Iowa may have trouble holding onto its status as the first state to weigh in on the Democrats running for president, if a new draft proposal by the leaders of a powerful Democratic Party committee gains support. The proposal, which was circulated Monday, outlines three criteria for selecting up to …
Read More »Pentagon releases report on Kabul airport bombing that killed 13 U.S. troops in Afghanistan
The Defense Department’s investigation into the attack that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans at the Abbey Gate at the Kabul airport in August found that “a single explosive device” was responsible, according to CENTCOM Commander General Kenneth McKenzie. On Friday, the Pentagon released its report on …
Read More »Supreme Court rejects GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s challenge to House proxy voting
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a challenge mounted by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy against the lower chamber’s pandemic-era rules for voting by proxy, allowing the practice to continue. McCarthy and Congressman Chip Roy, a Republican from Texas, asked the high court in September …
Read More »Angelina Jolie visits Capitol Hill
Actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie visited Capitol Hill on Tuesday, December 14 to speak to lawmakers. Representative Cori Bush, a Democrat from Missouri, said she spoke to Jolie about the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). “She’s so informed,” Bush told CBS News’ Nikole Killion. Bush tweeted that she is …
Read More »Report affirms Biden victory in Arizona as Maricopa County pushes back against other review findings
A report on Maricopa County’s 2020 election ordered by Arizona state Senate Republicans and presented to them on Friday affirmed the results of the state’s certified election: President Joe Biden won Arizona. The report is similar to a draft report that was obtained by CBS News on Thursday night. The …
Read More »Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns Congress it needs to raise or suspend the debt ceiling as U.S. government is poised to run out of cash
As the U.S. government gets closer to being unable to pay its bills, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday urged Congress to act quickly to raise or suspend the debt limit. The divided Congress faces a growing list of urgent matters when it returns from recess later this month, but …
Read More »Top U.S. officials meet to discuss “Havana Syndrome” as cause remains unclear
Washington — Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines convened a top-level meeting late last week to discuss the intelligence community’s efforts to uncover the cause of the mysterious illness known as “Havana Syndrome.” But even after months of intensified effort by multiple government agencies, evidence pinpointing the origin of the …
Read More »Senate slowly presses forward on bipartisan infrastructure bill
Washington — The Senate is slowly inching closer to a final vote on the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, as debate on amendments to the proposal continues and Republicans urge their Democratic colleagues not to move too quickly. The Senate has so far considered eight amendments to the plan, …
Read More »Former top Justice Dept. official’s notes say Trump asked him to call election “corrupt”
Former President Trump in late December spoke with top Justice Department officials about the 2020 presidential election and told them to “just say the election was corrupt and to leave the rest to me” and Republicans in Congress, according to notes taken by then-acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue. Donoghue’s …
Read More »Senate negotiators at odds over final details of bipartisan infrastructure deal
Washington — Republicans working on the bipartisan infrastructure deal rebuffed an offer from their Democratic counterparts and the White House to address the remaining issues in the talks, according to a GOP source familiar with the discussions, with negotiations over the details of the nearly $600 billion plan growing tenuous. …
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