Trump to headline high-dollar fundraiser in Dallas in July
The event will benefit the Make America Great Again Action PAC.
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The House Judiciary Committee questioned former White House counsel Don McGahn behind closed doors on Friday.
Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz is facing new scrutiny as federal prosecutors launch an obstruction of justice investigation against him. Gaetz is already accused of having sex with a 17-year-old girl and paying for sex. Matt Dixon, Politico's Florida bureau chief, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss where things stand and who is cooperating with investigators.
The FBI is investigating allegations of possible political fundraising violations by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy when he worked in the private sector. CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano reports.
A participant in the January 6 Capitol riot has pleaded guilty to the obstruction of an official proceeding. Paul Hodgkins is the second defendant to plead guilty in the sprawling investigation. CBS News reporter Cassidy McDonald joins Elaine Quijano on CBSN's "Red & Blue" with details.
On the same day the blog was shut down, comments flooded his Facebook page but the social network said he remained suspended.
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel accused the Commission on Presidential Debates of "repeated missteps and partisan actions."
Issuing leases to drill in the fragile Alaskan region was one of Trump's final moves before leaving office.
Voters in New Mexico headed to the polls Tuesday to vote in a special election in the state's 1st congressional district. Democrats are fighting to retain the seat recently vacated by Deb Haaland, who resigned after joining the Biden administration as secretary of the interior. Author of Politico's "Morning Score" newsletter Stephanie Murray joins "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on the race and the latest on the battle in Texas over a restrictive voting rights bill. She also discusses a convention attended by QAnon conspiracy theory followers in Dallas over the weekend.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Tulsa, Oklahoma, neighborhood of Greenwood to pay tribute to the victims of the 1921 race massacre. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and CBSN political contributor and Associated Press White House reporter Zeke Miller join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on a new White House initiative that aims to combat the racial wealth gap and the latest on a ransomware attack targeting the world's largest meat supplier. They also discuss former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn's comments at a QAnon conspiracy theory convention over the weekend, where he appeared to express support for a coup in the U.S.
Texas Democrats have temporarily blocked Republicans' new voting restrictions bill late Sunday when they walked off the House floor to prevent a vote. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini joins CBSN's Nancy Chen with details on what's in the bill.
CBS News has learned that prosecutors in New York have convened a special grand jury to look at evidence in a criminal investigation into former President Trump's business dealings. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson joins Elaine Quijano on CBSN with more on what this means and what to expect.
President Biden touted the country's economic growth during a speech in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday. He's set to propose a $6 trillion dollar budget proposal for 2022 on Friday. CBSN Washington reporter Caitlin-Huey Burns, Politico White House correspondent Natasha Korecki, and Axios congressional reporter Alayna Treene join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on that plus the latest on infrastructure negotiations, and the Senate battle over the January 6 commission.
Alvin Bragg, a Democrat and one of the eight candidates vying to become Manhattan District Attorney joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss his plans if elected as the borough's top prosecutor. Bragg discusses his platform, which includes addressing gun violence and dissolving the department's sex crimes unit, among other reforms.
Republican senators blocked efforts to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Kris Van Cleave takes a look.
Senate Republicans on Friday voted to block a bill to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Democrats failed to reach the 60-vote threshold. CBS' Natalie Brand joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero for a closer look at what this means going forward.
The former House speaker said GOP voters "will not be impressed by the sight of yes-men and flatterers flocking to Mar-a-Lago."
President Biden said he is asking U.S. intelligence agencies to increase their efforts to investigate the origins of COVID-19. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the latest developments and the rest of the day's top political headlines.
Former President Donald Trump is responding to the seating of a grand jury in the investigation into his business dealings, calling it "purely political." CBS News legal contributor Rebecca Roiphe joined CBSN's Tanya Rivero to explain the process and what could happen next in this investigation.
Manhattan's district attorney has convened a special grand jury to weigh potential charges against former President Donald Trump, executives at the Trump Organization or the business itself. CBS News legal analyst Rikki Kleiman joins CBSN to explain the latest developments.
Swalwell is suing Mr. Trump, Donald Trump Jr., GOP Congressman Mo Brooks of Alabama and Rudy Giuliani, the former president's lawyer, over the events of January 6.
Manhattan prosecutors in the Trump Organization criminal investigation have convened a grand jury to hear evidence and potential charges. CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman discusses the impact this grand jury could have for the former president and other Trump Organization executives.
Congresswoman Liz Cheney says she will not help Democrats fight Republicans' recent push for new restrictive voting laws, after The Wyoming representative lost her House leadership position for speaking out against former President Trump's claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Politics and policy reporter Nick Reynolds of WyoFile.com spoke with Tanya Rivero about Cheney's future in Wyoming and the 2022 election.
A new book reveals inside stories from the 2020 presidential campaign, including a push by some mainstream Democrats to ensure a progressive candidate didn't get the nomination, and how Joe Biden navigated the political fallout after George Floyd's murder. The author of "Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Trump," Edward-Isaac Dovere, spoke with Anne-Marie Green on CBSN about some of what he uncovered.
Republican lawmakers in Texas are moving closer to passing new voting restrictions, making it the largest to do so in the wake of fomer President Donald Trump's 2020 election defeat. Matt Masterson, former lead election security official for the federal government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, spoke to CBSN's Tanya Rivero about how Trump's false claims about fraud are driving changes to state laws.