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In less than two weeks, Colombians will head to the polls in a runoff election to choose between a far-right outsider endorsed by President Trump, and a far-left senator who promises to deepen current President Gustavo Petro’s policies and legacy. Days after far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella finished first in Sunday’s vote with 43.7% …
The World Cup starts next week, hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Millions from around the world will travel to watch them. State Department deputy spokesperson Mignon Houston joins “The Takeout” to discuss the plan.
Just days to go before the Senate primary in Maine, Democratic candidate Graham Platner insists he won’t drop out of the race despite a new report from The New York Times in which three women who dated Platner detailed behavior they found “unsettling.” It’s the latest issue facing the fledgling political hopeful. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
The House of Representatives approved new funding for Ukraine after 18 Republicans broke with GOP leaders and voted with Democrats. Eleanor Mueller, Semafor White House economic policy reporter, and Igor Bobic, U.S. Senate reporter for NOTUS, join “The Takeout” to discuss.
As President Trump prepares to watch his hometown New York Knicks take on the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden next week, local and federal officials are planning for a heightened security posture, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the planning. The president is expected to travel to New York City to watch …
Five astronauts were briefly forced to take shelter, or “safe haven,” while new air leaks were being repaired on the International Space Station. The astronauts boarded a spacecraft attached to the ISS while two cosmonauts assessed the situation. The crew resumed normal duties about two hours later. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more …
A ranger in Alaska died after falling into a crevasse on North America’s tallest mountain, the National Park Service said. Robin Pendery of Enumclaw, Washington, was a seasonal mountaineering ranger assigned to Denali National Park and Preserve. She fell Thursday while on climbing patrol on Mount McKinley and died despite immediate rescue efforts, the park …
As the legal battle over President Trump’s ballroom plays out, a new report from the watchdog group Public Citizen found that ballroom donors won new $50 billion in new government contracts. In response, the White House called the contracts “fake conflicts of interest.” Robert Weissman, the co-president of Public Citizen, joins “The Takeout” to discuss.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed concern Friday that a new factory isn’t expected to start breeding sterile New World screwworm flies for more than a year as a big part of the effort to stop its flesh-eating larvae from threatening the $113 U.S. billion cattle industry. Abbott pledged Texas will help the U.S. Department of …
The memo comes at a time of growing anxiety over AI in American society, from replacing people’s jobs to helping to identify targets on the battlefield. The Trump administration has been pushing to unleash the power of AI for the U.S. military, while some military leaders and companies that contract with the Pentagon have been …