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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.
Fed up with the American political establishment? Can it. Disgusted by Europe's union across borders? Reject it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says they will not be expelling any U.S. diplomats after the U.S. expelled Russian diplomats amid allegations of Russian meddling in the presidential election.
Canada is calling for some college-bound students distressed by the election victory of Donald Trump.
Two luxury retreats in New York and Maryland where Russian diplomats have gone for decades to play tennis, sail and swim were shut down.
President Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials in retaliation for Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential election.
A Broward man accused of making Facebook threats against President-elect Donald Trump will remain in jail.
President-elect Donald Trump has tweeted that his administration will be buying and hiring American.
There are a lot of changes in the works coming from the GOP.
Border patrol agents were involved in a search in west Broward on Thursday afternoon.
Savannah Guthrie shared two video clips and a family photo of her mother Nancy Guthrie as the search for the 84-year-old continued.
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The messaging platform WhatsApp says Russia has "attempted to fully block" its service inside the country, "to drive people to a state-owned surveillance app."
The cause of death for a woman found inside a freezer at a Dollar Tree in Miami has been released.
Border patrol agents were involved in a search in west Broward on Thursday afternoon.
Savannah Guthrie shared two video clips and a family photo of her mother Nancy Guthrie as the search for the 84-year-old continued.
The Daytona 500 is being held this weekend – here's when it starts and here's how to watch it.
The cause of death for a woman found inside a freezer at a Dollar Tree in Miami has been released.
Team USA star skier Breezy Johnson was thrown off course during the Super-G event in Italy, but she arrived at the bottom of the slope to a wedding proposal.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
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.
Border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday that Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota is concluding, with a drawdown of federal immigration officers set to occur over the course of next week.
The leaders of three major immigration agencies and top Minnesota officials testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee about the administration's immigration operations.
The Trump administration says greenhouse gases emitted from sources like cars, trucks and power plants will no longer by regulated by the federal government.
Vilma Palacios is one of thousands who have given up their immigration cases and voluntarily left the U.S. after being detained. More detainees are opting for voluntary departure than ever before, a CBS News analysis found.
A panel of judges in New York appointed a new top federal prosecutor in Albany after a Trump nominee was found to be serving unlawfully — but within hours, the Justice Department said it had fired the judges' new hire.
Alexander Vindman spoke to CBS Miami's Jim DeFede on Sunday's Facing South Florida now that he is running for U.S. Senate in Florida.
The bill by State Rep. David Borrero would order a study on moving Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary (UDB) line and eliminating longstanding safeguards designed to protect the Everglades, requiring any project outside the UDB to receive a two-thirds vote of the County Commission.
Haitian American advocates, like Miami Dade County Commissioner Marlene Bastien, say the move is both cruel and creates a sense of fear in the community.
For more than a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he wants to do away with all homesteaded property taxes, arguing homeowners should not have to pay rent to the government.
Raquel Pacheco said she has "hope" after seeing the worldwide reaction to the video she posted of two Miami Beach police detectives showing up at her house because she had posted a critical comment on Facebook about Miami Beach Mayor Steve Meiner.
Here's what to know about TrumpRx, including how it works, who can use it, and how much money it can save.
In a new study that could have significant implications for future Alzheimer's treatment, researchers at the University of Miami have successfully figured out how to combat one of the early signs of the neurodegenerative disease.
One patient reports getting stuck with a $2,418 "facility fee" after seeing her doctor. "I didn't even know such a thing existed," she said.
Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease eradicated in history.
The House's Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee approved the bill which also changes multiple laws and restrictions involving nursing homes, dental hygienists, and registered nurses.
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A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
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.
"Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek has died at 48 years old.
Chappell Roan says she's left her talent agency after its CEO, Casey Wasserman, was named in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny took the stage on Sunday dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.
Bad Bunny delivered a historic performance at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.
Reactions poured in when Bad Bunny was named Super Bowl halftime headliner, with some praising and others criticizing the choice.