During Michael Cohen’s testimony in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial Tuesday, questioning turned to a series of 2018 exchanges between Cohen and a lawyer named Robert Costello. Cohen said he spoke to Costello about an FBI raid and investigation that would ultimately end with his guilty plea to federal charges later that year. Emails
A New York court on Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s bid to lift the gag order limiting what he can say about those involved in his ongoing criminal trial, saying the order does not violate Trump’s First Amendment rights. Justice Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing Trump’s trial on 34 counts of falsifying business records,
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson joined Donald Trump at a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday to express support for the former president amid his criminal trial, which the speaker called a “sham” and part of a broader “partisan witch hunt” against Trump. “President Trump is innocent of these charges,” Johnson said, speaking outside the courthouse
Washington — Sixty law enforcement officers across the country were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year — a decrease of one from the year prior — but assaults on officers in the field are on the rise, driven by increases in gun violence, according to an FBI report released Tuesday. The statistics
Arizona governor repeals 1864 abortion ban Arizona governor signs 1864 abortion ban repeal into law 10:55 Phoenix — Arizona’s highest court on Monday gave the state’s attorney general another 90 days to decide further legal action in the case over a 160-year-old near-total ban on abortion that lawmakers recently voted to repeal. The Arizona Supreme
The political arm of the largest Latino civil rights organization in the United States will officially endorse President Biden for re-election on Tuesday from the battleground state of Arizona, CBS News has learned. UnidosUS Action Fund will formally endorse the Biden-Harris ticket at an event in Phoenix that will also include the group announcing support
Washington — Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks has won the Maryland Democratic Senate primary, CBS News projects. Alsobrooks will face former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who was projected to win the GOP primary for the open seat in a race that could tip the balance of power in the Senate. Alsobrooks and Rep. David Trone