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After failing to reach a quorum in the Texas House on Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed what Republican lawmakers have been saying — that beyond efforts to add five GOP congressional seats in the Lone Star State, there have been discussions about seeking to add as many as three more. In an exclusive interview with CBS News Texas Monday, Governor Abbott said, “What we are doing is looking at all options. We’re looking at a lot of different alternatives in part to make sure we do have fairness. If you compare Texas to California or Illinois or New York or Massachusetts,…

On a rainy spring night, about 30 miles north of Manhattan, New York Attorney General Letitia James marched onto the stage at Westchester Community College. Standing nearly six feet tall and dressed in a drapey black suit (not unlike a judicial robe), she smiled broadly. Four of her comrades in legal arms—Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, California’s Rob Bonta, Illinois’s Kwame Raoul, and New Jersey’s Matt Platkin—followed closely behind, as a multiracial crowd of hundreds rose and cheered raucously.Since January, these AGs have challenged the Trump administration 30 times (and counting). But James has stood out, not only from the…

Alaska home collapses into flooded river Alaska home collapses into raging river as melting glacier causes flood 01:11 Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a state disaster declaration Monday as a result of what he called the “imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF)” in the Juneau area. It would mark the third straight year of serious glacier-related flooding in Juneau, the state capital, in extreme southeastern Alaska.The flooding would be associated with Suicide Basin, a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier, Dunleavy said.”Hydrologic monitoring by the National Weather Service (NWS) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)…

Washington — President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the former commissioner earlier this month, blaming her for a weaker-than-expected jobs report. Antoni is a fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, and he holds a doctorate in economics from Northern Illinois University. He’s defended Mr. Trump’s economic policy moves in the past, including the president’s tariff strategy. He has also criticized the BLS for low response rates and questioned the agency’s methodology, calling its health insurance figures “phoney baloney” last year and at one point joking that “the…

An aerial view of shipping containers at the Port of Baltimore on Thursday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President Trump has long sold his tariff plan as a new source of cash for the government. And with his recent moves, tariffs are adding tens of billions of new dollars to federal revenue. Last month, the Department of the Treasury brought in more than $29 billion in “customs and excise taxes” — a category that is overwhelmingly tariff revenue. This pace means that in just a few months, the government will be…

8/11: CBS Evening News Plus – CBS News Watch CBS News Trump says Russia and Ukraine will need to swap territory, Europe believes that would reward Putin; Reporter’s Notebook: Who actually pays tariffs? Source link

The Indian prime minister discovers that the world’s biggest bully sees fawning as weakness. Ad Policy President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference in New Delhi on February 25, 2020.(Prakash Singh / AFP via Getty Images) Donald Trump has created a new golden age of sycophancy. The White House now resembles Versailles under the absolutist monarchs or Beijing’s Forbidden City under the emperors. CEOs and foreign leaders are lining up to butter up the US president. On Thursday, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, presented Trump with exactly the sort of…

Three officials involved in President Trump’s controversial deployment of National Guard troops to respond to protests in Los Angeles testified in court on Monday, as the trial in California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against the Trump administration begins.The question at issue is whether the military forces sent in by Mr. Trump — including members of the Marine Corps and National Guard — violated the 19th century Posse Comitatus Act, which bars the military from enforcing domestic laws.Newsom called the deployment of around 4,000 California National Guard troops, who normally are under the governor’s command, an illegal “power grab.” But Mr.…

8/11: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Violent crime down 26% in D.C., but Trump says otherwise as he takes control of city’s police; Nonprofit working to train people for available manufacturing jobs Source link

President Trump plans to name conservative economist E.J. Antoni to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trump fired the bureau’s previous leader after a disappointing jobs report. Jim Watson/AFP hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP President Trump plans to nominate conservative economist E.J. Antoni to lead one of the government’s top statistical agencies, 10 days after firing the previous chief over a disappointing jobs report. Antoni is an economist at the right-leaning Heritage Foundation. He previously worked for the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation. “Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE,”…