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White House official Mark Sandy testifies in closed-door impeachment hearing – CBS News Watch CBS News Longtime White House budget employee Mark Sandy is appearing in a closed hearing on Saturday before the House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry, making him the first official from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to testify in the inquiry. Sandy defied President Trump orders not to appear before house investigators. Sandy was asked about the administration withholding 400 million dollars in military aid to Ukraine. Ben Tracy reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and…

Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images When President Trump announced his sweeping new tariffs this year, many trade law experts were startled. Typically, presidents don’t have the authority to impose broad tariffs with a snap of their fingers. But Trump’s advisors have an unusual new legal theory. They say that as long as there’s a national emergency of some kind, Trump may be able to create whatever tariffs he wants. This is a creative interpretation of a 1977 law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA. To justify his latest tariffs, the president declared…

How the White House plans to respond in first public impeachment hearing – CBS News Watch CBS News Former White House senior adviser Steve Bannon tells CBS News he’s concerned that the president isn’t getting enough support to hold back the opposition in the impeachment inquiry led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Major Garrett joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss whether the president is taking Bannon’s advice and how the administration plans to respond. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Voters nominated a Republican who is “all-in for MAGA” and a Democrat who pledges to “stand up to Trump and Musk with all I’ve got.” Buckle up. Ad Policy Democratic candidate for governor Representative Mikie Sherrill attends a Latinos for Mikie event at the Rancho Mateo restaurant. (Aristide Economopoulos / The Washington Post via Getty Images) US Representative Mikie Sherrill, who swept to victory in Tuesday’s New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial primary, sought her party’s nomination as a candidate who pledged to “stand up to Trump and Musk with all I’ve got.” Sherrill’s jabs at President Donald Trump and billionaire “special…

Bryan Bedford, President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, refused on Wednesday to commit to holding all commercial pilots to the same federal training requirements, unnerving Democrats as he outlined his vision to modernize the air travel safety agency at a critical moment.The issue emerged as a flashpoint during Mr. Bedford’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which centered mostly on issues of safety. Mr. Bedford, a longtime airline executive, is expected to receive enough support to be confirmed.Nevertheless, he is auditioning to run the F.A.A. as the agency tries to address several…

Rep. Jim Clyburn reflects on legacy of Elijah Cummings – CBS News Watch CBS News Representative Elijah Cummings, Maryland congressman and civil rights champion, died at the age of 68 Thursday due to complications from long-standing health issues. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-South Carolina, spoke to CBS News on Friday about the enduring legacy of his colleague and longtime friend. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

As Democratic senators gathered on Tuesday for their closed-door weekly luncheon, they heard from their California colleagues, Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, who carefully differentiated between isolated cases of vandalism in Los Angeles and the larger number of peaceful protesters who swarmed the streets to oppose President Trump’s deportation efforts.At roughly the same time, Mr. Trump was across town in the Oval Office unspooling stories of violence, asking the assembled cameras, “Did you see the guy throwing the rocks at the police cars?”For Democrats, the scattered yet searing scenes of unrest in Southern California have uncomfortably thrust to the center…

Even before the House passed the sweeping bill carrying President Trump’s domestic policy agenda, Senate Republicans made it clear that they hoped to make major changes to the legislation before the G.O.P. was done muscling it through Congress.Several have wanted to pare back the cuts to Medicaid, the health care program for the poor, that House Republicans envisioned in the version of the legislation that they approved late last month. A handful have sought to salvage tax credits incentivizing clean energy projects that the House measure would repeal. Many have pushed to grant companies prized tax breaks for the long…

Starbucks is testing a new menu item that will give people a protein boost with their morning dose of caffeine. The coffee chain is piloting a new protein cold foam at certain locations across the U.S., a Starbucks spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch. The foam is banana-flavored and served with the retailer’s iced latte beverage. Protein drinks and snacks have ballooned in popularity in recent years — a trend celebrities like Khloé Kardashian are looking to cash in on with products like Khloud, a protein popcorn. Protein shakes are now a $6 billion sector, according to Beverage Digest.According to CNN, Starbucks is testing…

Elon Musk listens as President Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on May 30. A week after the two traded social media disses and threats, Musk said Wednesday some of his posts “went too far.” Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Days after the very public breakup of President Trump and his former adviser Elon Musk, the latter appears to be doing damage control. “I regret some of my posts about President [Trump] last week,” Musk posted on X, his social media platform, just after 3 a.m. ET on Wednesday. “They went too far.”…