Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts swoops in to save Trump firing decision
Chief Justice John Roberts intervened to preserve the Trump administration's termination of two federal board members, a temporary win for the administration.
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Oklahoma AG on why he fought to overturn Richard Glossip’s death sentence
As attorney general of Oklahoma, Gentner Drummond has personally attended nine executions. Since taking office in 2023, he’s approved of every death row case in the state — except one. “I believed it my duty to look at…every person on death row,” he told CBS News. “When I stumbled across Richard Glossip, it was different.
GOP senator turns tables on Dem narrative about Social Security and Medicare: ‘Get fraud out of there’
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., responded to accusations from Democrats that Republicans are trying to make cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
Roberts halts court orders blocking Trump firing of labor boards’ members
Washington — Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily halted lower court decisions that voided President Trump’s firing of a member of the National Labor Relations Board and a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Roberts issued an administrative stay that gives the Supreme Court more time to consider a Justice Department request to allow Mr.
House Dem in Ohio Swing District Turns to Liberal Firebrand Jasmine Crockett for Fundraising Help
Rep. Emilia Sykes, a vulnerable Ohio Democrat, is seeking a fundraising boost from Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Texas), the left-wing firebrand whose insults directed at Republicans consistently stir controversy. Sykes and Crockett formed a joint fundraising committee, the Crockett Sykes Victory Fund, on April 2, roughly two weeks after Crockett called Texas’s wheelchair-bound Greg Abbott
Meta whistleblower: Facebook worked with Chinese government to censor posts
Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams told senators in testimony Wednesday on Capitol Hill that the social media company worked “hand in glove” with the Chinese government to censor its platforms, according to her written remarks obtained by CBS News. Wynn-Williams began working at Meta, then known as Facebook, as the director of Global Public Policy in
House advances GOP budget plan after Trump ramps up pressure
Washington — House Republicans narrowly advanced a budget plan key to extending President Trump’s tax cuts, which are set to expire this year, after the president dialed up the pressure to break through opposition from his own party. The budget resolution still faces a final vote later Wednesday, and it’s unclear whether it has enough