Supreme Court to consider Trump’s sweeping immunity claim in 2020 election case

Washington —The Supreme Court convenes Thursday to consider whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to broad immunity from federal prosecution, jumping into a blockbuster dispute that will be critical to the fate of his 2020 election case in Washington, D.C. At issue in the case known as Trump v. United States is whether the

EPA issues toughest rule yet on power plant emissions

Washington — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration’s most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the nation’s

Listen Live: Supreme Court considers Trump’s immunity claim in 2020 election case

Washington —The Supreme Court convenes Thursday to consider whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to broad immunity from federal prosecution, jumping into a blockbuster dispute that will be critical to the fate of his 2020 election case in Washington, D.C. At issue in the case known as Trump v. United States is whether the

In Trump immunity case, Supreme Court seems open to some protection

Washington — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Thursday appeared open to recognizing some level of immunity from federal prosecution for the official acts of former presidents as they weighed a blockbuster dispute that will be critical to the fate of former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election case in Washington, D.C. But the court expressed

18 indicted in alleged 2020 fake Arizona elector scheme

An Arizona grand jury indicted 18 people Wednesday in the ongoing investigation into an alleged attempt to use alternate electors after the 2020 presidential election as part of a wider alleged conspiracy to falsely declare then-President Donald Trump the winner, the state’s attorney general announced. The alleged fake electors and defendants named in the indictment were Kelli

Secret Service agent assigned to Kamala Harris exhibits “distressing behavior”

Washington — A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris exhibited “distressing behavior” Monday morning at Joint Base Andrews and was hospitalized, authorities said. Harris was not present at the airbase at the time. In a statement provided to CBS News, the U.S. Secret Service said that at about 9 a.m. local

Supreme Court hears arguments on Idaho abortion ban

Supreme Court hears arguments on Idaho abortion ban – CBS News Watch CBS News The Supreme Court on Wednesday listened to arguments over whether Idaho’s near-total abortion ban violates a federal law that requires hospitals that participate in Medicare to provide necessary stabilizing treatment, including emergency abortion care. Jan Crawford reports. View CBS News In