Washington — President Trump has formally invoked executive privilege to shield certain records from Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio as part of her ongoing legal challenge to the president’s effort to temporarily shutter the Kennedy Center for renovations. White House deputy counsel Joshua Hoyt informed a federal judge on Wednesday of Mr. Trump’s formal…
Multiple relatives of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar received grand jury subpoenas, as part of the ongoing criminal investigation into her family’s history for evidence of possible fraud and false statements in their immigration paperwork, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. The subpoenas were issued on Friday, just days before Omar’s home in Washington,…
Washington — The Trump administration sharply criticized a legal complaint filed in Lebanon against the country’s ambassador to Washington over her reported outreach to her Israeli counterpart, accusing Hezbollah-linked actors of seeking to obstruct U.S.-led efforts to foster diplomatic contacts between the two countries. The complaint against Lebanese Ambassador Nada Hamadeh Moawad was filed with…
More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump’s next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers, indicating that many of the buyers are based overseas, according to a CBS News analysis. The gala, set for Nov. 22 at the Trump National Golf Club outside…
Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Trump’s attempt to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, maintaining access to the grounds for reporters from the three news organizations indefinitely. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who was appointed by Mr. Trump, granted the outlets’ request for a preliminary injunction, which…
An OpenAI employee suspected of secretly planting a recording device in one of the company’s conference rooms has been arrested on criminal charges, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a Saudi national, was arrested Friday and made his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday….
It was a Monday evening around dinner time when a text popped up on Jane Doe’s cellphone on Oct. 21, 2024, less than 48 hours after a night of excessive drinking, drug use and group sex at the Chi Phi fraternity house on the Cornell University campus. Over 10 days of intermittent texting, in messages…
Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday barred the Trump administration from removing trees at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., for another two weeks after hundreds of trees were felled at the historic public course over the weekend. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said in a brief order that the Department of the…
Washington — President Trump said he and his administration are “looking at” firing Kimberly Guilfoyle from her position as U.S. ambassador to Greece, after an associate of Guilfoyle’s alleged she asked him to wire $100,000 to pay her American Express bill in exchange for her help with the Trump administration ahead of her Senate confirmation…
Washington — A federal judge on Monday rebuked the Justice Department after hundreds of trees were cut down at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., on Saturday with little notice, telling government lawyers that they have “lost credibility.” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes held a nearly four-hour virtual hearing Monday and ordered Kevin Griess,…
