President Trump late Sunday called again for the Senate to do away with the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold needed to advance most legislation. The comments come after he urged Republicans late last week to take “the Nuclear Option” to reopen the government without Democratic votes. “TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, NOT JUST FOR THE SHUTDOWN, BUT FOR
China’s Foreign Ministry responded on Monday to President Trump’s assertion that Beijing has conducted clandestine nuclear weapons testing with a flat denial. “China’s testing ’em too,” Mr. Trump told CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell in an interview for 60 Minutes. “You just don’t know about it.” “Russia’s testing, and China’s testing, but they don’t talk
President Trump late Sunday called again for the Senate to do away with the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold needed to advance most legislation. The comments come after he urged Republicans late last week to take “the Nuclear Option” to reopen the government without Democratic votes. “TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, NOT JUST FOR THE SHUTDOWN, BUT FOR
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is challenging a new California law designed to protect Jewish students from discrimination that plaintiff teachers and students say is unconstitutionally vague and violates their free speech rights. The federal complaint, filed Sunday in San Jose, seeks to invalidate legislation Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last month creating an Office of Civil
Washington — The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center abruptly resigned Sunday after federal officials began reviewing “serious concerns about his personal conduct,” according to a government spokesperson. Dr. George Tidmarsh, who was named to the FDA post in July, was placed on leave Friday after officials in the Department of Health
A federal judge in Oregon on Sunday barred President Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, until at least Friday, saying she “found no credible evidence” that protests in the city grew out of control before the president federalized the troops earlier this fall. The city and state sued in September to
Tuesday is Election Day in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and California. The races will be early tests of how voters are feeling about President Trump and Democrats fighting his agenda. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe has the highlights. Original CBS News Link</a