Washington — Former Rep. TJ Cox, a Democrat from California, is facing more than two dozen federal charges stemming from what federal prosecutors said were multiple fraud schemes and campaign contribution fraud, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. A 28-count indictment against Cox, who served one term, was unsealed in federal district …

American Airlines has put down a nonrefundable deposit for 20 supersonic passenger jets that are still being designed and years away from flying. It’s unclear how long it will take for the planes to be built, let alone ready to take off with commercial passengers aboard, as the aircrafts — …

One of the most gut-tightening phrases for taxpayers is “IRS audit,” but years of underfunding and a decline in staffing at the tax agency have pushed the audit rate to a decade-long low. That could soon change under the Inflation Reduction Act, the bill that proposes to give $80 billion …

A section inside a Google data center experienced an electrical explosion late Monday night, injuring workers in a small town just outside of Omaha, Nebraska.  The explosion at the data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, caused injuries to three employees, local officials said. “Three workers were accessing an electrical cabinet …

Actor Anne Heche remains hospitalized in a coma in “extreme critical condition,” her manager confirmed to CBS News on Monday. Heche was hospitalized Friday after crashing her car into a house in Los Angeles and sparking a fire. “At this time she is in extreme critical condition she has a …

Police have arrested a man they say is responsible for a string of bank robberies in Maryland. Authorities had dubbed the suspect the “old man bandit” — and the man they say is responsible has a 45-year history of robbing banks. Steven Gregory Gass, 67, has been charged with several …

As a Georgia grand jury investigates Donald Trump for his conduct after losing the 2020 election, the former president’s team has turned to one of Atlanta’s most respected and influential lawyers. Dwight Thomas has for more than four decades represented many of the region’s highest-profile defendants in fraught, sensitive cases. …

The following is a transcript of an interview with Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia that aired on Sunday, July 31, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” JOHN DICKERSON: We go now to West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin. Senator, welcome. I hope you’re feeling better from the COVID. Let me start …

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company Free Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy on Friday — but his attorney said it should not disrupt the defamation damages trial underway in Texas that seeks to force Jones to pay $150 million or more to the family of one of the children killed …

The prosecutor who’s investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia cannot question a lawmaker who signed a certificate falsely stating that Trump won the state, a judge ruled Monday. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney agreed with Republican state …