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SpaceX launched a revamped Super Heavy-Starship rocket Friday on a flight to test more powerful engines, enhanced control systems and a host of other upgrades needed to streamline operations and improve safety and reliability. Once operational, Elon Musk’s company is counting on the mammoth rocket to launch larger Starlink satellites and government and commercial payloads, …
Washington — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said a two-hour meeting Thursday with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about the Justice Department’s new “anti-weaponization fund” was “one of the roughest meetings I’ve seen in my entire time in the Senate.” “There were fireworks at an epic level,” Cruz said Friday on his podcast. “Fiery …
President Trump is defending the Justice Department’s nearly $1.8 billion so-called anti-weaponization fund, despite heavy criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. CBS News congressional reporter Taurean Small has more from Capitol Hill.
Why did Tulsi Gabbard step down as director of national intelligence? – CBS News Watch CBS News National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard is stepping down from her post effective June 30, citing her husband’s battle with cancer. CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro has more details.
Sixteen people have been hurt in an explosion and fire on a barge at a Staten Island shipyard Friday in New York City. Two firefighters and one civilian suffered serious injuries, the New York City Fire Department said. Eleven other firefighters and two EMS personnel were also hurt. All have been rushed to area hospitals. …
May marks 30 years since the deadly Mount Everest disaster that took the lives of eight people. Journalist Jon Krakauer, who survived the climb, chronicled the tragedy in his bestselling book “Into Thin Air.” Krakauer joins to discuss the book’s rerelease and his regrets.
Six years after his murder in Minneapolis, and despite passing the House twice, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act remains stalled in the Senate. Some lawmakers are hoping to change that. Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey of Maryland and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison join to reflect on the state of police reform.
Orange County officials expanded evacuation orders in several cities on Friday afternoon after an industrial tank containing a flammable and toxic, self-heating substance started leaking at a Garden Grove aerospace facility. The Orange County Fire Authority has expanded the evacuation zone to include areas north of Trask Avenue, south of Ball Road, east of Valley …
When CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana last week for a rare meeting with senior Cuban officials, he brought along one of the operators involved in the U.S. mission to capture then-Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, multiple people familiar with the matter told CBS News. Venezuela and Cuba were key allies before Maduro’s …
AI-related layoff announcements are mounting, fueling the sense that the technology is already replacing a significant number of U.S. workers as companies invest heavily in automation. But AI’s broader impact on workers may be quieter: weaker hiring, especially for junior and entry-level roles. Enterprise software maker Intuit this week cut 17% of its staff, or …