Tensions rise at Columbia after deadline to clear encampment

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Deadline passes for Columbia protesters to clear encampment

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Trump and DeSantis meet in South Florida to talk about 2024 election

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met privately with former President Donald Trump for several hours on Sunday morning to talk, in part, about fundraising ahead of the 2024 general election, several sources familiar with the meeting tell CBS News.  The meeting was made at the request of DeSantis, according to a senior Trump source with knowledge

Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell removed from committees, caucus meetings amid burglary investigations

Nicole Mitchell removed from committees, caucus meetings Nicole Mitchell removed from committees, caucus meetings 00:42 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Embattled Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell will be removed from her committee assignments and caucus meetings while burglary allegations against her play out in both a Senate and legal investigation, the Senate majority leader announced Sunday.

Rep. Summer Lee says “we don’t” hear if college students are excited to vote for Biden

Rep. Summer Lee, a progressive Democrat from Pennsylvania who recently visited pro-Palestinian protesters at a Pittsburgh campus, said Sunday that “we don’t” hear if college students are excited to vote for President Biden this upcoming November. “It’s not a topic that, you know, always comes up, but it does a lot,” Lee said on Sunday.