Pam Bondi, President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Justice, plans to tell the Senate Judiciary committee that “partisan weaponization of the Department of Justice will end,” if she is confirmed as Attorney General, according to her opening statement obtained exclusively by CBS News. “America must have one tier of justice for all,”
President Biden is delivering his farewell address to the nation at 8 p.m. Wednesday, five days before he passes the mantle of the presidency to his predecessor and his successor, President-elect Donald Trump. It will be Mr. Biden’s fifth and final formal address from the Oval Office. Six months ago, in his last primetime speech
Washington — Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general who represented President-elect Donald Trump during his first impeachment, is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday as she seeks confirmation to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Trump selected Bondi to be his nominee for U.S. attorney general after his
Washington — Sen. Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the State Department as secretary of state, will face questions from his Senate colleagues on Wednesday morning in what is expected to be one of the least contentious confirmation hearings this week. Rubio, who has extensive foreign policy experience, is likely to sail through
Special counsel report on Trump election interference case released – CBS News Watch CBS News Former special counsel Jack Smith’s report has been released on his investigation into then-President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Smith claims had Trump not won the 2024 election and the case was allowed
Pete Hegseth faces Senate grilling in confirmation hearing – CBS News Watch CBS News Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth faced tough questioning about his views on women in combat and reports of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking during his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. Nikole Killion reports. View CBS News In Be the first to know
Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi says if President Biden offered him a preemptive pardon for his role in leading the investigation into then-President Donald Trump’s role in the 2021 Capitol riot, he’d accept it. Thompson, who was the chair of the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, embraced the idea of a pardon in