his palace and delivered a message to would-be migrants: “Do not come” to the United States. Her pleas didn’t work. Since June 2021, when Harris made those remarks, U.S. officials have tallied 709,305 encounters with migrants from Guatemala
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Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark‘s efforts to help then-President Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election were characterized Tuesday as a coup attempt by Washington, D.C., Office of Disciplinary Counsel at a hearing to determine if Clark should be sanctioned. Clark is accused of attempting to engage in dishonest conduct during his role in aftermath
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