The House Ways and Means Committee has opened an investigation to find out why the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has received millions in donations from an organization whose objectives appear hostile to American businesses. Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Suzanne P. Clark, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
“We write to reiterate our requests and ask again for your voluntary cooperation with our oversight.” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has called on Nathan Wade—an attorney until recently involved in prosecuting former President Donald Trump—to provide records and testimony to the House committee regarding his role in the case. Fulton County, Georgia
New Jersey's Senate budget committee on Thursday advanced controversial legislation aimed at overhauling the state's public records access law.
Washington — Sen. Bob Menendez was at work in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, but in four days he’ll be in a Manhattan courtroom as a criminal defendant fighting federal corruption charges that involve the governments of Egypt and Qatar. The New Jersey Democrat told CBS News he plans to be at his trial every
Judge Juan Merchan on Thursday denied a request for a mistrial and a modification of the gag order by Trump defense attorneys, who argued that the former president should be able to defend himself against Stormy Daniels’ salacious and "prejudicial" testimony.
A former model won’t be testifying in the trial, a Trump lawyer said. A lawyer for former President Donald Trump said on May 9 that former model Karen McDougal will not be testifying in the former president’s trial. “The People informed me they no longer intend to call Ms. McDougal,” Trump attorney Todd Blanche said.
New York — One of the star witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s trial, adult film actor Stormy Daniels, gave defiant testimony Thursday in her final day on the stand as the defense accused her of fabricating details of the alleged sexual encounter between her and Trump. “You’re trying to make me say it changed,