Special counsel in Biden documents case to testify before Congress on March 12

Washington — Special counsel Robert Hur is scheduled to testify before Congress about his probe into President Biden’s handling of classified records for the first time on March 12, according to his personal attorney and a person familiar with congressional negotiations with the Justice Department.  Hur is set to appear before the GOP-led House Judiciary

White House confirms intel showing Russia pursuing “anti-satellite capability”

Washington — The White House confirmed Thursday that the U.S. has intelligence that Russia is developing a capability to target satellites in space, one day after the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee gave a cryptic warning about “a serious national security threat.”  “It is related to an anti-satellite capability that Russia is developing,” John

Trump Media merger gets green light from securities regulators

The funding partner for Trump Media & Technology Group said it has received regulatory approval from securities regulators that will allow it to proceed with a long-delayed merger. The combination could provide former President Donald Trump with a stake worth almost $4 billion. Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC), a so-called special-purpose acquisition company, said Thursday in

Watchdog issues blistering report on hundreds of federal inmate deaths

Washington — Extreme staffing shortages, policy violations and systemic operational failures contributed to hundreds of likely preventable inmate deaths across the Federal Bureau of Prisons system between 2014 and 2021, a government watchdog found in a blistering report released Thursday. The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General examined 344 deaths of inmates in BOP’s custody

Trump’s first criminal trial set for March 25, judge in “hush money” case says

A New York judge denied former President Donald Trump’s request to dismiss criminal charges related to a “hush money” payment and said his trial would proceed as scheduled on March 25, delivering a blow to Trump’s efforts to delay what would be the first trial of any former president in U.S. history. Trump is attending

Watch Live: Hearing on whether to disqualify Fani Willis from Trump Georgia case

CBS News Live CBS News Live 2 Live Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is presiding over an evidentiary hearing Thursday to consider a Trump co-defendant’s motion to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office from prosecuting the 2020 election interference case in Georgia. A co-defendant claims Willis is involved in