Biden to speak after briefing on devastating California wildfires

Washington — President Biden plans to speak Thursday after being briefed at the White House about the wildfires destroying neighborhoods across the Los Angeles area, where roughly 179,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes.  Five separate fires have so far killed at least five people, leveling homes and scorching vegetation and wildlife in

Fetterman to be first sitting Democratic senator to visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has accepted an invitation from President-elect Donald Trump to meet with him at his Mar-a-Lago estate, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans.   “That is the plan. Yes, we are going to have a conversation,” Fetterman told CBS News about the upcoming meeting.  The trip will mark

Jimmy Carter’s funeral service concludes, final journey to Georgia begins

Carter’s is the fifth official national funeral service for a president that has been held in the National Cathedral, following Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, the Very Rev. Randolph Hollerith, the dean of the National Cathedral, told reporters Wednesday.  But “every funeral itself, whether it’s presidential or otherwise, is completely

Live updates: Jimmy Carter’s funeral service concludes, final journey to Georgia begins

Carter’s is the fifth official national funeral service for a president that has been held in the National Cathedral, following Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, the Very Rev. Randolph Hollerith, the dean of the National Cathedral, told reporters Wednesday.  But “every funeral itself, whether it’s presidential or otherwise, is completely

Who spoke and sang at Jimmy Carter’s funeral?

Washington — Jimmy Carter’s funeral service was held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, where the former president was honored with tributes and through musical selections and performances.  President Biden eulogized the former president, while Steve Ford, the son of President Gerald Ford, read a tribute written by his late father. Ford