President-elect Donald Trump’s second selection for attorney general, Pam Bondi, defended him during his first impeachment trial and has spent the last year running a Trump-aligned policy institute. Jasmine Wright, politics reporter for NOTUS, and Shelby Talcott, politics reporter for Semafor, join “America Decides” to discuss what a Bondi-led Justice Department could look like.
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There’s new hope for a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. White House officials say talks are moving in a positive direction. But as CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta explains, there are some final hurdles before the deal is complete.
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Several family members of the Menendez brothers spoke in court Monday to push for the brothers’ release from prison. A resentencing hearing is scheduled for late January. Elise Preston has more on the new updates to the decades-old case.
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A federal judge in Texas plans to hold another hearing to decide whether satirical news outlet “The Onion” can move forward with the purchase of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ company, Infowars. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian has the latest from Houston.
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Police thought a shoe thief was on the loose at a kindergarten, until a security camera caught the furry culprit in action.
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YouTube released a blog post written earlier this year by its former CEO Susan Wojcicki, who died in August after a battle with lung cancer.
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The average rate on credit cards from some of America’s biggest retailers has soared to an all-time high of more than 30%, according to personal finance site Bankrate. That’s up from just over 24% in 2021. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O’Grady has a look at the rates.
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AAA estimates nearly 80 million people will travel over Thanksgiving and some have already started to pack the airports. The FAA says the number of scheduled flights will peak Tuesday, with more than 50,000 but airlines expect Wednesday and Sunday to actually see the most people. There is the potential of snow in Denver and Salt Lake City, impacting two major airports, and some extremely low temperatures in parts of the country could create delays as the holiday approaches. The weather could also impact the roads as drivers are expected to begin traveling Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Trans performance artist Ling’er says she was forced to undergo electroshock treatments at a hospital in China that left her with a heart condition.
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A suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman and her 4-month-old son inside a car in Hartford, Connecticut, was arrested in Puerto Rico, officials said.
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