John Dickerson reports on the ousting of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, growing tensions in the Democratic Party over immigration and a bipartisan Senate trip to China. Source
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New Mexico attorney general charges officer in shooting of a Black man
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Tuesday announced that Las Cruces Police Officer Brad Lunsford has been charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of Presley Eze in 2022. Source
Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker criticizes Biden’s handling of migrant crisis
Tens of thousands of migrants continue to be bused from the southern border to Chicago, and the Illinois’ Democratic governor has had enough. Gov. J. B. Pritzker sent a letter to President Biden outlining what the federal government should do to mitigate the growing migrant crisis. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins to discuss what the White House can do. Source
”The success, it caused problems,” says “The Blind Side” author
Author of “The Blind Side,” Michael Lewis, says he was “a little shocked” to learn former NFL player Michael Oher was suspicious of the Tuohy family. Source
Senators to visit China amid growing tensions
A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators will travel to China next week. The visit comes amid a time of persistent disagreement over policies concerning Taiwan, the South China Sea and what the U.S. calls genocide of the country’s Uyghur population. Patrick Cronin, Asia-Pacific security chair at the Hudson Institute, joins CBS News to discuss what’s at stake for the visit. Source
Arizona governor moves to end farming deal with Saudi company
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has moved to end a farming deal with a subsidiary of a major Saudi dairy company. Since 2015, Fondomonte has pumped huge amounts of groundwater from beneath the earth’s surface to grow alfalfa in the rural Arizona desert. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy has more. Source
Army plans to overhaul recruiting efforts to attract more young Americans
The Army’s recruiting improved last fiscal year but still fell short of its goals by about 10,000 enlistments. Source
Kevin McCarthy won’t run for speaker again
Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina is serving as speaker pro tempore. Source
Kevin McCarthy says he won’t run for House speaker again
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he would not run for the leadership position again after he was ousted from the role Tuesday. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion unpacks McCarthy’s comments. Plus, MIT political science professor Charles Stewart III looks at the historical trends that led to McCarthy’s ouster. Source
Why did Matt Gaetz move to oust McCarthy?
There are a number of reasons Rep. Matt Gaetz has offered for ousting Kevin McCarthy as speaker. Source