U.S. eyes future of Russian nuclear treaty
The Trump administration is weighing its next steps for a nuclear treaty with Russia. Franco Ordonez, a White House correspondent for NPR, joins "Red and Blue" to discuss the agreement.
Ukraine
Senate Dems call for witnesses in impeachment
Senate Democrats say new revelations about President Trump withholding military aid from Ukraine are a turning point in his impeachment saga. The president tweeted that the Democrats want to avoid a trial to protect former Vice President Joe Biden. Ben Tracy reports.
WH withheld aid 90 minutes after Ukraine call
A newly released email is refueling the argument over President Trump’s impeachment. The email shows a White House official directed a freeze in military aid to Ukraine about 90 minutes after Mr. Trump’s phone call to Ukraine’s president that led to the House impeachment inquiry. Chip Reid reports.
Trump uses impeachment as rallying cry
Newly-released emails are providing details into President Trump’s controversial decision to withhold defense funds to Ukraine. The issue led Mr. Trump’s impeachment— something he’s now using as a a rallying cry. Chip Reid reports.
House to vote on articles of impeachment
By all indications, President Trump is about to become the third president in U.S. history to be impeached. By nightfall Wednesday, the House will vote on two articles of impeachment related to the president's request for Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and other Democrats. Nancy Cordes reports.
Trump says he fully supports Rudy Giuliani
President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has been front and center in the scandal that led to the impeachment inquiry. He's at it again, saying he needed the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine "out of the way." Paula Reid has the latest.
U.S. military aid a matter of survival in Ukraine
Ukraine and Russia are a small step closer to ending their five year conflict after they agreed to a ceasefire by year's end. U.S. military aid is vitally important to Ukraine's defense. Holly Williams has more on how that money's being spent.
House attorneys clash in impeachment hearing
The House Judiciary Committee held its second impeachment hearing, featuring presentations from investigators about the president's dealings with Ukraine. It comes as a vote to impeach President Trump looms next week. Nancy Cordes has the latest.
Biden calls voter a "liar"
While campaigning in Iowa, Joe Biden snapped at a voter who accused him of sending his son, Hunter, to work for a Ukrainian energy company for the family's benefit. Biden called the man a "liar." Ed O'Keefe reports.
WH staffer denies being Trump's back channel
A White House staffer named in House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff's impeachment report is refuting the suggestion that he may have been part of a back channel to the president on Ukraine. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge spoke to CBSN's "Red & Blue" about her interview with the insider, Kash Patel.
House Democrats release impeachment report
The House Judiciary Committee resumes impeachment hearings Wednesday after Democratic lawmakers spelled out why they believe President Trump violated his oath of office. The report concluded the president put pressure on Ukraine to investigate political rivals, threatening U.S. national security. Nancy Cordes reports.
Trump likely won't appear in impeachment hearing
In the impeachment inquiry, sources tell CBS News that President Trump is likely to reject the Democrats' offer to appear when the House Judiciary Committee starts hearings next week. The pursuits of the president's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in Ukraine – and how much of it occurred with the president's knowledge – are central to the inquiry. Weijia Jiang reports.
Trump released Ukraine aid after complaint: report
A new report could challenge one of the president’s key defenses against impeachment. According to the New York Times, the president released the Ukraine aid he’s accused of withholding for political gain, only after he knew the issue was the subject of a whistleblower complaint. At a rally in Florida Tuesday, the president once again slammed the impeachment process. Weijia Jiang reports.
Hegseth fields insults at committee hearing
California Rep. Salud Carbajal pushed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on his involvement in a Signal group chat that contained sensitive military information. Hegseth claimed all of his communications are classified and avoided questions about Ukraine.
Emails reveal new info on Ukraine aid freeze
Senior Trump administration officials tell CBS News an internal review uncovered emails showing acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney asking for legal justification for the freeze in U.S. military aid to Ukraine after the fact. Ben Tracy reports.
Himes: Nunes pushed "fantastical conspiracy theories" at hearings
Congressman Jim Himes, a Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, says Republican Ranking Member Devin Nunes pushed debunked conspiracy theories on Ukraine and Russia during the impeachment inquiry hearings.
John Bolton breaks his silence
A key figure in the impeachment inquiry is giving indications he might be willing to tell what he knows about aid to Ukraine. Nancy Cordes explains why everyone wants to hear from John Bolton, President Trump's former national security adviser.
Trump pushes back against impeachment inquiry
President Trump has pushed back against House Democrats in an interview on "Fox & Friends," maintaining his position that he did nothing wrong concerning Ukraine. This comes after Democrats and Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee made their closing arguments at the end of the second week of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes, CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang and CBS News legal analyst Kim Wehle joined CBSN to recap the week's hearings.
Fiona Hill testifies in impeachment inquiry
A top White House adviser told Congress Thursday she knew attempts to pressure Ukraine would "blow up." Fiona Hill also said she warned Ambassador Gordon Sondland he was carrying out a "political errand" for the president. Nancy Cordes reports.
Day 5, Part 1: Schiff's opening statement
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff struck familiar notes in his opening remarks Thursday, condemning President Trump's request that Ukraine open investigations into a political rival. Watch his opening statement in the fifth day of public impeachment hearings.
Fallout from bombshell impeachment testimony
The public hearings in the Trump impeachment inquiry continue Thursday with testimony from a former National Security Council official and a State Department employee. They follow Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland's revelation that there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine. "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the impact of Sondland's testimony and what to expect from Thursday's hearing.
2 key witnesses to testify in public hearings
New revelations are expected in Thursday’s impeachment testimonies, after Gordon Sondland, President Trump's hand-picked EU ambassador, said there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine. But Trump and other members of the administration are strongly disputing his account. Former National Security Council official Fiona Hill and State Department employee David Holmes, who overheard Sondland speaking to the president about Ukraine, will testify Thursday. Nancy Cordes reports.
Trump reacts to Sondland testimony
As U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland publicly testified in the impeachment hearing that President Trump engaged in a politically-charged quid pro quo, Mr. Trump focused on the part of his testimony that would help his case: Sondland said Mr. Trump told him on a September 9 call that he wanted "nothing" and "no quid pro quo" from Ukraine's president. September 9 is the day the whistleblower's complaint was formally filed with Congress.
Day 4, Part 5: GOP questions Sondland
California Congressman Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, and Steve Castor, senior investigative counsel for Republicans on the panel, questioned U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland on Wednesday, the fourth day of public impeachment hearings.
Day 4, Part 1: Schiff's opening statement
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff outlined U.S. Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland's involvement in Ukraine and said he was "increasingly embroiled in an effort to press the new Ukrainian president that deviated sharply from the norm." Watch his opening statement Wednesday in the fourth day of public impeachment hearings.
Over 12,000 feared dead after Iran's crackdown on protesters
Information trickling out of Iran suggests a far deadlier crackdown on protesters than previously reported.
Listen Live: Supreme Court hears arguments over transgender athlete bans
The Supreme Court is hearing two cases involving laws from Idaho and West Virginia that ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports.
Democrats want to know if any Jan. 6 rioters are now working for ICE
Nearly one year after the mass pardon of more than 1,500 Trump-supporting Capitol riot defendants, House Democrats are asking whether any of the pardoned rioters are now working for ICE.
Their 21 kids were taken by the state. They've since had more surrogate-born babies.
The couple had so many kids in their Los Angeles-area mansion a neighbor "thought it was a kindergarten." The investigation has only gotten stranger.
Scott Adams, Dilbert comic strip creator, dies at age 68
Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created the "Dilbert" comic strip, has died at the age of 68, his first ex-wife revealed on Tuesday.
Foreign central bank chiefs voice "full solidarity with" Fed chief Powell
The heads of 10 central banks and other financial institutions say it's "critical to preserve" the Fed's independence, as Powell is pressured by the Trump administration.
Mass resignations at DOJ Civil Rights Division, sources say
At least six prosecutors, most of whom are supervisors in the Civil Rights Division's criminal section, will be leaving their jobs.
Clintons won't testify in Epstein probe as House Oversight GOP threatens contempt
Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the committee's chairman, said the panel will move next week on holding them in contempt.
Trump administration ending deportation protections for 2,500 Somalis
The U.S. government is revoking the legal status of several thousand immigrants from Somalia.