Spy powers skeptics in Congress discussing new language after White House meeting

Skeptics of a clean reauthorization of the nation’s warrantless spy powers are working on new language with the White House after a meeting with top Trump administration officials, lawmakers said. “I can tell you that we’re working on fresh language right now, and I’m involved in that. And it’s based upon an understanding and respect…

3/26: The Takeout with Major Garrett

3/26: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News Republicans send Democrats “last and final” DHS funding offer; President Trump extends pause on Iranian energy plant strikes. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: calc(100vw – 40px); } View CBS News In Original CBS News

Trump–Kennedy Center Confirms Bill Maher Will Receive 27th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Master of ceremonies Bill Maher speaks onstage during the 6th Annual Sean Penn & Friends HAITI RISING Gala Benefiting J/P Haitian Relief Organization at Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 7, 2017. Michael Kovac/Getty Images for J/P Haitian Relief Organization Comedian and television host Bill Maher has been named as the 27th recipient

Lawmakers behind bipartisan push for legislation detecting and preventing Alzheimer’s: ‘It’s too expensive not to’

House Reps. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) and Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), co-sponsors of the Alzheimer’s Screening and Prevention (ASAP) Act, said Thursday that proactively addressing Alzheimer’s disease is “too expensive” of an issue for Congress to ignore. Appearing at The Hill’s “Getting a Diagnosis ASAP: Progress in Early Alzheimer’s Detection” event on Thursday, the two congressmen discussed…

Trump Extends Pause on Potential Strikes on Iranian Energy Sites to April 6

A general view of the the phase 17-18 of the South Pars gas field facilities in the southern Iranian port town of Assaluyeh on the shore of the Gulf on Nov. 19, 2015. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has decided to delay potential strikes on Iranian energy sites, citing progress in talks