Washington — The Senate is poised to confirm John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in President Trump’s administration amid delays by Democrats. Senate Democrats slowed Ratcliffe’s confirmation after his nomination advanced out of committee earlier this week, forcing procedural maneuvers to extend consideration of his
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is preparing to travel to Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and other Central American and Caribbean nations in the coming weeks, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News. The trip, expected to be his first overseas as the top U.S. envoy, is poised to include a stop in Panama to meet with
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia‘s crown prince said Thursday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Trump put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip. Mr. Trump’s 2017 trip to Saudi Arabia upended
California Senate Insurance Committee remains without chair amid corruption probe California Senate Insurance Committee remains without chair amid corruption probe 04:51 As California faces the largest insurance crisis in the state’s history, there is still no leader of the state Senate Insurance Committee. Democratic Sen. Susan Rubio was the Senate Insurance Committee chair for the past six years.
California Senate Insurance Committee remains without chair amid corruption probe – CBS News Watch CBS News Democratic Sen. Susan Rubio was the Senate Insurance Committee chair for the past six years. As of Wednesday, that committee is the only committee in the entire legislature without a chair. View CBS News In Be the first to
Ali Alfarajalla, a Baghdad-born realtor in Dearborn, Michigan, normally votes for Democrats, but this election was a different story. “If 50,000 Palestinians dead under the rubble isn’t enough to sway me from Democratic Party, I don’t know what is,” Afarajalla said. More than half the population in Dearborn is Middle Eastern or North African. In
President Donald Trump on Wednesday named Sean Curran as his pick to serve as director of the U.S. Secret Service. In a post to his Truth Social platform, Mr. Trump said Curran is “a Great Patriot, who has protected my family over the past few years, and that is why I trust him to lead