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Who could replace White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt?
The job requires managing a complex relationship with the media - as well Trump's high expectations.
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01 02 PoliticsUnited StatesKennedy Center Board votes again to shut main building down — and add Trump's name back
The board voted to close the Washington, D.C., arts complex's main campus for a $250 million renovation — three months after a federal judge temporarily blocked a similar closure.
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03 PoliticsUnited StatesDemocratic senators demand answers about conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
Senate Democrats are demanding answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during the aircraft carrier's record-setting deployment.
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04 PoliticsUnited StatesTop Commerce Committee Democrat presses airlines over AI ‘surveillance pricing’
A top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee is pressing major U.S. airlines over whether they use artificial intelligence to set ticket prices based on travelers’ personal information, raising concerns that it determines what fares consumers see. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent…
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05 PoliticsUnited StatesWho will replace Leavitt? Top contenders emerge
News of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stepping down is still fresh, but political observers are already guessing and taking bets on who could take her place. The press secretary is one of the most front-facing administration officials, and President Trump went through four press secretaries during his first term, with their timelines spanning…
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06 PoliticsUnited StatesTrump slaps new tariffs on drones, including from some key U.S. allies
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07 PoliticsUnited StatesTrump-led board reportedly votes again to close Kennedy Center for renovations – live
In May, a judge issued a temporary block on Trump’s demand to close the arts institution for renovations after the board – mostly handpicked by the president – voted unanimously in favor Sign up for the Breaking News US email Donald Trump’s executive order on vaccines does not change the US recommendations for the shots – but experts say it does create confusion and doubt about vaccines, which will lead to more illness and possibly deaths among children and will make it harder for families and…
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08 PoliticsUnited StatesLatest from the White House on Strait of Hormuz, Trump's secret plane switch
CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports from the White House on claims from both the U.S. and Iran about control of the Strait of Hormuz and the latest details on President Trump's secret plane switch in Turkey.
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09 PoliticsUnited StatesWhat to know about USS Lincoln as concerns raised about 9-month deployment, conditions on board
Senate Democrats are demanding answers about the conditions crew members are facing on the USS Abraham Lincoln. The ship has been deployed since Nov, 21, 2025, and its deployment has been repeatedly extended. CBS News' Major Garrett and Charlie D'Agata have the latest.
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10 PoliticsUnited StatesTrump cancels Biden-era bid to speed power line construction
The Trump administration is canceling a Biden-era effort to speed up power line construction in parts of Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Nebraska and the Dakotas. The Energy Department announced this week that it would not move forward with designating three areas as National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, a move that could get them federal…
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11 PoliticsUnited StatesRepublican Senate candidate: Voters say ‘it’s embarrassing’ to be from Minnesota
Republican Senate candidate Michele Tafoya, a former sportscaster, said Wednesday that voters told her it was “embarrassing” to be from Minnesota, amid progressive candidates’ wins across the state. In an appearance on Fox News’s “America Reports,” host John Roberts asked Tafoya about polling that showed her trailing her opponent, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a progressive…
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12 PoliticsUnited StatesStephen Miller on ‘woke 1’: ‘It never stopped’
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Wednesday claimed that the “woke 1” era and its consequences have not ended after recent comments about the time period from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). “The result, the wages of that policy, were a historic increase in murders until President Trump came along. A historic increase in shootings.…
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13 PoliticsUnited StatesAppeals court rules key Alien Enemies Act lawsuit moot
A federal appeals court on Thursday sidestepped major questions on whether President Trump lawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act last year to conduct swift deportations, finding a key challenge moot. The case had boomeranged from the Supreme Court after Trump began deportations under the rarely used law in the early months of his administration’s immigration crackdown.  The jurists on…
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14 PoliticsUnited StatesDOJ alleges California prisons failed to protect female prisoners from sexual abuse by staff
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday blasted California for allegedly failing to protect female prisoners from sexual abuse and harassment. The DOJ leveled its accusations at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), namely at the two women’s prisons that it oversees — the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla and the California…
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15 PoliticsUnited StatesVance to GOP: Don’t blame young people for being sympathetic to socialism
Vice President Vance issued a warning to Republicans on Thursday about the momentum of progressive candidates on the left, saying GOP members can only blame themselves if they don’t persuade young voters.  “Our response to that [socialism] can’t just be to ignore the economic concerns that I think are feeding this rising interest in socialism,”…
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16 HealthUnited StatesCassidy: New CDC Director Schwartz ‘will do the right thing’ on vaccine order
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said he has confidence that new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Erica Schwartz will stand up for science and won’t enforce President Trump’s executive order calling for major changes to the childhood vaccine schedule. “I anticipate Erica Schwartz will do the right thing,” Cassidy, chair of the Senate…
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17 PoliticsUnited StatesLive updates: Appeals court calls deportation case ‘moot’; Pentagon pushed on complaints from USS Abraham Lincoln
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that a case challenging the Trump administration on its use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants is now moot, with the plaintiffs having been deported using another law. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday claimed that conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier have been…
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18 PoliticsUnited StatesTrump memo allows private sector to aid cyber offense against transnational criminal groups
President Trump is laying the groundwork for private sector firms to take a larger role in the U.S.’s cybersecurity offense against transnational cyber crimes in what could be one of the largest ever changes in U.S. cyber policy. In a memo signed Wednesday, Trump called on the National Coordination Center to create a program for…
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19 PoliticsUnited StatesRetired general predicts Iran will get more aggressive ‘as we get closer to the midterms’
Retired Gen. Jack Keane forecasted Thursday that Iran’s military would ramp up its campaign against the U.S. approaching the November elections — a move he said would be a miscalculation.  “I think as we get closer to the midterms, it’s likely they will,” he told Fox Business Network’s Stuart Varney.  “And the reason for that…
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20 PoliticsUnited StatesKennedy Center board votes to put Trump name on facade despite court order
President Donald Trump's name was removed from the Washington, D.C., performing arts center in June as the result of a lawsuit by an Ohio congresswoman.
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Fox News host Bret Baier pushed back Wednesday on President Trump’s claim that the U.S. “totally” controls the Strait of Hormuz, saying that traffic through the waterway has slowed down “to a trickle.” “Usually, about one-fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas trade moves through there as well,” Baier said on Wednesday’s episode of “Special…
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22 PoliticsUnited StatesDonald Trump empowers US private companies to conduct cyber-attacks
President signed memorandum giving private sector a role in fighting ‘transnational criminal organizations’ Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that aims to give private companies the power to carry out offensive cyber-attacks against foreign criminal entities. The president signed a national security presidential memorandum directing his administration to “leverage the capability and innovation of the private sector to help conduct these cyber operations under the direction, control and…
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23 PoliticsUnited StatesBoard votes to close Kennedy Center during renovations
The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted for the second time Thursday to close the building for renovations, according to The New York Times. The decision would close the Kennedy Center’s main building, while the Reach, a new building on campus, would remain open for some events and keep…
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25 PoliticsUnited StatesUS ambassador condemns ‘Israeli terrorists’ for siege of Palestinian American home
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said the U.S. requested Israeli security forces remove “Israeli terrorists” from besieging a Palestinian village and the home of a Palestinian American, condemning the actions as criminal and an act of terror. Huckabee’s statement marks an unusually strong response from the Trump administration related to Israeli settlers. The ambassador…
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