President Trump says it was he who called off his anticipated second summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They were to meet in Hungary to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine, but the president says it didn’t feel right to meet with Putin at this time, so he canceled. Margaret Brennan has more.
The Trump administration is planning to demolish the entirety of the White House’s East Wing as early as this weekend, two senior administration officials told CBS News, part of a project championed by President Trump to add a ballroom to the complex. Weijia Jiang reports. Original CBS News Link</a
Democrats and Republicans remain gridlocked over federal funding as Sen. Jeff Merkley's marathon speech delays consideration of a government shutdown resolution.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced new sanctions Wednesday against Russia’s two biggest oil companies and blasted Moscow’s refusal to end its “senseless war” in Ukraine, as the Trump administration struggles to strike a ceasefire deal and the Ukrainian president seeks more foreign military help. The sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as dozens of
Dem Senate candidate Graham Platner covered a Nazi-linked tattoo after backlash over old posts and apologized but refused to quit as rivals demand he drop out.
Two years ago, longtime federal corruption prosecutor Molly Gaston signed her name to a court filing unlike any before it. That day, in October 2023, Gaston filed a 32-page motion asking a federal judge to continue limiting public statements of then-former President Trump, who was accused of witness intimidation ahead of a trial in
Far-left Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Texas), who mocked Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R.) disability and smeared assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is eyeing a Senate run in next year’s midterm elections, saying Wednesday that her victory would be “karma” for Republicans’ proposed redistricting efforts in her state. “If you want to take my seat of 766,000