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Senate Democrats are demanding answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during the aircraft carrier's record-setting deployment.
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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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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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A proclamation signed by Trump imposes a 100% tariff on drones of a certain size or with certain capabilities that are particularly sensitive for national security purposes.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is pressing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on whether the administration’s response to the cyclosporiasis outbreak was influenced by the donations of a major produce supplier to groups linked to President Trump.  In a letter sent to Kennedy on Thursday, Warren questioned whether the “botched response”…
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Several high-profile progressives are blaming the Vermont senator. Sanders told POLITICO he has “limited resources” and can't endorse everyone.
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The nation's largest reservoir, Lake Mead, has fallen to a record low. In 2021, Bill Whitaker visited the Colorado River and reported on how millions of people depend on the water to drink, power their homes, and irrigate their farms.
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A U.S. district judge scheduled the hearing in a lawsuit filed by an independent journalist who sued over what they alleged were improper redactions, withheld materials.
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The Kennedy Center board voted on Thursday to close for two years for renovations and to again add President Trump’s name to the facade, Rep. Joyce Beatty said.
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The Kennedy Center's board of trustees voted to add President Trump's name to the facade of the performing arts center, more than two months after a judge ordered its removal, according to a Democrat who sits on the center's board.
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A federal judge in Missouri agreed on Thursday to dismiss a subpoena enforcement action against Nike after a federal anti-workplace discrimination agency said the company has complied with its investigation into diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. Judge Cristian M. Stevens granted the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) request to dismiss the action. A regional…
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Conservative commentator Scott Jennings on Wednesday described Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) as an “heir” to the Democratic Party’s growing socialist movement, one he said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) brought on. “She is the heir to the Sanders socialist movement. She is clearly the inspirational leader of that movement. That energy in the Democratic Party is…
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