Julian Castro takes first step toward 2020 White House bid

The 44-year-old former HUD secretary says he is forming a presidential exploratory committee and will announce his decision in January

• Dec 12, 2018

Donald Trump Jr. says his dad is a "regifter"

Donald Trump Jr. said he called his dad out once at Christmas, explaining he was the one who had an item monogrammed

• Dec 12, 2018

Trump silent so far on Cohen sentencing

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York broke a lot of news on Wednesday, and it isn't all good for the president

• Dec 12, 2018

National Enquirer owner admits to paying off Playboy model to protect Trump

The announcement came hours after former Trump attorney Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison

• Dec 12, 2018

Michael Cohen sentenced to 3 years in prison

The president's former longtime attorney has been sentenced for campaign finance violations and lying to Congress

• Dec 12, 2018

Beto O'Rourke tops early MoveOn 2020 presidential straw poll

He may have lost his bid to unseat Ted Cruz in Texas in 2018, but O'Rourke is attracting some early interest for a 2020 bid to take on Trump

• Dec 12, 2018

CIA chief Gina Haspel briefs House members on Khashoggi murder

After meeting with Senate leaders last week, administration officials briefed a handful of House lawmakers on the Saudi journalist's brutal killing

• Dec 12, 2018

Washington could be getting a shutdown for Christmas

President Trump and Democrats made no progress towards a deal Tuesday, and a Dec. 21 deadline is approaching

• Dec 12, 2018

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sues CNN, Huffington Post, Rolling Stone

Arpaio filed a suit against three news organization seeking $300 million in damages, saying false statements have hurt his possible run for John McCain's Senate seat in 2020

• Dec 12, 2018

Sen. Bob Corker says Trump's conduct "hurts our country"

As he prepares to leave office, Corker talks about how Washington works – or doesn't – and the issues no one wants to address

• Dec 12, 2018

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner could profit from tax break they pushed

AP: Opportunity Zone program promoted by Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, both senior White House advisers, could also benefit them financially

• Dec 12, 2018

Transcript: Glenn Gaffney talks with Michael Morell on "Intelligence Matters"

The executive vice president of In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capitalist arm, talks with Morell about the space race

• Dec 12, 2018

CIA's former head of science and tech: U.S. falling behind in new space race

On the "Intelligence Matters" podcast this week, Glenn Gaffney talked with host Michael Morell about the ground the U.S. is losing in the space race to Russia and China

• Dec 12, 2018

Michael Flynn asks judge to let him avoid prison

Flynn's lawyers, like the special counsel, recommended in their sentencing memo that Trump's former national security adviser serve no time

• Dec 12, 2018

Jerome Corsi: "They may come in right here and indict me"

Corsi, an associate of Trump political adviser Roger Stone, believes he remains a target of the special counsel's Russia investigation, he told CBS News in an interview Tuesday

• Dec 11, 2018

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