The Democratic Party plans to nominate President Biden and Vice President Harris virtually before its scheduled convention in late August to meet an Aug. 7 ballot certification deadline in Ohio, CBS News has learned. The move means the most dramatic and obvious reason for Democrats to hold their quadrennial meetings will once again be held over Zoom instead of in …

Washington — The federal judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against former President Donald Trump denied prosecutors’ request that the court impose a gag order on certain public statements that they argued posed a danger to law enforcement. In an order issued Tuesday, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon rejected Smith’s motion that she alter Trump’s conditions of pretrial …

London — With six months to go until the presidential election, America’s NATO allies are planning to boost their defense spending ahead of the potential disruption of a second Donald Trump presidency. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is preparing a funding plan to try to insulate the 75-year-old military partnership from any changing political realities that might affect the alliance, …