Senate confirms Sen. Jeff Sessions as next attorney general
The 52-47 nearly party-line vote capped weeks of divisive battles over Sessions, one of the Senate's most conservative lawmakers
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Days before inauguration, hackers breached D.C. traffic and security cameras
Cameras in D.C. monitor everything from White House to inaugural parade route; about 70 percent were commandeered
Wis. Trump supporters: Despite rocky start, give the president a chance
Voters that helped flip the state red tell CBS News their thoughts on the first weeks of Trump's presidency
Neil Gorsuch says Trump's attacks on judges are disheartening
His comments came during a meeting with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), CBS News confirmed
Spicer calls U.S. raid in Yemen "absolutely a success"
His comments come after Sen. John McCain described the raid, which killed one U.S. commando, as "a failure"
Dual U.S. citizen wins Somalian presidential election
Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, elected president on Wednesday, lived in the United States from 1985 to 2010
High-profile Republicans propose tax on carbon emissions
Former Reagan and Bush-era cabinet secretaries pitch the White House on a tax that would replace major environmental regulations
Letter sent by alleged 9/11 mastermind to Obama surfaces
Khalid Sheik Mohammed wrote a letter to Obama in 2015 that was delivered just days before the former president left office last month
Coretta Scott King's letter read by Democratic senators after Warren silenced
Senators read the letter to oppose Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions
Report: Senate Dems want to ask Supreme Court nominee about volunteer work at Harvard
Forty people involved in programs Neil Gorsuch said he participated in said they don't remember him, the Wall Street Journal reported
GOP senior statesmen make push for a carbon tax
Former Secretary of State James Baker is leading the effort to combat the effects of climate change
Donald Trump mad that Nordstrom cut Ivanka's clothing line
A week after retailer dropped first daughter Ivanka Trump's fashion offerings, President Donald Trump weighs in via Twitter
Judges weigh in on North Carolina law limiting governor's powers
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper suing leaders of GOP-controlled legislature over law stripping him of some of his powers
Lawyer says Melania Trump has "no intention of profiting"
The statement comes after a libel suit by Trump charged that she had lost out on millions of dollars after The Daily mail ran a post on rumors of a racy past
Ted Cruz: "Democrats are the party of the Ku Klux Klan"
The Texas senator defends hardball tactics used against critics of attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions
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