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President-elect Donald Trump and his aides are entering a critical week in his presidential transition as he and his Cabinet nominees undergo public questioning about their approach to Russia and potential conflicts of interests.
Republicans are defending their party against Democratic complaints that Congress is being forced to consider nominees for Donald Trump's administration without completed ethics reviews.
President-elect Donald Trump has quite a few celebrity friends.
President-elect Donald Trump continues to deal with the issue of Russia's attempted interference in the American presidential election as U.S. intelligence agencies allege.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott says "the citizens of Florida won't tolerate senseless acts of evil."
Intelligence officials are scheduled to meet face to face with President elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Friday to brief him on their highly anticipated report into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi may be moving on. There's speculation that she'll get a job in President-elect Donald Trump's administration.
Intelligence officials head to Capitol Hill on Thursday to brief Congress on foreign cyber threats, including Russia's interference in the 2016 Presidential election.
Indiana Sen. Dan Coats has been selected to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a role that would thrust him into the center of the intelligence community President-elect Donald Trump has publicly challenged, a person with knowledge of the decision said Thursday.
Democratic leaders in the California Legislature have hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for legal strategy advice as they gird for a fight against President-elect Donald Trump.
Senate Democrats are asking the House ethics office to investigate whether one of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks, a congressman, broke any laws while trading stock.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush will not be watching his former rival be inaugurated in the nation's capitol.
Two lawmakers have introduced an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to impose term limits on members of Congress.
During the election some critics of Donald Trump said his supporters must be high if they voted for him.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton to be chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
President-elect Donald Trump is using Julian Assange of WikiLeaks to cast doubt on the U.S. intelligence community's case that Russia was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee in the 2016 election.
The new Republican-majority Congress is in session and has already received a scolding from President-Elect Donald Trump who urged lawmakers to focus on what's important.
President-elect Donald Trump's formal rival Hillary Clinton will attend his inauguration ceremony.
Here's a quick rundown of the businesses he's targeted and what he has said.
A lawyer who served as deputy U.S. Trade Representative under President Ronald Reagan has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to play a key role in his trade agenda.
President-elect Donald Trump has returned to New York after spending the holidays at his Mar-a-Lago Resort in Palm Beach.
Many of Donald Trump's cultural touchstones which he'd frequently name-drop at campaign rallies and on social media were at the peak in the 1980s.
With his last presidential vacation behind him, President Barack Obama is heading into the last stretch of his presidency and is looking to tie up loose ends before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump.
President-elect Donald Trump says that "no computer is safe" when it comes to keeping information private, expressing new skepticism about the security of online communications his administration is likely to use for everything from day-to-day planning to international relations.
President-elect Donald Trump says that "no computer is safe" when it comes to keeping information private.
A fire broke out at a Miami-Dade apartment on Wednesday morning, according to officials.
It's going to be a mild and breezy day with a chance of stray showers in South Florida on Wednesday, with warm temperatures returning later this week.
The footage of a bear caring for an adopted cub was captured during the annual polar bear migration along the Western Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba.
Ahmed al Ahmed, the Syrian-Australian father who wrestled a shotgun from one of the gunmen attacking a Jewish gathering, is facing a long road to recovery.
The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads, which would create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad, has lost the support of two major unions.
A SWAT standoff with a barricaded man inside a Plantation hotel has ended safely, police say.
A fire broke out at a Miami-Dade apartment on Wednesday morning, according to officials.
It's going to be a mild and breezy day with a chance of stray showers in South Florida on Wednesday, with warm temperatures returning later this week.
The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads, which would create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad, has lost the support of two major unions.
The U.S. State Department said Clan del Golfo is a "violent and powerful criminal organization" that uses cocaine trafficking to fund violent activities.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
The U.S. State Department said Clan del Golfo is a "violent and powerful criminal organization" that uses cocaine trafficking to fund violent activities.
Columbia Memorial Hospital near Oregon's coastline is forging ahead with emergency plans in case of a major earthquake or tsunami.
The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.
An 11th-hour effort by moderate Republicans to put an extension on the floor for a vote failed Tuesday night.
President Trump on Tuesday called for a "total and complete blockade" on all sanctioned oil tankers that enter or depart Venezuela, as the administration heaps pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Guest host Lauren Pastrana is joined by Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust.
Guest host Laura Pastrana talks with one of the big winners from Tuesday's runoff elections, Miami Beach Commissioner-elect Monica Matteo-Salinas.
Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami Dade College Trustees to donate land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library.
Jim DeFede investigates the millions of dollars in state funding cuts for meal programs across South Florida.
Jim DeFede interviews Florida Lt. Governor Jay Collins, who is mulling a run for governor in 2026.
Physicians and educators spoke out against the proposed repeal of vaccination requirements for diseases such as chickenpox during a Department of Health workshop in Panama City Beach, while vaccine critics applauded Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration for advancing the plan.
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Miami, The Ohio State University, University of Michigan and other institutions coauthored the study.
Experts say the original warnings from more than 20 years ago were based on outdated information and were "overly broad."
Kian Sadeghi, the 25-year-old founder and CEO at Nucleus Genomics, tells "CBS Mornings" that parents have every right to select the qualities and traits they desire in their child.
These gifts from Stanley, Apple, AllTrails and more won't bust your budget.
From top-rated smart mugs to cold brew starter kits, we've rounded up the coffee lover presents to gift this Christmas.
Just in time for the holiday season, Nintendo has released Nintendo Switch bundles and special editions.
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Discover the best tech gifts during the 2024 holiday season that your friends and loved ones will absolutely adore.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Anthony Geary, who played Luke Spencer on the long-running soap opera "General Hospital," has died.
R&B musician Trey Songz was arrested in New York City over the weekend after an incident at the Dramma nightclub near Times Square.
Nick Reiner, a son of director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, has been arrested on murder charges following their deaths, police said.
Rob Reiner was the son of a comedy giant who became one himself with movies such as "The Princess Bride," "When Harry Met Sally…" and "This is Spinal Tap."
Director Rob Reiner and wife, Michele, were found dead in their Los Angeles home, sources told CBS News, in what police called an apparent homicide.