A powerful government panel on Monday failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase U.S. Steel, leaving a decision to President Joe Biden, a longtime opponent of the deal. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, known
Biden commutes sentences of 37 death row inmates – CBS News Watch CBS News With less than a month to go in his term, President Biden granted executive clemency to 37 of the country’s 40 federal death row inmates. The move reduces their sentences to life without the possibility of parole and makes them immune
House ethics report finds Matt Gaetz paid for sex with minor, used drugs – CBS News Watch CBS News Just before leaving Washington, D.C., for the holidays, the House Ethics Committee released a long-awaited and damning report on the conduct of former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz. Scott MacFarlane has the latest from Capitol Hill. View
Former President Bill Clinton checked into a Washington, D.C., hospital Monday afternoon for “testing and observation after developing a fever,” an aide said in a statement. “President Clinton was admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center this afternoon for testing and observation after developing a fever,” Angel Ureña, Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, wrote on X.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen sustained multiple internal injuries after he was bucked off a horse he was riding on Sunday, according to his office. Pillen’s office said Monday that his injuries included minor lacerations to his spleen and kidney and a partially collapsed lung caused by broken ribs. Pillen had been riding a new horse with
A retired Washington, D.C., police officer was convicted Monday of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the far-right Proud Boys. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson convicted former Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond, who used to supervise the intelligence branch of the police department’s Homeland Security Bureau, of obstructing justice
Washington — President Biden on Monday announced he had commuted the sentences of nearly all federal inmates on death row, with the exception of three who did not receive clemency. There are 37 inmates initially sentenced to death who will be impacted by Mr. Biden’s action and will now receive life in prison without the