Breaking down Trump’s cabinet picks to head defense and national intelligence – CBS News Watch CBS News Concern is growing on Capitol Hill as lawmakers react to some of President-elect Donald Trump’s prospective cabinet nominees. Margaret Brennan explains. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events,

Trump’s defense secretary pick was once investigated for sexual assault – CBS News Watch CBS News Pete Hegseth, a combat veteran and former Fox News host who President-elect Donald Trump tapped to be defense secretary, is coming under scrutiny after it came to light he was investigated in connection with an alleged sexual assault in

Speaker Johnson says it’s not “appropriate” to release House Ethics report on Matt Gaetz – CBS News Watch CBS News House Speaker Mike Johnson says he would “strongly request” that the House Ethics Committee withhold a potentially damaging report on its investigation into whether former Rep. Matt Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct, illicit drug use

A woman who attended a 2017 party with former Rep. Matt Gaetz told the House Ethics Committee she witnessed the then-recently elected congressman having sex with a minor, according to her attorney. The woman’s attorney, Joel Leppard, released a statement on Friday, calling on the committee to release the findings of its yearslong review of

Two conservative groups opposing abortion rights announced Friday they support President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services, after former Vice President Mike Pence criticized the selection over abortion concerns.  If confirmed to the position, Kennedy would have sweeping authority over a number of agencies