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Thune described Senate Republicans’ meeting with the president to reporters at the White House. He called it a “great opportunity to meet with the president and talk about something that unifies all Republicans,” pointing to the effort to reopen the government with the House-passed measure that the GOP has tried 11 times to advance. “We’re

Disgraced former Rep. George Santos described his time in prison, writing suicide notes, a conversation with President Trump and  more in a wide-ranging interview Tuesday.   Santos spoke with CBS News New York’s Marcia Kramer following the commutation of his sentence. He told her he found out his sentence had been commuted from fellow inmates who were watching

New Orleans — National Guard troops are expected to arrive in the Big Easy before the end of November, Anne Kirkpatrick, the city’s police superintendent, told CBS News, adding that she had a “good conversation” with a National Guard major recently about the plans. “We are working together and planning their deployment,” Kirkpatrick told CBS

As surging copper wire thefts are leaving many Los Angeles communities in the dark, a new statewide metal theft law set to kick in next year is aimed at recyclers who buy the stolen metal. Los Angeles city leaders, law enforcement and business leaders called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign Assembly Bill 476 as copper wire

Paul Ingrassia is no longer President Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel, a White House official told CBS News, after allegations surfaced that he sent offensive text messages, including one where he reportedly conceded he has “a Nazi streak” — leading some GOP senators  to back away from him. Ingrassia wrote on X that