Jack Smith’s attorneys defend special counsel’s analyzing GOP lawmakers’ phone data

Attorneys for former special counsel Jack Smith called his actions “entirely lawful, proper and consistent with established Department of Justice policy” in defending the investigative steps taken by his team, including obtaining phone records of sitting Republican lawmakers as part of the probe of President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Earlier this month,

Senate GOP meets with Trump at White House on Day 21 of shutdown

Thune described Senate Republicans’ meeting with the president to reporters at the White House. He called it a “great opportunity to meet with the president and talk about something that unifies all Republicans,” pointing to the effort to reopen the government with the House-passed measure that the GOP has tried 11 times to advance. “We’re

Trump receives Architect of Peace Award from Nixon Foundation

President Trump received the Architect of Peace Award from the Nixon Foundation during a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Among those presenting it were Richard Nixon’s daughter Tricia Nixon Cox; former national security adviser Robert O’Brien; and Jim Byron, the acting archivist of the U.S.,

White House official says “no plans” for Trump-Putin meeting in “immediate future”

Washington — There are “no plans” for a meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the “immediate future,” a White House official said Tuesday. The official told CBS News that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a “productive call,” and a future in-person meeting between Rubio