President Donald Trump headed for Asia for the first time this term, a trip on which where he’s expected to work on investment deals and peace efforts before meeting face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to de-escalate a trade war. “We have a lot to talk about with President Xi, and he has a lot to…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the race to replace him. The endorsement came just two days before the start of early voting. Adams and Cuomo appeared Thursday afternoon at NYCHA’s Carver Houses, where they embraced as they met. “Andrew and I are two kids from New York, and…
Attorneys for former special counsel Jack Smith called his actions “entirely lawful, proper and consistent with established Department of Justice policy” in defending the investigative steps taken by his team, including obtaining phone records of sitting Republican lawmakers as part of the probe of President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Earlier this month,…
The fragile truce in Gaza faced its first major test on Sunday after Israel alleged Hamas had violated the ceasefire and hit back with air and artillery strikes. An Israeli security official told the Associated Press, on the condition of anonymity pending a formal announcement, that the transfer of aid into Gaza is halted “until further notice.”…
For the first time in more than 60 years, CBS News will close out the week without a workspace in the Pentagon after declining — along with nearly every major news organization — to sign onto new press requirements that reporters’ associations say could infringe on their First Amendment rights. During D-Day, CBS News radio…
Washington — Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared open Wednesday to raising the bar for successfully challenging voting maps under a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, a decision that would weaken the landmark law and limit the consideration of race in the drawing of congressional districts. The high court appeared sharply divided…
This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks about election security amid concerns about Jan. 6-like violence. Plus, CBS News Director of Election and Surveys Anthony Salvanto joins to discuss the latest CBS News poll. Source link
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he’d urged President Trump in a phone call Saturday to broker peace in Ukraine after his breakthrough in the Middle East. “If a war can be stopped in one region, then surely other wars can be stopped as well — including the Russian war,” Zelensky wrote on social media. He…
Of all the communities across America impacted by the government shutdown, the population of endangered black-footed ferrets may be among the smallest and most vulnerable. This rare species, safeguarded under the protection of the Endangered Species Act, teeters on the brink of extinction, with about 300 existing in the wild. Now, with biologists from the…
1m ago National Gallery of Art becomes first federal museum to close in D.C. The National Gallery of Art, which is federally funded, shut its doors on Saturday, Oct. 4, according to WUSA. The National Gallery of Art, although it’s federally funded, isn’t a part of the Smithsonian Institution, which includes 21 museums and…
