Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking co-conspirator, is planning to apply for a commutation of her federal prison sentence, which is set to run through 2037, according to documents obtained by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee and seen by CBS News. In a letter to President Trump on Monday, also seen by CBS
President Trump has pardoned dozens of people who allegedly tried to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, including those who were named as alternative state electors to certify the results, according to Ed Martin, a Justice Department attorney whose focus is pardons. He posted what appeared to be the pardons document on social
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Sunday evening that he is running for a fourth term as governor of the Lone Star State. Earlier in the week, Abbott said he would make a special announcement from Houston on Sunday, outlining his vision for the future of the state. Abbott said it was in Houston that
Some of the Democratic senators who supported advancing the government funding measure, enabling it to proceed, held a presser to defend their votes. “This was the only deal on the table,” said Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire. Sen. Angus King of Maine, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, called the deal “a win
President Trump became the first sitting president in nearly a half-century to attend a regular-season NFL game Sunday as he took in a portion of the Washington Commanders’ contest against the Detroit Lions. There were loud boos from some spectators in the stands when Mr. Trump was shown on the videoboard late in the first
New York Assemblyman Chuck Lavine, a Democrat first elected to state office in 2005, has become one of a handful of unlikely leaders of state efforts to preserve the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection. Sitting in front of a bookshelf in his home office in Glen Cove, New York, a historic
The head of the BBC and its CEO of news resigned Sunday after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a speech by President Trump. The BBC said Director-General Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness both announced their resignation on Sunday. Britain’s public broadcaster has been criticized for the way it edited a speech Mr. Trump