The White House counsel’s office asked special counsel Robert Hur to revise some of the language in his report on his investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents, which highlighted that the president’s memory “appeared to have significant limitations,” leading Hur’s team to believe a jury might see Mr. Biden as a “well-meaning, elderly man
A billionaire-backed, years-long campaign against fossil fuels played a significant role in President Joe Biden’s decision to freeze approvals of new permits for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the United States, according to the Wall Street Journal. Wealthy donors, including members of the Rockefeller family and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, gave
A federal judge has rejected a request by former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro to be allowed to stay out of prison while he appeals a conviction for contempt of Congress. Mr. Navarro was charged with contempt of Congress after defying a pair of subpoenas from the now-disbanded House committee that investigated the breach
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments in a blockbuster case over whether former President Donald Trump can be excluded from Colorado’s primary ballot over his actions surrounding the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The case hinges on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars officials who have
President Joe Biden’s old age is a barrier to securing a conviction against him over the mishandling of classified documents, the special counsel overseeing the case said in his report released Thursday. Although investigators found “evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen,”
Eagle Pass, Texas — In recent weeks, the flow of migrants crossing into the U.S. illegally has largely shifted away from Texas, concentrating instead in Arizona and California, where immigration officials are now recording roughly 60% of all unlawful border crossings, according to internal federal government figures obtained by CBS News. Overall illegal crossings along
Iraqi officials on Thursday condemned an overnight U.S. drone strike in Baghdad that killed a senior commander of the Iran-backed militia suspected of carrying out the attack on a U.S. base in Jordan that killed three American troops. A spokesperson for the Iraqi Armed Forces called the strike a “blatant assassination” and said it was