Washington — Todd Blanche, the second highest-ranking Justice Department official, met with Ghislaine Maxwell at the U.S. attorney’s office in Tallahassee on Thursday to discuss convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. David Oscar Markus, Maxwell’s lawyer, declined to comment “on the substance” of the meeting, but told reporters outside the office that “there were a lot
What to know about Columbia’s $200 million settlement with Trump administration – CBS News Watch CBS News Columbia University says it has reached a settlement with the Trump administration after months of negotiations over millions in frozen federal grants. Nikki Battiste has details. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before
Republicans can only afford to lose three seats in the House in next year’s election, or they will lose control of the body. The president’s party traditionally loses more than 20. To improve the odds, President Trump has been pressuring Texas Republicans to redraw congressional district maps to help the party win more seats in
President Trump visited the Federal Reserve and raised the issue of cost overruns in construction of new facilities there. It was a new front in Trump’s extended campaign to pressure Powell, who he says has been too slow to lower interest rates. Kelly O’Grady explains. Original CBS News Link</a
George Pappas, Jennifer Peyton and Carla Espinoza were all federal immigration judges fired this month by email. The three ruled on thousands of immigration cases in Chicago and Boston. “CBS Evening News” co-anchor Maurice DuBois sat down with them for an interview. Original CBS News Link</a
President Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had a disagreement almost immediately as the two men set foot in the Fed’s headquarters in Washington on Thursday to survey an extensive renovation project on two of the reserve’s buildings. Nancy Cordes has more. Original CBS News Link</a
Washington — President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order making it easier for cities and states to remove homeless people from the streets and get them treatment elsewhere. The president’s order asks Attorney General Pam Bondi to “reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees that limit state and local governments’ ability to commit individuals