Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the funding structure for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), rescuing the consumer finance agency from another effort by its critics to weaken it. The court said in a 7 to 2 decision that the agency’s funding structure complies with the Constitution’s Appropriations Clause. Justice Clarence Thomas
The fifth week of Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York is ending as it began: with the former president’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen on the stand. Cohen, the key witness in the case against Trump, was questioned for a day and a half by prosecutors for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg before Trump attorney Todd
Washington — President Biden asserted executive privilege over audio recordings from an investigation into his handling of classified documents, a top Justice Department official revealed in a letter to House committee leaders obtained by CBS News. The assertion came at the recommendation of the Justice Department, as the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees were slated
Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, a U.S. soldier jailed in the Russian city of Vladivostok, has entered a guilty plea to theft charges and is cooperating with investigators in the case, Russia’s state-run news outlets said Thursday. “He is cooperating, he admitted [guilt],” the RIA news agency cited a representative of the local interior ministry as
Beijing — Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping for his efforts to resolve the war in Ukraine at a Beijing summit on Thursday, where the two leaders reaffirmed a “no-limits” partnership that has grown as both countries face rising tension with the West. Putin’s two-day state visit to one of his strongest allies
The fifth week of Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York will end as it began: with the former president’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen on the stand. Cohen, the key witness in the case against Trump, was questioned for a day and a half by prosecutors for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg before Trump attorney Todd
Washington — Two Republican-led House committees are set to consider a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday for defying their request for audio recordings from the classified documents case against President Biden. The Judiciary and Oversight committees are moving forward with the markups after the Justice Department declined to turn