Senate GOP tees up confirmation hearing blitz in effort to meet ambitious Trump targets
Republicans are eager to confirm Trump picks as soon as possible so he can begin rolling out his agenda.
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Sen Ernst renews push for bill ending illegal immigration ‘loophole’ as Congress takes action
Sen. Joni Ernst is reintroducing a bill that would require federal authorities to take into custody illegal immigrants charged with killing someone.
These are the 2025 elections to watch as Trump returns to White House
Elections for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, state Supreme Court contests in battlegrounds Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and a mayoral showdown in New York City will grab the political spotlight in 2025
Zelenskyy offers firefighting help from Ukraine for Los Angeles-area wildfires
CBS News Live CBS News Los Angeles Live In the wake of multiple wildfires that have torched tens of thousands of acres and left at least two dozen dead of Los Angeles County, local firefighters and first responders have received support from across the world. While over the weekend crews of firefighters arrived from Mexico
Musk sets sights on European politics
Musk sets sights on European politics – CBS News Watch CBS News After helping President-elect Donald Trump return to the White House, Elon Musk is now setting his sights on European politics. He has endorsed Germany’s far-right party in the upcoming election and has been posting frequently about a series of rape cases in the
The political firestorm that’s about to singe Capitol Hill
The aftermath of the Los Angeles wildfires may become a fiscal nightmare for lawmakers as the new Congress attempts to address American's growing national debt.
Two Months Before Deadly Blazes, LA Fire Chief Said She Needed More Firefighters—Then Karen Bass’s Admin Scrubbed the Memo
‘In many ways, the current staffing, deployment mode, and size … have not changed since the 1960s,’ wrote Kristin Crowley Karen Bass (Getty Images) Los Angeles fire chief Kristin Crowley warned city officials in November that her department had about half as many firefighters as it needed. When deadly wildfires struck the city two months