Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday denied that President Trump directed the Justice Department to pursue the latest charges against former FBI Director James Comey. “Of course not, absolutely, positively not,” Blanche said on “CBS Mornings” when asked if Mr. Trump directed him to pursue the case against Comey. “This is something that has
Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday is weighing the Trump administration’s efforts to rescind temporary deportation protections for more than 6,000 Syrian and 350,000 Haitian immigrants. President Trump and his administration have moved to end the relief, known as Temporary Protected Status, for 1 million immigrants from 13 countries since the start of the
Kyiv — Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Julie Davis will leave her post in June, U.S. officials have confirmed to CBS News. U.S. officials told CBS News that Davis, who has held the post in Kyiv for almost a year, during a period of abrupt shifts in American policy on Ukraine, is resigning for professional
Washington — A powerful surveillance authority the U.S. government uses to spy on foreigners is in limbo as a stalemate in the House threatens to derail its renewal ahead of its expiration this week. The controversial spy tool, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, is set to lapse Thursday after Congress
A company in San Francisco that prosecutors likened to a sex cult has embarked on a campaign to court allies of President Trump as it seeks pardons for its two convicted leaders, CBS News has learned through interviews and records. OneTaste, a self-described “orgasmic meditation” company, is on the hunt for clemency for its former
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan renewed a promise to suspend the gas tax in California as prices continue to skyrocket amid the war in Iran. “It is the most regressive tax in California,” Mahan said. “Working people, rural people are spending three times as much maintaining our roads as wealthy EV owners.” Meanwhile, former U.S.
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit from the Justice Department seeking information on Arizona voters, another defeat in the Trump administration’s nationwide push for voter data. U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich sided with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, finding that Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 doesn’t grant the