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Journalists and others said the payoff will embolden attacks by Trump and his allies on news outlets. Some called the settlement a stain on the proud legacy of CBS News.

It was a bold gambit that used a strategy typically reserved for organized crime cases to prosecute a music legend for alleged violence, threats and payoffs.

'Where are the hardened criminals?' Bass asks. 'They're chasing them through parking lots at Home Depot? They're washing cars? I don't think so.'

Across California, clergy leaders are accompanying migrants at their asylum hearings. 'We're there trying to appeal to a higher authority than ICE,' one pastor said.

Protestors railed on Tuesday against an Orange County congresswoman who could be a critical vote on President Trump's proposal to cut more than $1 trillion in federal dollars that helped pay for healthcare for those in need.

Republicans are seeking to inject roughly $150 billion in immigration and border spending.

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, threatened to fund primary challenges against supporters of President Trump's sprawling tax and spendng bill 'if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.'

An invation of 'lovebugs,' dive-bombing pedestrians in Seoul, are inspiring a little fear and a lot of loathing.

With Vice President JD Vance providing the tie-breaking vote, the Senate advances President Trump's spending bill.

A fire-and-brimstone Pentecostal preacher, Jimmy Swaggart reached millions and brought a fortune to his ministry with his televangelism.