Archives: 2018

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After all bike donations are completed, Academy will have helped over 5,500 boys and girls receive their new bikes.

Trump spars with top Democrats over border wall funding

President Trump had a heated meeting with Democratic leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi in the White House Tuesday, arguing over funding for the proposed border wall. The president said he would be willing to shut down the government to get funding. CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett reports. Categories: National, US & World News

How a rural North Carolina county became the center of an election scandal

North Carolina’s board of elections is refusing to certify the results of the election in the state’s 9th Congressional District because of irregularities with absentee ballots in two small, rurual counties. Michael Graff, executive editor of Charlotte Magazine, spoke to CBSN about how Bladen County’s petty feuds became a national political story. Categories: National, US & World News

Trump clashes with Pelosi, Schumer over border wall funding

President Trump got in a heated exchange with Democratic leaders Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer during an Oval Office meeting. The president said he would be “proud” to shut down the government over border security. McClatchy News’s Franco Ordonez joins CBSN with more. Categories: National, US & World News

“Yellow Vest” movement leaders say protests will continue despite Macron’s concessions

Leaders of the “Yellow Vest” protest movement in France say President Emmanuel Macron’s concessions to some of their demands are not enough and demonstrations will continue. Students around the country joined rallies on what they called “Black Tuesday.” CBS News correspondent Elaine Cobbe joined CBSN from Paris for the latest. Categories: National, US & World News

Former CIA insider on Kushner, the Saudis and Khashoggi

President Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner told Fox News that U.S. intelligence agencies are still “making their assessments” on the death of Jamal Khashoggi, despite the CIA already concluding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered his assassination. CBS News senior security consultant Michael Morrell, former acting director of the CIA, joined “Red and Blue” with analysis….