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Stefan Becket

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NEWS: The Trump admin. plans to send scores of Border Patrol agents to Charlotte, New Orleans for operations that could feature armored vehicles and special op teams. Exclusive details on plans officials are calling “Charlotte Web” & “Catahoula Crunch": cbsnews.com/news/charlotte…


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Most of the GOP senators whose phone records were obtained by investigators as part of special counsel Jack Smith's 2020 election probe said they won't seek damages under a new law that allows senators to sue for $500,000 if their data is unknowingly seized. @becket @CBSNews


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NEW: Sen. Ron Johnson says he’s hoping to pass his bill to pay federal workers who continue to work by unanimous consent today. “No Republican senator objects to the bill, and we hope the same is true among the Democrat senators,” he said.


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NEW: In our @CBSNews 1:1 with CBP Chief of Patrol Gregory Bovino, the architect of "Operation Midway Blitz" defends federal agents' immigration enforcement tactics. "If someone strays into a pepper ball, that's on them. Don't protest and don't trespass." cbsnews.com/news/border-pa…


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.@CBSNews will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. See our joint statement with ABC News, CNN, Fox News Media and NBC News:

CBSNewsPress's tweet image. .@CBSNews will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. See our joint statement with ABC News, CNN, Fox News Media and NBC News:

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Thune, after House-passed CR failed a third time, reiterates that the chamber will break later today for Yom Kippur and tee up votes for when they return. “We’ll see if there’s any movement among the Dems then,” he told me.


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"Hate speech does not exist legally in America,” Charlie Kirk wrote last year. But the administration he supported and the president he helped reelect have vowed to crack down on some speech about his death. Legal experts say it sets a dangerous precedent. cbsnews.com/news/trump-cha…


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“Knoller was, to put it simply, a legend. For decades, everyone in the White House press corps knew him as the unofficial presidential historian and statistician” cbsnews.com/news/mark-knol…


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The award was meant for Juliane Gallina, whose 21-year-old son, Michael Gloss, was killed in 2024. Gallina is CIA's deputy director for digital innovation. In April CIA said the death of her son, who struggled with mental health challenges, was not a national security issue.

Scoop: Putin gave President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff an award to pass along to a senior CIA official whose son was killed in Ukraine while fighting alongside Russian forces, sources told @CBSNews. The gesture by Putin, known for mind games and attempts to expose…



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Scoop: Putin gave President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff an award to pass along to a senior CIA official whose son was killed in Ukraine while fighting alongside Russian forces, sources told @CBSNews. The gesture by Putin, known for mind games and attempts to expose…


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Our SCOOP from this morning, reporting by @JenniferJJacobs @elliskkim and me

BREAKING: President Trump asked a group of House Republicans if he should fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, sources say. cbsn.ws/44ym78h



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The secret double life of Thomas Crooks Our profile of Trump’s would-be assassin, one year after the attack. (w/ Cara Tabachnick, @LauraGellerTV, @MattTheJourno, @NicoleSganga & @MacFarlaneNews) cbsnews.com/lifeofthomascr…


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House passes "big, beautiful bill," sending it to Trump's desk in 218-214 vote cbsnews.com/news/house-vot…


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GOP leaders in Congress appeared undeterred Wednesday as Elon Musk ramped up his criticism of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill." Latest here: cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk…


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A @cbsnews SCOOP: The Navy is mulling a new name for USNS Harvey Milk and ships named for civil rights leaders cbsnews.com/news/navy-new-…


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Exclusive: CBS News has obtained an internal U.S. government list of the Venezuelan men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador as part of a secretive operation that has triggered a legal standoff and global debate. We have published their names. cbsnews.com/news/venezuela…


Smart look at how the DOGE cuts compare to a Clinton-era program that cut nearly half a million federal jobs: "We cut fat and they cut muscle. It's as simple as that." cbsnews.com/news/clinton-r…


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President Trump speaking at this conference momentarily: Trump to speak at Saudi-backed conference, highlighting questions over business ties to kingdom cbsnews.com/news/trump-spe… via @CBSPolitics


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