Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he wouldn’t back a change to the rule that allows a single member to force a vote on whether to oust the speaker, even though he said the threshold “has harmed this office” and the Republican majority. “Recently, many members have encouraged me to endorse a new
Mike Johnson seeks support for Ukraine bill while quelling Republican revolt – CBS News Watch CBS News Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to stop a revolt among his fellow Republicans while winning support for his plan to provide military funding to Ukraine ahead of a possible vote Saturday. The chair of the Senate
Biden campaigns with Kennedy family amid fears RFK Jr. could threaten campaign – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden held a campaign event with 15 members of the Kennedy family Thursday, as they threw their support behind Mr. Biden instead of their own relative, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. His family’s public endorsement of Mr.
Full jury selected for Trump’s New York “hush money” trial – CBS News Watch CBS News A full jury of seven men and five women have been seated for former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial, in which he is accused of falsifying business records to hide an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 election. Robert
Columbia University professor Joseph Massad emerged on Wednesday contradicting claims made by the school’s president earlier that day before a congressional panel. Massad told the Electronic Intifada that, contrary to Shafik’s claims, he is not to his knowledge under any investigation by university officials, nor has he been removed from his post as chairman of
Columbia University president Minouche Shafik in a House congressional hearing on Wednesday declared her personal commitment to confronting the explosion of anti-Semitism on campus. As Shafik gave her testimony, dozens of Columbia students protested throughout the school’s campus with chants of “intifada” and “there is only one solution.” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) asked Shafik
Justice Department civil rights chief Kristen Clarke released guidelines this week on how to report cases of voter intimidation, asserting that “voter intimidation has no place in our democracy.” Years earlier, Clarke defended a New Black Panther Party member who threatened a Philadelphia poll worker while brandishing a club. As a civil rights attorney in