Washington — The U.S. Navy is taking a major step to restrict press access to information about service members by no longer releasing information about any sailor’s service history – information that has been freely offered by the service for decades. The move, which officials say is being driven by increased security threats and harassment…
The Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee encouraged the Justice Department to look into criminally charging Jack Smith, alleging the former special counsel who brought charges against President Trump lied to Congress — allegations the committee’s top Democrat denied. The criminal referral Wednesday from Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio stems from last year’s revelation that…
The Justice Department is suing two Chinese companies to force a mandatory recall of immersion water heaters, alleging that the products can overheat and catch fire “within minutes” after they’re turned on, according to court filings obtained by CBS News. The heaters can be used in bathtubs and pools. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal…
Senate and House Democrats launched a congressional inquiry on Wednesday into a new controversial Justice Department legal opinion that would make it easier for states to keep people with mental illness institutionalized, rather than paying for them to receive community-based care. In a letter to Acting Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, the lawmakers asked the…
Congressional Democrats held a shadow hearing Tuesday to heap scorn on President Trump’s construction projects around Washington. Republicans did not participate. Lawmakers hammered the president for bulldozing norms in pursuit of his construction goals and imposing his likeness on buildings, coins and passports. They focused their ire on what one congressman called the president’s “vanity…
Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will testify before a Senate committee Tuesday amid escalations in the war with Iran in recent days. With a focus on the Trump administration’s supplemental funding request, the hearing comes as at least two U.S. soldiers were killed…
A federal appeals court on Monday night denied a bid from former President Joe Biden to keep the Justice Department from giving a conservative think tank redacted transcripts and audio recordings of conversations he had with his biographer roughly a decade ago, but stayed the opinion until August 3 to allow time for further appeals….
Produce giant Taylor Farms is under renewed scrutiny after it voluntarily recalled iceberg lettuce linked to the nation’s unusually large cyclosporiasis outbreak. Food safety experts say that while recalls are inevitable for a produce supplier the size of Taylor Farms, the current outbreak is unusual because of its scale and the number of people sickened….
A U.S. district judge temporarily halted the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger on Monday, after a coalition of states sued to block the deal. The temporary restraining order will remain in effect for 14 days, with a hearing set for Aug. 3. The states’ lawsuit “presented compelling evidence that the combined firm resulting from the…
President Trump said Sunday that his new Air Force One, a luxury jet donated by Qatar, will be sent off for defensive upgrades amid speculation about its security capabilities. “It has a lot of capability, but as I understand it, in about a month or so, they’re going to send it to have it be…
