Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday faced blistering criticism as she directly addressed lawmakers’ questions for the first time about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump earlier this month. A key concern in wake of the shooting: How did a federal agency whose annual budget has swelled to $3 billion fail to stop an
Actor George Clooney, a major Democratic fundraiser, threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday as she seeks the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Clooney told CNN in a statement that President Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 race showed “true leadership.” “He’s saving democracy once again,” Clooney said, according to CNN anchor
CBS News Live CBS News 24/7 Live Washington — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Tuesday afternoon at a news conference on Capitol Hill. After President Biden ended his reelection campaign on Sunday, much of the Democratic Party quickly coalesced around Harris,
Schumer, Jeffries endorse Harris Schumer, Jeffries endorse Harris for Democratic nomination 08:37 Washington — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Tuesday, saying they held off until now because they didn’t want to make it appear as a coronation. “When I spoke with her Sunday,
Both bills passed through the Senate Commerce Committee last year. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has announced that he will bring two bills related to children’s online safety and privacy to a floor vote this week. One of the bills, known as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), requires social media companies to take
The secretary of state spoke to members of the media at the White House on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said that President Joe Biden is intensely focused on the work that remains in the next six months, including bringing peace to the Middle East and dealing with the Russia–Ukraine conflict.
‘This is a win for democracy,’ ACLU’s Freda Levenson said. A federal judge in Ohio has struck down an election law that made it illegal for nearly anyone other than a relatively narrow group of close relatives to return an absentee ballot on behalf of someone with a disability. Judge Bridget Meehan Brennan of the