[ad_1] A federal grand jury has subpoenaed three former CIA and FBI officials who were involved in the federal government’s investigations into alleged Russian meddling to assist President Trump’s 2016 campaign, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News. The subpoenas went out to former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI counterintelligence official Peter…
[ad_1] Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said “concerning” data led to a reduction in flights and indicated there were “more breaches” of the minimum distance kept between planes in the air. It came as air traffic control staffing grew increasingly strained during the government shutdown. Kris Van Cleave has more. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] With the shutdown scrambling air traffic, prompting long lines at food banks and forcing people to work without pay, tempers are flaring. But President Trump made clear again he won’t negotiate with Democrats on future policy decisions until the government reopens. Ed O’Keefe has details. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Washington — The Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to freeze a lower court order that requires the Trump administration to swiftly provide full federal food benefits to roughly 42 million Americans, turning to the high court for emergency relief shortly after a federal appeals court left the decision in place. Absent…
[ad_1] New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill spoke with “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan after winning the state’s gubernatorial race over Republican Jack Ciattarelli. The interview will air on Sunday, Nov. 9. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] President Trump on Friday accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the U.S. and asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation. The president announced the move on social media days after his party suffered losses in key elections in which the winning Democratic candidates focused relentlessly on…
[ad_1] President Trump on Thursday pardoned former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff Cade Cothren, who were convicted on federal corruption charges. Casada, a Republican, was sentenced in September to three years in prison over a 2020 scheme to receive over $50,000 in taxpayer money from a mailer program for…
[ad_1] Washington — Cornell University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to restore federal funding, with the university to pay $30 million directly to the federal government to put an end to claims by the Justice Department. Cornell will also invest $30 million in U.S. agriculture research. Cornell is one of the many universities…
[ad_1] Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin introduced a bill Friday to restore funding for Head Start programs during the ongoing government shutdown. “My bill would give families certainty that Head Start and the care it provides will continue,” Baldwin said in a statement provided exclusively to CBS News. “If my Republican colleagues don’t want…
[ad_1] London — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee sent a letter on Thursday to the former Prince Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, requesting that the disgraced British royal appear before Congress for questioning over his former ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “The Committee is seeking to uncover the identities of Mr. Epstein’s…
