Trump wins Iowa caucuses, CBS News projects
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Former President Donald Trump will win a majority of the delegates in the Iowa Republican caucuses on Monday, CBS News projected, proving his grip on the party even as he faces 91 felony charges in four criminal cases that have sidelined him at times from the campaign trail.
Trump, who has held a dominant lead in the polls and has avoided debating his GOP rivals, is seeking to wrap up the primary race quickly and turn his focus on President Biden.
Just 40 delegates — out of over 2,400 nationwide — are at stake in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night, but it is the first measure of how the Republican field stacks up in the 2024 primary season.
President Biden on Monday signed into law a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China's growing power and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion despite his objections to language stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for children in military families.
It's Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus is suiting up for his annual voyage from the North Pole to households around the world. In keeping with decades of tradition, the North American Aerospace Command, or NORAD, will once again track Santa's journey to deliver gifts to children before Christmas 2024, using an official map that's updated consistently to show where he is right now.
An anti-money laundering law called the Corporate Transparency Act, or CTA, appears to have been given new life after an appeals court on Monday determined its rules can be enforced as the case proceeds. The law requires small business owners to register with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, by Jan. 1, or potentially pay fines of up to $10,000.