Foreign aid legislation advances, but could cost Speaker Mike Johnson – CBS News Watch CBS News The House Rules Committee advanced a foreign aid package that provides billions in stalled security funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, steering the measures closer toward passage this weekend. The legislation had been tied up for weeks. The progress
A man who set himself on fire outside the New York City courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial is underway has died, police said. Witnesses said that they saw the man — who the New York Police Department identified as 37-year-old Max Azzarello — pour liquid over his head and set himself
Washington — A third Republican joined the effort to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson from his post on Friday, making it more likely that Democrats will have to save him if it comes to a vote. Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona announced he was signing onto the motion to vacate against Johnson, a Louisiana Republican,
The Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against two entities that have been accused of fundraising for extremist Israeli-occupied West Bank settlers connected to violence against Palestinians, as well as the founder of a group whose members regularly attack Palestinians. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said in a statement that Mount Hebron Fund and Shlom
The jury selection process in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York came to a close on Friday, part of a flurry of activity that marked the end of a dizzying first week in the historic proceedings. The trial will enter a new phase on Monday with the beginning of opening statements, the
Washington — The House cleared a procedural hurdle to advance legislation to provide billions of dollars in stalled security funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Friday, steering the measures closer toward passage this weekend. The full House voted to approve the rule for debate on the legislative package with broad bipartisan support, 316 to
CIA Director William Burns acknowledged Thursday that without military assistance from the U.S., Ukraine could experience significant setbacks in its war with Russia. Ukrainians are “at a tough moment on the battlefield right now,” Burns said during a Q&A session at the Bush Center Forum on Leadership in Dallas. With supplemental assistance from the