Thune said he would make the sanction legislation ‘a top priority’ in the next Congress should the current Senate majority leader fail to act on it. Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Nov. 17 urged the Senate to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it continued to pursue arrest warrants
President-elect Donald Trump tapped Republican Brendan Carr, an Elon Musk-backed critic of big tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), calling Carr a “warrior for Free Speech” in a statement on Sunday. Carr has “fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans’ Freedoms” and will “end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling
A California health department poured millions of taxpayer dollars into anti-police groups over the last year for projects ranging from COVID-19 treatment to coaching teens on social justice activism, a Washington Free Beacon review of state grant spending found. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), which runs the Golden State’s Medicaid program for some
On November 16, 2023, just before 8:00 a.m., hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters formed a human chain across the San Francisco Bay Bridge, blocking all westbound traffic and trapping tens of thousands of vehicles in a five-mile backup. Among those vehicles were three trucks associated with the University of California, San Francisco, health system. Each was
Russia previously warned that if NATO allows Ukraine to strike inside the country, it would be considered the same as getting directly involved in the war. Anonymous U.S. officials have said that President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range missiles provided by the United States to strike targets in the Russian region of
Fox News host Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as defense secretary, paid a confidential financial settlement to a woman who accused him of sexual assault out of concern that the allegation would lead to his firing from the cable news giant, his lawyer told CBS News. Hegseth’s attorney, Timothy Palatore, said the
How a second Trump administration could affect electric vehicle sales – CBS News Watch CBS News Electric vehicle sales hit an all-time high this summer, but some worry the incoming Trump administration could put a dent in sales. Ryan Yamamoto explains why. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for