Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego seeks to block Ashli Babbitt from military funeral honors
Updated on: September 9, 2025 / 6:46 PM EDT Sen. Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, will seek to block the Pentagon from offering full military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, a member of the crowd that rioted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Gallego, who has criticized the Pentagon for agreeing recently to provide Babbitt with an honorary military funeral, will attempt to pass legislation this week to prevent the honor from being conferred. He told CBS News, his legislation "comes f ...
Trump's Oval Office redesign includes $58 Home Depot plastic spray-painted gold, internet sleuths say
Tuesday 09 September 2025 15:32 EDT President Donald Trump’s brag that he transformed the Oval Office into a “24-karat gold” paradise, dripping in ornate decor, has seemingly been debunked by Internet sleuths who say the new furnishings are actually cheap plastic bought at Home Depot. As shiny gold vermeil figurines were placed on the mantel, medallions on the fireplace, and gold eagles on the side tables, some eagle-eyed sleuths zeroed in on the Oval Office’s wall and fireplace trimmings. Ac ...
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In new book, Kamala Harris says it was reckless to let Biden make reelection decision on his own
“In retrospect,” Kamala Harris writes of letting Joe and Jill Biden decide on their own whether the then-president should have tried to run for re-election, “I think it was recklessness.” That is the assessment that the former vice president makes in her forthcoming memoir of her abbreviated 2024 run, in a significant break from the dutiful stance she took toward her old boss throughout their time in office and since. “‘It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.’ We all said that, like a mantra, as if we’d ...
House Republicans will take up DC crime bills to bolster Trump's federal crackdown
PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2025, 5:07 PM ET House Republicans are gearing up to consider more than a dozen bills that would further limit Washington, DC’s self-governance, impose tougher punishments and roll back criminal justice reforms in the wake of President Donald Trump’s federal crime crackdown. The House Oversight Committee will take up the bills Wednesday in a move aimed at bolstering the president’s push, which has drawn the ire of many city residents and Democrats who argue it’s unwarranted f ...
Police arrest 13-year-old boy with 23 guns over school shooting threats
Updated 1:41 PM CDT, September 9, 2025 TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy described by police as obsessed with school shooters was arrested on multiple firearms possession charges and causing a threat after they say they found social media posts about intentions to kill and seized 23 guns and ammunition from his home. The boy pleaded not guilty to a total of five charges, four of them felonies, in juvenile court on Monday. He was arrested over the weekend in Washington’s Pierce County. Th ...
Trump administration releases long awaited MAHA roadmap
09/09/2025 02:05 PM EDT Updated: 09/09/2025 03:09 PM EDT The Trump administration’s highly anticipated policy strategy to improve children’s health outcomes targets ultra-processed food, vaccine use and exposure to chemicals but doesn’t go as far as some industry groups feared in proposing new regulations. The Make America Healthy Again Commission report, released Tuesday, largely mirrors the draft plan officials shared with industry representatives last month. It stops short of restrictions ...
Chief Justice Roberts keeps in place Trump funding freeze that threatens billions in foreign aid
Updated 4:25 PM EDT, September 9, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily kept in place the Trump administration’s decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid. Roberts acted on the administration’s emergency appeal to the Supreme Court in a case involving billions of dollars in congressionally approved aid. President Donald Trump said last month that he would not spend the money, invoking disputed authority that was last used by a president roughly 50 ...
Hamas says top leaders survived Israeli strike on Qatar while five lower-ranking members were killed
Updated 2:02 PM CDT, September 9, 2025 Hamas says its top leaders survived the Israeli strike on Qatar and that five lower-ranking members died. A Qatari security personnel was also killed, the Hamas statement said. Hamas, which has sometimes only confirmed the assassination of its leaders months later, offered no immediate proof its top leaders had survived. Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas’ leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as they considered a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaz ...
Man facing federal charge after stabbing, killing woman in random attack on Charlotte light rail
Tuesday afternoon, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the suspect, Decarlos Brown, will be charged with committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system. The federal criminal complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte. Edited to add CBS News link: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/iryna-zarutska-decarlos-brown-jr-north-carolina-federal-charges/ ...
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Trump ally Charlie Kirk shot during event at Utah Valley University
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Dems use Trump-Epstein letter to target five vulnerable House Republicans
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In new book, Kamala Harris says it was reckless to let Biden make reelection decision on his own
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Trump Hands Down New Demand for Republicans Amid Redistricting Battle
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Trump's defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal just hit a major snag with revelation
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