Senate dismisses Mayorkas impeachment charges
The Senate dismissed impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas shortly after his trial began Wednesday.
The Senate dismissed impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas shortly after his trial began Wednesday.
Senators voted along party lines Wednesday to dismiss both impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as unconstitutional. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.
The Senate has rejected both articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane and Weijia Jiang have the latest.
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The Senate has dismissed the two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.
Before the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were dismissed, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell decried Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's efforts to cut short the trial. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will not resign as he faces a new threat of removal by his own party for considering a vote on sending aid to Ukraine. A motion hasn’t been officially filed, but it would only take three Republicans to potentially remove the speaker given the GOP’s shrinking majority, if all Democrats vote against him.
Senators will be sworn in as jurors Wednesday in the historic impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details on how the trial against the Homeland Security secretary is expected to play out.
House impeachment managers are expected Tuesday to walk articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over to the Senate months after the lower chamber voted to impeach the Cabinet secretary. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports from Capitol Hill.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, took to social media Wednesday with another threat to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson. Meanwhile, the House has delayed efforts to deliver two impeachment articles to the Senate against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. CBS News' Nikole Killion reports.
House Republicans have postponed until next week sending articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled an abortion ban from 1864 can be enforced. Robert Costa, CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent, and Daniella Diaz, Politico congressional correspondent, join "America Decides" to examine how the decision could impact the 2024 U.S. elections.
House Republicans were expected to transmit the impeachment articles against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate Wednesday.
Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on Monday after a two-week-long break with several priorities left to address, including aid to Ukraine. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion unpacks the number of issues Congress hopes to tackle.
GOP Rep. James Comer of Kentucky asked President Biden to appear on April 16, an invitation he is almost certain to decline.
An appeals court on Monday reduced the amount of money former President Donald Trump needs to put forward if he wants to fight the ruling in his New York civil fraud trial. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson explains the significance of the decision.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on reproductive rights Wednesday, focused on broad protections for in vitro fertilization. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.
Alexander Smirnov, the confidential FBI informant who made false allegations about business dealings involving President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, was accused of lying in an earlier case. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.
Hunter Biden testified Wednesday before two House committees leading the impeachment inquiry into his father. CBS News investigative reporter Erica Brown has the latest on where things stand.
Hunter Biden is expected to testify in a deposition before two House committees after the Republican party's impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Meanwhile, a key witness was recently charged with lying about the first family's business dealings.
Hunter Biden is expected to testify behind closed doors Wednesday as part of the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Biden. The president's son will likely face questions about his overseas business dealings, which his father denies having any involvement with. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane is following the developments from Capitol Hill.
Hunter Biden is testifying in a closed deposition before three GOP-led House committees conducting an impeachment inquiry into his father, President Biden.
Republicans say the materials related to the special counsel's investigation into President Biden's handling of classified documents is relevant to their impeachment inquiry.
President Biden will meet with congressional leaders Tuesday as another partial shutdown looms if no deal to fund the government takes shape. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill.
President Biden said "no," the National Guard should not intervene in the protests.
An attorney who represented two women seeking payments in 2016 for their silence about alleged sexual encounters with Donald Trump is continuing his testimony.
California police recently began dismantling pro-Palestinian demonstrators' fortified encampment at the UCLA campus.
Much of Asia is sweltering under a heat wave that one expert calls "by far the most extreme event in world climatic history."
New CDC data shows about 680 women in the U.S. died during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth in 2023, a decline from the previous year.
At a contentious hearing with Trump looking on, lawyers from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office told the judge that Trump had violated the gag order four more times.
President Biden blamed the countries' economic performance on xenophobia.
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Actress Halle Berry joined with a group of bipartisan senators on Thursday to announce new legislation to promote menopause research, training and education.
U.S. Central Command initially said an airstrike in May 2023 had killed a senior al Qaeda leader in Syria, but an investigation has concluded it actually killed an innocent civilian.
The recalled beef came from Cargill Meat Solutions in the form of burger patties and ground chuck.
Actress Halle Berry joined with a group of bipartisan senators on Thursday to announce new legislation to promote menopause research, training and education.
Licensing deal resolves months-long dispute that had record label Universal pulling its artists' music off the video platform.
President Biden said "no," the National Guard should not intervene in the protests.
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Licensing deal resolves months-long dispute that had record label Universal pulling its artists' music off the video platform.
A man's physical and verbal threats caused the United flight from London to Newark, New Jersey, to divert to Bangor, Maine.
The Fed is leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged, noting a lack of progress in curbing inflation.
Plaintiffs have three months to vote on whether to approve a proposed legal settlement that would resolve nearly all talc lawsuits.
U.S. Central Command initially said an airstrike in May 2023 had killed a senior al Qaeda leader in Syria, but an investigation has concluded it actually killed an innocent civilian.
Actress Halle Berry joined with a group of bipartisan senators on Thursday to announce new legislation to promote menopause research, training and education.
President Biden said "no," the National Guard should not intervene in the protests.
President Biden blamed the countries' economic performance on xenophobia.
At a contentious hearing with Trump looking on, lawyers from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office told the judge that Trump had violated the gag order four more times.
Actress Halle Berry joined with a group of bipartisan senators on Thursday to announce new legislation to promote menopause research, training and education.
New CDC data shows about 680 women in the U.S. died during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth in 2023, a decline from the previous year.
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty disclosed that a cyberattack on one of its subsidiaries earlier this year might affect up to a third of all Americans.
The USDA tested 30 samples from states with herds infected by H5N1.
Plaintiffs have three months to vote on whether to approve a proposed legal settlement that would resolve nearly all talc lawsuits.
It took nearly an hour and four people to get the 143-pound catfish out of the lake: "My wrist is still hurting from reeling."
Mexico City's chief prosecutor disputed a volunteer group's claims that human remains and other evidence had been found at the site.
"Happy 9th Birthday, Princess Charlotte!" the Prince and Princess of Wales said in a social media post with a new photo of their daughter taken by Kate.
Much of Asia is sweltering under a heat wave that one expert calls "by far the most extreme event in world climatic history."
Shanidar Z's skull — thought to be the best preserved Neanderthal find this century — "was as flat as a pizza," experts said.
O'Donnell shared a photo of a script for season three, episode one of the Max show, revealing her character's name is Mary.
"Happy 9th Birthday, Princess Charlotte!" the Prince and Princess of Wales said in a social media post with a new photo of their daughter taken by Kate.
Emmy Award-winning actor Jeff Daniels says he's playing one of his most challenging roles yet. He stars in the new Netflix limited series "A Man in Full," created by Hollywood heavyweights David E. Kelley and Regina King, who also serves as a director. Daniels portrays Charlie Croker, a tough-talking real estate mogul facing bankruptcy. He must defend his empire and his family against enemies attempting to exploit his fall from grace.
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Country star Walker Hayes talks about his new album, "Sober Thoughts," and his journey toward sobriety.
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A newly-filed lawsuit targets two of the biggest generative AI platforms in the world, Open AI, the creators of ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot AI program.
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Much of Asia is sweltering under a heat wave that one expert calls "by far the most extreme event in world climatic history."
Shanidar Z's skull — thought to be the best preserved Neanderthal find this century — "was as flat as a pizza," experts said.
The group of nations in the G7 have announced an agreement to phase out coal power plants by 2035. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy reports.
Blue holes are considered an "oasis" for marine life — but the Taam Ja' Blue Hole off the coast of Mexico remains largely mysterious.
Pollen counters are turning to artificial intelligence as seasonal allergies worsen due to climate change. CBS News national correspondent Dave Malkoff explains how technology is changing the long and tedious process of pollen counting.
Family members said Heavenly Faith Garfield and the victim had been discussing the pact for several weeks, the affidavit says.
Authorities are searching for the suspect and a motive.
Officials say that a school shooting threat was "neutralized" at a middle school west of Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday morning, with no reported injuries to those inside the school.
It marks the first time in recent memory that anyone claimed to have found such a body disposal site in the capital.
MS-13 members targeted random civilians so they could increase their status within the gang, prosecutors said.
Boeing is set to launch its first-ever spaceflight with humans next week. The Starliner spacecraft will lift off from Florida on Monday night for a multi-day mission to the International Space Station. Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and pilot Sunny Williams, two seasoned NASA astronauts who are a part of the mission, join CBS News to go over the flight.
The Horsehead Nebula, which NASA has called "one of the most distinctive objects in our skies," is located in the constellation Orion.
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In 1961, Ed Dwight was selected by President John F. Kennedy to enter an Air Force training program known as the path to NASA's Astronaut Corps. But he ultimately never made it to space.
The creepy patterns were observed by the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.
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Prosecutors in Donald Trump's New York criminal trial urged the judge to hold the former president in contempt of court for more gag order violations days after he was penalized for nine posts on social media and his campaign website. The judge did not immediately rule on the additional four alleged violations. CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett has more.
President Biden on Thursday delivered remarks from the White House about the protests over the war in Gaza that have gripped college campuses across the country. "There's the right to protest," Biden said, "but not the right to cause chaos." Biden also said there was no place in America for antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism or hate speech. Nate Burleson anchored CBS News' special report.
Norah O’Donnell profiles Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, who, depending on the November elections, might become the first-ever Black speaker of the House. 60 Minutes, Sunday.
Just days after former President Donald Trump was ordered to pay $9,000 for violating a gag order in his "hush money" case, prosecutors urged the judge to penalize him again for additional violations. They argue he violated the order four other times in recent weeks. CBS News national correspondent Errol Barnett has more.
Former President Donald Trump was in Wisconsin and Michigan Wednesday where he hyped up his part in overturning Roe v. Wade and defended his policy of letting states make their own abortion laws. On the Democratic side, President Biden is heading to Charlotte, North Carolina, to meet with the families of the law enforcement officers killed in a shootout this week. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more on the campaigns.