Politics

The delivery of the first new Air Force One plane, the aircraft that transports the president of the United States, could now be 17 months later than originally planned, Boeing is projecting.  The 17-month delay projection has not been accepted by the Air Force and could change as the military …

The country’s largest employer — the federal government — is looking to make it easier for its employees and contract workers to join a union. A White House task force announced 70 recommendations Monday to promote federal worker organizing and collective bargaining, which the Biden administration hopes can be a …

Washington – A Kansas man accused of threatening President Joe Biden and multiple U.S. Secret Service agents is set to appear in a Baltimore federal courtroom on Wednesday, where a judge will decide whether he should be detained pending trial. Prosecutors allege that Scott Ryan Merryman, a 37-year-old from Independence, …

President Biden’s first year was a busy and difficult one, in which he faced a continuing global pandemic, rising inflation, the end of the country’s longest war in Afghanistan, the passage of historic infrastructure legislation and the stalling of his broader social and voting agenda, among many other challenges. Another …

The man leading a review of the 2020 election on behalf of Wisconsin Assembly Republicans, Michael Gableman, says he’s not trying to overturn the election results, but he revealed Wednesday that one of the investigators he has hired did, in fact, file a lawsuit that sought to overturn the 2020 …

In an exclusive interview with CBS News, General John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the No. 2 person in the U.S. military, revealed new details of last summer’s Chinese hypersonic weapons test, which sent a missile around the world at more than five times the …

Washington — A Russian analyst who was indicted last week on federal charges of lying to the FBI during its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election pleaded not guilty to all five counts on Wednesday. Igor Danchenko, a 43-year-old Russian national, was arraigned in federal district court …

CBS News has projected that New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will win a second term. He is the first Democratic governor to win reelection since 1977, but Murphy’s thin margin of victory, currently about one point, in what was considered a safe blue state is raising red flags for Democrats …

The country will most likely no longer be able to meet all of its debt obligations and hit the so-called X date between mid-December and mid-February, according to a new estimate from the Bipartisan Policy Center. If lawmakers don’t address the debt ceiling, the U.S. would go into default for …

Washington — A Guantanamo Bay detainee working to learn more about his torture at an alleged CIA “black site” can testify to authorities in Poland about his treatment, the Biden administration told the Supreme Court last week.  After fielding questions from several of the justices during this month’s oral arguments …