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Friday marked the second day of the G7 summit in Southern Italy. The leaders of the world's major democracies and their allies discussed migration, economic security and tensions with China, and participated in a working session on artificial intelligence with Pope Francis. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
The Justice Department announced Friday that it will not prosecute Attorney General Merrick Garland after the House of Representatives voted to hold him in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas for recordings of President Biden's interview from special counsel Robert Hur's classified documents investigation. CBS News' Nikole Killion has the latest.
President Biden and Pope Francis met in Italy Friday during the G7 summit where world leaders discussed the influence and potential perils of artificial intelligence with the pontiff. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.
Republicans welcomed former President Donald Trump back to Capitol Hill Thursday for the first time since his supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Republican strategist Terry Sullivan and Democratic strategist Joel Payne joined CBS News to discuss the visit and some of the other big political stories of the week.
Here are some of the top headlines of Thursday, including a 10-year security deal signed by President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the G7 summit, a Justice Department investigation that found a pattern of civil rights violations by the Phoenix Police Department, and an alarming discovery of weapons and ammunition made by NYPD officers during a routine traffic stop. Nancy Cordes, Kris Van Cleave and Jericka Duncan report.
In the week since President Biden took executive action to restrict the asylum system, the ACLU filed a lawsuit charging that the administration broke asylum law. To put both moves into perspective, CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez looks at the numbers behind the system.
On the sidelines of the G7 summit, President Biden expressed doubts that a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas would be reached soon. Meanwhile, tensions are also escalating between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel along Israel's northern border. CBS News' Chris Livesay reports.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined leaders at Thursday's G7 summit in Italy. The group agreed on a $50 billion loan to Ukraine, and President Biden signed a security pact with Ukraine partially aimed at putting it on the road to NATO membership. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has the details.
Shortly after meeting with Senate and House Republicans on Capitol Hill Thursday, former President Donald Trump outlined some of the policy goals he and the lawmakers are united behind. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa has more on what Trump had to say to Republicans.
President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a long-term security agreement at Thursday's G7 summit in Italy. CBS News' Nancy Cordes and Major Garrett have the latest.
As Election Day draws closer, the Biden administration is touting progress made under the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law. This week, the Department of Transportation released a video promoting the "Build America, Buy America Act" enacted under the law, which requires all federally funded infrastructure projects to be built with American-made materials. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins "America Decides" to discuss.
Former President Donald Trump blasted the Biden presidency while visiting Washington, D.C. on Thursday, his first time back on Capitol Hill since before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. CBS News campaign reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.
President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a bilateral security agreement Thursday in Italy, committing U.S. support to Ukraine for the next 10 years. Also on Thursday, the leaders of the G7 nations agreed to give Ukraine a $50 billion loan to address the ongoing war with Russia. CBS News' Willie J. Inman reports on these developments and comments Mr. Biden made about his son Hunter's gun possession conviction this week.
President Biden already said he will not pardon his son, Hunter, which he reiterated during a joint news conference in Italy on Thursday.
The American Civil Liberties Union and other migrant advocacy organizations are suing the Biden administration for its executive action that would curb asylum processing at the U.S.-Mexico border. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.
President Biden is in Italy for the annual G7 summit, where he will sign a security plan with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The deal would extend U.S. resources for the next 10 years as the key ally continues its fight against Russia. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
Do Joe Biden and Donald Trump have the mental and cognitive health to serve as president? A quarter of American voters say neither one does.
The Biden campaign hosted a pickleball tournament in northern Virginia on Wednesday as part of its rollout of a coalition targeting older Americans. CBS News campaign reporter Aaron Navarro has more. Then, political strategists Kevin Sheridan and Chuck Rocha join with analysis.
President Biden traveled to Italy Wednesday to attend the G7 summit, one day after his son, Hunter Biden, was convicted on federal gun charges in Delaware. Outside of a statement, the president has not spoken on the verdict, and the reaction from Capitol Hill has also been muted. Nancy Cordes reports from Italy.
In the run-up to the 2024 election, you're going to hear a lot about the battleground state of Michigan, which went red in 2016 and flipped blue in 2020. The Detroit Free Press took a closer look at eight counties that it believes represent the varied lived experiences of the state's 10 million people. Emily Lawler, state government and politics editor at the Detroit Free Press, joins CBS News to dive deeper into the pivotal state.
Fresh off his trip to France to mark 80 years since D-Day, President Biden has returned across the pond for Thursday's G7 summit. On the docket for the meeting of world leaders: Support for Ukraine, the spread of artificial intelligence and migration. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has the details.
The resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt passed by a vote of 216 to 207, with all but one Republican voting in favor.
A new Politico-Morning Consult poll finds 52% of people view Vice President Kamala Harris unfavorably. The rocky numbers won't and can't keep Harris off the campaign trail, who spent Wednesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, touting the administration's economic agenda. CBS News campaign reporter Shawna Mizelle has more.
In 2020, they were on team Biden, but this year the Teamsters have yet to pick a presidential candidate to support. Teamsters President Sean O'Brien has requested to speak at both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Democratic strategist Ray Zaccaro joins "America Decides" to examine how important the union's endorsement could be.
House lawmakers have voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. Wednesday's vote came after two Republican-led committees voted in May to recommend Garland be held in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports.
The potential operations for Venezuela presented to Trump included options for strikes on land, multiple sources said.
Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba's office was violently vandalized Wednesday by a person who earlier in the day had been denied entry to the building because he had a baseball bat, two sources said.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton of Arkansas told CBS News the threat is "severe and growing."
The government is starting to reopen after President Trump signed a bill to fund the government through Jan. 30.
President Trump had threatened to sue the corporation for $1 billion over a program it aired in 2024 about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte has referred California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell to the Justice Department, sources told CBS News.
A spokesman for Sen. John Fetterman said a "ventricular fibrillation flare-up" led to him feeling light-headed.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that TSA agents with "exemplary service" during the government shutdown will receive a $10,000 bonus check.
A man convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl who was abducted from her bedroom has been executed in Florida, which was the record 16th death sentence carried out under Gov. Ron DeSantis.