Special counsel report on Trump election interference case released – CBS News Watch CBS News Former special counsel Jack Smith’s report has been released on his investigation into then-President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Smith claims had Trump not won the 2024 election and the case was allowed
Pete Hegseth faces Senate grilling in confirmation hearing – CBS News Watch CBS News Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth faced tough questioning about his views on women in combat and reports of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking during his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. Nikole Killion reports. View CBS News In Be the first to know
Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi says if President Biden offered him a preemptive pardon for his role in leading the investigation into then-President Donald Trump’s role in the 2021 Capitol riot, he’d accept it. Thompson, who was the chair of the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, embraced the idea of a pardon in
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Forty-nine Democrats joined 36 Republicans to elect Rep. Dustin Burrows to what is the third most powerful position in the state government. Texas Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected the new Texas Speaker of the House with the support of more Democrats than Republicans. Forty-nine Democrats joined 36 Republicans to put Burrows over the top
Sen. Joni Ernst revealed she is officially supporting Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense after Tuesday's hearing.
Pete Hegseth appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Jan. 14 to make his case to become the next secretary of the Defense Department. Hegseth is the first of roughly a dozen of President-elect Donald Trump’s appointees slated to go before Senate committees this week and is considered one of the more controversial Cabinet