Congress returns for final 2024 lame-duck sprint
Washington — Congress returns this week from a Thanksgiving recess with a number of priorities to get through before the end of the year, while a deadline to fund the...
Read Hunter Biden’s pardon and President Biden’s full statement
President Biden on Sunday night issued a sweeping "full and unconditional pardon" of his son Hunter, who was convicted earlier this year of federal gun and drug charges and was...
President Biden pardons son Hunter Biden
Washington — President Biden announced late Sunday that he signed a pardon for his son Hunter Biden, in a major reversal in the final weeks of his presidency. Mr. Biden repeatedly...
Protests in Georgia leave over 40 hospitalized as EU talks suspended
A third night of protests in the Georgian capital against the government's decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union left 44 people hospitalized, officials said Sunday.Tens of thousands...
Trump’s decision to tap Kash Patel for FBI director sends shockwaves through Washington
Washington — President-elect Donald Trump's announcement Saturday that he intends to nominate Kash Patel as FBI director sent shockwaves through Washington over the weekend, prompting outrage from Democrats and even some...
Trump taps Massad Boulos to be senior adviser on Middle Eastern affairs
President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that he intends to nominate Massad Boulos, a billionaire businessman from Lebanon who is also father-in-law to Tiffany Trump, to serve as senior adviser on...
Full transcript of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Dec. 1, 2024
On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, moderated by Major Garrett: Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat of CaliforniaJill Schlesinger, CBS News business analystHistorian H.W....
President Biden fulfills pledge to visit Africa with trip to Angola this week
President Biden will travel to Angola this week, becoming the first sitting president to do so and following through on a yearslong pledge to visit sub-Saharan Africa while in office,...
Sen. Alex Padilla says Donald Trump has “made it no secret that he has it in for California”
Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California said on Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump "has made it no secret that he has it in for California" as Gov. Gavin Newsom has...
Transcript: Historian H.W. Brands on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Dec. 1, 2024
The following is a transcript of an interview with H.W. Brands, Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin and author of "America First:...