Maduro’s lawyer says U.S. blocking Venezuelan government from paying his legal fees

The Trump administration is blocking Venezuela’s government from paying for the cost of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro’s defense against drug trafficking charges in New York, a move that potentially interferes with his constitutional right to counsel, his lawyer says. Attorney Barry Pollack told a Manhattan federal judge in an email dated Feb. 20 that

At least 10 FBI staffers who worked on Mar-a-Lago case are fired, sources say

At least 10 FBI employees who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Trump’s retention of classified records after he left the White House in 2021 were fired on Wednesday, multiple sources told CBS News. The firings came after Reuters reported that the FBI had subpoenaed records of phone calls made by FBI Director

At least 10 FBI agents who worked on Mar-a-Lago case are fired, sources say

At least 10 FBI agents who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Trump’s retention of classified records after he left the White House in 2021 were fired on Wednesday, multiple sources told CBS News. The firings came after Reuters reported that the FBI had subpoenaed records of phone calls made by FBI Director

Major moments from Trump’s State of the Union address

Major moments from Trump’s State of the Union address – CBS News Watch CBS News The White House is claiming a big win after President Trump’s State of the Union address. Weijia Jiang has details about the major moments. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: calc(100vw –

What’s behind the Anthropic-Pentagon feud

Washington — The Pentagon gave Anthropic an ultimatum this week: Give the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology or face a ban from all government contracts.  At the center of the issue is a question of who controls how artificial intelligence models are used, the Pentagon or the company’s CEO. The Pentagon’s AI

FBI’s head of congressional affairs stepping down, sources say

Marshall Yates, who led the FBI’s congressional affairs office, is departing from the bureau, multiple sources told CBS News. Yates, a former Capitol Hill staffer, last year served as one of the FBI’s representatives on the Interagency Weaponization Working Group, which is composed of dozens of government officials from at least 12 different government offices