Trump meets with Macron and Zelenskyy ahead of Notre Dame festivities

President-elect Donald Trump received a warm welcome with a full dose of presidential pomp from French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday and they held an impromptu meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a day that mixed pageantry with attention to pressing global problems. Trump, on his first international trip since he was re-elected to the White House,

Trump in Paris for reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral; will meet with Macron

President-elect Donald Trump is off on his first international trip since he was re-elected to the White House. He will join world leaders and dignitaries in Paris to celebrate the renovation and reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral five years after a devastating fire destroyed the landmark. Earlier this week, Trump said he had accepted an

A fact check of Trump’s “border czar” claims about U.S. fentanyl deaths

President-elect Donald Trump has said halting fentanyl trafficking across the southern border is a top priority for his administration, vowing to impose 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico until the flow of “drugs, particularly fentanyl, and illegal immigrants” into the United States is stopped to his liking. Trump has claimed fentanyl overdoses kill 300,000

Biden considers preemptive pardons for Trump critics

Biden considers preemptive pardons for Trump critics – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden is said to be considering a wave of preemptive pardons to protect President-elect Donald Trump’s high-profile opponents from his possible retribution. But some Democrats argue these types of pardons could set a dangerous precedent. Ed O’Keefe has details. View CBS

Elon Musk spends $277 million to back Trump and Republican candidates

Elon Musk spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars to back President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, campaign finance records filed Thursday show. The sum makes Musk, the world’s richest person, the largest donor in the 2024 election cycle to either party, Federal Election Commission filings show. The bulk of Musk’s spending