The trial has begun for Jose Ibarra, the man accused of murdering Laken Riley, a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus. Riley’s death in February became a rallying cry for some political candidates after it was revealed that Ibarra entered the country illegally. CBS News producer Jared Eggleston has more.

President-elect Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, was investigated for an alleged sexual assault in October of 2017, officials in Monterey, California, have confirmed. Hegseth’s lawyer said the allegation was “investigated by the Monterey Police Department and they found no evidence for it.” CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has more on that and Trump’s selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS secretary.

The House Ethics Committee has abruptly canceled a meeting where a vote was expected on whether to release the report on sex trafficking allegations against President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general pick Matt Gaetz. CBS News political reporter Zak Hudak has more.