Man who put feet up on Pelosi's desk guilty in Jan. 6 case
Richard Barnett testified he was a "f***ing idiot" on Jan. 6, but argued his acts were not criminal.
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Richard Barnett testified he was a "f***ing idiot" on Jan. 6, but argued his acts were not criminal.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday he has accepted an invitation from President Biden to meet and discuss the standoff over raising the debt ceiling. Megan Greene, a senior fellow at Brown University, and global chief economist at Kroll, joined CBS News to discuss the far-reaching impact of the stalemate.
President Joe Biden walked along the splintered boardwalk of this picture-postcard beach town Thursday and heard from business owners struggling to repair damage to their shops after deadly storms caused devastation across the region and killed more than 20 people statewide.
"I respectfully urge Congress to act promptly to protect the full faith and credit of the United States," Yellen wrote to congressional leaders.
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he's coming to Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties the following day to assess damage caused by a series of atmospheric river storms in the past three weeks.
The NBA Champion Golden State Warriors visited the White House Tuesday and presented President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with commemorative jerseys.
The discovery was made after Biden's lawyers found roughly 10 classified documents at the Penn Biden Center in early November.
His attorneys identified the material when cleaning out office space at the center and immediately notified the White House counsel.
Ovidio Guzmán, son of the imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is an alleged drug trafficker wanted by the United States.
The pardons, announced Friday, mean the criminal record of the crimes is now purged.
Local organizers in Washington say three buses of recent migrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in record-setting cold on Christmas Eve.
Caltrain will use $43 million in federal funds to complete its fleet electrification project by fall 2024, officials announced on Friday.
The legislation passed the Senate and the House this week.
The current order of nominating contests is Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.
House and Senate leaders said they plan to take up a bill quickly to avert a national rail strike before Dec. 9.
Private practice attorney Ismail Ramsey has been nominated to be the next U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday.
All 12 rail labor unions need to ratify union contracts before Dec. 9 to avoid a shutdown.
The Bidens, along with their two-year-old grandson Beau, visited firefighters at a Nantucket Firehouse to thank them for their hard work.
"Climate hell" was a reference to U.N. Secretary General António Guterres' dire warning that "we are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator."
The program had already been on hold since the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay last month.
A smiling President Biden fielded reporters' questions following Democrats' better-than-expected night.
Musk financed part of his $44 billion purchase of Twitter with the help of Saudi Prince Alwaleed and a Qatar fund.
President Biden spoke Tuesday night from the White House after a gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 18 children and one adult. The president said of America's gun violence, "I'm sick and tired of it. It's just sick." Watch his full remarks in this CBS News Special Report.
The midterms are less than a week away, and a slew of 2020 election deniers are running for office.
Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized Democrats' messaging and said the possibility that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy could be the next House speaker "scares the hell out of me."
