President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out
The former congresswoman has faced questions about a 2017 visit to Syria, where she met with then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Tulsi Gabbard is on Capitol Hill this week seeking to gain the backing of the Senate GOP conference for her nomination by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as director of national intelligence—as support for her
‘I think somebody has to find out. If you go back 25 years ago, you had very little autism. Now you have it,’ Trump said. President-elect Donald Trump said on Dec. 8 that he will give Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the freedom to investigate the potential link between vaccines and autism if the latter gains
As a member of Columbia University’s top disciplinary body, Joseph Slaughter helped draft guidelines meant to provide students with a “contemporary understanding” of school rules on campus protests. As an English professor, he delivered a lecture that lauded a string of terrorist plane hijackings as “spectacular” and “remarkable,” according to audio obtained by the Washington
Trump’s Cabinet picks court Senate votes President-elect Trump’s Cabinet selections court Senate votes 02:26 Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, a spokesperson for the social media giant confirmed to CBS News Wednesday night. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Lake will ensure that ‘American values of Freedom and Liberty’ are broadcast around the globe again, the president-elect said. President-elect Donald Trump has named former Fox 10 Phoenix news anchor Kari Lake to lead the federally-funded international broadcasting network Voice of America (VOA). “I am pleased to announce that Kari Lake will serve as our
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has tapped Kari Lake as director of the government-funded Voice of America, the nation’s largest international broadcaster. The move comes after the 55-year-old Lake lost her Arizona Senate bid to Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego in November. “She will be appointed by, and work closely with, our next head