Trump pardons 5 ex-NFL players for crimes including drug trafficking

Washington — President Trump pardoned five former professional football players Thursday – one posthumously – for various crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking. The pardons were announced by White House pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson. Ex-NFL players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon were granted the clemency.

Ruemmler resigning as Goldman Sachs’ general counsel after appearing in Epstein files

Kathryn Ruemmler, who served as White House counsel under former President Barack Obama, is stepping down from her role as general counsel of financial giant Goldman Sachs after the Justice Department’s newly released files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein offered additional details on her relationship with Epstein. Ruemmler told CBS News that she is

Gov. Moore dismisses Trump’s “not worthy” snub: “I will bow down to no one”

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore shrugged off President Trump’s comment that he was “not worthy” to attend an annual White House dinner featuring governors from both parties, telling CBS News the president does “not determine my worthiness.” Moore said that “if the point of the meeting is to turn it into name-calling … I will not

CBP officer allegedly harbored unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer is facing federal criminal charges over allegations he harbored an immigrant who officials say is in the country illegally and is also the officer’s girlfriend and niece. The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson was living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had