The Pentagon has reached a historic legal settlement with more than 35,000 gay and lesbian military veterans who were dismissed because of their sexual orientation, and in many cases denied an honorable discharge and the array of services they had earned, CBS News has learned. Under the terms of the agreement, veterans whose discharge papers
A stack of employment offer letters is expected to go out Monday to political appointees in the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter, with just two weeks to go before the inauguration. The Trump transition had set a goal of bringing on as many as 2,000 political appointees
New video released of New Orleans attacker Biden to visit New Orleans as FBI releases new video of attacker 02:23 President Biden and the first lady are scheduled to head to New Orleans on Monday to honor the victims of the New Year’s Day attack, as the community there mourns the loss of at least
1/5: The Takeout: Arthur C. Brooks – CBS News Watch CBS News Author Arthur C. Brooks joins The Takeout podcast to discuss happiness and his behavioral science research on finding happiness, purpose in life and human emotions. Brooks and Major Garrett also discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human behavior and the one
Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday demanded a New York judge delay the president-elect’s sentencing in his “hush money” criminal case, which is scheduled to take place at the end of the week. Trump intends to appeal a Jan. 3 ruling by Justice Juan Merchan rejecting a motion to dismiss and upholding Trump’s conviction on
15m ago Biden on Jan. 6: “We cannot forget” In an op-ed for the Washington Post published Sunday evening, President Biden accused Trump and his allies of trying to rewrite history when it comes to the attack on the Capitol. “An unrelenting effort has been underway to rewrite — even erase — the history
President Biden is taking executive action to protect more than 625 million acres of the American ocean from offshore drilling, the White House announced early Monday. The move to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters includes the entire East Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific off the