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Jay Sekulow, one of President Trump's attorneys, reminded reporters that they "haven't begun" to put their case out on impeachment. Mr. Trump's attorneys will start their rebuttal on Saturday, which Sekulow said will be a "trailer" or "coming attractions" of their arguments.
CBS News' Major Garrett discusses his reporting referenced Friday by Rep. Adam Schiff during President Trump's impeachment trial.
President Trump's defense team began laying out their defense on Saturday, the first day of their opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial. "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell leads coverage from Washington, with Nancy Cordes joining from Capitol Hill and Weijia Jiang from the White House.
President Trump during an April 2018 dinner told Lev Parnas, an associate of Mr. Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to "take her out," referring to Ukrainian ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, according to a recording provided to CBS News by Parnas' attorney Joseph A. Bondy. Reena Ninan reports.
President Trump's legal team had their first opportunity on Saturday to present their case after the House impeachment managers spent three days giving their opening arguments. CBS News political reporter Grace Segers joined CBSN to discuss what lawmakers have been doing inside the Senate chamber all week.
At least 53 are dead after torrential rains caused landslides and flooding in eastern Brazil. A mother and 2-year-old daughter are found alive after being trapped for 28 hours after Turkey's 6.8 magnitude earthquake. And President Donald Trump will meet with rival Israeli political leaders. Ian Lee rounds up the morning's world headlines from London.
The president's legal team is set to continue presenting arguments today after two bombshells over the weekend. CBS News obtained video that appears to show President Trump telling Rudy Giuliani's associate Lev Parnas he wanted to "get rid of" Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. Also, the New York Times reports former national security adviser John Bolton wrote in an upcoming book that the president told him he wanted to withhold aid from Ukraine until officials announced investigations into the Bidens. CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid joins CBSN with the latest.
The White House says it will veto the House's $3 trillion relief plan, otherwise known as the HEROES Act, should it pass the Senate. Meanwhile, President Trump said Friday that he is confident there will be a coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020. Politico's Daniel Lippman joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss Friday's top political headlines.
An explosive claim from President Trump's former national security advisor has blindsided Senate Republicans. It's also thrown the president's hope for a quick end to his impeachment trial into doubt. Nancy Cordes has the latest.
In an interview with "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell, a group of impeachment defense surrogates questioned a report that found President Trump wanted to withhold military aid to Ukraine until officials there looked into his political rivals. O'Donnell spoke to Representatives Mark Meadows, Doug Collins, Elise Stefanik and Debbie Lesko.
"CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell spoke to four impeachment defense surrogates, Representatives Mark Meadows, Doug Collins, Elise Stefanik and Debbie Lesko. They addressed the impeachment trial of President Trump, new claims surrounding John Bolton and whether Republicans could face "political repercussions" for breaking with the president.
President Trump announced basic elements of a proposal for Middle East peace as he stood next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Tuesday. The plan is merely a "suggestion," Mr. Trump said. Watch his remarks.
Arguments in the Senate impeachment trial of president Trump concluded Tuesday. The arguments were televised, but cameras never showed how Senators behaved in the chamber throughout the process. CBSN political reporter Grace Segers joins Red and Blue to discuss the mood inside the Senate chamber.
President Trump's defense team wrapped up its opening arguments, but the Senate impeachment trial may be far from done. The battle looms over allowing potentially explosive witness testimony. Nancy Cordes reports.
A senior administration official deeply involved in the White House impeachment strategy has told CBS News they are on "DEFCON 2" after Mr. Trump's lawyers wrapped his defense Tuesday. Mitch McConnell told colleagues he does not have the votes to block witness testimony as pressure on John Bolton to testify skyrockets. Nancy Cordes is on Capitol Hill with the next steps in the president's historic trial.
President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani is notably absent from the legal team defending him in the Senate impeachment trial. Catherine Herridge sits down with him to talk about his ongoing war of words with John Bolton and explains why he can't defend Mr. Trump at the trial.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell does not appear to have enough votes to block new witnesses from being called in the impeachment trial of President Trump. Joseph Moreno, a former national security prosecutor for the Justice Department, joins CBSN to discuss what kind of role they could play in the trial moving forward.
President Trump's legal team concluded opening arguments in the Senate trial yesterday, stressing that president did not commit an impeachable offense. They also addressed reports of new allegations from former national security adviser John Bolton's upcoming book. CBS News political contributor and Republican strategist Terry Sullivan joins CBSN with more on the president's legal strategy.
President Trump participated in a United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement signing ceremony at the White House on Wednesday. Watch his remarks.
Carol Leonnig, co-author of the new book "A Very Stable Genius," joined CBSN to discuss how hundreds of anonymous sources were crucial for her book. She also recounts an incident where President Trump appeared to not understand the history or significance of Pearl Harbor.
President Trump's personal attorney slammed former National Security Adviser John Bolton in an interview with CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge. Herridge joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss her interview with Rudy Giuliani.
Senators spent hours questioning House managers and President Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday, but there are new signs that the impeachment trial may end as early as Friday, pending a crucial vote on allowing witness testimony. Nancy Cordes breaks down what to expect from the pivotal Friday vote.
President Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania by less than 1% in 2016. In a bid to keep Pennsylvania red, Lara Trump is launching the “Women for Trump” coalition in suburban Philadelphia. Anthony Mason sat down with eight women from across the political spectrum at the Jem restaurant in Norristown, just outside of the city, to talk about what they plan to do in 2020.
Senator Lisa Murkowski, one of four GOP senators who remain undecided on calling witnesses, submitted a question to President Trump's attorneys: "Why should this body not call Ambassador [John] Bolton?" CBS News White House reporter Kathryn Watson joins CBSN with analysis.
President Trump rallied his supporters in Iowa on Thursday, just four days before Democrats caucus in the first voting contest of the presidential race and amid his impeachment trial in Washington. Major Garrett joins "Red and Blue" to recap the rally.
Cole Allen, the man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, was charged with trying to assassinate President Trump.
An FBI affidavit filed in federal court lays out more details about Cole Allen's alleged actions before and during the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
The day after a gunman attempted to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Trump sat down with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell for a "60 Minutes" interview to talk about his experience.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla are aiming to strengthen the "special relationship" the U.S. and United Kingdom have had since World War II.
Energy prices keep rising with no sign of progress toward a deal to end the U.S.-Iran standoff and Hezbollah rejecting the Lebanon ceasefire.
On March 31, 1981, when President Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr., the Washington Hilton ceased to be just another venue for the Secret Service.
First lady Melania Trump said that jokes Jimmy Kimmel made on his show days before the White House Correspondents' Dinner were "hateful and violent rhetoric."
Aaron MacLean, a CBS News national security analyst who attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner, said he "was perplexed even before the incident" about security for the event.
Ahmad Abugharbieh, the younger brother of the man suspected of killing two University of South Florida doctoral students, told CBS News, "My entire family feels so much shame and guilt."
Ahead of Tuesday's debate in the California governor's race, it's still a wide-open contest, CBS News' latest poll finds.
Ahmad Abugharbieh, the younger brother of the man suspected of killing two University of South Florida doctoral students, told CBS News, "My entire family feels so much shame and guilt."
The "Dances With Wolves" actor was accused by three Indigenous women and girls, including one who was 14 when the assaults began. He was convicted in January on 13 of the 21 charges he faced.
Soldiers are training for drone-on-drone combat using Bumblebee drones, which have been used in Ukraine and are being sent to U.S. training centers in the Middle East.
In an open letter, Google workers say doing a deal with the Department of Defense would hurt the tech giant's reputation.
In an open letter, Google workers say doing a deal with the Department of Defense would hurt the tech giant's reputation.
The trial comes at a pivotal moment for AI, a technology poised to bring advancement that could also drastically reshape humanity.
The measure would impose a one-time, 5% tax on the state's roughly 200 billionaires to fund public programs.
Kirby argued that a merger would create jobs, offer more affordable flying options and allow the airline to compete with foreign carriers.
Incidents in which people apparently used exclusive knowledge to score handsome profits raise the question: Are prediction markets safe places for news junkies to bet on events - or dens of insider trading?
An appeals court has ruled that the Defense Department can require journalists to be escorted on Pentagon grounds while the Trump administration appeals a judge's decision to block its enforcement of a press access policy challenged by The New York Times.
Ahead of Tuesday's debate in the California governor's race, it's still a wide-open contest, CBS News' latest poll finds.
Soldiers are training for drone-on-drone combat using Bumblebee drones, which have been used in Ukraine and are being sent to U.S. training centers in the Middle East.
An FBI affidavit filed in federal court lays out more details about Cole Allen's alleged actions before and during the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Surviving troops disputed Pentagon's account of the attack on the command post in Kuwait, saying the unit "was unprepared" to defend itself.
A $50 billion federal fund is supposed to modernize rural healthcare. But community clinics and advocates fear that the contractors administering the money for states will bite off a big chunk before it reaches patients.
Tim Fitzpatrick, a father of a chronically ill child, saw the story of a boy in need of a new kidney and felt compelled to help.
The former U.S. senator from Nebraska opened up about his terminal diagnosis, his family and the state of American politics in a "Things That Matter" town hall.
Drug-making giant Johnson & Johnson will officially start marketing four of its medications on the Trump administration's TrumpRx website on Friday, CBS News exclusively learned.
Millions of people rely on the supplemental insurance to offset the deductibles, copayments, and other costs faced by enrollees in the traditional Medicare program.
Surviving troops disputed Pentagon's account of the attack on the command post in Kuwait, saying the unit "was unprepared" to defend itself.
Archaeologists found the victim holding a terracotta mortar, which they interpret as an improvised attempt to shield his head.
Rapid development has been shrinking the jungle habitat of the critically endangered species, and fatal conflicts with people have been increasing.
Energy prices keep rising with no sign of progress toward a deal to end the U.S.-Iran standoff and Hezbollah rejecting the Lebanon ceasefire.
The group, returning home after a vacation in Thailand, had Kush -- a potent strain of cannabis -- hidden in their luggage, officials said.
First lady Melania Trump said that jokes Jimmy Kimmel made on his show days before the White House Correspondents' Dinner were "hateful and violent rhetoric."
Eve Plumb starred as middle child Jan Brady on the classic sitcom "The Brady Bunch." While reflecting on her career, she told "CBS Mornings" the beloved show "put me where I am today." Plumb also addressed "The Brady Bunch" not being an instant hit and why one of her iconic lines bothered her, which she discusses in her new memoir.
Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: America's adversarial relationship with Cuba; singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves; Rep. Jim Clyburn; reviving a Welsh soccer town; tree lovers; artist Jenny Saville; and rescuing Venus fly traps.
A couple of years ago, the Grammy-winner went home to East Texas to heal from a breakup. She talks about how her "Dry Spell" led to a creative monsoon – her latest album, "Middle of Nowhere."
In this web exclusive, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves talks with correspondent Anthony Mason about her latest album, "Middle of Nowhere," a record inspired by loneliness following a breakup, and how she grew to feel empowered by the concept of liminal space.
Jury selection began Monday in the legal battle between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent has the latest.
A CBS News analysis found that Georgia Power, the largest energy provider in the state, imposed six rate hikes in the last three years.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
This week, Maine's governor vetoed a bill that would have made the state the first to ban the construction of new data centers. Shanelle Kaul reports.
The ChatGPT account of the shooter, who killed eight people in a small British Columbia community, had been banned about eight months prior to the massacre.
Archaeologists found the victim holding a terracotta mortar, which they interpret as an improvised attempt to shield his head.
Rapid development has been shrinking the jungle habitat of the critically endangered species, and fatal conflicts with people have been increasing.
The carnivorous Venus fly trap is native to the Carolinas, but its population is dwindling due to loss of habitat. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with botanist Julie Moore, who has spent much of her life helping to save these remarkable plants; and with Damon Waitt, director of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, who discusses the unusual traits of a species that Charles Darwin called the most interesting plant in the world.
On April 24, 1990, NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope from the Space Shuttle Discovery after seven years of delays. Watch CBS News' coverage from that day.
New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.
Ahmad Abugharbieh, the younger brother of the man suspected of killing two University of South Florida doctoral students, told CBS News, "My entire family feels so much shame and guilt."
Investigators are looking into the apparent murder of two University of South Florida doctoral students, and are now revealing evidence from the suspect's bedroom and his search history. Cristian Benavides reports.
The "Dances With Wolves" actor was accused by three Indigenous women and girls, including one who was 14 when the assaults began. He was convicted in January on 13 of the 21 charges he faced.
The Trump administration has ordered a review of its security protocols after Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. A. T. Smith, former deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service, joins CBS News with analysis.
The man accused of rushing the White House Correspondents' Dinner armed with a shotgun, pistol and three knives has been charged with trying to assassinate President Trump. CBS News national security analyst Aaron MacLean, who attended the dinner, joins to describe what he witnessed.
"This experiment's never been run before on another world," said Amy Williams, an astrobiologist working on the Curiosity mission.
The launching appeared to go off without a hitch, but a problem prevented the rocket's upper stage from putting its payload into the correct orbit.
"We are carrying back everything we learned, not only about where we went but ourselves," mission specialist Christina Koch told "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil.
The four Artemis II astronauts struggled to describe the view and overall experience of flying around the moon's far side and witnessing a solar eclipse in deep space.
People on the ground in the Eastern Hemisphere will be able to observe the asteroid with their own eyes, weather permitting, according to NASA.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Does the evidence show a cover-up, or was Todd Kendhammer wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife?
Christy Salters-Martin dominated in the boxing ring but faced her toughest challenger at home.
Family seeks answers in death of newlywed who disappeared in 2005 while on Mediterranean honeymoon cruise.
Meet the tattooed beauty charged in the death of Google executive Forrest Hayes.
Suspect in White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting appears in court; King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in U.S. for state visit.
A CBS News poll finds a wide-open contest as voters weigh in on what they want in the state's next governor. CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto breaks down the findings.
The Secret Service is facing questions about its handling of security at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Professor Philip Bobbitt, director of the Center for National Security at Columbia Law School, joins CBS News with analysis.
Despite Saturday's attack, Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived in Washington, D.C., on Monday for a four-day trip to the U.S. CBS News royal contributor Amanda Foreman joins CBS News with analysis.
Sabastian Sawe is a 31-year-old Kenyan, born into a home with mud walls and no electricity. Over the weekend he ran the world's first sub-two-hour marathon. Tony Dokoupil has more.