President-elect Donald Trump is selecting hedge fund CEO Scott Bessent to be Treasury secretary, he announced Friday. In a statement, Trump said he was “most pleased to nominate” Bessent, describing him as “widely respected as one of the world’s foremost international investors and geopolitical and economic Strategists.” He said that that Scott “will support” policies
When the Supreme Court convenes for arguments in December, the justices will hear from the top lawyer for the Biden administration, who will urge them to strike down laws in nearly half the states that ban hormone treatments for transgender minors. In January, President-elect Donald Trump’s new lawyers at the Justice Department will have to
Russia launched a volley of missiles toward the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro early Thursday morning, including a new type of ballistic missile that has North Atlantic Treaty Organization members on edge. The powerful next-level, multiple-warhead battlefield weapon, which has been analyzed by the Pentagon, has prompted NATO to hold an emergency summit on Tuesday.
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund, agreeing to review a lower court decision that upended the mechanism for funding programs that provide communications services to rural areas, low-income communities and schools, libraries and hospitals. The dispute is the latest in
Just a week before Thanksgiving, shoppers at Stop & Shop stores across Massachusetts were forced to leave empty-handed after a cyberattack against the supermarket chain’s parent company led to inventory shortages. Parent company Ahold Delhaize said in a statement earlier this month, that it had alerted law enforcement about the cyber breach and had taken
Gaetz not returning to Congress Gaetz on not returning to Congress after dropping out of Trump attorney general consideration 02:05 Former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida says he doesn’t intend to return to Congress in January, after resigning from his seat and withdrawing from consideration as U.S. attorney general. Gaetz announced his withdrawal Thursday, citing the distraction
CBS News Live CBS News 24/7 Live President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing for his May criminal conviction has once again been delayed, a judge ruled Friday. It’s the third time sentencing has been pushed back since Trump was found guilty for his role in a coverup of a “hush money” payment. Justice Juan Merchan gave Trump’s