U.S. scientist stirs salty debate about British tea
The tradition of tea drinking runs deep in Britain, but trouble is brewing over the best brew thanks to one U.S. scientist. Ian Lee has the story.
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The tradition of tea drinking runs deep in Britain, but trouble is brewing over the best brew thanks to one U.S. scientist. Ian Lee has the story.
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President Obama is up to his neck in political trouble with his liberal base while the Republican establishment tries to figure out what to do about its conservative wing and the Tea Party. Bob Schieffer is joined by four of the top figures from both ends of the political spectrum and two of Washington's top reporters to give analysis on the year of political irony.
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Bob Schieffer spoke with President Bill Clinton as the former president convenes his Global Initatives conference looking for solutions to the world's most pressing problems and got his take on the current state of American politics; Then, two voices on the right, Columnist and former Bush Administration official Michael Gerson and the GOP's legendary strategist and former Reagan Advisor Ed Rollins on where the Tea Party movement is going; Also, Schieffer shares how Democrats may have missed an opportunity to find a compromise on the tax cut debate.
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Republican Sen. Thad Cochran narrowly defeated Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel in a hotly contested primary battle Tuesday. McDaniel, who beat the six-term senator in the primary three weeks ago, triggering a runoff, plans to challenge the decision in court. Nancy Cordes reports.
Republican lawmakers grilled IRS Commissioner John Koskinen after learning key emails linked to Lois Lerner went missing, and that her hard drive had been destroyed. The GOP believes the missing material could bolster accusations that Lerner and her department had placed extra scrutiny on Tea Party and other groups. Koskinen read emails from the IRS's IT department that seemed to rule out any foul play. Nancy Cordes reports.
Republican lawmakers are furious with the IRS for their claims that some of Lois Lerner's emails that are at the heart of a Congressional subpoena were lost. Lerner's IRS division improperly scrutinized tea party supporters and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status from 2010 to 2012. Nancy Cordes reports.
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Primary voters in six states go to the poll Tuesday. CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes reports from Louisville, Ky., on the race between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Tea Party-backed Matt Bevin.
Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) criticized the Obama administration for contributing to the nation's massive income gap by making Americans too dependent on government. He also stressed what he said is the need for lower taxes in order to spark the economy, and said the best way to stop Obamacare is to provide better health care solutions.
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The Tea Party's new hero Senator-elect Rand Paul (R-Ky.) discusses how he plans to reduce spending and reduce the federal workforce; Then, Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has some advice for President Obama and the rest of his party; Also, Bob Schieffer makes his 2011 political forecast.
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Netflix on Friday said it will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO.
The Trump administration says societal threats mean some European nations may not be "strong enough to remain reliable allies."
Federal prosecutors on Thursday presented an indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James to a grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia.
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service," Democratic Rep. Jim Himes said.
Luigi Mangione was unable to appear in court Friday due to illness, so a a crucial court hearing about what evidence should be admitted in the trial was postponed until Monday morning.
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Authorities say the FBI has arrested a man suspected of placing pipe bombs outside RNC and DNC headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," and the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ranked among Google's top search trends this year.
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Netflix on Friday said it will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO.
A former autoworker was given back his retirement through the kindness of strangers.
Netflix on Friday said it will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO.
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ICE began enhanced operations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area this week, as President Trump rails against Somali people in Minnesota.
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The Justice Department and FBI announced the arrest of a man accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the U.S. Capitol riots on January 6, 2021. Scott MacFarlane reports.
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The new space station crew includes American Chris Williams, who holds a Ph.D. in astronomy and is a board-certified medical physicist at Harvard Medical School.
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