White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders downplayed George Papadopoulos’ role within President Trump’s campaign, referring to him as a “volunteer.” “He was a volunteer member of an advisory council that met one time,” Sanders told reporters Monday afternoon during the White House press briefing. FILE: George Papadopoulos George Papadopoulos […]
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Who is Richard Gates?
Last Updated Oct 30, 2017 12:00 PM EDT Richard “Rick” Gates, 45, is the business partner of Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who has been under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. A federal grand jury indicted both Gates and Manafort on Monday, and the two former Trump […]
Kevin James and Leah Remini share “Something in Common”
Kevin James and Leah Remini first joined forces on “The King of Queens,” which ran for nine seasons. Now they’ve reunited for “Kevin Can Wait” on CBS, in which they play former police partners. Remini joined the cast after successful guest appearances in season one. We asked them to interview […]
Lawsuit accuses LuLaRoe of urging consultants to “sell their breast milk”
A California clothing company faces a billion-dollar lawsuit from clients who claim it is acting like a pyramid scheme. LuLaRoe sells clothing, like leggings and dresses, to independent fashion retailers. They resell the items to customers through online and in-home sales. LuLaRoe Some plaintiffs say their association with LuLaRoe has […]
Inside North Korea’s missiles
So far this year, North Korea has conducted 16 test launches of missiles, virtually each one personally approved by the country’s young dictator, Kim Jong-un. With every test, North Korea takes a step toward its ultimate goal: an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting the United states with a thermonuclear […]
Inside Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs: The human toll
Jose Abad Consuelo helped put up the Christmas lights at his church last year. He was a recovering drug addict, volunteering in the Bagong Silang neighborhood of metro Manila. Now, he is dead. He is one of more than 7,000 Filipinos who have been killed in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s […]
Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs: The human toll
Jose Abad Consuelo helped put up the Christmas lights at his church last year. He was a recovering drug addict, volunteering in the Bagong Silang neighborhood of metro Manila. Now, he is dead. He is one of more than 7,000 Filipinos who have been killed in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s […]
Defending the U.S. from N. Korea’s nuclear threat
After years of threatening to burn the United States in a sea of fire, North Korea is on the verge of having an intercontinental ballistic missile — an ICBM — capable of hitting the American homeland with a thermonuclear warhead. The missile is called the Hwasong — which translates to […]
“48 Hours” goes inside the search for mom who vanished ahead of Hurricane Harvey
Produced by Chris Young Ritzen, Susan Mallie, Marc Goldbaum, Lourdes Aguiar, Josh Yager [This story originally aired on Oct.28, 2017] As Hurricane Harvey bore down on the Houston area in August, investigators were in the midst of a desperate search for a mother of two who vanished just before the […]
Qatar’s emir stands defiant in face of blockade
There is a crisis in the Middle East you may not know much about. It’s a bitter fight among American allies that has the potential to unravel the U.S.-led coalition that is battling ISIS and trying to contain Iran. At the center of the dispute is the tiny nation of […]