Stormy Daniels takes stand in Trump “hush money” trial – CBS News Watch CBS News Adult film star Stormy Daniels took the stand Tuesday and testified about the night of her alleged sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump. Trump, who was not president at the time of the alleged incident, has denied it ever
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Washington — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared to retreat from her threat to imminently trigger a vote to remove Speaker Mike Johnson as House leader after lengthy meetings with him this week. “Right now the ball is in Mike Johnson’s court,” Greene said Tuesday. She added that the timeframe for following through on her promise
Washington — Rep. Victoria Spartz, an Indiana Republican and the first Ukrainian-born member of Congress, is facing a primary challenge for her seat on Tuesday. Spartz was first elected in 2020 and reelected in 2022 by more than 20 points against a Democratic opponent. She announced in February of 2023 that she would not seek
Washington — Rep. Victoria Spartz, an Indiana Republican and the first Ukrainian-born member of Congress, won a primary challenge Tuesday for her seat, CBS News projects. Spartz fended off eight Republican challengers, with Indiana state Rep. Chuck Goodrich as her chief opposition. With 92% of the votes counted, Spartz was leading Goodrich 39% to 33%. Spartz
A group of House Democrats facing a tough campaign cycle has called on President Biden to take executive action on the United States’ border with Mexico. The legislators from Minnesota, Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Michigan, among other states, urged Biden in a letter first obtained by CBS News to “immediately take further action to restore
Daniels testified that her friend encouraged her to take Trump up on his dinner offer, telling her: “What could possibly go wrong?” She said she agreed to go and went to meet Trump at the hotel where he was staying. “I arrived and went upstairs. Keith had given me very specific instructions to take an