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Congressional lawmakers are preparing to break for their monthlong August recess Thursday night, but the Senate is still hammering out details on the bill that will set Pentagon policy. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more on that and other top stories from Capitol Hill.
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified on Capitol Hill Thursday. Kennedy addressed lawmakers on the Republican-led Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government amid backlash over recent antisemitic remarks he made. CBS News' Nikole Killion and Robert Costa join "America Decides" to discuss the candidate's testimony and assess his campaign.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. worked to defend himself against accusations that he traffics in racist and hateful online conspiracy theories, testifying at a House hearing.
Reaction from Capitol Hill is pouring in following former President Donald Trump's social media post saying he's been informed by special counsel Jack Smith that he is a target of the investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska joined "America Decides" to discuss the target letter and the fight over controversial amendments in the defense spending bill.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene said the FAA's mission is to ensure safe airspace, adding, "It doesn't talk about skin color." Rep. Eric Swalwell said the bi "should not become the next frontier of the GOP's imaginary culture wars."
An effort by House Democrats to expel Rep. George Santos from Congress failed earlier this year.
Most House Democrats refused to vote for the bill after it included an amendment that bans the Pentagon from covering travel expenses for service members seeking abortions out of state.
Democrats vowed to oppose the defense bill if it includes an amendment that bars the Pentagon from paying for abortion-related expenses.
Lawmakers are back this week from their Fourth of July recess, and they have a long to-do list. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the latest from Capitol Hill.
An HHS official rejected the panel's claims that the Biden administration ran afoul of the law.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy questioning if Donald Trump is the Republicans' best choice in 2024 is still reverberating around the country. "The question is, is he the strongest to win the election? I don't know that answer," McCarthy said on Tuesday. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports on the fallout of McCarthy's remarks.
Delaware has never elected a Black woman to the Senate. The state's lone House member, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, is looking to change that. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion spoke with Rochester about her campaign's potential to make history.
The Marc Fogel Act, introduced by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania, would require the State Department to justify the lack of a "wrongfully detained" designation.
With much of the 2024 focus on the race for the White House, Democrats are also aiming to reclaim the House and expand their majority in the Senate. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised what it is calling a record-breaking $37.7 million during the first quarter of 2023, including nearly $17 million in March. The chair of the party's campaign arm, Washington Rep. Suzan Delbene, joins "America Decides" to discuss how Democrats plan to win the House in 2024.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy floated a possible impeachment of Attorney General Merrick Garland following GOP criticism of Hunter Biden's plea agreement with the Justice Department. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill.
Rep. Adam Schiff is just the 25th House lawmaker to be censured in U.S. history.
House Republicans are pushing for cuts to government funding, raising the risk of a possible government shutdown. The House Appropriations Committee adopted spending targets for the next fiscal year below what was agreed on in the debt ceiling deal. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill.
The resolution called for an investigation into Rep. Adam Schiff and a possible fine of $16 million.
House Freedom Caucus members are holding up legislative business in retaliation for Speaker Kevin McCarthy's debt ceiling deal with President Biden.
The House passed the bill to raise the debt ceiling Wednesday. Now, the Senate will take it up.
A majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted in favor of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday night to pass a bill that will suspend the debt limit and avoid a catastrophic default. It now heads to the Senate. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill.
The House is set to vote Wednesday on the debt ceiling deal to avoid a default. Multiple conservative and progressive members have said they oppose the legislation. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill.
House Freedom Caucus members are unhappy with the debt ceiling deal between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden.
Rep. Thomas Massie broke with two other conservatives on the House Rules Committee to advance the legislation to the House floor.
President Trump said Wednesday he has signed the bill that requires the Justice Department to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days.
As Trump endorses a 28-point proposal to end Russia's war on Ukraine, there's no indication Kyiv will accept the terms, which seem to favor Moscow.
The Trump administration is pushing to remove Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the U.S. ahead of his criminal trial on human smuggling charges next year.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral will be held at the Washington National Cathedral, with several former presidents in attendance.
Larry Summers abruptly went on leave Wednesday from teaching at Harvard University over recently released emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
The strikes have come amid a broader buildup of U.S. military forces in the Caribbean as the Trump administration continues to put pressure on Venezuela.
The drug trafficking suspect was turned over to the U.S. to face charges he trafficked large quantities of cocaine and fentanyl into the country.
Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida was indicted for allegedly stealing millions of dollars in federal emergency funds and routing some of it to her campaign account, the Justice Department said.
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.