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A man who pleaded guilty to participating in the Jan. 6 riot as a 19-year-old — and later described the events of that day as a “disgrace” — works in a sensitive job in the Defense Department, a defense official confirmed to CBS News. Elias Irizarry serves as a special assistant to Assistant Secretary of …
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon is demanding that a House panel question billionaire Leon Black over the extraordinary sums he paid Jeffrey Epstein for tax advice when he testifies before the House Oversight Committee later this month. In a letter Thursday to the committee’s chairman, GOP Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, and Democratic Ranking …
Border czar Tom Homan defends Delaney Hall immigration center, says he had meal there – CBS News Watch CBS News White House border czar Tom Homan spoke with CBS News’ Camilo Montoya-Galvez about the state of the Delaney Hall immigration center that’s drawn controversy in New Jersey.
WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he believed progress was being made between Israel and Lebanon and that Lebanon deserved to have peace. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “I actually spoke to Hezbollah about it.” He …
Key Takeaways Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to reclassify about 8,000 federal workers into a schedule that would make them easier to fire. The executive order argues that Trump relies on these employees to “help him faithfully execute the laws and advance the priorities for which he was elected by the American people.” …
WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and some affiliated people and entities, the U.S. Treasury Department’s website showed. The Cuban government did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the sanctions, which also targeted four other people and five entities, including the Ministry of …
June 4 (Reuters) – Casey Wasserman said on Thursday he plans to stay on as LA28’s board chair despite his past ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, which were detailed earlier this year in the U.S. Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein released earlier this year. “No and yes,” Wasserman said in a …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel, along with four other individuals, according to a filing Thursday on the U.S. Treasury Department website. Included in the sanctions are Alejandro Castro Espín, the son of former President Raúl Castro. The new sanctions boost pressure on the Cuban government but …
President Trump on Thursday announced plans for his administration to commit $700 million in funding for coal plants and a new export terminal. CBS News’ Olivia Rinaldi has details on the announcement and Mike O’Boyle, senior director for policy and strategy at Energy Innovation, joins with analysis.
The Senate is in the middle of a vote-a-rama, where they can offer an unlimited number of amendments to a piece of legislation and require the chamber to cast vote after vote. CBS News congressional reporter Taurean Small has more.