Trump, special counsel offer opposing plans for way forward in 2020 election case

Washington — Federal prosecutors and attorneys for former President Donald Trump presented opposing arguments for how special counsel Jack Smith’s 2020 election-related case against Trump will move forward, according to court documents filed late Friday.  “The parties recognize the types of motions and briefing anticipated in pre-trial proceedings but have differing views on how the

House Dems request Army report on Arlington incident involving Trump staff

Democratic lawmakers with the House Overside Committee sent a letter Friday to the U.S. Army requesting a report into an altercation earlier this week involving an Arlington National Cemetery employee and Trump staff who brought campaign photographers to the cemetery. In the letter, the committee’s ranking member, Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, wrote to

15 Islamic State militants killed in U.S. military raid in Iraq, officials say

The U.S. military took part in an Iraqi raid in the country’s western region that killed 15 Islamic State militants, the American military said early Saturday. For years after dislodging the militants from their self-declared caliphate across Iraq and Syria, U.S. forces have continued fighting the Islamic State group, though the casualties from Friday’s raid

7 U.S. troops hurt in raid targeting Islamic State group militants in Iraq

The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country’s western desert that killed at least 15 people and saw seven American troops hurt, officials said Saturday. For years after dislodging the militants from their self-declared caliphate across Iraq and Syria, U.S. forces have continued fighting the Islamic

Trump faces backlash over abortion comments

Trump faces backlash over abortion comments – CBS News Watch CBS News With only 67 days to go before the election, former President Donald Trump is facing backlash from some of his most ardent supporters over comments he made about abortion. The former president said he believes Florida’s six-week abortion ban is too restrictive and

Trump says he’ll vote to uphold Florida’s 6-week abortion ban

Washington — Former President Donald Trump on Friday said he’ll vote to uphold Florida’s controversial six-week abortion ban a day after he angered abortion opponents by criticizing the law. “You need more time than six weeks,” the Republican nominee told Fox News. “I’ve disagreed with that right from the early primaries. When I heard about it,

Ads for U.S. political groups, candidates appear under racist posts on X

Paid advertisements for major organizations affiliated with both the Republican and Democratic parties and some of their biggest names have appeared under pro-Nazi and racist posts shared on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter, a CBS News investigation has found. Advertisements for the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and the