STORY: Dozens of pro-democracy campaigners are to be sentenced Tuesday in Hong Kong, drawing to an end a marathon trial of 47 democrats in a subversion case that has lasted years. Emilia Wong is the girlfriend of one of the defendants, Ventus Lau. She has made several hundred prison visits since his arrest in 2021….
Biden to meet with China’s Xi Jinping at APEC summit – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden is heading to South America Thursday with his first stop coming at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit where he’ll meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more. Be the…
An MSNBC host who once served as an aide to President Biden took aim at Nancy Pelosi for engineering his “very public demise” in the final months of the 2024 election — paving the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to eventually lose the race to Donald Trump. Symone Sanders-Townsend, who served as a senior…
On Election Night, my mother used to bring out her Singer skirt marker and plonk it on the coffee table in front of the television while we were watching the returns. Then she’d take off her shoes and climb on top of the table. Hemlines change about every four years, and taking up or letting…
Joe Biden will meet US president-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday after the US leader pledged an orderly transfer of power back to the Republican he beat in elections just four years ago. Trump – who never conceded his 2020 loss – sealed a remarkable comeback to the presidency in the November…
During an interview with The New York Times, Nancy Pelosi claimed other candidates could have taken part in a more competitive Democratic Party presidential primary had President Joe Biden “gotten out sooner.”. The former House speaker said Biden’s swift endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, after dropping out of the race in July, “made it…
Democrats are increasingly blaming President Joe Biden for Vice President Kamala Harris losing this year’s presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump. Trump achieved a surprisingly decisive victory over Harris on Tuesday, with the three-time presidential candidate winning the Electoral College for the second time and appearing likely to win the national popular vote for the…
Republicans look poised to win control of the U.S. Senate while Democrats could take the House as voters across the nation cast ballots Tuesday. Early results gave Republicans an edge, as West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice won a U.S. Senate seat from that state, according to an Associated Press projection. The seat is held now…
While addressing a rally in Detroit, Michigan, on Friday, Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz stirred controversy with a remark that quickly went viral. He was discussing the influence of billionaires when he referred to Elon Musk as “that gay guy,” a comment that sparked a mix of laughter and criticism both in…
In the final days of this year’s election, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, is “gaining ground” on the betting platform Polymarket, according to an update on Friday. As of Friday afternoon, Harris still trailed former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee, on Polymarket—59.5 percent to 40.6 percent. The gap, however, has closed over…