Divided Supreme Court appears open to some immunity for president’s official acts

Supreme Court weighs Trump’s immunity claim in 2020 election case Supreme Court weighs Trump’s immunity claim in 2020 election case 02:04 Washington — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Thursday appeared open to recognizing some level of immunity from federal prosecution for former presidents as they weighed a blockbuster dispute that will be critical to

Trump trial live updates as David Pecker testifies for third day

Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is returning to testify Thursday in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial, his third day on the stand. CBS News will have live updates of the trial below. Court reconvened at 9:30 a.m. The proceedings are overlapping with another significant legal development for the former president. In Washington, the

Supreme Court to consider Trump’s sweeping immunity claim in 2020 election case

Washington —The Supreme Court convenes Thursday to consider whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to broad immunity from federal prosecution, jumping into a blockbuster dispute that will be critical to the fate of his 2020 election case in Washington, D.C. At issue in the case known as Trump v. United States is whether the

EPA issues toughest rule yet on power plant emissions

Washington — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration’s most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the nation’s

Listen Live: Supreme Court considers Trump’s immunity claim in 2020 election case

Washington —The Supreme Court convenes Thursday to consider whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to broad immunity from federal prosecution, jumping into a blockbuster dispute that will be critical to the fate of his 2020 election case in Washington, D.C. At issue in the case known as Trump v. United States is whether the