Biden jokes about age, targets Trump amid protests outside White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Biden jokes about age, targets Trump amid protests outside White House Correspondents’ Dinner – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden joked about his age and made a vow to families of journalists imprisoned in Russia, while also targeting his rival, former President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Outside the event, pro-Palestinian demonstrators

Searches on Americans in FBI foreign intelligence database fell in 2023

The number of searches about Americans conducted by the FBI in a controversial foreign intelligence database fell by almost half in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to a new report released Tuesday by the U.S. intelligence community. The FBI’s searches, some of which were deemed to be improper in the past, were a flashpoint in

White House considers welcoming some Palestinians from Gaza as refugees

The Biden administration is considering bringing certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees, a move that would offer a permanent safe haven to some of those fleeing war-torn Gaza, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News. In recent weeks, the documents show, senior officials across several federal U.S. agencies have discussed the

Sen. Nicole Mitchell’s vote helps defeat call for her own resignation in Minnesota Senate

Embattled Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell returns to Capitol Embattled Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell returns to Capitol 02:18 ST. PAUL, Minn. — A motion in the Minnesota Senate to call for the resignation of bemired DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell failed Tuesday, and Mitchell herself was among those voting it down after a GOP-led effort

DEA will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift: AP sources

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget,