The majority of the corporations known to have donated to the fund for President Trump’s new ballroom are represented by three lobbying firms, according to a new report from government accountability watchdog Public Citizen. Lobbyists from those three firms — Miller Strategies, Ballard Partners and Michael Best Strategies — mingled last month with the president…
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey will again confront the Justice Department in a federal courtroom Wednesday, as Comey seeks to have the two-count federal indictment against him dismissed on the grounds that it is based on a “vindictive and selective” prosecution. The hearing is the second in two weeks stemming from Comey’s bids…
An owl found partially encased in concrete after it got inside a cement mixer in southwestern Utah is expected to fly free again after it was painstakingly cleaned by animal sanctuary workers who described the bird as a “fighter.” The great horned owl was found at the Black Desert Resort and arrived at the Best…
Rates of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are surging in Texas, Florida, California, Oregon, and other states and localities across the country. The outbreaks are fueled by falling vaccination rates, fading immunity, and delays in public health tracking systems, according to interviews with state and federal health officials. Babies too young to be fully…
The U.S. stock market sank sharply in early trading, with investors increasingly skittish about the strength of the artificial intelligence boom. The S&P 500, which set a record high in late October, fell 78 points, or 1.2%, to 6,594 roughly an hour into Tuesday’s session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Video captured by Charlotte residents shows tense interactions with U.S. Customs and Border Protection as it continues “Operation Charlotte Web” throughout the region. What You Need To Know Shea Watts captured video of Border Patrol agents breaking a car window Monday in Charlotte Watts said the women were arrested for allegedly honking their…
A Gustav Klimt portrait painting sold Tuesday for $236 million, a record for a modern art piece, at an auction where a solid gold, fully functional toilet satirizing the ultrarich also fetched $12.1 million. The toilet, by Maurizio Cattelan — the provocative Italian artist known for taping a banana to a wall — went up…
Watch CBS News Epstein survivor says “we have been waiting for so long” as Congress votes on Epstein files; Retiree finds a new calling as volunteer EMT Source link
Washington — More than a dozen of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers stood alongside Democratic and GOP lawmakers and pressed Congress to look beyond politics, with the House set to vote Tuesday on a bill to release the government’s remaining files related to the investigation of his crimes. “This is one of the most horrific and disgusting…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Trump Tuesday that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will increase its investments of $600 billion in the U.S. to near $1 trillion. The new figure was raised by the president during bin Salman’s White House visit. “I want to thank you because you’ve agreed to invest $600…