Benjamin Sampair Tracy has been a CBS News national correspondent since January 2008. He is the White House correspondent for the CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell and CBS This Morning.
An internal review by the White House uncovered emails showing acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney asking for legal justification for holding $400 million in military aid to Ukraine. The hold is at the.. CBS News - Published
As the battle over impeachment rages in the House, President Trump hosted a lunch with key Republican senators. New details are emerging about what a Senate trial of the president might look like. Ben.. CBS News - Published
President Trump watched some of the most explosive testimony by Gordon Sondland and told reporters it exonerated him. Several members of his cabinet also cited by the ambassador, including Vice.. CBS News - Published
President Trump has slammed the impeachment inquiry as unfair. But at a cabinet meeting, he boasted that Republicans are winning the impeachment battle. Ben Tracy reports. CBS News - Published
President Trump surprised his own White House staff by tweeting that he is considering submitting written testimony in the impeachment inquiry. It comes as Democrats are now investigating whether the.. CBS News - Published
Longtime White House budget employee Mark Sandy is appearing in a closed hearing on Saturday before the House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry, making him the first official from the.. CBS News - Published
President Trump added new tension to the public impeachment hearings, which the White House dismissed as "useless and inconsequential." Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified.. CBS News - Published
President Trump welcomed his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to the White House Wednesday as lawmakers on Capitol Hill held the first public impeachment hearings on Capitol Hill. Ben Tracy.. CBS News - Published
CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy, CBS News intelligence reporter Olivia Gazis, Politico White House correspondent Anita Kumar, Washington Post reporter Eugene Scott and CBSN legal analyst.. CBS News - Published
President Trump is setting up his permanent residence in Florida, where he owns multiple properties. In doing so, the President is leaving behind his home state of New York. Ben Tracy asked the.. CBS News - Published
The impeachment inquiry is moving forward following a historic vote in the House. But the president continues to call it a "witch hunt." Ben Tracy has reaction from the White House. CBS News - Published
House committees investigating President Trump issued three more subpoenas Friday for administration officials to testify, as the president continued to defend himself, telling reporters that "I did.. CBS News - Published
State department official Phillip Reeker became the 10th person to testify in the impeachment inquiry with Saturday's closed-door testimony. Reeker was expected to be asked about President Trump's.. CBS News - Published
CBS News has learned the White House is bringing in reinforcements to help fight the House impeachment inquiry PR battle. The president also reportedly wanted his attorney general, William Barr, to.. CBS News - Published
Democrats could release more transcripts from testimony in the impeachment inquiry as new witnesses gear up to testify. This comes after lawmakers released Ambassador Gordon Sondland's bombshell.. CBS News - Published
CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy is in Seoul, South Korea with a report about Friday's summit between the leaders of North and South Korea. CBS News - Published
CBS News foreign correspondent Ben Tracy files a report from inside North Korea where he witnessed what the government claimed was the demolition of a nuclear testing site. CBS News - Published
This week on "Face the Nation," moderator Margaret Brennan interviews President Trump's chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow, former national security adviser Susan Rice and Sen. Ed Markey. Plus, "CBS.. CBS News - Published
"CBS Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor and CBS News foreign correspondent Ben Tracy are in Singapore with a report on what to expect at the summit between Kim Jong Un and President Trump. CBS News - Published
CBS News foreign correspondent Ben Tracy reports from Chiang Rai, Thailand, where divers rescued four of the 12 boys who have been stuck inside a cave for two weeks. CBS News - Published
CBS News Foreign Correspondent Ben Tracy reports from Pyongyang, where North Korea staged a massive military parade to mark the Kim family regime's 70th anniversary. CBS News - Published
House Democrats are expected to release new transcripts from two key figures in their investigation. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker are both.. CBS News - Published
The post-war modernist painter, a late-bloomer who never received widespread recognition during his lifetime, is getting a long-overdue retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Ben Tracy.. CBS News - Published
The Tokyo studio of Makoto Azuma looks more like a laboratory. Azuma's focus is unbroken as his fingers perfect each petal until his creation is complete. And he's always looking for interesting.. CBS News - Published
On the streets of Beijing, just about the time Jack Frost starts nipping at your nose, you can smell the chestnuts roasting on open fires, as many street corner vendors do a brisk business. Ben Tracy.. CBS News - Published
President Donald Trump arrived in Singapore this morning for an unprecedented nuclear summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un, following a G-7 meeting in Canada which he left in a defiant mood... CBS News - Published
A dangerous diving operation is under way right now in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded maze of caves where they've been trapped for two weeks. The.. CBS News - Published
CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy discusses what the coming year may bring for North Korea and its nuclear program, and the duel of tariffs between the Trump administration and China. CBS News - Published
On the streets of Japan, you may find remarkable artwork right under your feet. The Japanese have turned black metal manhole covers into well-rounded works of design. Nearly every city and town now has.. CBS News - Published
The House of Representatives voted Thursday to approve the rules governing the next steps in the impeachment inquiry, ushering in a new phase of the investigation into President Trump. CBS News.. CBS News - Published
President Trump is in the United Kingdom, but he seems to be balancing issues all around the world this week. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy, Washington Post reporter David Nakamura and.. CBS News - Published
CBS News legal analyst Kim Wehle, CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy, and CBS News senior Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes join "Red & Blue" to discuss President Trump's plans to sign.. CBS News - Published
President Trump weighed in on the ouster of his National Security Adviser John Bolton, saying people within his administration disagreed with a lot of his tactics and ideas on foreign policy. CBS News.. CBS News - Published
House Democrats who have viewed a whistleblower complaint against President Trump say it's "disturbing" and "heightens" their concerns. CBS White House correspondent Ben Tracy, CBS News intelligence.. CBS News - Published
House Democrats are getting ready to hold the first floor vote about impeachment since launching the inquiry. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy, New York TImes chief Washington correspondent.. CBS News - Published
This week "Sunday Morning," hosted by Jane Pauley, features Martha Teichner's cover story about our fascination with Tyrannosaurus Rex, king of the dinosaurs. Plus: Faith Salie checks out the gargoyles.. CBS News - Published
As the Japanese populace shrinks and ages, and young people leave the suburbs and rural areas for cities, more and more communities are becoming ghost towns, with abandoned houses and declining.. CBS News - Published
Testimony by the top U.S. envoy to Ukraine, Bill Taylor, appears to contradict the White House's claims that there was no quid pro quo on Ukraine. And President Trump announced he's lifting sanctions.. CBS News - Published
President Trump is calling for a cease-fire in northern Syria as clashes erupt across the region. He's also imposing tough economic sanctions on Turkey over its incursion into Syria last week. CBS News.. CBS News - Published
President Trump is imposing sanctions on Turkey and increasing tariffs on Turkish steel. This comes as the White House faces bipartisan criticism over its decision to pull U.S. troops from northern.. CBS News - Published
The White House is scrambling to contain the growing crisis in Syria after President Trump's decision to withdraw most U.S. troops from the country. Turkey's invasion of northern Syria, targeting.. CBS News - Published
House Democrats are hearing from former White House adviser on Russia, Fiona Hill, who will appear in private to answer questions about the Trump administration's dealings with Ukraine. CBS News chief.. CBS News - Published
A disturbing video depicting a fake President Trump attacking his political enemies was shown at the president's Miami resort during a conference hosted by a pro-Trump group. The video depicts a man,.. CBS News - Published
A defiant White House sent House Democrats a letter saying it will not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. On Tuesday, the administration blocked an ambassador from appearing before a house panel... CBS News - Published
House Democrats have issued a subpoena to Gordon Sondland, the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, for documents related to his contacts with Ukraine. This comes after the White House blocked him.. CBS News - Published
Just days after calling for new restrictions on e-cigarettes, the president is spending the weekend at the White House considering an even more contentious issue: gun control. His administration could.. CBS News - Published
House Democrats are taking their impeachment inquiry straight to the White House. CBS News has obtained a copy of their subpoena, demanding a long list of documents about President Trump's dealings.. CBS News - Published
House Democrats issued a subpoena to the White House Friday for documents relating to the whistleblower complaint. They are also requesting Ukraine-related documents from Vice President Mike Pence. The.. CBS News - Published
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