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The social media platform X will pay President Trump $10 million to settle a lawsuit over the nearly two-year-long suspension of his account in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, a person familiar with the matter told CBS News Wednesday.

The White House declined to comment when reached by CBS News.

X, then known as Twitter, banned Mr. Trump from the platform in January 2021, two days after the Capitol riots. At the time, Twitter said the permanent suspension was "due to the risk of further incitement of violence."

In July 2021, Mr. Trump...

Lawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons and appoint an official to run them

A coalition of aid groups said at an emergency hearing Wednesday that the Trump administration's 90-day pause on foreign aid had already "devastated" their operations.

Footage from the International Space Station as it soars above an aurora dancing over Canada

An investigation reveals a crime group having to adapt to modernity and displaying a nostalgia for past ambitions.

President Donald Trump's newly installed U.S. attorney general used her first official press conference to announce that she will sue New York, as well as the governor and top state figures, over policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday the Department of Justice had filed charges against the state of New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul, state Attorney General Letitia James and Marc Schroeder, the commissioner of the state's Department of Motor Vehicles.

"This is a new DOJ, and we are...

ABC News correspondents deployed across the U.S. to see the varying impacts of the Trump administration's crackdown.

A man with a lengthy criminal history who was previously on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hold is on the run after being accused of groping a 7-year-old Texas girl as she walked home from school.

Carlos Jose Ayala Morales, 43, has been charged with felony attempted indecency with a child, the Houston Police Department said. He is accused of grabbing the girl Jan. 27 while she was on her way home from her elementary school, Fox Houston reported.

The girl and her mother told the news outlet she was walking behind her older sister...

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The US president is ratcheting up pressure on South Africa over its domestic and foreign policy.

Politicians in the country want to prohibit the sale of such items, but they face opposition.

President Trump is purging the government of investigators. Some prosecute criminals while others are watchdogs who make sure our food, veteran hospitals, highways and more are safe. The Trump administration says they can't be trusted, but critics of the president say he's gutting the very offices that weed out people who shouldn't be trusted. Scott MacFarlane has more.

President Trump held a lengthy phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and directed members of his national security team to "immediately" begin negotiations aimed at ending Russia's war with Ukraine. Trump and Putin also agreed to meet in person in Saudi Arabia. As Weijia Jiang reports, it marks a stark shift from Biden administration policy.

The head of the FCC said he is seeking an investigation of NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast over the firm's diversity initiatives.

Trump and his allies are continuing to question judicial oversight of the executive branch, ramping up criticism of judges who've put some of his agenda on pause.