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Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar is set to give a speech on the rule of law and what she paints as President Trump’s overreach on Wednesday night, as Democrats look to find effective messaging that will resonate with voters about the early days of the Republican’s second term in the White House. Excerpts obtained by CBS News ahead of the event hosted by The New Republic show Klobuchar, a leading Senate Democrat who has not ruled out a 2028 presidential run, plans to make the case that “Donald Trump is trying to remake the executive office into one that is immune from…

Ryan Routh, the man accused in a 2024 assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a West Palm Beach, Fla. golf course, had a federal court hearing Wednesday in Fort Pierce, Fla. In this file photo of the Alto Lee Adams Sr. United States Courthouse, attorneys argued several merits of the case — including what can and can’t be used in the trial. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The man charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump when he was running for president last year has asked a judge to dismiss some…

  3m ago Ventura describes being beaten in a car Ventura recounts being beaten in a car, testifying Combs hit her and stomped on her. She said it left her face swollen. When he saw her swollen face, Ventura testified he told her to go to a hotel and stay there. She did so for a week. She testified she told security personnel she wanted to go home to her mother.  By Alice Gainer https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/live-updates/diddy-trial-live-updates-cassie-testimony/#post-update-328db825   16m ago Employees were present during abuse, Ventura says Prosecutors showed Ventura photographs, at least one of which was taken at a “freak off.” She indicated the…

The Supreme Court protects the rights of the rich and conservative—to heck with almost everyone else. Ad Policy United States Supreme Court justices pose for their official portrait on October 7, 2022, in Washington, DC.(Alex Wong / Getty Images) Copyright © 2025 by Leah Litman. From the book Lawless by Leah Litman, published by One Signal Publishers, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Printed by permission. The Republican justices seem to think that some people get free speech while others do not. Because this is a court driven by conservative grievance, it seems to think that people have a…

The strategy is an old one for Republicans: Cut taxes for a few years, avoiding the need to account for their cost over the long term, and bet that the reductions become popular enough that Congress will later vote to continue them.The tax bill that Republicans are now putting together on Capitol Hill takes the gambit to a whole new level.Almost all of the new tax cuts that Republicans have included in the bill, which could evolve over the coming weeks, will last only until the end of 2028, just days before President Trump is set to leave office. That…

A look at Elon Musk and DOGE’s first 100 days A look at Elon Musk and DOGE’s first 100 days 08:19 Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been publishing every contract, grant and lease it claims to have canceled on its website for months.But DOGE’s “Wall of Receipts” can’t be searched, and its data can’t be downloaded easily by those without programming knowledge. CBS News is publishing all the data available on DOGE’s website in a searchable and savable format below. This page will refresh every morning at approximately 7 a.m. EST, but DOGE does not update its data…

As the world waits to to see if he shows up in Turkey for cease-fire negotiations this week, President Vladimir V. Putin has been sending a clear message, reinforced by his officials. Russia is winning on the battlefield, so it should get what it wants.Mr. Putin said in late March that Russian forces had the advantage on the entire front and suggested Moscow was close to vanquishing the Ukrainians — an argument the Kremlin has used to underpin hardball demands. “We have reason to believe that we are set to finish them off,” Mr. Putin said, adding: “People in Ukraine…

The White House announced on Tuesday that President Trump had secured $600 billion in business deals with the Saudi government and companies during the first stage of his Middle East tour, though a list of the agreements the administration released totaled less than half that amount and several were already in the works before the president took office.The list of some of the agreements published by the White House left many details vague. The value of the agreements appeared to total about $283 billion. It was unclear whether the sums had already been committed or whether the funding was new.…

The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones.The Biden administration set the first federal drinking water limits for PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, finding they increased the risk of cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and babies being born with low birth weight. Those limits were expected to reduce PFAS levels in drinking water for millions of people.Commonly called “forever chemicals,” PFAS are found nearly everywhere — in air, water, and soil — and can take thousands of years to break…

President Trump meets with Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on March 14, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Royal Palace/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Saudi Royal Palace/AP/AP RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump met Wednesday with Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa after announcing he would lift U.S. sanctions against Syria, a move celebrated in a country trying to rebuild after more than a decade of civil war and international isolation. Trump told reporters that Sharaa was a “young, attractive guy — tough guy” with a “strong past” but said he thought the former rebel fighter had an opportunity to stabilize…