Jay Clayton, former chairman of the SEC, speaks during 13D Monitor’s Active-Passive Investor Summit in New York on Oct. 22, 2024. Brendan McDermid/Reuters A federal court has appointed Jay Clayton to continue serving as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York as his term as interim attorney came to an end without
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned to the White House to make his case on how to end Russia’s war with his battle-weary country. Key European leaders were there, too. President Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin afterwards and said he’s now making arrangements for a trilateral meeting between the two warring countries and himself.
The visible parts of Mr. Trump’s meetings with Zelenskyy and European leaders went, by and large, “very, very well,” but the “proof will be in the pudding in the coming days,” said Bradley Bowman, senior director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Bowman said he had
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about the “Election Rigging Response Act” at a press conference at the Democracy Center, Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 14, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has filed an official open records request to the Trump administration seeking information about a federal immigration
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will serve as the FBI’s co-deputy director, alongside the law enforcement agency’s current second-in-command, Dan Bongino. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed the news on X, saying Bailey “took on the swamp, fought weaponized government, and defended the Constitution” as Missouri’s top law enforcement official. Bailey will resign from his
Days after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House. The Aug. 18 meetings underscored the significance of recent diplomatic efforts by the United States to resolve the Russia–Ukraine war. The latest round has set the stage for a possible trilateral
Two weeks after fleeing in protest, Texas House Democrats returned to the state. Their homecoming allows the Republican-led House to pass a partisan, redrawn congressional map, possibly giving more seats to the GOP during the 2026 midterm elections. Omar Villafranca has the latest. Original CBS News Link</a