New Yorkers go to the polls to fill George Santos’ vacant seat – CBS News Watch CBS News Voters in New York’s third congressional district braved bad weather to cast their votes and fill the seat left vacant by former Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from the House in Dec. following a series of
Biden blasts Trump’s NATO comments – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden harshly criticized former President Trump for saying he would not defend NATO allies against attacks from Russia if they fail to pay their full dues to the defense alliance. Trump, the current GOP frontrunner, is Mr. Biden’s likely opponent in the 2024
Washington — The House voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, with Republicans issuing the chamber’s harshest constitutional punishment against a Cabinet secretary for just the second time in U.S. history. The vote on two articles of impeachment was 214 in favor to 213 opposed,
After undergoing a medical procedure, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been released from the hospital and resumed the responsibilities that he had delegated to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Austin was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Sunday afternoon following symptoms of an “emergent bladder issue,” according to
Former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi and Republican Nassau County legislator Mazi Pilip are facing off Tuesday in the special election to finish the term of former GOP Rep. George Santos, who has been indicted on charges including credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft and was expelled from Congress in December. Who’s running in the
Washington — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with Paul Whelan, an American businessman the U.S. considers to be wrongfully detained in Russia, on Monday. “Yesterday, as it happens, I spoke on the phone with Paul Whelan,” Blinken said Tuesday at an event on hostage diplomacy at the Wilson Center in Washington. “Our
Senate passes $95 billion foreign aid package Senate passes $95 billion foreign aid package, large hurdles remain in House 02:57 Washington — President Biden urged House Republicans to “immediately” take up a $95 billion foreign aid bill that includes assistance to Ukraine and Israel after the Senate passed the measure early Tuesday, saying that “there’s