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 – 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 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
Washington — The family of Austin Tice, the freelance journalist who was kidnapped in Syria more than 12 years ago, said they have been told that he is alive and well, and they’re frustrated with the U.S. government’s inability to bring him home. “We have from a significant source that has already been vetted all
The rise of Representative Ocasio-Cortez Chronicling the political rise of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 08:11 Washington — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York launched her bid Friday to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee as the party looks to replace its veteran leaders on several key panels. “This is not a position I
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be defense secretary, on Friday morning received a vote of confidence from Trump, who said he’s winning more support than media reports indicate. “Pete Hegseth is doing very well. His support is strong and deep, much more so than the Fake News would have you believe,” Trump posted on
Washington — A federal appeals court upheld a law that would force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to divest or face a ban in the U.S., dealing another setback to the widely popular video-sharing app in its battle with the federal government. A panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District